43rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100274344 | Stent Delivery System Having Stent Securement Apparatus - A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent, in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter axially within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the inflation means; and a securement component coaxially mounted on the catheter, axially within the expandable inflation means, the securement component designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274345 | Self-Flaring Active Fixation Element for a Stent Graft - A stent graft includes a stent graft material of tubular shape and annular shaped stent elements coupled to the stent graft material. The stent graft further includes hooked fixation elements, having hook-end portions and coupling-end, circumferentially spaced about an annular shaped spring attachment element, and coupled to the stent graft at apexes of the spring attachment element. Before deployment the hook-end portions of the apexes of the attachment element and the hooked fixation elements attached thereto are compressed within the space bounded by the interior and exterior sides of the spring attachment element and angled laser cut strut inner surfaces under each apex of the spring attachment element are cut at an angle to cause apex and hook rotation at expansion and deployment. At deployment, the apex and hook-end portions rotate outwardly from the stent graft, partially penetrating the body vessel walls in which the stent graft is deployed and actively fixing the stent graft at the position of deployment. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274346 | MULTI-SECTION FILAMENTARY ENDOLUMINAL STENT - A multi-section filamentary stent comprises a braided section, which is a cylindrical mesh of a first set of filaments, connected to at least one wound section comprising a second set of one or more filaments having a repeating configuration with a bent portion. The two sections are preferably connected by at least one continuous filament extending into both sections. The two sections may be connected by a weld, a suture, a common graft, an overlapping portion of the two sections, or one or more filaments of one section looping through portions of the other section. The stent may comprise a first section, having a braided first stent architecture with a first flexibility and a first radial force, and a second section, having a non-braided second stent architecture with a second flexibility less than the first flexibility and a second radial force greater than the first radial force, in which at least one continuous filament is integral to both the first and second sections. The stent may have a radially compressed configuration and a radially expanded configuration, in which the first section has a first shortening ratio, and the second section has a second shortening ratio less than the first shortening ratio. Such multi-section stents may comprise modular components of a modular stent, such as a bifurcated modular stent, adapted for joining together in situ. The multi-section stent may comprise a first section having a first percentage of open area and a second section having a second percentage of open area. The stent may also comprise a first section having a first stent architecture with an end effect wherein the radial strength at the end is less than elsewhere in the stent, and a second section having a second stent architecture to counteract the end effect. Methods for treating body lumen by implanting the stents as described herein are also disclosed, as is a method for counteracting a stent architecture end effect. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274347 | ENDOLUMINAL DEVICE FOR IN VIVO DELIVERY OF BIOACTIVE AGENTS - The present invention consists of an implantable structural element for in vivo delivery of bioactive active agents to a situs in a body. The implantable structural element may be configured as an implantable prosthesis, such as an endoluminal stent, cardiac valve, osteal implant or the like, which serves a dual function of being prosthetic and a carrier for a bioactive agent. Alternatively, the implantable structural element may simply be an implantable article that serves the single function of acting as a time-release carrier for the bioactive agent. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274348 | Modular Stent Assembly - The present invention relates to an assembly ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274349 | Stents with High Radial Strength and Methods of Manufacturing Same - Polymeric stents having fracture toughness and resistance to recoil after deployment are disclosed along with methods of manufacturing such stents. Improvements to mechanical characteristics and other improvements may be achieved by having polymer chains within individual stent struts oriented in a direction that is closer to or in line with the axis of the individual stent struts. The struts are connected to each other by hinge elements that are configured to bend during crimping and deployment of the stent. The hinge elements may be tangent or non-tangent to the adjoining struts so as to form W-shaped closed cells arranged in an offset brick pattern in which the size each W-shaped closed cell can be defined in part by a curvilinear length that is approximately 4.5 mm, which allows the stent to be crimped down to an OD of about 1.3 mm and expanded to an OD of at least about 3.5 mm. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274350 | HELICAL HYBRID STENT - An expandable helical stent is provided, wherein the stent may be formed of a main stent component and a securement. The main stent component is formed from a flat strip having one or more undulating side bands that may be connected to form geometrically shaped cells and are helically wound to form a stent. The helical coils of the main stent component may be spaced apart or nestled to each other. The nestling of the undulation of adjacent helical windings contributes to maintaining the tubular shape and uniformity of the helically coiled stent. Alternatively, the flat strip may comprise a single undulating pattern. At the ends of the main stent component are end bands, which when wound, form a cylindrical ring. In one embodiment, one or more struts of the main stent component may have a width sufficient to include one or more fenestrations. The fenestrated struts may be connected by loops or turns wherein the material is narrower than that of the fenestrated struts to provide enhanced flexibility. The helical tubular is maintained with a securement. