41st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090254241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA FROM MANY VEHICLES - A system and method are provided for collecting data from many vehicles. A vehicle unit with several connectivity options is installed in each vehicle. Each vehicle unit transmits driving characteristic information to a server which records all of the data it receives. In addition, the server is able to interact with the vehicle unit to provide information. A user then requests a particular report or statistic from the server. The server then takes the driving characteristic information from each vehicle including, but not limited to: emissions information, a global navigation satellite system, vehicle brand, geographic area, time of day, crashes, average speed, speed variances, accelerations, acceleration variation, sudden acceleration frequency, sudden deceleration frequency, and car location, and compiles it into data. The server then provides reports and statistics and transmits the report or statistic to the user requesting it. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254242 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle electronic control apparatus stores vehicle identification information uniquely assigned to a vehicle and vehicle individual information related to the vehicle. When the vehicle identification information is overwritten with new vehicle identification information, it is determined whether the vehicle identification information is equal to the new vehicle identification information. If it is determined that the vehicle identification information is different than the new vehicle identification information, the vehicle individual information is cleared at a time when the vehicle identification information is overwritten with new vehicle identification information. If it is determined that the vehicle identification information is equal to the new vehicle identification information, the vehicle individual information is not cleared at the time when the vehicle identification information is overwritten with new vehicle identification information. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254243 | ON-BOARD MACHINE, FREQUENCY COLLECTING DEVICE, AND FREQUENCY COLLECTING METHOD - Provided is an on-board machine capable of readily examining whether a self-diagnosing mechanism operates in a normal manner while satisfying statutory requirements. The on-board machine includes an EEPROM for storing a failure diagnosis executing frequency calculated on the basis of a failure diagnosis executed by an electronic control device under a predetermined travel condition set in advance, and a control portion for transmitting the failure diagnosis executing frequency stored in the EEPROM in response to a transmission demand for the executing frequency of the failure diagnosis from an external frequency collecting device | 2009-10-08 |
20090254244 | System and Method for Detecting a Pitch Rate Sensor Fault - A system and method for detecting a fault in a pitch rate sensor onboard a vehicle. Signals, including a steering wheel angle, a yaw rate, a roll rate, a longitudinal acceleration, a lateral acceleration, and a vehicle speed, are processed in a controller to validate a pitch rate signal. Upon detection of a fault in the pitch rate signal, the system and method will determine a process in which to minimize negative effects of the pitch sensor fault. The system and method will then direct the controller to select a process, such as a direct shutdown, a slow shutdown or replace a signal, in a relevant control system, based on the determination. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254245 | HUMIDITY SENSOR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A diagnostic system for a vehicle comprises a humidity module and a fault diagnostic module. The humidity module outputs a first humidity value based on a humidity measurement of a humidity sensor of the vehicle and outputs a second humidity value based on humidity data from a data source that is external to the vehicle. The fault diagnostic module selectively diagnoses a fault in the humidity sensor based on the first humidity value and the second humidity value. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254246 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO OPTIMIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF AIR COMPRESSOR IN VEHICLE AIR BRAKE APPLICATION - In a pneumatic brake system for a motor vehicle, a variable speed electric motor is connected to a high voltage direct current power supply for variable energization, thus varying the operating rate of a compressor and the rate of pressurization of the brake system storage tanks. The operating rate of the compressor is varied responsive to pressure readings taken from the storage tanks during pressurization to minimize energy consumption. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254247 | Undazzled-area map product, and system for determining whether to dazzle person using the same - In an undazzled-area map product stored in a computer-readable storage unit, information indicative of a relationship between a boundary distance and each of a plurality of divided sections of a rectangular area to be picked up by a pickup unit is included. The pickup unit is provided in a reference vehicle with a headlight and working to pick up an image of the rectangular area ahead of the reference vehicle. The boundary distance is defined as a maximum distance between the reference vehicle and a target person such that, when a distance between the reference vehicle and the target person is within the maximum distance, the target person is estimated to be undazzled by the headlight of the reference vehicle. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RECORD OF VEHICLES - A system for managing records of vehicles comprises an equipment unit for creating and transmitting parking/stopping data of the vehicle; and a main system for receiving the parking/stopping data of the vehicle from the equipment unit and classifying, accumulating, and managing the received parking/stopping data. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254249 | ADAPTIVE SUSPENSION CONTROL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A suspension control system for a motor vehicle having a chassis and wheels connected to the chassis by a suspension system the stiffness of which is variable under the control of the suspension control system comprises a controller adapted to modify autonomously the stiffness of the suspension system depending on a current state of motion of the vehicle. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254250 | VEHICLE HEIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS USING DATA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BRAKING CONTROLLER AND SUSPENSION CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle height control apparatus includes a suspension controller for controlling vehicle height, a lateral acceleration sensor, a braking controller determining a road surface condition on the basis of a difference between a lateral acceleration measured by the lateral acceleration sensor and a lateral acceleration calculated using a vehicle speed and a steering angle, the braking controller determining vehicle height information to be reflected in the suspension controller on the basis of the measured lateral acceleration and a roll angle presumed on the basis of the determined road surface condition and the measured lateral acceleration, and an interface unit performing data communication between the braking controller and the suspension controller. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254251 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle behavior control apparatus includes a rotary body formed as a part of a power plant installed in a vehicle, and a shaft deflection unit that sets a vehicle behavior target value for obtaining a target vehicle behavior, and deflects a direction of a rotary shaft of the rotary body relative to a vehicle body in accordance with the vehicle behavior target value. Thus, the vehicle behavior can be controlled appropriately by using a pre-existing vehicle constitutional component such as an engine or a motor as the rotary body, and using a gyro moment generated by deflecting the direction of the rotary shaft of the rotary body. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254252 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS - Provided is an electric power steering control apparatus for an electric power steering system equipped with a torque sensor for detecting a steering torque of the steering system and a motor for generating a torque for assisting the steering torque, including a motor target torque calculation unit for calculating a torque of the motor in response to a steering torque signal from the torque sensor and a motor-applied voltage calculation unit for calculating a voltage applied to the motor in response to a motor target torque signal from the motor target torque calculation unit, in which the motor target torque calculation unit generates the motor target torque signal indicating a motor target torque whose ratio to a steering torque indicated by the steering torque signal is set such that an influence of a torque fluctuation of the motor on a driver becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254253 | ADAPTIVE STEERING CONTROL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An adaptive steering control system is provided for a motor vehicle. The system includes, but is not limited to a sensor for detecting a current value of an operation quantity of a steering wheel, an actor for turning steered wheels and a controller for selecting, according to the speed of the vehicle, a map (g | 2009-10-08 |
