42nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140309888 | DISPLAY SYSTEM UTILIZING VEHICLE AND TRAILER DYNAMICS - A display system for a vehicle and trailer is disclosed. The system comprises an interface configured to receive a directional input and a controller in communication with the interface and a screen. The controller is operable to receive a hitch angle and determine a heading direction of the trailer. The controller is further operable to determine a predicted heading of the vehicle aligned with the trailer based on the hitch angle. The predicted heading of the trailer is then displayed by the controller on the screen. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309889 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CHANGE OF LANE - A lane change control method and system that include a driver mode setting unit that sets a driver's lane change mode based on a lane change mode input from a plurality of lane change modes and a lane change path generation unit that generates a lane change path based on the lane change mode set by the driver mode setting unit, a transverse acceleration of vehicle, a target path angle and a target transverse distance path. In addition, a path follow up controller executes a lane change based on the lane change path by calculating steering angle information that corresponds to the lane change path. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309890 | OUTPUT STAGE CONTROL IN THE EVENT OF A FAULT - A method for implementing a transition from a functioning steering assistance system to a deactivated steering assistance system when a fault occurs, comprising the following steps: establishing the fault of the steering assistance system; establishing that all high-side power switches are functional (first case), or establishing that all low-side power switches are functional (second case); and in the first case: opening all high-side power switches and performing PWM-like control of the low-side power switches; or in the second case: opening all low-side power switches and performing PWM-like control of the high-side power switches. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309891 | REMOTE CONTROL OF ASSOCIATED VEHICLE DEVICES - Methods and systems for a vehicle control system to control user access to vehicle tasks, functions and/or operations based on rights and privileges set forth in user accounts. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309892 | CUSTOMIZATION OF VEHICLE CONTROLS AND SETTINGS BASED ON USER PROFILE DATA - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system that provides various outputs based on a user profile and determined context. An output provided by the present disclosure can change a configuration of a vehicle, device, building, and/or a system associated with the user profile. The configurations can include comfort and interface settings that can be adjusted based on the user profile information. Further, the user profiles can track health data related to the user and make adjustments to the configuration to assist the health of the user. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309893 | HEALTH STATISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS OF ASSOCIATED VEHICLE USERS - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system that provides various outputs based on a user profile and determined context. An output provided by the present disclosure can change a configuration of a vehicle, device, building, and/or a system associated with the user profile. The configurations can include comfort and interface settings that can be adjusted based on the user profile information. Further, the user profiles can track health data related to the user and make adjustments to the configuration to assist the health of the user. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LASH IN A TRANSMISSION AND CONTROLLING AN ENGINE AND/OR A MOTOR BASED ON LASH DETECTIONS - A control system for a transmission of a vehicle includes a first angular rotation module, a second angular rotation module, and a lash module. The first angular rotation module determines a first angular rotation of a first shaft during a first predetermined period based on a first signal generated by a first shaft sensor. The second angular rotation module determines a second angular rotation of a second shaft during the first predetermined period based on a second signal generated by a second shaft sensor. The lash module selectively detects lash between gears of the transmission based on the first angular rotation and the second angular rotation. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLUTCH PRESSURE CONTROL - A method, apparatus and system for controlling transmission clutch and/or variator system pressures is provided. A transmission control unit and a pressure control device including an electro-hydraulic valve and a pressure switch cooperate to provide self-calibrating clutch and/or variator pressure control systems. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309896 | Method for Processing an Actuation of an Operating Element in a Motor Vehicle - A method is provided for processing an actuation of an operating element in a motor vehicle, particularly of an operating lever, wherein the operating element can be actuated at least by the driver of the motor vehicle. A plurality of sensors are arranged on the operating element, which sensors are at least partially activated when the operating element is actuated. The time sequence of the activation of the sensors is detected when the operating element is actuated, and, based on the time sequence, it is determined whether an undesired actuation is occurring, undesired actuations including unintended actuations and/or actuations by a front-seat passenger. In the event of an undesired actuation, the implementation of one or more actions coupled to the actuation of the operating element in the vehicle is blocked. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION - The present invention provides a smoother driving experience through the use of an advanced powertrain system for a vehicle. The powertrain system includes a transmission having a gear selection controller adapted to select one of a plurality of gear ratios, an electronic control unit, at least one information acquisition unit wherein the electronic control unit uses information from the information acquisition unit to determine if the vehicle is stationary and if the vehicle is on an expressway. If the electronic control unit determines the vehicle is stationary and the vehicle is on an expressway, then the electronic control unit sends a signal to the gear selection controller of the transmission to select a lower gear ratio that would normally be used to transition the vehicle from a stationary to a moving state. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309898 | VEHICLE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A vehicle transmission apparatus having a starting engagement friction element, which has friction plates and a hydraulic servo including a piston that is moved according to a supplied oil pressure to press the friction plates, which is controlled to be engaged when a vehicle is started by using at least a driving force of the internal combustion engine, and which transfers creep torque. A control device capable of receiving an accelerator operation amount signal and capable of outputting a command value that controls the oil pressure. The control device executes temporary increase control of temporarily increasing the command value, when the accelerator operation amount signal is turned on from a state where the accelerator operation amount signal is off and the command value is output so that the starting engagement friction element transfers the creep torque. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309899 | CLUTCH SLIP IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A control system for a transmission of a vehicle includes a first angular rotation module, a second angular rotation module, and a slip module. The first angular rotation module determines a first angular rotation of a first component of the transmission during a predetermined period based on a first signal generated by a first sensor. The second angular rotation module determines a second angular rotation of a second component of the vehicle during the predetermined period based on a second signal generated by a second sensor. The slip module selectively indicates that a clutch of the transmission is slipping based on the first angular rotation and the second angular rotation. