40th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160291022 | Olfactomedin-4, Neudesin and Desmoplakin as Biomarkers of Breast Cancer - The present invention is in the technical field of breast cancer management, and more particularly relates to the diagnosis of breast cancer. The invention is more particularly based on the finding that specific biomarkers (olfactomedin-4, neudesin and desmoplakin) are abberantly expressed in the blood of breast cancer patients. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291023 | ANTIBODY AND APTAMER ENSEMBLE FOR CELL ISOLATION AND ENRICHMENT - The subject invention pertains to devices and methods of isolating target cells from a population of cells. The devices comprise of microfluidic channels and aptamers and antibodies attached to the inner surface of the microfluidic channels, wherein the aptamers and the antibodies are capable of specific binding to one or more biomolecules present on the surface of the target cell. The methods of the current invention comprise passing the population of cells through the microfluidic channels to facilitate interaction and capture of the target cells by the aptamers and the antibodies attached to the inner surface of the microfluidic channels, washing to microfluidic channels by a washing solution to remove the cells non-specifically bound to the aptamers and the antibodies attached to the inner surface of the microfluidic channels, releasing the captured target cells from the microfluidic channels, and collecting the released target cells. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291024 | Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer - Biomarkers and biomarker panels are provided for making ovarian cancer assessments, for example, diagnosing an ovarian cancer, predicting responsiveness of an ovarian cancer to an ovarian cancer therapy, and monitoring an ovarian cancer. A patient may further be treated in accordance with the classification. Also provided are methods, reagents, devices and kits for the use of these biomarkers in making ovarian cancer assessments. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291025 | AUTOANTIBODY BIOMARKERS OF OVARIAN CANCER - The present invention relates to the identification of biological markers of ovarian cancer. Specifically, cancer-associated autoantibodies to ANXA1, ARP3, SAHH, SERPH, ARAP1, OTUB1, ATP1A1, UBA1, and CFAH have been identified in subjects with early stage ovarian cancer. These autoantibodies can be utilised for a range of purposes including methods for detecting ovarian cancer, methods for screening for early stage ovarian cancer, and methods for assessing treatment response as well as disease progression and recurrence. The autoantibodies also represent prognostic markers of ovarian cancer development. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291026 | BIOMARKERS FOR DETECTION OF OVARIAN CANCER - Methods are provided for predicting and diagnosing the presence of ovarian cancer, as well as for assessing the therapeutic efficacy of a cancer treatment and determining whether a subject potentially is developing cancer. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291027 | METHODS FOR PROGNOSING THE ABILITY OF A ZEARALENONE ANALOG COMPOUND TO TREAT CANCER - The instant invention provides methods of prognosing the ability of a zearalenone analog compound to treat a cancer in a subject, methods of prognosing the ability of a zearalenone analog compound to inhibit the growth of a cancer in a subject, and methods of prognosing the ability of a zearalenone analog compound to promote the activation of apoptosis of a cancer in a subject. Methods of treating a cancer in a subject are also provided. The invention also pertains to methods of determining whether a cancer in a subject is sensitive to treatment with a zearalenone analog compound. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291028 | METHOD FOR DETECTINGAND/OR ASSAYING ANNEXIN A3 FROMA MAMMAL IN BLOOD OR AT LEAST ONE DERIVATIVE THEREOF - Method and pack for detecting and/or assaying annexin A3 from a mammal in blood or at least one derivative thereof. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291029 | Novel Fluorescent Dyes, Labeled Conjugates and Analytical Methods - There are described novel fluorescent dyes, conjugates which include a radical of a dye and a biological or a synthetic moiety and diagnostic and in vivo assays utilizing such conjugates and other products including the dyes and conjugates. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291030 | Methods for Enumeration of Rare Cells - Methods and compositions are provided for the analysis of rare cells or other biological entities in a population, by contacting the population with a labeling nanoparticle comprising a VLP conjugated to a light emitting moiety and a specific binding moiety, then detecting the presence of bound nanoparticle by light emission. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291031 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING TIME-TO-DELIVERY IN PREGNANT WOMEN - The present disclosure relates to methods for predicting time-to-delivery in pregnant women. The methods include predicting that a pregnant woman will deliver within a predetermined time frame if PAMG-1 is determined to be present at a level above a predetermined detection threshold in a vaginal fluid sample obtained from the pregnant woman. Also provided are methods for determining a patient's risk of preterm labor and/or spontaneous rupture of the chorioamniotic membrane. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291032 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POLYPEPTIDE BONDING TO TARGET MOLECULE - A method determines an amino acid sequence that binds to a target molecule or a base sequence encoding the same. The method pans for bringing a library constructed by a display method, followed by incubation. The method sequences for analyzing a base sequence before panning step and the polypeptide group of the library after panning by a next-generation sequencer, or determining an amino acid sequence based on a base sequence obtained by analyzing the base sequence of a nucleic acid encoding all the polypeptides by a next-generation sequencer. The method scores for evaluating and scoring, based on the results of the sequencing step, an amplification ratio. The method determines a sequence for selecting a polypeptide with a high score and determines an amino acid sequence of the polypeptide or a base sequence as an amino acid sequence that binds to the target molecule or as a base sequence of a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291033 | HCP ANTISERUM VALIDATION USING A NON -INTERFERING PROTEIN STAIN - Methods and compositions are provided for validating immunological detection reagents for use in detecting contaminating host cell components in a biological preparation. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291034 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STUDYING MATRIX VESICLE CALCIFICATION - Systems and methods for imaging of matrix vesicle-derived calcification are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises raising the pH of collagen stored in a soltion, thereby causing the collagen to come out of the solution to form a network, adding matrix vesicles to the network, resulting in calcifications, and imaging the formation of the calcification. The calcification process can be imaged in real time by confocal or reflected light microscopy. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291035 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING DIFFERENCES IN ALPHA-4 INTEGRIN ACTIVITY BY CORRELATING DIFFERENCES IN sVCAM AND/OR sMAdCAM LEVELS - Provided herein is a method of monitoring the change of the alpha-4 integrin activities in an individual by correlating with the soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule (sVCAM) and/or soluble mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule (sMAdCAM) levels. Particularly, this method can be used, for example, to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) of an alpha-4 integrin inhibitor used to treat a disease associated with pathological or chronic inflammation. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291036 | PERSONALIZED MEDICINE APPROACH FOR TREATING COGNITIVE LOSS - The present invention includes methods for selecting a therapy for improved cognition as well as prevention of cognitive loss/dysfunction using one or more endophenotypes comprising: obtaining a sample from a subject; measuring biomarkers that differentiate between an inflammatory, a metabolic, a neurotrophic, and a depressive endophenotype; and selecting a course of treatment for the subject based on whether the subject is scored as having a high or a low endophenotype for one or more of the inflammatory, a metabolic, a neurotrophic, and a depressive endophenotypes. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291037 | METHODS FOR DETECTING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - The present invention provides detection reagents and method for determining risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI), assessment of the amount of neuronal damage, and/or susceptibility to neurodegenerative disease in a subject. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291038 | IMMUNOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD USING HAPTEN AND ANTIBODY BINDING THERETO AS REFERENCE ANTIBODY, AND IMMUNOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS USING REFERENCE ANTIBODY - The present invention relates to a method for the immunological measurement using a hapten and an antibody binding to the hapten as a reference antibody, and a device for the immunological measurement using the reference antibody. According to the present invention, the method and the device for the immunological measurement can be used in an immunoassay by reflecting surrounding environments, for example, by reflecting a numerical value in a test zone, which is changed by external factors such as temperatures of a sample and a device, an amount and components of an injected sample, variations of the device, and the like, in a reference zone and changing the numerical value in the test zone, and can be useful in minimizing analysis errors due to a low probability of causing a non-specific reaction with a material in the sample. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291039 | Testing Device For Identifying Antigens And Antibodies In Biofluids - A testing device for identifying an antigen or antibody within a biofluid sample including: a substrate having a hydrophilic surface thereon; the surface including a collection zone, and at least one detection zone extending therefrom; wherein the biofluid sample can be mixed with a specific antigen or antibody, and deposited on the collection zone and transferred by capillary action to the detection zone; the antigen or antibody in the biofluid sample reacting with an appropriate said antibody or antigen thereby resulting in a visual indication within the detection zone. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291040 | SAMPLE ANALYZER, SAMPLE ANALYZING METHOD, AND NON TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM - A sample analyzer includes: a preparation unit configured to mix a sample with a reagent to prepare a measurement specimen; a measurement unit configured to irradiate the measurement specimen with light to acquire optical time series data; and a controller configured to divide the time series data acquired by the measurement unit into data segments, determine first regression lines respectively of the data segments, select the first regression line with the highest matching degree with the time series data, set as an analysis target region a region of the time series data matching with the selected first regression line among the time series data acquired by the measurement unit, determine a second regression line using the time series data included in the set analysis target region, and perform an analysis using the second regression line. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291041 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CLOTTING TIME, METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT, AND REAGENT KIT FOR DETECTING LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT - Disclosed is a method for measuring clotting time including: preparing a measurement sample by mixing a blood specimen suspected to contain a lupus anticoagulant, an activator, and a divalent-metal-ion-producing compound for facilitating formation of a phospholipid-containing complex; and measuring a clotting time after adding, to the measurement sample, an aqueous solution of a calcium salt as a coagulation initiator. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291042 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR BLOOD SAMPLE DETERMINATION, AND BLOOD SAMPLE ANALYZER - Disclosed is a blood sample determination method including: preparing a mixed plasma by mixing a subject plasma and a normal plasma; emitting light to a measurement specimen obtained by mixing the mixed plasma and a clotting time measuring reagent, to obtain optical information regarding an amount of light from the measurement specimen; and determining whether the subject plasma is suspected to be a coagulation-factor-deficient plasma, on the basis of optical information obtained from one measurement specimen. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291043 | Fibrinolytic Potential: A Test of Pleural Fluid to Predict Outcomes and Guide Dosing in Fibrinolytic Therapy - The present invention is directed to an assay that informs precision-based intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy (IPFT). Provided is a simple assay based on measurement of the Fibrinolytic Potential (FP)—total fibrinolytic activity in pleural fluid when plasminogen activator inhibitors (PAIs) are neutralized and endogenous plasminogen (PLG) is activated. The assay is used to determine FP in baseline pleural fluids of patients undergoing IPFT with agents such as tPA or scuPA to determine the dose and dose intervals for the particular patient. Pleural fluids are also collected after IPFT to confirm that intrapleural fibrinolysis is inhibited and endogenous PLG accumulates in the pleural fluid. Inhibition of intrapleural fibrinolysis in combination with its increase after supplementation of pleural fluid with a plasminogen activator indicates whether or not the subject should be treated with more or higher doses of an IPFT drug. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291044 | COLORIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF THE TOTAL OIL CONTENT OF A PLANT TISSUE SAMPLE USING ALKALINE SAPONIFICATION - This disclosure concerns plants, plant materials, and the oil characteristics thereof. In embodiments, compositions and methods for determining the total oil content of plant materials are provided. Such methods and compositions may in some embodiments allow for the characterization and screening of oil traits and sub-traits that are difficult or impossible to distinguish by conventional techniques. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291045 | AUTOMATED SPECIMEN DEPOSITION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Systems and methods that enable automated spray deposition of biological specimens carried on microscope slides are described herein. Aspects of the technology are directed, for example, to automated specimen deposition systems and methods of generating high-quality, reproducible specimen-bearing microscope slides in automated processing systems. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291046 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUS AND ANALYZING METHOD - A detection unit | 2016-10-06 |
20160291047 | Mass Spectrometry Method And Apparatus For Clinical Diagnostic Applications - A mass spectrometer system for analysis of clinical samples includes a source of clinical samples. A controller receives the clinical samples from the source of clinical samples. A sample preparation system receives clinical sample from the controller and processes the samples to produce an extract suitable for analysis by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and deposits the extract on a sample plate together with a MALDI matrix. A sample plate loading mechanism transports sample plates from the sample preparation system into an evacuated ion source of a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. A MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer ionizes and analyzes samples on the sample plate and generates a mass spectrum of components in the clinical samples. A computer system receives data from the MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer and processes and interprets the data to generate a mass spectrum. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291048 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic analysis device that combines a biochemical analysis unit and a blood coagulation analysis unit and has a high processing capacity while reducing device cost and life-cycle cost. An automatic analysis device is characterized in that when a synthetic-substrate item or latex-agglutination item from among synthetic-substrate, latex-agglutination, and clotting-time blood-coagulation-test items is made to be a first test item and the clotting-time item is made to be a second test item, if there is a measurement request for the first test item and second test item in the same specimen rack, a control unit determines the conveyance path of the specimen rack such that the first test item is measured using a biochemical analysis unit and the second test item is measured using a coagulation time analysis unit and controls a conveyance line. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291049 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ASPIRATION AND/OR DISPENSING VOLUME AND/OR PIPETTE POSITIONING - Methods of determining or verifying proper operation of a diagnostic device are disclosed. The methods include monitoring, with one or more image capture devices, one or more locations to determine proper aspiration, dispense, and/or overall assay component volume fill of one or more bio-liquid containers. Tip immersion depth and location may be also measured and/or verified. Diagnostic devices and apparatus adapted to carry out the method are described, as are other aspects. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291050 | Inertial Sensor - An inertial sensor includes a first sensor element, which is damped against vibrations from an interface of the inertial sensor by a damping element. The first sensor element is configured to detect a first measured variable in a first frequency band, and the damping element is configured to dampen vibrations at least in the first frequency band. The inertial sensor further includes a second sensor element, which is mechanically coupled to the interface. The second sensor element is configured to detect a second measured variable in a second frequency band. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291051 | CORRISION-RESISTANT HEATED AIR DATA PROBE - An air data probe is disclosed. The air data probe may include a probe body having an interior cavity and coated by a protective shell. A sensing port may be disposed in the air data probe and may extend through the probe body. The sensing port may also be lined by the protective shell. The protective shell may be made of an austenitic nickel-chromium alloy, or stainless steel, or any relatively corrosion resistant material. The probe body may be made of nickel, or a nickel alloy, or any relatively thermally conductive material. The protective shell may be joined to the probe body by additive manufacturing, such as laser cladding. In this manner, an air data probe capable withstanding high temperatures without corrosion and yet also being relatively thermally conductive is disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291052 | METHOD FOR REDUCING ERROR IN ROTOR SPEED MEASUREMENTS - The method of reducing error in rotor speed measurement includes synchronously measuring a rotor having a target including at least one geometric imperfection. Time intervals for the passing of each tooth of a rotor are stored in a circular buffer memory array. Speed is always determined by extracting the time for a complete revolution, so that geometric imperfections and asymmetry of the rotating target do not influence the speed determination, which is always representing the average speed over the latest complete revolution. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291053 | Scanning Probe Microscope and Measurement Range Adjusting Method for Scanning Probe Microscope - A scanning probe microscope has a cantilever having: a probe that is to be contacted or approached on a surface of a sample; and a processor that operates to perform a process including: calculating a measurement width MW and an offset value OV from a minimum value S | 2016-10-06 |
20160291054 | HIGH IMPEDANCE COMPLIANT PROBE TIP - A test probe tip can include a compliance member or force deflecting assembly and a tip component. The compliance member or force deflecting assembly can include a plunger component and a barrel component to receive the plunger component, wherein the plunger component is configured to slide axially inside the barrel component. The test probe tip can also include a spring mechanism within the barrel component to act on the plunger component, and a resistive/impedance element coupled with the plunger component at one end and with the tip component at the opposite end, the resistive/impedance element including at least one rod having a semi-cylindrical form and a resistive material situated thereon. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291055 | PROBE CARD AND TEST APPARATUS - A probe card comprises a probe; and a probe card substrate which includes a first member and a second member, the first member having a first surface provided with the probe and the second member having a second surface surrounding the first surface, wherein a direction of the first surface is different from a direction of the second surface. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291056 | BAND OVERLAY SEPARATOR - A test and measurement instrument including a splitter configured to split an input signal into at least two split signals, at least two harmonic mixers configured to mix an associated split signal with an associated harmonic signal to generate an associated mixed signal, at least two digitizers configured to digitize the associated mixed signal, at least two MIMO polyphase filter arrays configured to filter the associated digitized mixed signal of an associated digitizer of the at least two digitizers, at least two pairs of band separation filters configured to receive the associated digitized mixed signals from each of the MIMO polyphase filter arrays and output a low band of the input signal and a high band of the input signal based on a time different between the at least two digitizers and a phase drift of a local oscillator, and a combiner configured to combine the low band of the input signal and the high band of the input signal to form a reconstructed input signal. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291057 | AUTOMATED TEST PLATFORM - An automated test platform for testing a first device under test includes N voltage sources for providing N different voltages. A cross matrix switching system is coupled to the N voltage sources, the cross matrix switch being configured to provide the N different voltages to M discrete test points within the first device under test, wherein M is larger than N. An N voltage measuring system is coupled to the first device under test, the N voltage measuring system being configured to measure the voltage potential present on the M discrete test points. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291058 | SAFETY TEST SWITCH WITH ACTUATION LEVER - An interface test device for testing a circuit, the interface test device including a module assembly including a plurality of modules, wherein a test block assembly is formed from individual test blocks that are arranged at one another in parallel and fixated at one another, wherein a test plug assembly is formed from individual test plugs that are arranged at one another other in parallel and fixated at one another, wherein a movement of a lever arm out of a plane of an insertion direction of the test plug assembly into the test block assembly is transferred by strut elements to pinions of the test plug assembly and inserts test fingers of the test plug assembly into openings of the test block assembly, wherein one of the test fingers of the test plug assembly opens a medium to high voltage monitoring circuit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291059 | CURRENT SENSOR, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Current sensors, systems and methods are provided. A test current is injected via a pair of force terminals into a conductor and a pair of sense terminals are configured to provide an input signal that corresponds to a voltage drop across the conductor. Based on the test current in the conductor and based on the input signal, a contribution to the voltage drop due to the test current and a contribution to the voltage drop due to a primary current through the conductor may be determined. In addition, at least one of a reference resistance of the conductor and the primary current in the conductor may be further determined. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291060 | CURRENT MEASUREMENT - The present invention relates to current measurement apparatus | 2016-10-06 |
20160291061 | CURRENT SENSING DEVICES AND METHODS - A low-cost and high-precision current sensing device and methods for use and manufacturing. In one embodiment, the current sensing apparatus comprises a Rogowski-type coil which is manufactured in segments so as to facilitate the manufacturing process. In an exemplary embodiment, the current sensing apparatus segments are asymmetric in shape and/or composition (e.g., bobbin shape, size, and/or winding configuration) so as to account for asymmetries in the magnetic field distribution around a bus bar, or to accommodate its shape in a more compact form factor, and/or to improve the immunity to the effects of an external magnetic field. Methods of manufacturing and using the aforementioned current sensing apparatus are also disclosed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291062 | Optical Current Transducer With Offset Cancellation and Current Linearization - There is provided a system for use with a fiber-optic current transducer. The system includes a processing unit configured to transduce a first light signal into a first electrical signal. The processing unit is further configured to transduce a second light signal into a second electrical signal. The processing unit is configured to remove offsets from the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal by forcing the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal to be on the same per unit basis. Furthermore, the processing unit is configured to combine the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal to produce a composite signal, the composite signal being free of the offsets. And the processing unit is further configured to linearize the composite signal to produce an output current indicative of a current flowing in a conductor disposed proximate the FOCT. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291063 | POWER TRANSFORMERS USING OPTICAL CURRENT SENSORS - Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for methods and systems related to optical current sensors used to monitor standby power transformers, specifically fiber optical current and voltage sensors and, more particularly, to applications involving filters for use in such sensors, such as frequency tracking comb filters. According to one embodiment, a method for monitoring a connection condition of a stand by power transformer includes the steps of measuring a current flowing through a high voltage side of the standby power transformer using at least one optical current sensor disposed proximate to a current flow path of the high voltage side, using a comb filter to filter the measured current, determining whether the filtered, measured current is less than a predetermined threshold value; and generating an alarm indication that the high voltage side of the standby power transformer is unconnected. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291064 | Current Transducer With Offset Cancellation - There is provided a system for use with a fiber-optic current transducer. The system includes a processing unit configured to transduce a first light signal into a first electrical signal. The processing unit is further configured to transduce a second light signal into a second electrical signal. Furthermore, the processing unit is configured to remove offsets from the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal by forcing the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal to be on the same per unit basis. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291065 | VIRTUAL GROUND SENSING CIRCUIT FOR HIGH IMPEDANCE VOLTAGE SENSORS - A voltage sensing circuit includes an amplifier having a first input and an amplifier output, the first input being coupled to a node comprising a virtual ground, and a first impedance element having an input structured to be coupled to the conductor and an output coupled to the first input of the amplifier through the node. The first impedance element is structured to cause a current signal having a current directly proportional to the voltage on the conductor and a substantially zero volt voltage to be provided to the first input of the amplifier through the node responsive to the voltage of the conductor being provided to the input of the first impedance element. The amplifier is structured to cause an output voltage that is directly proportional to the current of the current signal to be provided at the amplifier output. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291066 | METHODS OF DETECTING CHANGE IN OBJECT AND APPARATUSES FOR PERFORMING THE METHODS - A detecting apparatus includes a first resonator configured to generate a first resonance signal based on power output from a power supply in response to an object changing within a range of a field of the first resonator, a switch configured to connect the first resonator to the power supply in response to a control signal, and a controller configured to sample a value of an envelope of the first resonance signal to detect a change in the object. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291067 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINE-GRAINED WEATHER NORMALIZATION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION BASELINE DATA - An apparatus for estimating a building's energy consumption, including thermal response processor and a regression engine. The thermal response processor generates energy use data sets, each having energy consumption values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values. The consumption values within each of the data sets are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to the time and temperature values, where each of the plurality of lag values is different from other lag values. The thermal response processor performs a regression analysis on each of the energy use data sets to yield corresponding regression model parameters and a corresponding residual. The thermal response processor determines a least valued residual from all residuals yielded by the regression engine, the least valued residual indicating an energy lag for the building, and regression model parameters that correspond to the least valued residual are employed to estimate the energy consumption. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291068 | Dynamic Power Meter with Improved Accuracy and Single Cycle Resolution - A dynamic power meter circuit receives a set of clock signals. The clock signals are summed by a clock sum adder, thereby generating a clock sum value. A dynamic power meter output value is generated based at least in part on the clock sum value. In one particular example, a dynamic power meter circuit receives clock signals and from them generates a clock sum model sub-value. The dynamic power meter circuit also receives event signals, and from them generates an architectural event model sub-value. A corresponding pair of clock sum model sub-value and architectural event model sub-value are then ratiometrically combined, thereby generating a dynamic power meter output value. Due to the use of both event signals and clock signals, a stream of dynamic power meter output values is generated that more closely tracks actual dynamic power of a circuit being monitored. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291069 | PHASE ANGLE MEASUREMENT USING RESIDUE NUMBER SYSTEM ANALOGUE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION - A phase angle can be measured between an analogue signal and a reference signal by converting the analogue signal to digital samples in a residue number system (RNS) analogue-to-digital converter (ADC), based on a RNS scheme. The phase angle can be measured directly from the RNS values output by the RNS ADC, or the RNS values can be converted to a binary scheme, such as straight binary, offset binary or two's complement, before calculating the phase angle measurement. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291070 | MULTI-PORT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE - This invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for calculating one or more scattering parameters of a linear network, the network including a number of N ports adapted to provide electric connections. The apparatus is configured to calculate, and the method includes calculating, one or more scattering parameters of the linear network, which are related to a reference impedance, on the basis of a measured electrical response at one or more ports of the linear network to an incident wave applied at a port of the linear network, measured under the condition that one or more of other ports of the linear network face a reflection coefficient Γ with an amplitude ρ of 0.5 or larger. The computer program is adapted to perform such a method and runs on a computer. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291071 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VARIABLY ATTENUATING AN EMITTED MICROWAVE SIGNAL - The invention relates to a device for variably attenuating a radiated microwave signal, which comprises a variable volume tight cylinder ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160291072 | TESTING METHOD AND UNIT FOR MICRO ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS - A testing method for a micro electro-mechanical system is described, comprising the steps of: i) feeding a system to be tested on a first tray; ii) collecting the system from the first tray; and iii) verifying correct operation of the system collected from the first tray; the method further comprises step iv) of acquiring at least one parameter associated with the presence or otherwise of the system on the first tray; and/or with the fact that the system matches or otherwise a correct identification code; and/or with correct or incorrect orientation and/or position of the system on the first tray; step iv) being performed prior to step ii). | 2016-10-06 |