20090254254 | Adaptive nonlinear steering control system and method for work vehicles - A steering control system and method for automated steering of work vehicles that adapts to nonlinearities and uncertainties of steering mechanisms including a tolerance control law, a dynamic control law, and a saturation control law selected and executed in real time based on the magnitude of steering angle error, steering mode command, and manual override signal in real time. The dynamic control law includes a dynamic compensator having a double compensation zero, an integral, and a compensation gain, and further includes a deadband compensator and a control signal limiter. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254255 | Dynamic pressure control system with solenoid valve command current trimming - A dynamic pressure control system, such as a transmission pressure control system, is provided wherein one or more of electrical current command signals provided to a pressure control solenoid valve, such as a fast response variable force solenoid pressure control valve, are progressively trimmed in a manner to improve overall system pressure control performance by improving the overall commanded current response. The invention permits use of fast response pressure control solenoid valves and obtainment of in a manner to minimize overshoot and improve steady state accuracy, so as to thereby improve precision pressure control. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254256 | TRANSMISSION OIL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes a pressure sensor that measures a transmission fluid pressure at a first fluid cavity of a transmission. A transmission control module receives the transmission fluid pressure, determines a transmission fluid temperature in the first fluid cavity based on the transmission fluid pressure, and controls the transmission fluid pressure based on the transmission fluid temperature. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254257 | ALTITUDE MEASUREMENT USING TRANSMISSION PRESSURE SENSOR - A control system of a vehicle includes a pressure sensor that generates a pressure signal based on a pressure in a transmission of the vehicle. A control module determines atmospheric pressure based on the pressure signal. The control module controls operation of at least one of the transmission and an engine of the vehicle by generating a control signal based on the atmospheric pressure. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254258 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF TRANSMISSION - A clutch control unit includes a clutch motor controller that controls a clutch motor. The clutch motor controller has a target clutch motor current computing unit that computes a target clutch motor current for adjusting torque of the clutch motor to be torque corresponding to an operating state of the vehicle, and a motor driving and braking selection unit that selects a motor driving mode in which the clutch motor is driven by applying feedback control on an output of the clutch motor or a motor braking mode in which the clutch motor is braked by short-circuiting the clutch motor according to a difference between the target clutch motor current and an actually detected clutch motor current. It thus becomes possible to provide a control system of a transmission that engages a clutch by a motor braking force in a manner that suits the running state of the vehicle. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254259 | Third Party Speed Control Device - The present invention relates to a system and method of controlling vehicular speed, in particular by a third party, which uses data relating to geography and operator. In some instances, it is desirable to limit the power generated by an engine of a vehicle, to limit the maximum speed of the engine or to have a cruise control function on the vehicle for example. An electronic control unit ECU may be fitted to an engine, whilst a throttle valve is controlled by an operator/driver of a vehicle, this leaves the ECU operable to control the ignition and, where available, the injection, in order to control or adjust the power of the engine. For example, when the engine reaches a predetermined maximum speed, the ECU will control the engine such that some of the spark plugs are not fired and/or that fuel is not injected in every combustion chamber. The present invention seeks to provide an improved speed control device and system for a vehicle. In particular, the present invention seeks to provide an improved speed control device and system for vehicles, which can be subject to environmental and other third party limits. In accordance with a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a speed control device for a vehicle whereby a third party can impose supervisory control upon a specific vehicle and vehicle operator combination which cannot be override by the vehicle operator, the vehicle having a motor operable to provide motive power to the vehicle, a vehicle controller operable to receive speed data of the vehicle, a motor controller operable to control the output of the motor, an interface operable to receive data relating to a specific operator. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254260 | FULL SPEED RANGE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM - In one aspect, the invention is directed to an adaptive cruise control system for a host vehicle, comprising a long-range sensor configured to determine a location of objects positioned ahead of the host vehicle, at least one short-range sensor configured to determine the location of objects in close proximity ahead of the host vehicle, and a controller configured to receive information from the long-range sensor and from the at least one short-range sensor and to control the speed of the host vehicle based at least in part thereon, wherein the controller is configured to operate the at least one short-range sensor in a plurality of operating modes, and to select a short-range sensor operating mode at least in part in response to the location of any objects detected by the long-range sensor. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254261 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR DIESEL ENGINE - An electronic control unit | 2009-10-08 |
20090254262 | FUEL INJECTION MEASUREMENT AND DIAGNOSTICS - A system and method comprises operating an engine during a first cycle to drive a piston in a cylinder without energizing a fuel injector of the cylinder; acquiring first pressure data of the cylinder for a predetermined crank angle window during the first cycle; energizing the fuel injector for an energizing time during a second cycle; acquiring second pressure data of the cylinder for the predetermined crank angle window during the second cycle; calculating a pressure ratio difference average (PRDA) from the first pressure data and the second pressure data; and modifying the operation of the fuel injector based on the PRDA value. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254263 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL INJECTION OF ENGINE - An apparatus for and a method of controlling a fuel injection in which, in fuel injection control of an engine including a variable valve mechanism that can change an inlet valve opening characteristic, when an intake air amount is changed by an operation of the variable valve mechanism after the fuel injection valve performs first injection, a fuel amount corresponding to the change in intake air amount is injected in second injection after the first injection, and the sum of the fuel amount injected in the first injection and the fuel amount injected in the second injection becomes a fuel amount corresponding to an intake air amount fixed at an inlet valve closing timing. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254264 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR AN ADAPTATION OF A DYNAMIC MODEL OF AN EXHAUST GAS PROBE - The invention concerns a procedure and a device for an adaptation of a dynamic model of an exhaust gas probe, which is a component of an exhaust pipe of a combustion engine and with which a lambda value is determined for regulating an air-fuel composition, whereby a simulated lambda value is calculated parallel to that in a control unit or in a diagnosing unit of the combustion engine and an application function uses the simulated and the measured lambda value. According to the invention it is thereby provided that a jump behavior of the exhaust gas probe is determined during a running vehicle operation by evaluating a signal change at a stimulation of the system and that the dynamic model of the exhaust gas probe is adapted with the aid of these results. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254265 | VIDEO MAP TECHNOLOGY FOR NAVIGATION - There remains a need for a navigation technology that is amenable for use in conditions prevalent in developing countries. The embodiments disclosed herein achieve this by providing a video map based navigation system and methods thereon. An embodiment herein provides an electronic navigation system comprising of a means for a user to request for a route between a source and a destination; a means to combine relevant stored video clips based on the source and the destination; a means for sending user requested information to the user; and a means for the user to view information sent by the navigation system. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254266 | APPARATUS OF CALCULATING A NAVIGATION ROUTE BASED ON ESTIMATED ENERGY CONSUMPTION - A system of calculating a navigation route based on an estimated energy consumption value that assigns a distance weight coefficient for each of the plurality of potential routes that corresponds to an estimated distance energy consumption value. The system also determines a cumulative interference weight coefficient for each of the plurality of potential routes corresponding to an estimated interference energy consumption value based on traversing at least one interference event in the potential route. Each cumulative interference weight coefficient may include a fixed event interference weight coefficient, a probable event interference weight coefficient, and a scheduled event interference weight coefficient. The system then determines total route energy consumption weight coefficients for each of the plurality of potential routes by adding the distance and cumulative interference weight coefficients, and selects a route from the plurality of potential routes based on a lowest total route energy consumption weight coefficient. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254267 | Route Search System - A route search system includes a map data storing means | 2009-10-08 |