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309900 | System and Method for Controlling an Electronic Parking Brake System - Various embodiments of a system and method of controlling an electronic parking brake system for an air braked vehicle are disclosed. A dash switch module receives a signal indicative of a parking brake request. The dash switch module transmits a parking brake control message using a first communication path in response to the parking brake request. A braking system controller transmits a check message in response to the parking brake control message using a second communication path. The dash switch module transmits a confirmation message using the second communication path in response to the confirmation message. The brake system controller transmits a control signal to the park control module to park or un-park the vehicle in response to the confirmation message. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309901 | CONTROL DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - A control device for a motor vehicle such that during a driving direction change from an original direction and/or during a starting process and/or during a stopping process and/or during a rolling process, in order to assist with the driving direction change and/or starting process and/or stopping process and/or rolling process, an appropriate control signal is provided by the control device to automatically activate a service brake. The control device automatically determines the friction energy produced at a starting clutch, during the driving direction change and/or starting process and/or stopping process and/or rolling process, without activation of the service brake. The control device only automatically activates the service brake, to assist with the driving direction change and/or starting process and/or stopping process and/or rolling process, if the determined friction energy exceeds a limit value. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309902 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL APPARATUS - An electronic control unit determines driving force that is generated on wheels and has an identical absolute value and opposite directions to each other in order to suppress pitch behavior and/or heave behavior occurring on a vehicle body in association with travelling of a vehicle. Then, the unit controls the drive of in-wheel motors through an inverter based on the driving force. On the other hand, electronic control unit changes the damping forces of shock absorbers constituting suspension mechanisms in response to the pitch behavior and/or the heave behavior occurring on the vehicle body. In this way, by controlling one of the pitch behavior and the heave behavior that may occur in combination, enhancing of the occurrence of the other one that is not intended can be prevented effectively, and the occurrence of intended behavior on the vehicle body can be controlled independently. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309903 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus includes: an assistance control apparatus that accumulates vehicle stopping position information, which is information indicating an actual stopping position, i.e. a position in which a vehicle stops, in relation to a reference stopping position, calculates an estimated variation distance between the actual stopping position and the reference stopping position on the basis of the accumulated vehicle stopping position information, and creates a target vehicle travel condition in which a timing at which to start stopping assistance is varied on the basis of the estimated variation distance; and an assistance apparatus that is capable of outputting driving assistance information to assist driving of the vehicle on the basis of a target travel condition quantity of the vehicle. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309904 | SOLENOID VALVE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are a solenoid valve control apparatus and method. The solenoid valve control apparatus to control a solenoid valve which include a solenoid coil and is opened and closed by current supplied to the solenoid coil, includes a switching unit which switches the current supplied to the solenoid coil, a pre-driver unit which outputs a driving signal to drive the switching unit, a current detection unit which detects the current flowing in the solenoid coil, and an MCU which controls the pre-driver unit so as to output the driving signal from the pre-driver unit to the switching unit such that a value of the current detected by the current detection unit reaches a target current value during current control of the solenoid valve and controls the pre-driver unit such that a frequency of the output driving signal is varied during output of the driving signal. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING MESSAGES BETWEEN AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT OF A VEHICLE AND AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - The system for sending and receiving messages from an electronic control unit of the vehicle includes a processor, a database, and a port in communication with the processor. The database contains information as to the emissions of the vehicle and the port is configured to communicate with the electronic control unit of the vehicle. The processor is configured to receive information from the electronic control unit of the vehicle, compare the information from the electronic control unit of the vehicle with information found in the database. By so doing, the processor can determine if the information from the electronic control unit of the vehicle does not match the information in the database. If this is the case, the system can provide an indication to the user of the system that the vehicle may have been tampered with and any emissions related testing may be incorrect. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309906 | PRESSURE DETERMINING METHOD AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A pressure determining method is provided for a fuel distribution rail of an injection system of a motor vehicle comprising maximizing the fuel rail pressure to minimize particulate emissions of the engine. The method determines a setpoint pressure based on a calculation pressure being determined from a sum of a combustion chamber pressure and a square of a ratio of a fuel mass component and a pulse width, wherein the calculation pressure is output, at least temporarily, as the setpoint pressure. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309907 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO VARIATION ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS - When two abnormal cylinders are causing variation abnormality, these abnormal cylinders are identified. A parameter correlated with a degree of fluctuation of output from an air-fuel ratio sensor installed in an exhaust passage common to a plurality of cylinders is calculated. Based on the calculated parameter, inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio variation abnormality is detected. The following steps are carried out: (A) a step of forcibly changing amounts of fuel injected for two of the plurality of cylinders and calculating the parameter, (B) a step of changing the two cylinders to other two cylinders and repeating the step (A), and (C) a step of identifying two cylinders causing variation abnormality based on a plurality of the parameters calculated in the steps (A) and (B). | 2014-10-16 |
20140309908 | ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED LEAN OUT DEVICE FOR MECHANICAL FUEL INJECTED ENGINES - A device for the electronically controlled lean out of mechanical fuel injected engines comprising a wide band air fuel ratio sensor and a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to the wide band air fuel ratio gauge/controller. The printed circuit board (PCB) is connected to the wide band air fuel ratio sensor's power, ground, and signal wires. The computer controlled stepper motor is connected to the printed circuit board (PCB). A variable valve spool is retained in a fuel block and connected to the computer controlled stepper motor. Rotating the variable valve spool continuously adjusts and controls the air fuel ratio of the engine in real time by regulating the amount of fuel returned the fuel tank and the amount of fuel delivered to the barrel valve in a mechanically fuel injected engine. A jet can be used in combination with the fuel bock to further fine tune the fuel flow. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309909 | COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a method for improving the efficiency of a combustion engine. The method comprises measuring a quantity of a primary fuel supplied to the combustion engine. Determining an operating state of the combustion engine. Selecting a fuel mapping profile based on an operating state of the combustion engine and determining from the fuel mapping profile an amount of a secondary fuel to be injected as a fraction of the measured quantity of the primary fuel. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309910 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method of controlling an engine of a stop-start enabled motor vehicle is disclosed in which the conditions used to determine whether to stop or start the engine are changed based upon whether maximum driver comfort or maximum fuel economy are requested by a driver of the motor vehicle. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309911 | LEAD ACID STATE OF CHARGE ESTIMATION FOR AUTO-STOP APPLICATIONS - The present disclosure describes a method that includes predicting terminal voltage of a battery module in a vehicle using a battery control module. Predicting the terminal voltage includes determining a gassing current of the battery module using a gassing current model, in which the gassing current quantifies terminal current that is not used to charge the battery module, and calculating the predicted terminal voltage based at least in part on a measurement model and the determined gassing current. The method also includes measuring terminal voltage of the battery module using a sensor communicatively coupled to the battery control module, and determining a corrected state of the battery module using the battery control module by minimizing a difference between the predicted terminal voltage and the measured terminal voltage. In other words, the corrected state of the battery (e.g., corrected state of charge) may be more accurately determined using the measurement model and the gassing current model. As such, this may provide more efficient use of energy. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309912 | AUTOMATIC ENGINE-STOP CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An automatic engine-stop control device for a vehicle has a coast stop controlling section that stops an engine during a running of the vehicle when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a deceleration detecting section that detects a deceleration level of the vehicle, and an engine-stop time limiting section that limits a time length for which the coast stop controlling section keeps the engine in a stopped state if the deceleration level is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309913 | Relay and Exchange Protocol in an Automated Zone-Based Vehicular Traffic Control Environment - Methods and systems for a traffic control system provide arrangements and processes for managing automated vehicles. The traffic control system can register vehicles and then control the operation of the vehicles through a section of roadway. The automated control includes the communication of directions and other messages that ensure the proper function of the vehicle while under the guidance of the traffic control system | 2014-10-16 |
20140309914 | LEARNING ROAD NAVIGATION PATHS BASED ON AGGREGATE DRIVER BEHAVIOR - Techniques are described for generating and using information regarding road traffic in various ways, including by obtaining and analyzing road traffic information regarding actual behavior of drivers of vehicles on a network of roads. Obtained actual driver behavior information may in some situations be analyzed to identify decision point locations at which drivers face choices corresponding to possible alternative routes through the network of roads (e.g., intersections, highway exits and/or entrances, etc.), as well as to track the actual use by drivers of particular paths between particular decision points in order to determine preferred compound links between those decision point locations. The identified and determined information from the analysis may then be used in various manners, including in some situations to assist in determining particular recommended or preferred routes of vehicles through the network of roads based at least in part on actual driver behavior information. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309915 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING TAXIWAY STOP BAR INFORMATION TO AN AIRCREW - A method for displaying stop bar information to an aircrew member of an aircraft includes the steps of capturing a light signature emitted from an area surrounding the aircraft, processing the captured light signature to detect a lighted stop bar, and providing information to the aircrew member regarding the detection of the lighted stop bar. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309916 | VEHICLE-BASED AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC CONFLICT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE - Systems and methods for providing vehicle-centric collision avoidance are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first flight trajectory for a first aircraft, determining a second flight trajectory for a second aircraft, predicting a distance between the first aircraft and the second aircraft at a predicted closest point of approach based on the first and second flight trajectories, comparing the distance to a separation perimeter layer, the separation perimeter layer configured to provide a minimum separation distance from the first aircraft to the second aircraft, and altering the first flight trajectory when the distance breaches the separation perimeter layer. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309917 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing a Communication Session Between Parked Vehicles to Determine a Suitable Parking Situation - An approach is provided for causing, at least in part, a sensing of information with at least one sensor, wherein the information is associated with at least one anticipated movement of the at least one parked vehicle. The approach also involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the information to determine one or more conditions of the at least one anticipated movement of the at least one parked vehicle. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, an initiation of at least one action based, at least in part, on the one or more conditions, the at least one anticipated movement, or a combination thereof. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309918 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF A MOVING MACHINE COLLIDING WITH PERSONNEL OR AN OBJECT - A method and system for reducing the risk of a moving machine colliding with an object involves a receiving antenna attached to the machine receiving an RF signal transmitted by a transmitting antenna attached to the object and energized by a power source. A processor operatively connected to the receiving antenna carries out a computer-implemented process under the direction of a set of program instructions stored in the memory component to determine the machine-object distance based on the strength of the RF signal at the receiving antenna. If the machine-object distance is less than a specified minimum safe distance, then the processor takes a preventative action such as actuating a sensory alarm, actuating a means for slowing the machine, or actuating an acoustic location device to more accurately determine the machine-object distance. The processor may also take a preventative action based on a state variable encoded in the RF signal. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309919 | DETECTION AND REPORTING OF INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF A VEHICLE - A system for vehicle to another party communications that includes a vehicle personality module adapted to create a vehicle personality and a communications system that utilizes the created vehicle personality for one or more communications instead of a user's profile. The one or more communications are associated with one or more of an identifier and an icon representing the vehicle personality, with this identifier and/or icon sent with at least one communication and displayable to the recipient of the communication. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309920 | DESTINATION AND TRAVEL INFORMATION APPLICATION - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309921 | TRAVEL ROUTE ALTERATION BASED ON USER PROFILE AND BUSINESS - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309922 | COMMUNICATION OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED SHOPPING LIST TO VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309923 | SHOPPING COST AND TRAVEL OPTIMIZATION APPLICATION - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309924 | SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM OUTDOOR TO INDOOR MAPPING - Techniques are described for seamlessly transitioning from a map that displays out-of-doors elements to a map that displays indoor elements, in response to detecting a transition event. The transition event may be, for example, that a navigation system that is generating the out-of-doors map has moved to an indoors location. Techniques are also provided for navigating to a parking spot in a parking structure. Specifically, users may search for parking spots that satisfy specific criteria. The search for a parking spot that satisfies the criteria may be initiated at the time a trip begins, or may be automatically triggered by some event. For example, a search for available parking spots near a designated destination may be automatically initiated as a user comes within a predetermined distance of the designated destination. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309925 | VISUAL POSITIONING SYSTEM - A visual positioning system for indoor locations with associated content is provided herein. The system has a map creator and a viewer. The map creator maps the indoor location by acquiring plans thereof, detects paths through the location and associates with the paths frames relating to objects and views of the paths. The viewer allows a user to orient in the indoor location by locating the user with respect to a path. The viewer enhances GPS/WIFI/3G data by matching user-captured images with the frames, and then interactively displaying the user data from the mapped paths with respect to user queries. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309926 | MAP PREPARATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A map preparation apparatus includes a position information acquisition section, an input information acquisition section, and a selection section. The position information acquisition section acquires position information of a user who is moving. The input information acquisition section acquires input information including a date and time when the user starts moving and a date and time when the user finishes moving. The selection section selects map information from preregistered map information on the basis of the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section and on the basis of the input information acquired by the input information acquisition section. The selected map information includes a route in a ratio equal to or larger than a predetermined ratio. The route is taken from the date and time when the user starts moving to the date and time when the user finishes moving. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309927 | BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION VIA ALTERED MAP ROUTES BASED ON USER PROFILE INFORMATION - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309928 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A NAVIGATION CHART - In one aspect, a system for generating a navigation chart is provided. The system includes a display device and a computing device coupled to the display device. The computing device is configured to receive at least one of current geographic position data from a navigation instrument and a desired geographic position input by a user and to generate a navigation chart having a geographic area that corresponds to one of the current geographic location and the desired geographic position and that includes at least one navigation aid, the navigation chart includes at least one navigation aid symbol corresponding to a position of the navigation aid within the geographic area. The computing device is further configured to determine whether each navigation aid is visible at a predetermined position within the geographic area and to display the navigation chart on the display device. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309929 | TRAVEL ITINERARY BASED ON USER PROFILE DATA - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309930 | AUTOMATIC CAMERA IMAGE RETRIEVAL BASED ON ROUTE TRAFFIC AND CONDITIONS - A system for vehicle to another party communications that includes a vehicle personality module adapted to create a vehicle personality and a communications system that utilizes the created vehicle personality for one or more communications instead of a user's profile. The one or more communications are associated with one or more of an identifier and an icon representing the vehicle personality, with this identifier and/or icon sent with at least one communication and displayable to the recipient of the communication. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309931 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ROUTE - A route display device is provided. The device includes an acquirer installed in a movable body and configured to acquire a position and a direction of the movable body. The device also includes a route memory configured to store a route with a plurality of waypoints. The device also includes a display unit including a display screen having a linear route display section and configured to linearly display the route in a vertical axis of the linear route display section and positional relation of either one of the movable body and one or more targets with respect to the route in left-and-right directions of the route in a horizontal axis of the linear route display section. The device also includes a display controller configured to control a display position of either one of the movable body and the target with respect to the route. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309932 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH FUZZY ROUTING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving an origin and a destination; receiving a route keyword for routing between the origin and the destination; identifying a via point matching the route keyword; calculating a keyword group locale based on the via point within a group distance threshold from a keyword group center; and calculating a travel route from the origin to the destination traversing the keyword group locale for displaying on a device. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309933 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ROUTE GUIDANCE BASED ON EMOTION - An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing route guidance based on emotion. The apparatus includes an emotion information acquisition unit, a route information calculation unit, and a route guidance unit. The emotion information acquisition unit obtains information about a user's emotion using an emotion acquisition sensor. The route information calculation unit calculates emotion route information using the obtained emotion information and map information. The route guidance unit provides route guidance to the user using the calculated emotion route information. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309934 | Automatic Alert Sent to User Based on Host Location Information - Systems and methods of coordinating the travel to a common destination by a destination coordination module. The destination coordination module can receive locations for one or more people and generate directions to the common location for each person. The destination coordination module can receive updated position information for each person and determine if a person is travelling to an incorrect destination. After determining a person is travelling to an incorrect destination, the destination coordination module can send an alert and updated directions to the common destination. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309935 | PROACTIVE MACHINE LEARNING IN A VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309936 | SYSTEM AND CONSOLE FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING CEMENTING OPERATIONS AT A WELL SITE - A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing cementing operations in a well. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309937 | Active Noise Injection Computations for Improved Predictability in Oil and Gas Reservoir Characterization and Microseismic Event Analysis - Application of nonlinear resonance interferometry is introduced as a new geophysical approach to improve predictability in characterization of subsurface microseismic event analysis and propagation of fracture. In contrast to reflection methods that remove random information noise, nonlinear resonance interferometry exploits the full microseismic acquisition spectrum. In some examples, systems and techniques implement novel computational interactions between acquired microseismic wavefield attributes and a nonlinear system in software to amplify distortions in microseismic noise and exploits injection of synthetic noise, in software format, to fracture events. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309938 | SPHERICAL HELIX PROJECTION MICROSEISMIC NETWORK - Methods and systems for designing or configuring a microseismic monitoring network are described. The design is based on a regular and homogeneous repartitioning of seismic sensor locations associated with a focal sphere. The methods and systems determine an optimal sampling of the focal sphere of microseismic events and a takeoff angle associated with each of the optimal sampling points. The sampling points are propagated to the surface based on the associated rays and any of a plurality of ray tracing techniques. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309939 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING AN INDIVIDUAL'S CONTEXT AND TYPE TO DETERMINE THE INDIVIDUALS STATUS - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309940 | DETERMINING AN INDIVIDUAL'S MOOD BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S PREDICTED TYPE AND DETECTED DATA - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309941 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BASELINE DATA FOR AUTOMATED PATIENT MANAGEMENT - A system and method for providing baseline data for automated patient management is disclosed. A patient is identified for enrollment in automated patient management with information including at least one of treatment profile and medical history. Device measures are collected to provide raw physiometry for the patient regularly recorded by a medical device, beginning with an initial observation period. Derived device measures are determined to provide derivative physiometry based on the collected device measures. Baseline data from the collected and derived device measures are quantified. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309942 | POLLUTION MONITORING - The effect of pollution in an aquatic mass is monitored. A living sessile organism ( | 2014-10-16 |