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274351 | PROSTHETIC VASCULAR CONDUIT - A prosthetic vascular conduit for coupling to a valve having an annular portion includes a terminal collar member, radially expandable to receive the annular portion of the valve. The collar member includes a portion which is radially contractible to capture the annular portion of the valve to couple the valve to the conduit. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274352 | Endoprosthesis with Selective Drug Coatings - An endoprosthesis such as a coronary stent includes a luminal surface, at least a portion of which is covered with a first coating including a first drug, and an abluminal surface, at least a portion of which is covered with a second coating including a second drug. The first drug has a first eluting profile based on the first coating, and the second drug has a second eluting profile based on the second coating, the first eluting profile being different from the second eluting profile. Methods of making the same are also provided. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274353 | BIOMIMETIC VASCULAR NETWORK AND DEVICES USING THE SAME - The invention provides method of fabricating a scaffold comprising a fluidic network, including the steps of: (a) generating an initial vascular layer for enclosing the chamber and providing fluid to the cells, the initial vascular layer having a network of channels for fluid; (b) translating the initial vascular layer into a model for fluid dynamics analysis; (c) analyzing the initial vascular layer based on desired parameters selected from the group consisting of a characteristic of a specific fluid, an input pressure, an output pressure, an overall flow rate and combinations thereof to determine sheer stress and velocity within the network of channels; (d) measuring the sheer stress and the velocity and comparing the obtained values to predetermined values; (e) determining if either of the shear stress or the velocity are greater than or less than the predetermined values, and (f) optionally modifying the initial vascular layer and repeating steps (b)-(e). The invention also provides compositions comprising a vascular layer for use in tissue lamina as well as a medical devices having a vascular layer and kits. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274354 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES AND METHODS OF ATTACHING SAME - A stented valve including a compressible and expandable stent frame having a generally tubular body portion having an interior area and a longitudinal axis, a bioprosthetic valve positioned at least partially within the interior area of the tubular body portion of the stent frame and having an inner wall from which a plurality of leaflets extend; and a tubular covering material including a first portion extending from a first end of the stent frame to a second end of the stent frame, and a second portion extending beyond the second end of the stent frame. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274355 | Bone-tendon-bone assembly with cancellous allograft bone block having cortical end portion - The invention is directed toward a sterile bone-tendon-bone assembly with two allograft bone blocks constructed with a cancellous portion and a cortical end portion. Each bone block has an outer curved surface with two opposing longitudinal arcuate grooves cut into the exterior surface which will allow a tendon replacement member to be wrapped around the bone block. The second bone block being in reversed orientation to the first bone block. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEQUENTIALLY ANCHORING MULTIPLE GRAFT LIGAMENTS IN A BONE TUNNEL - An apparatus for anchoring at least two graft ligaments within a longitudinal bone tunnel includes a longitudinal sleeve having at least two radially spaced ligament-contacting surfaces located in lateral opposition to a sleeve inner lumen. The sleeve is configured for at least partial insertion into the bone tunnel with each graft ligament positioned laterally adjacent a different ligament-contacting surface. The graft ligaments are at least partially located between the bone tunnel and the sleeve. An actuating member has longitudinally separated proximal and distal actuating member ends. An asymmetrically offset profile is defined by at least one of the sleeve and the actuating member. The asymmetrically offset profile has a plurality of longitudinally spaced engagement thresholds. The actuating member is inserted longitudinally into the sleeve to cause frictional engagement of each graft ligament with both the bone tunnel and at least one ligament-contacting surface. The frictional engagement of each graft ligament is temporally spaced apart from the frictional engagement of at least one other graft ligament. The temporal spacing is provided by the plurality of engagement thresholds. A method of anchoring at least two longitudinally extending graft ligaments within a bone tunnel is also provided. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274357 | EXPANDABLE IMPLANT, INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention include expandable, implantable devices and methods. Devices expand linearly to provide secure fixation between or among anatomical structures. The expanded height of some embodiments is greater that twice the unexpanded height of the device. In some embodiments, an implant replaces one or more vertebral bodies of the spine. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274358 | SPINE STABILIZATION DEVICE, AND METHOD AND KIT FOR ITS IMPLANTATION - A spine stabilization device is provided, the spine stabilization device including an interbody spacer shaped to be inserted between a vertebral body of an upper vertebra and a vertebral body of a lower vertebra, and including a top surface oriented towards the lower endplate of the vertebral body of the upper vertebra and a bottom surface oriented towards the upper endplate of the vertebral body of the lower vertebra; and a fixation device to be inserted after placement of the interbody spacer, the fixation device including a support portion securing the interbody spacer against escaping from between the vertebral bodies of the upper and lower vertebra into a ventral direction, the support portion shaped to rest against a portion of an anterior surface of the interbody spacer, and further including an anchor, the anchor including an anchoring material portion that is configured to be inserted, in a liquid state, into cancellous bone tissue of at least one of the vertebral body of the upper vertebra and of the vertebral body of the lower vertebra, to thereby infiltrate the cancellous bone tissue, and to harden thereafter so as to fix the support portion to the vertebral body. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274359 | JOINT PROSTHESIS ATTACHMENT SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD - Prosthetic systems, devices, and methods for attaching prosthetic joint components to a vault-shaped portion of the anatomy. A device for attaching a glenoid joint component for a shoulder prosthesis to a glenoid cavity includes a body adapted to extend into the cortical bony vault of the glenoid cavity for supporting the glenoid joint component and a plurality of contact arms secured to the body and projecting outwardly from a central longitudinal axis of the body to define contact surfaces for engaging an internal face of a peripheral wall of a glenoid vault. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274360 | HUMERAL HEAD RESURFACING IMPLANT AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention features a monoblock (non-modular) humeral head (shoulder) resurfacing implant designed to replace a portion of the patient's humeral head. The humeral head may need replacing due to trauma, osteonecrosis, infection, arthritis, or other causes. The implant of the invention is designed to be performed either as a hemiarthroplasty or as a component of a total shoulder replacement along with a standard glenoid or inset glenoid implant. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274361 | IMPLANT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IT, IN PARTICULAR MODIFICATION OF ITS SURFACE - A process for producing a ceramic implant which is structured on the surface at least in the region in contact with bone and/or tissue is described. The process is characterized in that the ceramic implant after shaping and sintering is, in the region to be structured, I. reduced to the corresponding metal on the surface; II. the essentially metallic surface is subsequently subjected to a structuring surface treatment; III. the structure surface is oxidized. Furthermore, implants which have been provided with a topological structure on the surface by means of this process are described. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274362 | Cartilage particle tissue mixtures optionally combined with a cancellous construct - Mixtures, such as gels or pastes, comprising freeze-milled cartilage particles and exogenous growth factors are used for repairing chondral defects. Such mixtures may be applied to constructs comprising cancellous bone for implantation at the defect site. Suitable growth factors include variants of FGF-2, particularly variants that include a sole amino acid substitution for asparagine at amino acid 111 of the β8-β9 loop of the FGF-2 peptide. Such FGF-2 variants are released slowly and continuously at a constant rate from cartilage pastes. In other embodiments, the amino acid substituted for asparigine is glycine. Other variants that may be used include FGF-9 variants having truncated chains and a sole amino acid substitution in the β8-β9 loop of the FGF-9 peptide either for tryptophan at amino acid 144 or for asparagine at amino acid 143. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274363 | Prosthetic liner with improved knee flexion - A prosthesis comprising an elastomeric liner sized and configured to surround a limb of a patient about a knee joint, the liner having an inner surface for facing the limb of the patient and an outer surface defining an anterior region and a posterior region which are demarcated by an imaginary plane extending midway between the front most portion and rear most portion of the limb along the length of the limb, wherein the anterior region has an anterior material secured thereto and the posterior region has a posterior material secured thereto and the anterior and posterior materials having equal transverse elongation, and the anterior material having a longitudinal elongation greater than the longitudinal elongation of said posterior material, whereby when said prosthesis is donned onto a limb of a patient over the knee and the limb is flexed about the knee, buckling of the prosthesis about the knee is substantially reduced or eliminated. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274364 | ADJUSTABLE PROSTHESIS - A prosthesis system includes a reconfigurable socket. The socket changes configurations to adjust the socket fit. The socket includes a socket main body with a window and a panel positioned in the window. The panel and the socket main body cooperate to define a cavity for receiving a residual limb. A lacing system is coupled to both the socket main body and the panel and moves the panel with respect to the socket main body to adjust a volume of the cavity. A tensioning mechanism holds the lacing system to position the adjustment panel. The prosthesis system also allows for the escape of moisture from within the cavity. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274365 | ARM PROSTHETIC DEVICE - A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274366 | Monitoring and control systems and methods - A system and a method for controlling and monitoring a system within a facility are disclosed. The system includes a facility component configured to include at least one control point configured to be disposed within a facility and to monitor and control at least one element of the system within the facility; a network component configured to be communicatively coupled to the facility component and configured to process information received from the at least one control point; a remote client component configured to be communicatively coupled to the network component and configured to provide monitoring and control of the facility via the network component and the facility component. The remote client component is configured to receive processed data from the network component and generate instructions to the control point via the network component. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274367 | PROCESS SIMULATION UTILIZING COMPONENT-SPECIFIC CONSUMPTION DATA - Methods and apparatuses are provided for simulating components and processes using discrete, variable-granularity, component-specific data relating to energy consumption or other sustainability factors. Simulations can be analyzed and optimized to facilitate forecasting of sustainability factors and determine advantageous modifications to the components or processes. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274368 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC OPTIMISATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES - Enables minimisation of steady-state objective function P(z∞), subject to a set of constraints zmin≦z∞≦zmax, and under the assumption that the values of the state vector, z, at different points in time related via a model expressed in dynamic open equation format Q(z∞, zk, zk-1, zk-2, . . . , zk-n)=0, where z∞ is predicted final value of state vector, z, and zk, zk-1, zk-2, . . . , zk-n are current and previous values of state vector, z. Determines optimum operation of an industrial process having steady-state objective function P(z∞), including: receiving outputs from the process; minimising steady-state objective function P(z∞) subject to set of constraints zmin≦z∞≦zmax; wherein values of state vector at different times are related via model of form Q(z∞, zk, zk-1, zk-2, . . . , zk-n)=0; to minimise objective function P(z∞). Industrial process to be optimised may include measured and unmeasured process variables. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274369 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a signal processing apparatus, includes: an output module configured to output a sound source signal to an external environment; a receiver configured to receive a response signal responding to the sound source signal output by the output module; an extracting module configured to extract a noise component signal from the response signal received by the receiver using an inverse filtering process of a frequency characteristic, the frequency characteristic being set in advance by dividing a measurement response signal responding to a measurement sound source signal used to measure the external environment from the measurement source signal, the measurement source signal being one of the sound source signal output by the output module; and a removing module configured to remove the noise component signal from the sound source signal output by the output module after the extraction of the noise component signal. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274370 | Sound output control device - A sound output control device is disclosed. The sound output control device includes an application information acquisition section and a control section. The application information acquisition section is configured to acquire application information from an external device having multiple applications for sound output. The control section is configured to process audio data streamed from the external device through causing the external device to start one of the multiple applications. The control section has a predetermined selection criterion to select a start-candidate application from the plurality of applications. The control section is further configured to select the start-candidate application according to the application information acquired from the external device and the predetermined selection criterion, and cause the external device to start the selected start-candidate application. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274371 | Content recording/reproducing apparatus - A voice recorder includes a microphone. When a recording mode is selected, surrounding audio is fetched by the microphone, and corresponding audio data is recorded on a flash memory by an encode/decode IC. When a normal reproducing mode is selected, audio data is reproduced from the flash memory by the encode/decode IC, and a corresponding audio signal is output from a speaker. In the recording mode, the CPU assigns status information indicating “0” to each of one or more partial audio components forming the audio data. However, the status information of the partial audio component reproduced in the normal reproducing mode is updated to “1”. When a skip reproducing mode is selected, a partial audio component of which status information indicates “0” is detected and reproduced from the flash memory. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274372 | DISPLAY DEVICE ON/OFF DETECTION METHODS AND APPARATUS - Display device ON/OFF detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to determine whether a presentation device is ON or OFF comprises determining an audio signature based on an audio signal corresponding to an output of the presentation device, comparing the audio signature to a set of reference signatures corresponding to a set of known media content, and determining a result indicating whether the presentation device is ON or OFF based on whether the audio signature matches any of the set of reference signatures. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274373 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Audio data are played back by a personal computer a relationship with a playback process recognized easily. Displays showing the contents of play lists are arranged and displayed so that the contents become continuous in sequence in a playback sequence from content that is currently being played back from a display of an operation element that causes an image of a playback process to appear or from a display showing the content which is currently being played back. When the playback of one piece of content of one play list from among a plurality of play lists is terminated and one piece of content of an other play list is played back, at least the content that is currently being played back and content to be subsequently played back are displayed so that the contents can be distinguished. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274374 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE DETAILED DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF REINFORCEMENT FOR BUILDINGS - The invention refers to a system and method for the creation, modification, storage, exchange and sharing of detailed design and production of reinforcement for buildings. The system and method according to the invention incorporates a data administration system, which offers the user of the invention the ability to create the detailed designs of the reinforcement and to use the reinforcement data for a variety of reasons, such as the calculation of the volume of the material needed, the selection of reinforcement, the control of CNC machines for the production of the reinforcement etc., in an error free process. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274375 | Method and system for making reliefs and sculptures - Disclosed is a method and system for creating a relief or sculpture from an object. More specifically the present invention relates to methods for creating a relief or sculpture from a human model utilizing software to reconstruct a 3D data set from 2D images of the human model and shaping the relief or sculpture using computer numerical controlled milling machines. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274376 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Stress Modeling of Integrated Circuit Material Undergoing Material Conversion - A method, a computer medium storing computer instructions performing a method, and a computer with processor and memory perform stress modeling as follows. The stress model transforms a representation of a material conversion of a first material in the integrated circuit to a second material in the integrated circuit. Prior to the material conversion the first material occupies a first space having a first boundary. After the material conversion the first material and the second material together occupy a second space having a second boundary. The first space and the second space are different. The stress model performed by the computer system transforms the representation of the material conversion of the first material to the second material into: i) the first material occupying the first space having the first boundary, and ii) a strain displacement condition of the first material. The strain displacement condition is determined by a spatial change from the first boundary to the second boundary. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274377 | DISCRETE ENERGY ASSIGNMENTS FOR MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS - An industrial control system is provided. The system includes tagged data that is collected from a plurality of sustainability factor-associated data sources across an industrial automation environment, where the tagged data is associated with a portion of a process that is attributed to the sustainability factor data sources. A manufacturing model is associated with the tagged data, where the manufacturing model is employed to enhance the efficiencies of the process. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274378 | TEST METHOD AND TEST APPARATUS FOR CHECKING THE FUNCTION OF A PAINTING DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a test method for functional testing of a painting device, comprising: connecting a test device to the painting device, capturing at least one process parameter of the painting device, and checking of a functionality of the painting device by the test device using the captured process variables of the painting device. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding test device for performing the method. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274379 | METHOD FOR THE INTERACTIVE CONTROL OF A MACHINE - The invention relates to a method for the interactive control of a machine ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274380 | Virtual Machine Manager - Systems and methods for virtual machine management are disclosed. A virtual machine manager may communicate with a storehouse, which may include one or more virtual machines. The virtual machine manager may select one or more virtual machines, or may create one or more virtual machines, depending on the requirements of an input. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274381 | Universal Conversational Programming for Machine Tool Systems - A method is disclosed for controlling movement of machine tool systems by providing a conversational programming interface that permits a user to create a universal program for execution by various machine tool systems for machining a part, each system having at least four movable axes. The user defines program blocks including geometry definitions which are independent of any axis kinematics configuration. A first tool path relative to a first Cartesian coordinate system is generated for forming the geometry, then mapped to a second Cartesian coordinate system corresponding to the part. The mapped path is transformed to a third Cartesian coordinate system corresponding to an orientation and location of the part relative to an axis kinematics configuration of a current machine tool system. The transformed path is processed to generate positions for the movable axes of the current system. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274382 | MONEY DEPOSITING AND DISPENSING MACHINE - The present invention provides a money depositing and dispensing machine | 2010-10-28 |