20090254268 | COMPUTING NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH ENHANCED ROUTE DIRECTIONS VIEW - Systems, methods and a graphical user interface are provided for enhancing a computing navigation device route directions view. A system is disclosed including a computing navigation device configured to identify a route for travel. The route includes one or more geographic locations along the route. The computing navigation device is further configured to receive media from a media service via a computer network, wherein each media includes associated geographic information indicating that the media relates to the one or more geographic locations. The computing navigation device is further configured to display the media in a route directions view of a graphical user interface. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254269 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ITINERARY BUILDING - A method and system calculates an itinerary for visiting a set of events, each event associated with a location and a time window. The itinerary is calculated to allow the user to arrive at each location within the associated time window. Upon user request, the method will also provide turn-by-turns directions in following the itinerary. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254270 | System and method for tracking a path of a vehicle - A vehicle charge meter for tracking a path of a vehicle is described. The vehicle charge meter comprises a receiver, a memory, a local controller, and a receipt documentation device. The receiver, the memory, and the receipt documentation device are all coupled to the local controller. The receiver is used for receiving RF signals and extracting positioning data from the signals. The memory includes a database storing relationships between positioning data and toponyms. The local controller is then used for retrieving at least one toponym corresponding to the extracted positioning data. As such, the receipt documentation device can document the retrieved toponym in an electronic receipt or on a paper receipt. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATION SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing a safe and accurate navigation service using a tactual sense and an olfactory sense are provided. In the method, tactual information created according to navigation information displayed on a navigation map composed by a terminal based on collected navigation information is received. Then, a plurality of pins are controlled to make vertical movements according to a directional stimulation and frequency amplitude variation obtained from the received tactual sense information. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254272 | Retrieval Of Vehicular Traffic Information Optimized For Wireless Mobile Environments - Two-way communication between a mobile device and a server is used to provide increased relevance of traffic information at lower bandwidth. The complexity, amount of storage and processing power required of the mobile navigation device are minimized, since the server performs much of the required computing. A transactional billing model can be used to bill the driver based on usage or consumption of traffic information. A driver selects a destination and routing preferences on a mobile device, and the local system generates a routing. The mobile device sends the planned route and preferences to a server. The server uses real-time traffic flow and incident information to determine an estimated driving time for the planned route. The server may also generate alternative routes, with an estimated time for each alternative route. The traffic and time information for the planned and alternative routes are then transmitted back to the mobile device. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254273 | Context enabled address selection - A system allows a user to select an individual address from the multiple addresses for additional information on that particular address. Multiple addresses can be viewed together on a map for selection purposes. Selection of a particular address can trigger new GUIs for presentation of context information for a particular location to a user. Context information can include differing map views, e.g., map view, satellite view, terrain view, etc., landmarks, photos taken from that particular address, local businesses, telephone numbers for that particular address, etc. Presentation of context information can assist a user in making a more informed decision as to which addresses from multiple presented possible addresses to select. Context information provide criteria to select and/or rule out a particular address. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254274 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL INFORMATION - A device for viewing celestial and terrestrial data having a housing with a reference axis, a database disposed in the housing and containing celestial and terrestrial data, a GPS receiver operatively coupled to the database and configured to receive a GPS signal, a processor operatively coupled to the GPS receiver and the database and configured to determine a user's location from the GPS signal, a sensor operatively coupled to the processor and adapted to provide the processor with a rotational angle representing the orientation of the housing relative to the reference axis, and a display unit operatively coupled to the processor and displays celestial and/or terrestrial data to the user corresponding to the rotational angle of the housing. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254275 | Systems and Methods for Monitoring Navigation State Errors - Systems and methods for monitoring navigation state errors are provided. In this regard, a representative system, among others, includes a receiver that is configured to receive GPS signals and calculate pseudorange (PR) residuals, the receiver including a navigation state error manager that is configured to: calculate a distance traveled by the receiver having the PR residuals, determine whether a navigation state has errors based on the calculated PR residuals and calculated distance, and responsive to determining that the navigation state has errors, send an error message indicating that the navigation state has errors. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254276 | Method and computer-readable storage medium with instructions for processing data in an internal navigation system - A method for processing data in an inertial navigation system having a Kalman filter and computer-readable storage medium containing instructions to configure a processor to perform the same. The method produces more accurate estimates of the position, velocity and attitude of the inertial measurement unit. The method is fully automatic and enables zero-velocity updates and fixed-azimuth updates to be performed simultaneously. The method may also include a multi-stage filtering process to filter digital compass data when used in an environment with extraterrestrial magnetic field sources. The method may also include a fixed-lag smoother to improve estimates of the position, velocity and attitude of the inertial measurement unit. The method also may include processes to constrain altitude errors. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254277 | Powered transmitter for railroad car applications - A system to report the position and/or measured conditions of a railroad car using satellite communication. The system includes a rechargeable power supply and communications unit incorporating one or more solar cells in combination with a rechargeable battery and further including a bank of ultracapacitors. The equivalent series resistance or “ESR” of the capacitor bank is substantially less than the ESR of the battery thereby allowing peak power demands to be filled by rapid dissipation of stored charge from the capacitor bank without substantial involvement of the battery under normal conditions. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254278 | LOW AUTHORITY GPS AIDING OF NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR ANTI-SPOOFING - A method and apparatus for generating navigation solutions. A global positioning system based navigation solution unit; an inertial navigation solution unit; a correction unit, a limiter, and an adding unit. The global positioning system based navigation solution unit is capable of generating a first navigation solution. The inertial navigation solution unit is capable of generating a second navigation solution. The correction unit is capable of generating a raw correction. The limiter is capable of selectively modifying the raw correction to fall within a selected range of corrections to form a correction. The adding unit is capable of adding the correction to the second navigation solution to form a navigation solution. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254279 | Compensation for mounting misalignment of a navigation device - Compensating for the misalignment of a navigation device with respect to a vehicle is described. In one example, the compensation is made by applying a high pass filter to a measured acceleration of the vehicle to produce a motion acceleration signal, weighting the motion acceleration signal with a measured steering rate of the vehicle, and deriving misalignment parameters for the navigation device with respect to the vehicle using the weighted motion acceleration signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254280 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING STRAIN DATA - A method for estimating a shape, the method including: selecting a structure comprising a plurality of strain sensors inoperable communication with the structure, each strain sensor configured to provide a strain measurement; placing the structure in a borehole; receiving the strain measurements from the plurality of strain sensors; creating a mesh grid having nodes, each node related to a location of one strain sensor and assigned a strain value measured by the one strain sensor; creating an additional node for the mesh grid wherein a strain value assigned to the additional node is derived from the strain value corresponding to at least one adjacent node; and performing an inverse finite method using the mesh grid with the assigned strain values to estimate the shape. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254281 | LITHOFACIES CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of analyzing characteristics of a subterranean formation includes applying a wavelet transform to measured data or to derived data obtained from the measured data, the measured data obtained by measuring a physical property at each of a plurality of positions in a borehole that penetrates the subterranean formation; selecting one or more scales for analyzing wavelet coefficients; performing a segmentation of the data; calculating a distribution of wavelet coefficients for each scale, for one or more spatial directions of wavelet transform application, for the wavelet transform of the data and for each segment that belongs to the portion on which the wavelet transform has been calculated; and for each segment, analyzing a distribution of the data and the distribution of the wavelet coefficients for each scale in terms of their overlap with corresponding distributions of training samples to produce a geological interpretation of the subterranean formation. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254282 | METHOD OF FINITE-ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION IN HETEROGENEOUS AND HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE GRID CELLS - A method for simulating a conductivity measured by a resistivity tool disposed in a borehole penetrating a formation, the method including: constructing a main grid extending from the borehole into the formation; constructing an auxiliary grid that is local to the main grid and fitted to a boundary between a first region having a first conductivity and a second region having a second conductivity; discretizing a problem operator on the auxiliary grid applying Maxwell's Equations to a volume represented by the auxiliary local grid, the Maxwell's Equations including a term representing the conductivity of a material in the volume; calculating one-dimensional functions for points on the auxiliary grid; constructing basic functions from the calculated functions; discretizing by the basic functions for points on the main grid; solving the resulting set of equations to obtain the simulated measured conductivity for the resistivity tool; and providing the simulated measured conductivity as output. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254283 | METHOD FOR PETROPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS - A method for evaluating an earth formation from a well bore, that includes: collecting at least one of geochemical data, petrophysical data and geomechanical data from a wellbore; and identifying depositional facies of the earth surrounding the wellbore. A computer program product and a system are provided. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254284 | System for providing animal test information and method of providing animal test information - A system for providing animal test information is disclosed that comprises: test devices; and a central device communicably connected to the test devices, wherein each of the terminal test devices comprises: an input receiving section for receiving input of attribution information of a sample; a measurement section for measuring the sample and acquiring a measurement result; an information transmitting section for transmitting a data set of the attribution information and the measurement result to the central device, wherein the central device comprises: an information receiving section for receiving the data set; a data storage for storing a plurality of the data set; a standard value calculation section for calculating a standard value to be used for determining a treatment of an animal, based on a plurality of the measurement result included in a plurality of the data set which have common attribution information. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254285 | Data analysis to provide a revised data set for use in peptide sequencing determination - In one aspect of the present invention, the less “useful” spectral data is disregarded from the spectral data resulting from the fragmentation by ETD and candidate charge states for the “useful” data assigned. Knowledge of the first order ion product charge state reduces the subset of comparison data hence aiding in the eventual identification of the precursor ion, and thus aiding in peptide sequence database searching capabilities. Such capabilities include, but are not limited to, computational requirements for database search and data storage, CPU time, the volume taken up on the hard disk to store results, visualization and dissemination of data, and overall improvement in the confidence in the precursor identification. Thus determination of the peptide sequence can be resolved in less time, costing less money, and requiring less computer power. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254286 | Systems and Methods for Modeling Surface Properties of a Mechanical Component - There is a method for modeling the surface fatigue life of a mechanical component. The method has the following steps: a) modeling the surface fatigue life of the mechanical component on an atomistic scale to form an atomistic model, b) modeling the surface fatigue life of the mechanical component on a mesoscale to form a mesoscale model, c) modeling the surface fatigue life of the mechanical component on a macroscale to form a macroscale model, and d) testing the surface fatigue life of the mechanical component. Feedback from the macroscale model is employed at least once to validate the atomistic model. Feedback from the macroscale model is employed at least once to validate the mesoscale model. Feedback from the testing is employed at least once to validate the macroscale model. There is also an interactive, multiscale model for prediction surface fatigue life or degradation rate for a mechanical component. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254287 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING LIFETIME OF PHOTO-SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DRIVE APPARATUS - In a method for predicting the lifetime of a photo-semiconductor device that has a maximum light output value restricted by thermal saturation, the maximum light output value is extracted by measuring the characteristic of light output from the photo-semiconductor device with respect to drive current. The decrease tendency of the maximum output values with respect to drive time is predicted to predict the lifetime of the photo-semiconductor. Further, the predicted lifetime is updated as time passes. Therefore, in this method, even if drive condition changes, or an individual difference of the photo-semiconductor per se is present, it is possible to substantially accurately predict the lifetime of the photo-semiconductor. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254288 | Electrospun fibrous nanocomposites as permeable, flexible strain sensors - The present invention generally relates to methods to provide electrospun polymer/nanoparticle composite-fiber structures for use as lightweight, compliant, porous strain sensors for non-cyclic strain sensing. In one embodiment, the fibers in the nanocomposites comprise, for example, poly(∈-caprolactone) (PCL) dielectric polymer matrix with embedded electrically conductive carbon black (CB) nanoparticles. In another embodiment, the composite-fiber structures of the present invention contain at least about 7 weight percent or more of CB and are electrically conducting in the as-spun, un-deformed state, and are thus called conductive polymer composites (CPC). In still another embodiment, the electrical resistance of a nanocomposite structure according to the invention increases with strain, and at sufficiently high strains the structure is rendered non-conductive. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254289 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO FORM HIGH EFFICIENCY AND UNIFORM FRESNEL LENS ARRAYS FOR ULTRASONIC LIQUID MANIPULATION - Apparatus and methods to form high efficiency and uniform Fresnel lens arrays for ultrasonic liquid manipulation are provided. An ultrasonic transducer array may be fabricated by forming top and bottom electrodes on top and bottom surfaces of a sensor plate. The ultrasonic transducer array may generate ultrasonic energy to manipulate one or more samples. Each of the top and bottom electrodes may be coupled to a radio frequency source and arranged to form one of a solid shape or a pattern. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254290 | Method for estimating remaining capacity of battery - The present invention provides a method for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery. The method comprises: measuring a current value, a voltage value and temperature of the battery; correcting the current value based on the voltage value; calculating a current integration value by integrating the corrected current value and calculating a current integration capacity from the calculated current integration value by reflecting a charge/discharge efficiency; determining a battery forward voltage capacity from the measured current value, voltage value and temperature, and determining whether it is necessary to correct the current integration capacity based on the forward voltage capacity; converting the current integration capacity into a remaining capacity, if it is determined that it is not necessary to correct; and correcting, if it is determined that it is necessary to correct, the current integration capacity and converting the corrected current integration capacity into a remaining capacity. With the method, SOC of the battery can be more accurately calculated. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254291 | Acquiring Phasors Outside the Frequency Tracking Range for Power Protective Relays - A system and method for acquiring phasors outside of the frequency tracking range for power protective relays. As the frequency of a power system varies from the rated frequency, phasors calculated from such samples include errors. A frequency tracking range is used to sample the signal waveform at a rate corresponding to the frequency when the frequency is within the frequency tracking range. When the frequency is outside of the frequency tracking range, the signal waveform is sampled at a rate corresponding with the maximum or minimum of the frequency tracking range depending on whether the frequency exceeds or falls below the frequency tracking range. The difference between the frequency and the minimum or maximum of the frequency tracking range is used to correct the measured phasors to result in accurate phasors. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254292 | FREQUENCY RESOLUTION USING COMPRESSION - In a frequency analysis system, such as a signal detection system or a spectrum analyzer, the frequency domain resolution is enhanced by compression and decompression of the signal samples. The limited capacity of the data storage and/or data transfer resources limit the number of samples that can be stored or transferred. A compressor forms a compressed signal prior to data transfer or storage. A decompressor decompresses the compressed signal prior to transformation to the frequency domain, by a fast Fourier transform or other frequency domain transform. The frequency domain resolution is enhanced because more decompressed samples are available for the frequency domain transform. The compressor and decompressor apply computationally efficient algorithms that can be implemented to operate in real time. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254293 | Rendering of Subsurface Scattering Effects in Translucent Objects - Embodiments are directed to modifying an existing scheme for providing translucent illumination in order to take account of subsurface scattering. The color of a selected point of a translucent object can be determined using existing methods. The existing methods need not take subsurface scattering into account. Then, a contribution to the color at the selected point due to subsurface scattering may be calculated. The contribution due to subsurface scattering may be calculated based on a photon map. Embodiments of the invention also include the use of different types of photon maps. In some embodiments, a standard photon map may be used. In other embodiments, a photon map may be defined in a manner similar to a depth map. Thus, the entries of a photon map may be defined in terms of an angle from a light source and a distance between an object's surface and a light source. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254294 | PROCESSES FOR MORE ACCURATELY CALIBRATING AND OPERATING E-COMPASS FOR TILT ERROR, CIRCUITS, AND SYSTEMS - An electronic circuit includes an electronic compass (e-compass | 2009-10-08 |
20090254295 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A position detecting device for a motor includes a resolver, amplifiers and a microcomputer. The microcomputer corrects an amplified sine wave signal to have the same amplitude in both positive and negative polarities, and corrects an amplified cosine wave signal to have the same amplitude in both positive and negative polarities. The microcomputer further corrects the corrected sine wave signal or the corrected cosine wave signal to have the same amplitude therebetween. The rotation position is determined accurately based on the sine wave signal and the cosine wave signal of the same amplitude, even if the amplifiers have different operation characteristics. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254296 | CIRCUIT TESTING APPARATUS - A circuit testing apparatus for testing a device under test is disclosed. The device under test comprises a first output end and second output end for generating a first output signal and a second output signal, respectively. The circuit testing apparatus determines a test result for the device under test according to the first output signal and the second output signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254297 | Arrangement and Method for Determining an Electrical Feature - Arrangement to determine at least one electrical feature of an electrical device includes a signal injection unit configured to inject first and second test signals into electric, a signal conversion unit configured to measure electrical qualities in the electrical circuits resulting from the test signals, and a processing device including at least two input channels configured to receive the measured electrical quantities and to determine the electrical feature based on the measured electrical quantities, a mixing unit configured to add the measurements of the first electrical quantity from the test signals and based thereon generate a first mixed signal, to add the measurements of the second electrical quantity from the test signals and based thereon generate a second mixed signal, and to supply the first and second mixed signals to first and second input channels. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254298 | DETERMINATION OF A SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF A COOLING BODY - In order to determine at least one surface temperature of an outside of a cooling body ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090254299 | Dental Prosthesis Fabrication Based on Local Digitization of a Temporary - A system and methods for obtaining and processing data requisite for fabrication of a dental restorative prosthesis. A dental temporary is fashioned at a site of patient treatment, and fitted in the patient's mouth. The temporary is then characterized by three-dimensional digital data based on distances measured by means of three-dimensional co-ordinate measuring equipment. The three-dimensional data are transmitted to a fabrication site, where a prosthesis may be fabricated. Additionally, information based upon the three-dimensional digital data characterizing the temporary may also be provided to a dentist at the site of patient treatment. The prosthesis design may be edited prior to fabrication. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254300 | System and method for determining position or speed of a commutated DC motor with error correction - A motor control system and method are provided for detecting current ripple in a commutated DC motor and further determining position and speed of the motor based on the detected ripple current. Ripples in the motor current are detected and a ripple frequency is calculated based on the time between successive ripples. A ripple count between successive frequencies is determined and the ripple count is compared to a threshold value, and an estimated ripple frequency is determined from a motor model when the ripple count exceeds the threshold value. A corrected ripple count is calculated from a ratio of the calculated ripple frequency and the estimated ripple frequency, and motor position and motor speed are determined based on the corrected ripple count. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254301 | Systems and Methods for Detecting Angular Position - Methods and systems for detecting an angular position of a rotating device are disclosed, including sensing and counting high-resolution transitions of a high-resolution digital sensor in response to the rotating device rotating; sensing low-resolution transitions of a low-resolution digital sensor in response to the rotating device rotating, the low-resolutions transitions being spaced apart at uneven angles; determining an angular position of the rotating device in response to determining a number of high-resolution transitions between pairs of low-resolution transitions. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254302 | Generating Images According To Points Of Intersection For Integer Multiples Of A Sample-Time Distance - According to one embodiment, generating images according to intersection points includes obtaining samples of signals from transmitter-receiver pairs. A transmitter-receiver pair is configured to transmit a signal and receive the signal reflected by an object. Intersection points are determined, where an intersection point indicates an intersection for integer multiples of a sample-time distance. A subset of samples corresponding to the intersection points is selected. Image data is generated from the selected subset of samples, where the image data is used to generate an image of the object. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254303 | HIGHLY FAULT-TOLERANT METHOD FOR EVALUATING PHASE SIGNALS - The invention relates to a method for unambiguously determining a physical parameter Φ using m phase-measured values α | 2009-10-08 |