20140309943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BIOPOTENTIAL SIGNALS USING MOTION ARTIFACT REMOVAL TECHNIQUES - A system and method for the analysis of biopotential signals using motion artifact removal techniques is disclosed. The system includes a motion classification module configured to receive at least one biopotential signal and at least one reference secondary input signal. The motion classification module performs motion artifact classification for determining motion meta-information, comprising a type and/or severity indication about motion phenomena causing artifacts in the biopotential signal. The motion classification module communicates motion meta-information to a motion artifact reduction module configured to remove motion artifacts from the biopotential signal based on the information received from the motion classification module. The system is further configured to evaluate the effectiveness of at least one algorithm used to remove motion artifacts, and generate feedback information between the motion classification module and the motion artifact reduction module to optimize motion artifact classification. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309944 | BIOINFORMATICS SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS EXECUTED ON AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESSING PLATFORM - A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes an integrated circuit formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the integrated circuit connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309945 | GENOME SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are a sequence alignment apparatus and method for searching a reference sequence for a candidate position matching with a fragment that is a portion of a read sequence, and mapping the reference sequence and the read sequence to each other based on the candidate position. Accordingly, it is possible to form an alignment permitting all variations and errors that may exist in a read sequence, to search the entire area of a read sequence for variations and errors, and to form an alignment with less computation without permitting backtracking, unlike existing sequence alignment technology. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309946 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPH, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT STORES DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A data processing device for gas chromatograph includes an actually measured retention time storage part, a predicted retention time storage part, and an actual temperature condition estimation part configured to estimate an actual temperature condition in the column on the basis of an actually measured retention time and a predicted retention time. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309947 | Method for Identification and Quantitative Determination of an Unknown Organic Compound in a Gaseous Medium - A method for identifying and quantitatively analyzing an unknown organic compound in a gaseous medium. More specifically, the method provides a gas sensor array ( | 2014-10-16 |
20140309948 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ALLOWED INPUT DATA TRAJECTORIES FOR A TESTING SYSTEM - A method for generating an allowed input data trajectory for a physical system to be tested or measured, including providing an input data trajectory in an input data space; determining an allowed operating range; and replacing at least one segment of the provided input data trajectory, which is outside of the allowed operating range, by a trajectory segment within the allowed operating range, in order to obtain the allowed input data trajectory. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309949 | TIME CHART GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTROLLER, DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A time chart generation apparatus includes a user interface, a motor drive shaft chart display, and a motor drive shaft chart generator. The user interface is configured to receive an input from a user. The motor drive shaft chart display is configured to display on an image display device a motor drive shaft chart representing a change in a speed of at least one motor drive shaft along a time axis. The motor drive shaft chart generator is configured to add a movement waveform of the motor drive shaft to the motor drive shaft chart based on a predetermined amount when a first time point on the time axis is designated through the input on the user interface. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LESS DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF A STRUCTURE - Methods and apparatuses for monitoring a first structure at least partially according to properties of a second structure. One such method comprises determining a first relationship between a first variable and a second variable, wherein the first variable represents sizes of actual damage to the second structure, and the second variable represents sizes of simulated damage on the second structure; determining a second relationship between a third variable and a fourth variable, wherein the third variable represents sizes of simulated damage on the first structure, and the fourth variable represents values of a damage index determined for the simulated damage on the first structure; and determining an estimate of damage to the first structure according to the first and second relationships. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309951 | MULTI-CAPILLARY IN-LINE RHEOMETER FOR MINERAL SLURRIES - A rheometer for measuring non-Newtonian fluids is disclosed. The rheometer includes capillaries with piezometers therein, a pump, flow control valves, flow, density, and speed meters, and a controller. The rheometer has application in providing for online measurements of parameters including viscosity and yield stress in mining suspensions based upon laminar transportation of the suspensions by the capillaries. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309952 | Method for Analyzing Faults in Ungrounded Power Distribution Systems - A method analyzes a fault of an ungrounded power distribution system. The method determines a type of a fault in a line segment of the ungrounded power distribution system, and modifies a nodal admittance matrix of the line segment determined before the fault using a transformation matrix corresponding to the type of the fault to produce a faulty nodal admittance matrix of the line segment after the fault. The ungrounded power distribution system is analyzed using the faulty nodal admittance matrix and nodal admittance matrices of functional branches or line segments of the power distribution system. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309953 | Method for Locating of Single-Phase-to-Ground Faults of Ungrounded Power Distribution Systems - The method determines shunt caused residual voltages and fault caused residual voltages on the upstream bus and the downstream bus of the line segment within a faulty feeder section of a faulty feeder. The line segment is designated as a faulty line segment when a reference angle of a faulty phase is between a first angle of a difference between an angle of the fault caused residual voltage and an angle of the shunt caused residual voltage on the upstream bus and a second angle of a difference between an angle of the fault caused residual voltage and an angle of the shunt caused residual voltage on the downstream bus. The location of the fault is determined at a point on the faulty line segment with a difference between the angles of the fault and the shunt caused residual voltages in phase with the reference angle. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309954 | VA Metering in Delta-Wired Electrical Service - An arrangement includes an A/D converter and a processing circuit. The A/D converter is configured to generate digital samples of voltage and current waveforms in a polyphase electrical system. The processing circuit is operably coupled to receive the digital samples from the A/D converter. The processing circuit configured is to obtain contemporaneous phase current and voltage samples I | 2014-10-16 |