20160291073 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ELECTRICAL FAULTS IN A CIRCUIT - A method for detecting electrical faults in an electrical circuit having transmission wires for power transmission includes determining whether a potential electrical fault condition exists along the transmission wires and confirming the potential electrical fault is an actual electrical fault. If the potential electrical fault is confirmed as an actual electrical fault, the method may disable the electrical circuit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291074 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CURRENT IN GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY SYSTEMS - The present disclosure provides a current monitoring circuit for monitoring current in a geophysical survey system. The circuit may be utilized in dipole-dipole systems including one or more electrode stations or in loop systems. The circuit includes a transmitter configured to generate an output current. One or more current monitors are positioned to detect current at or near the electrode stations or at positions along the one or more loops. Measured current data is transmitted back to the transmitter, which may be shut down if necessary. Methods for monitoring current in a geophysical survey system arc also provided. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291075 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSE OF A SOLENOID VALVE - Disclosed is a method for diagnosis of a solenoid valve, wherein said solenoid valve comprises a solenoid and a moveable valve element, wherein said moveable valve element is moveable between a first state and a second state, wherein the movement from said first state to said second state is achieved through supply of current to said solenoid. The method comprises: to, at a first time, where the current through said solenoid is increasing, determine a first derivative for said current, to, at a second time, following said first time, and where the current through said solenoid is increasing, determine a second derivative for said current, and to, based on a comparison between said first derivative and said second derivative, diagnose said solenoid valve. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291076 | FRAMEWORK FOR FAULT DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION IN POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - Systems and methods for detecting faults in a power distribution network are described. In an aspect, the systems and methods determine a probability that each node of the network is powered and a probability that each distribution line in the network is faulted. In another aspect, the systems and methods determine the probabilities by transmitting a signal over a power distribution network with an active sounding system. In an additional aspect, the systems and methods determine the probabilities by utilizing collected data coupled to the power distribution network. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291077 | PROBLEM DETECTION IN CABLE SYSTEM | 2016-10-06 |
20160291078 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - An object of the invention is to provide a semiconductor apparatus capable of achieving conditions that are stricter than the conditions in which the stable operation is guaranteed, without increasing the circuit size. A semiconductor apparatus ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160291079 | AUTOMATED TESTING PLATFORM - The present disclosure provides an automated testing platform including a machine station, a transporting and positioning mechanism, a manipulator actuating mechanism, a test box, a loading and unloading device, a defective product storage unit, a protective cover, and a loading and unloading cart used in conjunction with the loading and unloading device. The transporting and positioning mechanism is installed on the machine station; the transporting and positioning mechanism includes a base plate, sliding rails and a material-taking mechanism; the base plate is provided with a feed port and an outlet port; the base plate is provided with two sliding rails; the material-taking mechanism is movably arranged on the sliding rails; the manipulator actuating mechanism is installed on the machine station; the manipulator actuating mechanism includes a manipulator and an image positioning device; the loading and unloading device is located at the feed port and the outlet port. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291080 | AUTOMATIC TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automatic test system and method are provided. The automatic test system includes at least one formation apparatus and a test fixture. The formation apparatus receives a first control command from a network and executes a test procedure according to the first control command. The test procedure includes a charging mode and a discharging mode. The test fixture is selectively coupled to the formation apparatus. During the test procedure, when the test fixture is coupled to the formation apparatus, the test fixture generates a first measurement result. The test fixture transmits the first measurement result to the formation apparatus via a wireless communication interface of the test fixture. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291081 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, A TEST EQUIPMENT COMPRISING A POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device for a test equipment, test equipment having a power supply device and a method for operating a power supply device are described. The power supply device is configured for an at least partly capacitive load and has an output voltage provider configured to generate a target voltage, which is energized by an input supply voltage provided at an input of the power supply, wherein the target voltage generates an output supply voltage at the capacitive load, when the capacitive load is connected to an output of the power supply and a supply current monitor configured to monitor supply current flowing into the input of the power supply and to temporarily reduce the target voltage generating the output supply voltage, if a current value of the supply current exceeds a first predetermined threshold. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291082 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME, METHODS OF TESTING THE SAME - A semiconductor system includes a controller and a semiconductor device. The controller outputs a burn-in test signal, a clock signal and command/address signals. The semiconductor device enters a first test mode if the burn-in test signal is inputted. The semiconductor device enters a second test mode according to a level combination of the command/address signals in synchronization with the clock signal after the semiconductor device enters the first test mode. The semiconductor device enters a third test mode according to an other level combination of the command/address signals in synchronization with the clock signal after the semiconductor device enters the second test mode. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291083 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TEST TEMPERATURE CONTROL MECHANISM - A thermal controller includes a thermal control interface to receive test data from an automated test equipment (ATE) system and dynamically adjust a target setpoint temperature based on the data and a dynamic thermal controller to receive the target setpoint temperature from the thermal control interface and control a thermal actuator based on the target setpoint temperature. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291084 | VIA LEAKAGE AND BREAKDOWN TESTING - Various particular embodiments include a via testing structure, including: a first terminal coupled to a first set of sensing lines in a top level of the structure; a second terminal coupled to a second set of sensing lines in the top level of the structure, wherein first set of sensing lines and the second set of sensing lines are disposed in a comb arrangement; a third terminal coupled to a third set of sensing lines in a bottom level of the structure; and a plurality of vias electrically coupling the second set of sensing lines in the top level of the structure to the third set of sensing lines in the bottom level of the structure, each via having a via top and a via bottom. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291085 | ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - An active device array substrate includes a substrate, an inspection circuit, pixel structures, a passivation layer, and conductive pads. The substrate has a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area. The inspection circuit is located on the substrate and includes inspection switches, inspection control lines, and inspection traces. Each of the inspection switches is located in the peripheral area and controlled by one of the inspection control lines. Each of the inspection traces is connected to one of the inspection switches and includes a first conductive wire segment and a second conductive wire segment. The second conductive wire segment is connected between the first conductive wire segment and one corresponding inspection switch. An electric conductivity of the second conductive wire segment is lower than an electric conductivity of the first conductive wire segment. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291086 | ON-CHIP BUILT-IN TEST AND OPERATIONAL QUALIFICATION - Operational and functional testing of the optical Physical Media Dependent Integrated Circuits (“PMD ICs”) is achieved by constructing a switchable on-chip load with similar or equivalent electrical characteristics of a targeted photonic device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291087 | ELECTRONIC DEVCIE WITH CHIP-ON-FILM PACKAGE - An electronic device with COF package is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible substrate, a core circuit unit, multiple output pads and multiple switching elements. First terminals of the switching elements are respectively and electrically connected to output pads of the core circuit unit, and second terminals of the switching elements are respectively and electrically connected to the output pads. In a test stage of the electronic device, the switching elements are sequentially turned on such that one of multiple output signals of the core circuit unit is transmitted to a common test pad outside of the electronic device through corresponding one of the output pads. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291088 | ADVANCED 4-DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL AND DEVICE TESTING USING CIRCUIT-STATE RECOGNITION - The Fast Fourier transform describes functions into different dimensions or coordinates such as Cartesian to spherical. For example, a function could be represented in the domains of time and frequency. The concept of the 3-D FFT has the same form as the mathematical representation of the 2-D FFT utilizing a 1-D FFT. This technique is essentially a spatial filtering operation in which the hologram functions as a matched filter. It has been applied here, to function as 4-D FFT by adding the dimension of time to recognize the presence of a specific electronic circuit and detect the moment when specific voltage levels or signals are present within or acting upon, the circuit or device under test and development. Any dynamic changes in the test object from ideal or recorded conditions, such as by defects in the device under test's circuitry or from prescribed voltage or signal induced operating parameters, will not result in the reconstruction of the desired object wave or holographic image. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291089 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BATTERY MONITORING USING DISCHARGE PULSE MEASUREMENTS - Methods include determining first and second voltages of a battery before and after a load interval, determining a current through the battery during the load interval, and determining a status of the battery from the determined first and second voltages and the determined current. The load interval may include an interval during which a discharge pulse is applied to the battery, and the first and second voltages may be voltages when the battery is open circuited. The first voltage may be determined before the battery transitions from an open-circuited state to a pulse discharge state, and the second voltage may be determined after the battery transitions from the pulse discharge state to the open-circuited state. Corresponding battery monitoring apparatus and computer program products are also described. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291090 | CONTROL SCHEME CREATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CREATING CONTROL SCHEME - A control scheme creation method according to an embodiment includes executing, on a computer, processing of calculation of the amount of stored or released energy of each of a plurality of energy storage devices for each of a plurality of periods based on estimation value information on the amount of energy consumption within a target area and based on remaining amount information representing the amount of remaining energy of each of the plurality of energy storage devices. Furthermore, the control scheme creation method includes executing, on the computer, processing of determination of storage timing or release timing for the energy storage device for each of the periods based on the calculated amount of stored or released energy. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291091 | BATTERY VOLTAGE DETECTION DEVICE - A battery voltage detection device includes a battery; a voltage detection circuit; and a low-pass filter provided between the battery and the voltage detection circuit. The low-pass filter includes a capacitor of which one end is connected to a terminal of the battery and the other end is connected to a voltage source outputting a voltage higher than a terminal voltage of the battery. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291092 | DETERMINATION OF BATTERY TYPE - It is presented a method for determining a battery type of a battery set powering a host device, the battery set comprising at least one exchangeable battery. The method is performed in a battery type determiner and comprises the steps of: measuring a voltage of the battery set, yielding a voltage measurement; determining charge depletion of the battery set; storing the voltage measurement and the charge depletion; repeating the steps of measuring, determining charge depletion and storing until an exit condition is true; and determining the battery type based on the stored voltage measurements and the stored charge depletion. A corresponding battery type determiner, host device, computer program and computer program product are also presented. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291093 | INSPECTION METHOD FOR SECONDARY BATTERY - An inspection method for a secondary battery according to the invention includes: a first aging treatment process for performing aging treatment on the secondary battery that has initially been charged at a first temperature; a first voltage measurement process; a second aging treatment process for performing the aging treatment on the secondary battery at a second temperature; a second voltage measurement process; a self-discharge amount computation process; a non-temperature dependent failure determination process for determining non-temperature dependent failure that does not depend on a relationship between a self-discharge amount and a temperature in accordance with the measured self-discharge amount; and a temperature dependent failure determination process for determining temperature dependent failure that depends on the relationship between the self-discharge amount and the temperature in accordance with the self-discharge amount, temperature dependency of which is suppressed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291094 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE AGEING OF A CELL OF A STORAGE BATTERY - A method for estimating the ageing of at least one cell of a storage battery includes acquiring a voltage across the terminals of the cell and an amperage passing through the cell, and calculating a maximum capacitance and a level of charge of the cell in accordance with the voltage and the amperage acquired. The calculation is made by resolving: a system of discretized equations corresponding to a modelling of the cell as an electric circuit includes, in series, an ideal voltage source, a resistor, a first resistor and capacitor pair connected in parallel, and at least one second resistor and capacitor pair connected in parallel; and a discretized equation for estimating the variation in the maximum capacitance of the cell. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291095 | TESTER FOR WIRELESS ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE CHARGER - An exemplary assembly for testing a wireless charge transmit system includes a portable tester that is configured to mimic a vehicle mounted charge receive system and to wirelessly interface with a wireless charge transmit system. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291096 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE - A magnetic sensor device having a first magnetic core structure which is aligned along a first central longitudinal axis and has at least one first coil, and having a second magnetic core structure which includes at least one second coil, the second magnetic core structure extending from a first end face of the second magnetic core structure along a second central longitudinal axis to a second end face of the second magnetic core structure, the second central longitudinal axis lying in a plane aligned in a direction normal to the first central longitudinal axis, and the second magnetic core structure being positioned in relation to the first magnetic core structure in such a way that a clearance between the first end face of the second magnetic core structure and a first center of mass of the first magnetic core structure is less than 20% of a maximum extension of the first magnetic core structure along the first central longitudinal axis. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291097 | TUNNELING MAGNETO-RESISTOR DEVICE FOR SENSING A MAGNETIC FIELD - A tunneling magneto-resistor (TMR) device for sensing a magnetic field includes a first TMR sensor having a first MTJ (magnetic tunneling junction) device and a second MTJ device connected in parallel. Each of the first and second MTJ devices has a pinned layer and a free layer. The pinned layer of each of the first and second MTJ devices has a pinned magnetization at a first pinned direction. The free layers of the first and second MTJ devices have a first free magnetization parallel to and a second free magnetization anti-parallel to a first easy-axis respectively. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291098 | METAL DETECTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A METAL DETECTOR - A stable assembly of a metal detector is disclosed which can ensure a tension free physical connection between a former and a case of the metal detector. The metal detector includes a case with at least four closed sides and two openings, a non-conductive former having a pass-through aperture, and electromagnetic coils arranged on the former to produce an electromagnetic field within the former which is disturbed by a metallic body passing through the aperture. The former formed into a single piece and having a width equal to the inner width of the case, is inserted into the case from the front side of the case. The space between the former and the case is filled with a potting medium. The physical connection between the former and the case includes a protruding-recess which is strengthened by an adhesive. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291099 | MAGNETISM DETECTION SENSOR AND MAGNETISM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A magnetism sensor includes a magnetism reaction section having a gas cell filled with a gas that rotates the plane of polarization of laser beam passing through the magnetism reaction section in correspondence with the intensity of a magnetic vector, a light guide section that guides the laser beam to the magnetism reaction section, and a light detection section that detects the angle of rotation of the plane of polarization of the laser beam having passed through the magnetism reaction section. The light guide section and the light detection section are positionally fixed to each other, and the magnetism reaction section is so provided as to be attachable and detachable to and from the light guide section and the light detection section. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291100 | TRANSCEIVER COIL ARRAY FACILITATING MR-GUIDED PROCEDURES - Nuclear magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can include use of an electrical transceiver coil system comprising an array of segmented loops. The array can be arranged about a portion of an imaging subject and arranged to provide surgical access to a region of the imaging subject from at least one direction. The segmented loops can establish a volumetric radio frequency (RF) excitation field across a volume-of-interest associated with the imaging subject in response to the segmented loops receiving specified transmit phases providing a non-90-degree relative phase between segmented coil loops at adjacent ones of the segmented loops. All or at least some of the segmented loops can provide outputs indicative of an RF signal from the imaging subject, the RF signal elicited in response to RF excitation. The transceiver coil system can facilitate pre-operative, intra-operative, or post-operative MR imaging, such as facilitating access for a surgical procedure. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291101 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHECKING BODY COIL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM - In a method and device for checking a body coil of an MRI system a current value of one or more parameters of the MRI system is acquired under a specific condition. The current value is compared with a reference value of the parameter to obtain a comparison result. A state of the body coil is determined according to the comparison result. The method for checking a body coil of an MRI system according to a particular embodiment of the present invention can replace onsite periodic maintenance inspection by a maintenance engineer, and also detect damage to the body coil at an early stage. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291102 | Coil Assembly for Accurate Adjustment of Magic Angle in Solid-State NMR Apparatus and Method of Adjusting Magic Angle Using Such Coil Assembly - A specially shaped coil assembly for accurate adjustment of the magic angle is provided to permit accurate adjustment of an angle made between the direction of a static magnetic field and the axis of sample spinning without impairing the resolution of NMR signals. The sample is placed within the external static magnetic field B | 2016-10-06 |
20160291103 | MRI INVOLVING A DISTRIBUTED SENSOR TO MONITOR THE TERMPERATURE AND/OR STRAIN OF COIL CABLES AND TRAPS - A magnetic resonance (MR) system | 2016-10-06 |
20160291104 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - An MRI apparatus is provided in which, in a superconducting magnet using a high-temperature superconducting wire, deterioration in a heat insulation function of a vacuum tank can be prevented even in a case where cooling performed by a freezer is stopped for a long period of time, and thus rapid cooling can be performed so that a temperature is reduced to a threshold temperature or lower of the high-temperature superconducting wire after an operation of the freezer is resumed. For this, the MRI apparatus includes a superconducting coil | 2016-10-06 |
20160291105 | MULTI-PARAMETRIC PET-MR IMAGING AND MULTI-MODALITY JOINT IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - A method of acquiring PET and MR images simultaneously includes obtaining raw k-space data for continuous MR volumes and acquiring PET information. The method further includes performing a joint multi-modality image reconstruction and generating a set of PET and MR images. The method additionally includes generating a set of MR fingerprints from the reconstructed MR images and using the MR fingerprints to generate a set of parameter maps. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291106 | MR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION USING COMPRESSED SENSING - The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of an object ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160291107 | 3D Balanced EPI Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting - Provided is a system and method for performing a magnetic resonance fingerprinting imaging process. The process includes determining acquisition parameters including at least one of repetition time (TR) or flip angle (FA), selected to control one of a duration and a number of repetitions of for a pulse sequence that samples k-space in a Cartesian acquisition pattern by acquiring an echo train. The process also includes controlling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system to perform the pulse sequence a plurality of times to acquire magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) data corresponding to signals from the subject excited by the pulse sequence. The process also includes estimating quantitative tissue properties of the subject by comparing the MRF data to a database and reconstructing, from the MRF data, at least one image of the subject indicating the estimated quantitative tissue properties. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291108 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS USING AN INVERSION PULSE - In a magnetic resonance (MR) system and method for determining an MR system frequency for a region to be examined that has multiple materials therein, a first frequency spectrum is acquired by the execution of a first RF excitation sequence. A second frequency spectrum for the region is acquired by radiation of an RF inversion pulse and execution of a second RF excitation sequence, at the point in time at which the relaxation curve of one of the materials has a zero-crossing. Subsequently, echo signals excited by the second RF excitation sequence are read out, from which a frequency spectrum is determined. The first frequency spectrum and the second frequency spectrum are compared. On the basis of the comparison, maxima of the first frequency spectrum are allocated to different materials. The system frequency is determined on the basis of the allocation of the maxima. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291109 | MULTI-SPECTRAL MRI SCAN WITH MAGNETIZATION RECOVERY - Methods, and systems and apparatus for implementing the methods, are described for performing efficient multispectral magnetic resonance imaging, such that images of multiple contrast weightings for each slice are acquired in a single scan. Such differentially weighted MR images are thus suitable for generating a plurality of coregistered parameter maps for each slice. The methods may comprise applying a first excitation pulse to a first slice of a subject; detecting a first plurality of echo signals emitted by the first slice after the first excitation pulse; waiting a first period of time; applying a second excitation pulse to the first slice during partial recovery of a longitudinal magnetization of the first slice; and detecting a second plurality of echo signals emitted by the first slice after the second excitation pulse. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291110 | DUAL CONTRAST VESSEL WALL MRI USING PHASE SENSITIVE POLARITY MAPS - Methods and systems for using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging include obtaining a T1-weighted MR image and a proton-density (PD) weighted MR image from a dual-image acquisition following an inversion-recovery (IR) pulse. The T1-weighted and PD-weighted images are used to obtain a polarity function describing a positive or negative polarity at individual voxels, which is used to reconstruct a polarity-enhanced PD-weighted image from the PD-weighted image. The polarity-enhanced PD-weighted image can be used for assessing at least plaque burden and juxtaluminal calcification (JCA). | 2016-10-06 |