20090254304 | Pedometer for running - To be able to downsize and to be able to accurately measure a step number in running in a pedometer of measuring the step number by wearing at least a step number sensor to the wrist, a step number sensor of detecting running is arranged such that an angle of a longitudinal direction of a strap and a sensitivity axis of the step number sensor is disposed within a range from 10 degrees to 33 degrees in the clockwise direction relative to the longitudinal direction of the strap. A user of the pedometer for running mounts a pedometer main body to the back side of the left wrist of one's own by the strap, starts a pedometer measuring processing by inputting means and starts measuring a step number by starting running. Measured step number and time are displayed on displaying means. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254305 | METHOD OF EVALUATING OPTICAL PERFORMANCE OF OPTICAL SYSTEM - A method of evaluating an optical performance of an optical system comprises a locating step of locating a plurality of circular regions in an evaluated region on an optical element included in the optical system, a fitting step of fitting a polynomial to surface shape data representing a surface shape of the optical element in each of the plurality of circular regions, and a calculation step of calculating the optical performance of the optical system based on the fitting result obtained in the fitting step in each of the plurality of circular regions. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254306 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RECORDING MEDIUM THICKNESS, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MULTI-FEED OF RECORDING MEDIUM AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - A recording medium thickness measuring apparatus includes: an output value detection unit that detects an output value which fluctuates in accordance with thickness of a recording medium passing through a predetermined position of a transport path; and a calculation unit that calculates the thickness of the recording medium based on a first output value detected by the output value detection unit before passage of the recording medium and after passage of an immediately preceding recording medium in the predetermined position of the transport path, and a second output value detected by the output value detection unit while the recording medium is passing through the predetermined position. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254307 | Systems and Methods for Operational Verification of a Missile Approach Warning System - A coupler that generates and emits a simulated missile signature for assessing the operational capability of a missile approach warning system. The coupler may be directly attached to the system by an adapter. Couplers may be used in multiplicity, simultaneously or sequentially. The simulated signature may be digitally stored, as may be the results of the assessment. Simulated signatures may also be generated from freeform. The coupler also performs sensitivity testing. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254308 | Method for Automatic Monitoring of Generator Operation - The invention relate to a method for automatic monitoring of generator operation, which method has the following steps: recording of generator input variables, calculation of set generator output variables based on the recorded generator input variables, recording of the actual generator output variables, comparison of the recorded actual generator output variables with the calculated set generator output variables, and evaluation of the comparison results. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254309 | ABNORMALITY IDENTIFYING METHOD, ANALYZING APPARATUS, AND REAGENT - An abnormality identifying method is for identifying an abnormality detail in an analyzing apparatus that analyzes a specimen based on optical measurement. The method includes: for a reagent having a same function as an intermediate product produced during analysis processes, canceling a predetermined analysis process other than an analysis process to be verified for abnormality from among analysis processes with respect to the specimen; and identifying an abnormality in the analyzing apparatus based on a measurement result obtained by performing a same analysis process as an analysis process performed on the intermediate product as well as the analysis process to be verified for abnormality. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254310 | System Performance Profiling Device - A system performance profiling device that is provided inside a SoC and has no restriction in measurement period without an increase in counter resource is provided. Selectors | 2009-10-08 |
20090254311 | METHOD FOR MONITORING COMPUTER SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A method for administrating a computer system is disclosed, which includes the following steps of: the computer system conducts system administration at a first moment and records the information thereof. Next, the computer system again conducts system administration at a second moment and records the information thereof. Then, after being collected at the above two moments, the information is compared against each other to produce a comparison result. At last, the user is prompted in accordance with the comparison result. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254312 | TESTING FRAMEWORK FOR CONTROL DEVICES - The present disclosure generally relates to the automated testing of a system that includes software or hardware components. In some embodiments, a testing framework generates a set of test cases for a system under test using a grammar. Each test case may perform an action, such as provide an input to the system under test, and result in an output from the system under test. The inputs and outputs are then compared to the expected results to determine whether the system under test is performing correctly. Specifically, the system under test may be analyzed to determine whether it is capable of properly processing control instructions and input signals and/or generating expected output control signals and additional control/feedback information. The data can then be interpreted in the grammar system and/or used as input to a fault isolation engine to determine anomalies in the system under test. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254313 | DETERMINING COMPUTER SYSTEM USAGE FROM LOGGED EVENTS - Described is a technology by which logged events such as in a security event log (e.g., within a defined timeframe) are processed to determine logon times and logoff times, which are then used to determine system usage. Logoff times may correspond to an actual logoff event, a shutdown event, or another login. In one example, logon and logoff times determine the combined times that each user of the system was logged on, e.g., a total session time for each user. Multiple users' times may be combined into a total usage time of all users. Each user's combined session time may be evaluated against the total usage time to determine whether any user is a primary user, e.g., by being logged on more than a threshold percentage of the total usage time. A primary user may be identified, or the system determined to be a shared system without a primary user. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CORRELATED VARIABLES IN LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA - Groups of correlated representations of variables are identified from a large amount of spectrometry data. A plurality of samples is analyzed and a plurality of measured variables is obtained from a spectrometer. A processor executes a number of steps. The plurality of measured variables is divided into a plurality of measured variable subsets. Principal component analysis followed by variable grouping (PCVG) is performed on each measured variable subset, producing one or more group representations for each measured variable subset and a plurality of group representations for the plurality of measured variable subsets. While the total number of the plurality of group representations is greater than a maximum number, the plurality of group representations is divided into a plurality of representative subsets and PCVG is performed on each subset. PCVG is performed on the remaining the plurality of group representations, producing a plurality of groups of correlated representations of variables. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254315 | RESIDENTIAL DRY SPRINKLER FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for residential fire protection systems in a residential dwelling unit are shown and described. The residential dwelling unit has a plurality of compartments as defined in the 2002 National Fire Protection Association Standards 13, 13D, and 13R. The methods and systems can be achieved by: determining a minimum quantity and location of residential fire sprinklers required to determine a hydraulic demand calculation of the residential fire sprinklers of a piping network filled with water and arranged to protect the plurality of compartments; and specifying the minimum quantity and location of residential fire sprinklers in a piping network filled with a gas. Various aspects of the invention are also shown and described. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254316 | SECTOR MESHING AND NEIGHBOR SEARCHING FOR OBJECT INTERACTION SIMULATION - Methods for computer-implemented simulation for the interaction of two or more objects are provided. Data describing particles that represent each of the objects is generated from geometric data for objects. The data for each particle describes a mass density, velocity and energy at a position of the corresponding object. The particles are grouped into sectors to define a computational mesh comprising a plurality of sectors, wherein each sector is a volume region at a position in space in which particles associated with the objects may reside. For each of a plurality of select particles, so called neighboring particles are determined that are within a region of influence with respect to a select particle. Computations are performed based on laws of conservation of mass, energy and momentum to produce updated values for mass, velocity, energy, pressure, stress and position for the particles at each of a plurality of time steps. According to one aspect, when determining neighboring particles for a given select particle, a search is made through a limited or bounded volume region with respect to the select particle that consists of the region of influence for the select particle at the previous time step and within those sectors in contact with or bordering the region of influence at the previous time step. According to another aspect, the plurality of select particles are identified as those particles that reside in an active sector, wherein an active sector is a sector that contains, or is adjacent to a sector that contains, particles that is actively involved in the engagement between the two objects. For example, an active sector is a sector that contains, or is adjacent to a sector that contains, at least one particle that has a velocity, pressure or stress greater than a corresponding predetermined amount. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254317 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGHLY EFFICIENT BIT ERROR RATE MODELING IN QUASI-LINEAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - The present invention provides systems and methods for highly efficient bit error rate (BER) modeling in quasi-linear communication networks. In the present invention, nonlinear noise is treated within a linearization approach along with the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise, and the nonlinear noise is considered as another source of noise in addition to the ASE noise. This enables a quasi-analytical approach to the BER calculation. First, a covariance matrix is analytically computed. An equation is derived for a noise component of a signal and an implicit analytical solution is found depending on the signal and system parameters. Second, probability distribution functions (pdfs) are computed for the signal. An analytical calculation is performed of the characteristic function for the noise statistics. Next, a numerical computation of the Fourier transform of the characteristic function is performed to yield the pdf, and numerical integration is performed on the pdfs to yield the BER. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254318 | Simultaneous active and passive optical fiber amplification method - The optimization process for pulsed laser experiments utilizing specialty optical fibers would normally require time exhaustive trial and error of many operating parameters such as cladding geometry, dopant concentration, and fiber length. With a scientific model that can be used to calculate simultaneously the active and passive effects on a time-varying optical signal, one can determine the optimal operating conditions relatively quickly. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254319 | Method and system for numerical simulation of a multiple-equation system of equations on a multi-processor core system - A method and system perform numerical simulation of a multiple-equation system of equations of a simulation model made up of sub-models. A plurality of cores of a multi-processor core system are provided which have access to a common data memory. A central simulation thread running on one of the cores adaptively distributes evaluation calculations for evaluating the sub-models over the different cores. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254320 | JOINT INVERSION OF TIME DOMAIN CONTROLLED SOURCE ELECTROMAGNETIC (TD-CSEM) DATA AND FURTHER DATA - To perform inversion based on electromagnetic (EM) data acquired in a subterranean survey, time domain controlled source EM (TD-CSEM) data is acquired by at least one EM receiver in response to EM signals from a controlled EM source. Further data is received, where the further data is selected from among magnetotelluric (MT) data and DC data acquired by the at least one receiver. A probabilistic joint inversion is applied on the TD-CSEM data and the further data to produce a model representing a subterranean structure that is a target of the subterranean survey. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254321 | Process for making models of the building blocks of our universe - A process for making models of very small things and very big things. Since the structure of the smallest and largest things in our Universe are unknown to science and hold the key to understanding how our Universe was created and functions, the Ross Model is a process for modeling the secrets of our Universe. In preferred embodiments the present invention is used to create models of subatomic particles (including tronnies, entrons, photons, electrons, protons) and other things in our Universe such as atoms, molecules, electricity, magnetism, gravity, Black Holes, galaxies, the Big Bang, and our Universe itself, including its shell. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254322 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATING A PRODUCT PRINTED BY A PRESS - A process and device for simulating a product printed by a virtual press. The process implemented by the device includes creation of a three-dimensional object page, selection of at least one fold among a set of predetermined folds, with the selected folds corresponding to the folds produced on the product to be simulated, for each fold produced and selected, a modification of the three-dimensional object page by the addition of at least one fold line at a given position on the three-dimensional object page, construction of the simulated product starting from the modified three-dimensional object page, and a display of the simulated product constructed in this manner. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254323 | Graphical Program with Physical Simulation and Data Flow Portions - Various embodiments of systems and methods are described in which system simulation techniques are combined with graphical programming techniques in a common environment. For example, various embodiments of the methods comprise displaying a graphical data flow diagram connected to a system diagram, e.g., where the graphical data flow diagram and the system diagram are displayed together in a compound diagram. In the displayed compound diagram, the graphical data flow diagram may be connected to the system diagram, e.g., by a line or wire. In one embodiment the wire may visually indicate that the graphical data flow diagram is executable to produce a value that is provided as an input signal for a simulation performed based on the system diagram. In another embodiment the wire may visually indicate that the graphical data flow diagram receives an output value from the system simulation as input. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254324 | Method for defining regions in reservoir simulation - A method is disclosed, which is practiced by a reservoir simulator, for simulating a reservoir and generating a set of simulation results, the simulation results including a framework, the framework further including a plurality of grid cells, comprising: generating one or more static and dynamic regions within the grid cells of the framework of the simulation results, the static and dynamic regions each having region values, wherein the region values of the static regions cannot be allowed to change dynamically, and wherein the region values of the dynamic regions can be allowed to change dynamically. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254325 | MANAGEMENT OF MEASUREMENT DATA BEING APPLIED TO RESERVOIR MODELS - A data management toolkit for acquiring measurement data regarding hydrocarbon wells and reservoirs, from a database, and processing that data for application to a reservoir model. The data management toolkit is implemented as a web-based application, accessible from remote workstations. The reservoir engineer configures the data management toolkit to acquire measurement data and previously calculated parameter values over a date range, for one or more wells, and also specifies various processing options including filtering, averaging, and the like. Events, such as RFT tests and pressure build-up analyses, may also be included. The web-based data management toolkit is executed on a web server to acquire and process that data, and to then update model files accordingly. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254326 | System and Device for Designing and Forming a Surgical Implant - A method is provided for determining the shape of a surgical linking device that is to be attached to a bony body structure such as the spinal column based on digitized locations of a plurality of attachment means engaged to the bony structure. The method is implemented by a computer system through a GUI to generate an initial bend curve to mate with the plurality of attachment means. The initial bend curve may be simplified based on user input to the GUI to reduce the number of bends necessary to produce a well-fitting linking device and may be altered to help obtain the goals of the surgery. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254327 | ANIMAL HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS - A physical blood sample of animal is sent to a satellite laboratory facility. The blood sample is pre-processed into sub-samples of the sample and the sub-samples are coded. The coded blood sub-samples are physically carried to the main laboratory for analysis. The satellite facility electronically inputs a request for a laboratory analysis by a main laboratory. The request is electronically transmitted to the main laboratory, and the main laboratory coordinates the electronically received input from the satellite facility with the physical blood sub-samples. A computer report of the analysis from the laboratory is obtained for the satellite facility. A clinical pathologist with data of physical characteristics of the animal makes a diagnosis. A menu on a computer permits the generation of a supplemental report to support the diagnosis. An integrated computer report having the laboratory analysis, supplemental report, and a pathologist-enhanced report is electronically communicated to the client. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254328 | DYNAMIC BAYESIAN NETWORK FOR EMULATING CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION - A Dynamic Bayesian Network provides models the cardiovascular system and provides emulation of patient data. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254329 | METHOD FOR VIRTUALIZATION OF INPUT DEVICES FOR PARALLEL EXECUTION OF TEST AUTOMATION SCRIPTS - A method in one embodiment includes generating several test automation scripts, each test automation script being generated by methodology comprising: recording interactions with a graphical user interface of an application under test, some of the interactions including input from a pointer, some of the interactions including input from a keyboard; recording the interactions; and storing the interactions in a test automation script. The method further includes, on a single computing device: executing multiple of the generated test automation scripts in parallel, each of the scripts interacting with a separate instance of one of the applications under test; and simulating a virtual pointer and a virtual keyboard for each of the test automation scripts being executed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254330 | Method and System for Simulating a Communication Network, Related Network and Computer Program Product Therefor - A simulator for simulating provision of services to users in a communication network including network devices, includes simulation devices each representative of a corresponding one of the network devices. Simulation device includes a plurality of user-plane application modules simulating functionalities of services provided via the corresponding network device. The application modules are configured for running application programs by associating with each application program a quality of service profile. The quality profile is representative of the quality requirements of a respective service provided to at least one simulated user and includes a set of quality of service parameters. By setting different parameters, the profile defines different services. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254331 | COMPACT CIRCUIT-SIMULATION OUTPUT - Embodiments of a computer system for simulating a circuit are described. During a first mode of the simulation, the computer system stores primary signals and circuit relationships between primary signals and secondary signals associated with a portion of the circuit in a file, where the primary signals are independent of gate outputs in the portion of the circuit, and the secondary signals are driven by gates in the portion of the circuit. Moreover, during a second mode of the simulation, the computer system stores dynamic changes in additional relationships between signals to the file, where the signals can include primary signals, secondary signals, or both. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254332 | EFFICIENT PRESENTATION OF FUNCTIONAL COVERAGE RESULTS - Apparatus for presentation of functional coverage, including one or more processors and a memory, wherein the memory stores software instructions including instructions for representing a set of attributes of a design under test as a multi-dimensional cross-product space, comprising events corresponding to combinations of values of the attributes to be tested, the events comprising legal and illegal events, instructions for running at least one test on the design, instructions for identifying, responsively to the at least one test, a first group of the legal events that were covered by the at least one test and a second group of the legal events that remain non-covered after the at least one test, instructions for grouping one or more of the illegal events with at least one of the first and second groups so as to generate a simplified model of the functional coverage of the events in the cross-product space and instructions for presenting the simplified model of the functional coverage on an output device. The apparatus further includes an output device coupled to the coverage processor to present the simplified model of the functional coverage to a user. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254333 | LFSR Emulation - Apparatus for emulating the operation of an LFSR having at least one of one or more inputs and one or more outputs, wherein the state of the LFSR can be described by a state vector having sections describing the input or inputs, if any, of the LFSR, the contents of the LFSR and the output or outputs, if any, of the LFSR, wherein the state vector can be multiplied by a time shift matrix to time shift the state specified by the vector and wherein the apparatus comprises means for multiplying a first instance of the state vector by the matrix to produce a second instance of the state vector that is time shifted relative to the first instance and wherein one or both of the input and output sections of the state vector are dimensioned to accommodate, respectively, inputs that arrive at different times during the time shift specified by the matrix and outputs that are produced at different times during the time shift. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254334 | TRANSLATION METHOD, TRANSLATION OUTPUT METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER USED THEREWITH - A translation method for properly recognizing and automatically translating a sentence containing an emphasized word including two or more successive identical characters. First, words in a source text to be translated are looked up in a dictionary (step S | 2009-10-08 |
20090254335 | MULTILINGUAL WEIGHTED CODEBOOKS - Examples of methods are provided for generating a multilingual codebook. According to an example method, a main language codebook and at least one additional codebook corresponding to a language different from the main language are provided. A multilingual codebook is generated from the main language codebook and the at least one additional codebook by adding a sub-set of code vectors of the at least one additional codebook to the main codebook based on distances between the code vectors of the at least one additional codebook to code vectors of the main language codebook. Systems and methods for speech recognition using the multilingual codebook and applications that use speech recognition based on the multilingual codebook are also provided. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254336 | PROVIDING A TASK DESCRIPTION NAME SPACE MAP FOR THE INFORMATION WORKER - Providing for generation of a task oriented data structure that can correlate natural language descriptions of computer related tasks to application level commands and functions is described herein. By way of example, a system can include an activity translation component that can receive a natural language description of an application level task. Furthermore, the system can include a language modeling component that can generate the data structure based on an association between the description of the task and at least one application level command utilized in executing the computer related task. Once generated, the data structure can be utilized to automate computer related tasks by input of a human centric description of those tasks. According to further embodiments, machine learning can be employed to train classifiers and heuristic models to optimize task/description relationships and/or tailor such relationships to the needs of particular users. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254337 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for conducting a search of electronically stored information. The method includes: (a) providing a user with an interactive targeting rule editor to enable the user to formulate a targeting rule to identify desired search results, the targeting rule comprising a natural language text string, the interactive targeting rule editor allowing the user to change one or more designated editable portions of the natural language text string to one of a set of specified alternate portions, delete one or more designated removable portions of the natural language text string, or add one or more of a set of specified insertable portions to form a syntactically valid targeting rule in accordance with a targeting rule grammar; (b) receiving the text string or a representation thereof from the user; (c) translating the text string or a representation thereof into an executable query; and (d) executing the executable query against the electronically stored information to generate search results. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254338 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SEPARATED SIGNAL - The present invention relates to blind source separation. More specifically it relates to the blind source separation using frequency domain processes. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254339 | MULTI BAND AUDIO COMPRESSOR DYNAMIC LEVEL ADJUST IN A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - An uplink or downlink audio processor contains a multi band compressor that receives an input, uplink or downlink, audio signal. The multi-band compressor has a band splitter that splits the input audio signal into a number of different band signals. Each band signal is input to a respective compressor block, which is independently programmable so that its audio frequency response (a) differs from a linear response in at least two non-overlapping windows of its input signal, and (b) differs from the frequency response of another one of the compressor blocks. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090254340 | Noise Reduction - A signal processor for estimating noise power in an audio signal includes a filter unit for generating a series of power values, each power value representing the power in the audio signal at a respective one of a plurality of frequency bands; a signal classification unit for analysing successive portions of the audio signal to assess whether each portion contains features characteristic of speech, and for classifying each portion in dependence on that analysis; a correction unit for estimating a minimum power value in a time-limited part of the audio signal, estimating the total noise power in that part of the audio signal and forming a correction factor dependent on the ratio of the minimum power value to the estimated total noise power, the correction unit being configured to estimate the minimum power value and the total noise power over only those portions of the time-limited part of the signal that are classified by the signal classification unit as being less characteristic of speech; and a noise estimation unit for estimating noise in the audio signal in dependence on the power values output by the filter unit and the correction factor formed by the correction unit. | 2009-10-08 |