20140309955 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POWER CONSUMPTION - For determining a power consumption of electrical circuitry, at least one device executes at least a portion of a software application having an effect on a current through the electrical circuitry. A current is generated through a transistor for mirroring the current through the electrical circuitry. In response to a control word, a reference current is generated. In response to executing the portion of the software application, the control word is varied to determine a value thereof that causes the reference current to approximately equal the current through the transistor, in a manner that correlates the effect of the portion of the software application on the current through the electrical circuitry. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309956 | UTILITY METER HAVING COMPRESSED DATA LOGGING - A method for storing information within a utility meter includes generating in a processing circuit first information regarding a metered quantity delivered to a load corresponding to a first period of time. The method also includes obtaining a first value associated with one of a plurality of predetermined ranges of values in which the first information falls. The method further includes generating in a processing circuit a second value representative of a numerical position of the first information within the one of the plurality of predetermined ranges of values. The first value and the second value are stored in a memory. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309957 | Multi-Phone Programming Application - Automated provisioning of radiotelephone handsets | 2014-10-16 |
20140309958 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING THICKNESS OF SHEET-TYPE MEDIUM AND METHOD THEREOF - A method and a device for continuously detecting thickness of a sheet-type medium in a continuous conveying process can achieve a more accurate and stable detected thickness value. The device for detecting thickness of a sheet-type medium comprises a conveying roller; a detection roller, the detection roller being arranged opposite to the conveying roller, and an elastic displacement existing between the detection roller and the conveying roller; a plate spring, arranged by pressing opposite to the other side of the detection roller relative to the conveying roller; a sensor, arranged above the plate spring; and a thickness calculation unit, calculating a thickness value of the sheet-type medium according to a distance detection value and a standard zero value; and further comprises a zero value correction unit. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309959 | METHODS OF CALIBRATION TRANSFER FOR A TESTING INSTRUMENT - A method of calibration transfer for a testing instrument includes: collecting a first sample; generating a standard response of a first instrument based, at least in part, on the first sample; and performing instrument standardization of a second instrument based, at least in part, on the standard response of the first instrument. Data corresponding to a second sample is then obtained using the second instrument and a component of the second sample is identified based, at least in part, on a calibration model. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309960 | Method for Calibrating a Detection Device, and Detection Device - A device designed for the three-dimensional geometrical detection of an environment includes at least one inertial measurement system for provisionally calculating a trajectory of the detection device. The device is calibrated by steps of: (a) positioning and/or orienting the detection device in a position and/or orientation with respect to at least one reference point characterized by at least one predefined relative coordinate, or determining at least one relative coordinate which characterizes the position and/or the orientation of the detection device relative to at least one reference point; (b) determining at least one error variable which characterizes the deviation of the relative coordinate in accordance with step (a) from the relative coordinate(s) provisionally calculated by the inertial measurement system; and (c) if the error variable fulfills a predefined correction criterion, correcting the provisional trajectory. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309961 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING THERMO-FLUID - An information processing apparatus performs a principal component analysis using a plurality of analysis results in an analysis area about thermo-fluid and computes an approximate solution approximate to a final solution by summing analysis patterns obtained by the principal component analysis under a new analysis condition. The information processing apparatus performs a thermo-fluid analysis using the computed approximate solution as an initial state under the new analysis condition. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309962 | ANALYSIS OF PEDESTRIAN CONGESTION - A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for providing a measure of pedestrian congestion in a given area. In one embodiment, the method comprises collecting data from a pedestrian moving in the area, and using the data to determine one or more specified parameters representing a pattern of movement of the pedestrian in the area. These specified parameters are used to determine a sinuosity of pedestrian traffic in the given area. In one embodiment, the pattern of movement is a walking pattern of the pedestrian, and the data collected from the pedestrian identifies a multitude of positions of the pedestrian's feet. In an embodiment, the specified parameters include a lateral gap between the feet of the pedestrian, and a length of a stride of the pedestrian. A sequence of values may be collected for each of these parameters. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309963 | POSITIONING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM - A positioning apparatus for measuring a position of a mobile object in a target area, the positioning apparatus includes: an estimation unit configured to estimate a first position, the first position being a relative to a reference position of the mobile object; an acquisition unit configured to acquire power information of an electrical appliance provided in the target area; and a correction unit configured to correct the first position for a second position on the basis of the power information of the electrical appliance and positional information indicating the second position of the electrical appliance. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309964 | Internal Sensor Based Personalized Pedestrian Location - Step detection and step length estimation techniques may include detecting salient points in sensor data of one or more sensors. A step frequency may be used to estimate the length of a step according to a step length estimation model. The step length estimation model may be adjusted based at least in part on landmark data to better estimate a step length of the user. Additionally or alternatively, an adjusted step length estimation model may be readjusted over time to account for changes in a user, conditions, or both. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309965 | Cooling Fan Having a Axial-Air-Gap Motor and a Method for Determining the Dimensional Proportion of the Motor - A cooling fan having a motor is disclosed. The cooling fan includes a stator assembly and an impeller. The stator assembly includes a shaft-coupling portion and a coil unit. The impeller includes a hub and a magnetic element. An axial air gap is formed between the magnetic element and the coil unit. A height between a bottom face of the shaft-coupling portion and a top face of the hub is from 1.5 mm to 3.5 mm. The coil unit has a first maximum width, and the hub has a second maximum width. A ratio of the first maximum width to the second maximum width is from 0.7 to 1.3. A method for determining the dimensional proportion of the motor includes selecting a ratio of a first maximum width to a second maximum width as 0.7 to 1.3, and determining the values of the first and second maximum widths. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309966 | METHOD FOR WEIGHING A VEHICLE, AND MEASURING SYSTEM AND MEASURING ARRANGEMENT THEREFOR - A method for determining the weight G of a vehicle ( | 2014-10-16 |