20160291111 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA ACQUISITION METHOD AND APPARATUS SATURATION WITH SPIN DEPENDENT ON THE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES TO BE IMAGED - In a method, computer and magnetic resonance imaging system for determining a control sequence for operating the magnetic resonance imaging system to generate magnetic resonance image data of a region to be imaged of an examination subject, from which magnetic resonance raw data are acquired, information describing the anatomical structure of the region to be imaged is made available in the computer, and a surrounding area and a central area are specified in the region to be imaged dependent on the determined anatomical structure. Furthermore, a one-dimensional water/fat saturation pulse sequence for saturating the surrounding areas is determined and a multidimensional water/fat saturation pulse sequence for saturating the central area is determined. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291112 | SINGLE-ECHO IMAGING WITH NONLINEAR MAGNETIC GRADIENTS - Efficient encoding of signals in an MRI image is achieved through a combination of parallel receiver coils, and nonlinear gradient encoding that varies dynamically in such a manner as to impose a unique phase/frequency time varying signal on each pixel in the field of view. Any redundancies are designed such that they are easily resolved by the receiver coil sensitivity profiles. Since each voxel has an essentially identifiable complex temporal signal, spatial localization is easily achieved with only a single echo acquisition. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291113 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR SPEED-COMPENSATED DIFFUSION-BASED DIFFUSION IMAGING - In a magnetic resonance imaging system and operating method for generating magnetic resonance image data of an object under examination, in order to acquire magnetic resonance raw data, an operating sequence is determined that has an excitation wherein an RF excitation pulse is radiated, and a readout procedure for receiving RF signals. In addition, a diffusion contrast gradient pulse sequence is generated that includes an uneven number of 2n+1 diffusion contrast gradient pulses switched in chronological succession, with the sum of the zero gradient moments of the diffusion contrast gradient pulses having the value zero and the sum of the first gradient moments of the diffusion contrast gradient pulses having the value zero. An RF refocusing pulse is switched between two of the diffusion contrast gradient pulses. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291114 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A MALFUNCTION OF A BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for detecting a malfunction of a battery control system including a plurality of sensors intended to measure separate physical quantities of the battery, the method including the following steps: a) reading output values of the sensors; and b) determining, by means of a processing unit, whether the read values are consistent with a physical phenomenon conditioning relationships between at least two of the quantities. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291115 | Compound Eye Laser Tracking Device - The Compound Eye Laser Illumination Seeker is a tracking system used to guide items to point at a laser-illuminated target, with the illumination being either pulsed or modulated at either a specific rate or within a range of rates. The device comprises a multiaperture compound receiver optics to collect the signal, a set of light guides to combine the received light into light representing individual angular sectors and redirect it to detectors whose output represents the illumination signal in that quadrant, a spectral filter, an angle filter, the set of detectors, and processing electronics. The output is an electronic signal indicating the angular difference between the pointing direction of the signal and the pointing direction of the tracking device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291116 | MOBILE TERMINAL, WEARABLE TERMINAL, SONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND SONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD - Disclosed herein is a mobile terminal including: a reproducing section adapted to reproduce a first distance measurement signal; a recording section adapted to record the first distance measurement signal and a second distance measurement signal output from other mobile terminal; a time difference measurement section adapted to measure a first difference between recording start times of the first and second distance measurement signals; a communication section adapted to receive a second difference between recording start times of the first and second distance measurement signals from the other mobile terminal, the second difference being measured by the other mobile terminal; and a distance calculation section adapted to calculate a distance to the other mobile terminal by multiplying the subtraction result between the first and second differences by the speed of sound. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291117 | HOSTILE FIRE DETECTION FOR AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM - Systems and methods are presented for detecting a direction of an incoming projectile and determining a source location of the projectile. One or more resonant sensors (comprising a plate, piezo electric sensor, etc.) can be arranged, where shockwaves from the projectile (e.g., shockwaves from a bullet travelling at supersonic speeds) are incident upon the plate and cause the plate to resonate. The resonance causes an electrical signal to be generated by the piezo electric sensor (e.g., a piezo electric film sensor), the greater the degree of resonance in the plate, the higher the magnitude of signal generated by the piezo electric sensor. By comparing the magnitude of the piezo electric signals across the array of resonant sensors it is possible to determine a trajectory of the projectile and hence a location of the source of the projectile. Acoustic waves can also be generated by muzzle waves. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291118 | TRANSMITTER PRECODING FOR OPTIMIZING POSITIONING PERFORMANCE - Described herein are techniques related to transmitter precoding for optimizing positioning performance. The techniques are directed to transmit signals with relatively higher transmission power, in a direction along the line of sight between the transmitter and the receiver, than signals transmitted in other directions. The techniques render the first signal arriving at the receiver, as it travels along the line of sight between the transmitter and the receiver, to have stronger signal strength than the signal strengths of other signals that travel through non-LoS paths to reach the receiver. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291119 | LOCATION ESTIMATION BASED UPON AMBIENT IDENTIFIABLE WIRELESS SIGNAL SOURCES - Described herein are technologies related to estimating location of a mobile device especially while the device is traveling a known and mapped route. That is, the described technologies estimate a user's location when they are traversing a commonly traveled route. More particularly, the described technologies are especially suited to estimating geo-location of a user. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291120 | Methods and Devices For Determining The Location of Remotely Emplaced Objects, Such as Munitions - A method for determining a location of remotely emplaced objects. The method including: (a) scanning a field for one or more remotely emplaced objects with a reference source signal from a reference source; (b) detecting the signal at one or more orientation sensors associated with each of the one or more remotely emplaced objects; (c) determining an angular direction of each of the one or more remotely emplaced objects relative to the reference source based on the signal received at the one or more orientation sensors associated with each of the one or more remotely emplaced objects; (d) directing a range signal from the reference source towards each of the remotely emplaced objects at a corresponding determined angular direction; (e) in response to the range signal, transmitting a response signal from each of the remotely emplaced objects to the reference source; and (f) determining a range for each of the one or more remotely emplaced objects relative to the reference source at the determined angular direction based at least partially on the range and response signals. | 2016-10-06 |
20160291121 | BACKTRACKING INDOOR TRAJECTORIES USING MOBILE SENSORS - The present subject matter relates to a computing device ( | 2016-10-06 |