20140309967 | Method for Source Identification from Sparsely Sampled Signatures - The present invention relates to the method to identify the source of a signature signal by processing sparse digital data collected by a sensor system in a laboratory, field, or other application. The invention specifically addresses weak, obscured, or partially sampled signatures collected by a sensor system. The method takes advantage of all sources of data using an innovative method that uses Bayes Theorem for performing probability arithmetic and statistical inference. The method requires an exclusive and exhaustive library of candidate signatures. The method finds the most likely signature candidate from the library that has the highest likelihood of being responsible for the measured signal. In addition, the method can work with mixtures of library candidates to find the most likely mixture that explain the data. The method is applicable to a variety of sensor systems that collect and digitize data as signal strength (ordinate) versus measurement attribute (abscissa). | 2014-10-16 |
20140309968 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING FOOD ASSESSMENT DATA - In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer implemented method ( | 2014-10-16 |
20140309969 | Aircraft Comparison System - A method and apparatus for comparing aircraft parts. A first model is identified for a first aircraft for assembly. A second model is identified for a second aircraft that has been assembled. First parts for the aircraft in the first model are compared with second parts for the second aircraft in the second model. Graphical representations of the first parts and the second parts are displayed illustrating a difference between the first parts and the second parts from a comparison of the first parts and the second parts. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309970 | MANAGING A MODEL HAVING AN OBJECT CYCLE - A model-management system includes a cycles map generator, object registry generator and runtime code generator. The cycles map generator is configured to create a cycles map that, for a cycle in an information model having a plurality of objects, identifies a non-dominant association of a second or later object to a first object. The object registry generator is configured to create an object registry map. And the runtime code generator is configured to generate an instantiable information model and object registry based on the information model and maps. Generation of the instantiable information model includes generation of a plurality of instantiable objects including a second/later instantiable object that, for the non-dominant association, includes an object qualifier that identifies a referenced object for the first object to be instantiated through the object registry, instead of a contained first instantiable object to be instantiated from within the second/later instantiable object. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309971 | SIMULATION METHOD FOR MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL - A simulation method for a macromolecular material comprises: a first calculation process for computing a Rouse parameter of a coarse-grained model; a second calculation process for computing a Rouse parameter of the a all-atom model; and a convert process for converting a unit system employed in a molecular dynamics calculation made by the use of the coarse-grained model into a unit system employed in the macromolecular chain, based on the Rouse parameter of the coarse-grained model and the Rouse parameter of the all-atom model. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309972 | METHOD AND CONTROL FOR CARRYING OUT A CALCULATION OF A DATA-BASED FUNCTION MODEL - A method for carrying out a calculation of a data-based function model, in particular a Gaussian process model, the data-based function model being defined by predefined hyperparameters and node data, multiple input variables being assigned to one output variable and having a sum of terms, each of which depend on one of the input variables, including the following: determining at least one input variable to be varied, for which multiple output values of a corresponding output variable are to be determined; calculating the sum of the terms, which depend on the input variables not to be varied; providing multiple input values for each of the determined at least one input variable to be varied; and ascertaining multiple output values of the output variable for the provided multiple input values, each based on the calculated sum of the terms, which depend on the input variables not to be varied. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309973 | Method and control for calculating a data-based function model - A method for carrying out a calculation of a data-based function model in a control unit having a computing unit and a separate model calculation unit having a computing core, including: loading a first part of the configuration data, which contain hyperparameters of the data-based function model and a first part of supporting point data having multiple supporting points, into the model calculation unit; starting a calculation in the computing core of the model calculation unit, to obtain a model value at a predefined test point; and transferring a second part of the configuration data, which contain a second part of the supporting point data having multiple supporting points, into the model calculation unit, prior to the completion of the calculation in the computing core of the model calculation unit. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309974 | OPTIMIZATION OF INPUT PARAMETERS OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM BASED ON MULTIPLE CRITERIA - A method of combinatorial optimization includes: (1) defining an objective function to optimize a combination of N input parameters of a complex system, wherein the objective function includes a weighted sum of n different optimization criteria, N≧2, and n≧2; (2) applying an initial combination of the N input parameters to the complex system to yield an initial output response; (3) executing an optimization procedure to generate an updated combination of the N input parameters, wherein executing the optimization procedure includes calculating an initial value of the objective function based on at least one of (a) the initial combination of the N input parameters and (b) the initial output response; and (4) applying the updated combination of the N input parameters to the complex system to yield an updated output response. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309975 | ANALYSIS DEVICE AND SIMULATION METHOD - An analysis device includes a unit cell acquisition unit configured to acquire a unit cell under a period boundary condition reflecting symmetry of an object to be analyzed, a unit particle system acquisition unit configured to acquire a unit particle system including a plurality of unit particles in the unit cell acquired by the unit cell acquisition unit, and a numerical computation unit configured to numerically compute a governing equation, which governs the motion of each unit particle of the unit particle system acquired by the unit particle system acquisition unit, under the period boundary condition. The numerical computation unit moves the boundary of the unit cell to simulate the movement of the object to be analyzed during computation. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309976 | PERFORMING-TIME-SERIES BASED PREDICTIONS WITH PROJECTION THRESHOLDS USING SECONDARY TIME-SERIES-BASED INFORMATION STREAM - A prediction modeling system, method and computer program product for implementing forecasting models that involve numerous measurement locations, e.g., urban occupancy traffic data. The method invokes a data volatility reduction technique based on computing a congestion threshold for each prediction location, and using that threshold in a filtering scheme. Through the use of calibration, and by obtaining an extremal or other specified solution (e.g., maximization) of empirical volume-occupancy curves as a function of the occupancy level, significant accuracy gains are achieved and at virtually no loss of important information to the end user. The calibration use quantile regression to deal with the asymmetry and scatter of the empirical data. The argmax of each empirical function is used in a unidimensional projection to essentially filter all fully congested occupancy level and treat them as a single state. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309977 | PERFORMING-TIME-SERIES BASED PREDICTIONS WITH PROJECTION THRESHOLDS USING SECONDARY TIME-SERIES-BASED INFORMATION STREAM - A prediction modeling system and computer program product for implementing forecasting models that involve numerous measurement locations, e.g., urban occupancy traffic data. The system a data volatility reduction technique based on computing a congestion threshold for each prediction location, and using that threshold in a filtering scheme. Through the use of calibration, and by obtaining an extremal or other specified solution (e.g., maximization) of empirical volume-occupancy curves as a function of the occupancy level, significant accuracy gains are achieved and at virtually no loss of important information to the end user. The calibration use quantile regression to deal with the asymmetry and scatter of the empirical data. The argmax of each empirical function is used in a unidimensional projection to essentially filter all fully congested occupancy level and treat them as a single state. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309978 | METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND DESIGNING BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLIES - A method for selecting a bottomhole assembly, including performing a first dynamic simulation of a first bottomhole assembly, performing at least a second dynamic simulation of the first bottomhole assembly, in which the at least a second dynamic simulation includes a different constraint than the first dynamic simulation, and outputting results for both the first dynamic simulation and the second dynamic simulation, in which the results include at least one output showing performance as a function of position along the bottomhole assembly. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MODEL - A method for generating an EMF model includes establishing a time-domain finite data model associated with an electric device representing the electric device in the time-domain; utilizing the time domain finite data model, determining excitations representing an electrical characteristic of an electrical components of the electric device; and generating an EMF model by processing the excitations with a transformation routine determining an approximate representation of an EMF generated by the electric device. A system for generating the EMF model includes a modelling module establish a time-domain finite data model associated with the electric device and d representing the electric device in the time-domain. The modelling module utilizes the time domain finite data model to determine excitations representing an electrical characteristic of an electrical component of the electric device. The system includes a processing module generating an EMF model by processing the excitations with a transformation routine. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309980 | EXECUTION AND REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATION OF A TEMPORARY OVERRUN SCHEDULER - The automatic generation of a real-time scheduler for scheduling the execution of tasks on a real-time system is disclosed. The scheduler may allow task overruns in the execution of the tasks on the real-time system. The task overruns may occur when the execution of a task for a current sample hit is not completed before a next sample hit. When the task overruns occur, the scheduler may delay the execution of the task for the next sample hit until the execution of the task for the current sample hit is completed. The execution of the task for the next sample hit is performed after the execution of the task for the current sample hit is completed. The present invention may enable users to input information relating to the behavior in real-time execution of the graphical programs or models. The present invention may simulate the graphical programs or models using the information on the behavior of the graphical programs or models executed in the real-time execution. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309981 | STORAGE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A storage device includes a first storage and a processor. The processor is configured to emulate an access to a physical tape with an access to a second storage. The processor is configured to store, in the first storage, first position information in which a first position in a first physical tape is associated with a storage position in the second storage. The processor is configured to receive an instruction to move data stored at the first position in the first physical tape to a second physical tape. The processor is configured to store, in the first storage, second position information in which a second position in the second physical tape is associated with the storage position. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309982 | TRAVEL TRANSLATION AND ASSISTANCE BASED ON USER PROFILE DATA - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309983 | Integrated Application Localization - Integrated application localization techniques are described in which support for application localization is provided as an integrated component of a development environment. Localizations for selected languages/locales integrate with application builds in the development environment so that updates are synchronized with project resources for multiple languages. This involves creating and employing localization files corresponding to source content of a project using a designated file format suitable to enable translations. Localization files that are created in the designated format may be exposed in various ways for translation via the system, a developer, a translation service, or other selected translation sources. A single multilingual resource file for an application is then generated to contain resources in multiple languages based on translations made available through the translation sources. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309984 | GENERATING A REGULAR EXPRESSION FOR ENTITY EXTRACTION - A computer receives a formatted query having a plain text word. The computer selects each character in the plain text word. The computer identifies a group of characters from a confusion matrix that are commonly confused with the character selected. The computer generates a set of characters for each character selected, wherein the set of characters begin with one of the each character selected followed by and ending with the group of characters from the confusion matrix. The computer generates a regular expression by concatenating each of the set of characters. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309985 | OPTIMIZING GENERATION OF A REGULAR EXPRESSION - A computer determines whether performance optimization parameters are configured to optimize performance of generating a regular expression. In response to the computer determining the one or more performance optimization parameters are configured to optimize performance of generating the regular expression, the computer identifies syllables within a plain text word that have a high probability of spelling errors. The computer selects each character in the syllables identified. The computer identifies a group of characters from a confusion matrix that are commonly confused with the character selected. The computer generates a set of characters for each character selected, wherein the set of characters begin with one of the each character selected followed by and ending with the group of characters from the confusion matrix. The computer generates a regular expression by concatenating each of the set of characters. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309986 | WORD BREAKER FROM CROSS-LINGUAL PHRASE TABLE - Automatically creating word breakers which segment words into morphemes is described, for example, to improve information retrieval, machine translation or speech systems. In embodiments a cross-lingual phrase table, comprising source language (such as Turkish) phrases and potential translations in a target language (such as English) with associated probabilities, is available. In various examples, blocks of source language phrases from the phrase table are created which have similar target language translations. In various examples, inference using the target language translations in a block enables stem and affix combinations to be found for source language words without the need for input from human-judges or prior knowledge of source language linguistic rules or a source language lexicon. | 2014-10-16 |
20140309987 | RECONCILING DETAILED TRANSACTION FEEDBACK - Reconciling detailed transaction feedback by detecting a rating of a transaction, where the rating indicates a negative experience, mining the sentiment of words in feedback text that is included with or as part of the rating to detect whether the words indicate positive sentiment or negative sentiment, responsive to determining that the words in the feedback text indicate that the feedback text connotes a positive sentiment, adjusting the rating of the transaction. The mining may include testing words in the feedback text to detect whether the words indicate positive sentiment or negative sentiment by calculating a sentiment score. | 2014-10-16 |