20100274383 | Method and Apparatus for Sorting of Items in Two Sorting Processes - A method and an apparatus sort items, in particular of flat postal items, in two sorting processes. Two classes of items are sorted on the basis of a sorting feature such that a predetermined sequence of the feature values is maintained. In a first sorting process, a sorting system sorts the items in the first class separately from the items in the second class. In the process, the sorting system determines which possible feature values are actually assumed by at least one item in the second class. The sorting system generates a sequence of item sets. These item sets and the items in the second class are jointly sorted by a sorting installation. In the second sorting process, the sorting installation generates the predetermined feature value sequence of the items of both classes. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274384 | CONTINUOUS ROLL WIPE MATERIAL DISPENSER - A continuous roll wipe material dispenser includes an upper module containing elements for mounting a rotatable roll of clean wipe material within the upper module and a lower module containing elements for receiving used wipe material within the lower module. The upper module is vertically spaced from the lower module thereby exposing between the modules a length of wipe material extending from the clean wipe material roll. The dispenser has a sensor element for detecting a user's hand approaching the exposed wipe material. A first driving element operates in response to the sensor element for dispensing a predetermined length of clean wipe material from the upper module. A second driving element operates in response to the dispensing of wipe material, in order to take up a predetermined length of used wipe material from between the modules each time a length of clean wipe material has been dispensed. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274385 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - A control system for controlling at least one industrial robot, wherein the control system comprises a plurality of software modules ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274386 | METHOD FOR ROTATING A MECHANICAL ARM - A method for rotating a mechanical arm receives origin position parameters and final position parameters of the mechanical arm. A computer determines a position that an end joint of each of sections arrives after each iteration according to the origin position parameters and the final position parameters. The computer calculates a distance between the current position and the final position of the end joint of each of the sections and obtains a minimum distance. The coordinates of the end joint of each of the sections corresponding to the minimum distance is calculated. The computer drives each of the end joints to rotate to the calculated end joint coordinates corresponding to the minimum distance. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274387 | METHOD OF ACCURATE MAPPING WITH MOBILE ROBOTS - A robotic mapping method includes scanning a robot across a surface to be mapped. Locations of a plurality of points on the surface are sensed during the scanning. A first of the sensed point locations is selected. A preceding subset of the sensed point locations is determined. The preceding subset is disposed before the first sensed point location along a path of the scanning. A following subset of the sensed point locations is determined. The following subset is disposed after the first sensed point location along the path of the scanning. The first sensed point location is represented in a map of the surface by an adjusted first sensed point location. The adjusted first sensed point location is closer to each of the preceding and following subsets of the sensed point locations than is the first sensed point location. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274388 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO REGULATE AN AUTOMATED MANIPULATOR - A method for regulation of a multi-axis automated manipulator, in particular of a robot, includes flexible regulation of at least one guide axis, and rigid regulation of at least one additional axis, and determining a desired value of the at least one additional axis on the basis of a real value of the guide axis. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274389 | Device Comprising A Robot, Medical Work Station, And Method For Registering An Object - The invention relates to a medical device, a medical work station, and a method for registering an object (P). The medical device comprises a navigation system ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274390 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE HIGH-PRECISION POSITIONING OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECT IN A FINAL LOCATION IN SPACE - The invention relates to a method and a system for the high-precision positioning of at least one object in a final location in space. An object ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274391 | DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT - A method for determining the position of at least one object present within a working range of a robot by an evaluation system, wherein an image of at least one part of the working range of the robot is generated by a camera mounted on a robot. The image is generated during a motion of the camera and image data are fed to the evaluation system in real time, together with further data, from which the position and/or orientation of the camera when generating the image can be derived. The data are used for determining the position of the at least one object. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274392 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING ILLUMINANCE WITH HIGH UNIFORMITY - An illumination apparatus of the present invention quickly adjusts illuminance of the light radiated from the light source in the irradiation surface to have high uniformity. The illumination apparatus includes the light source that emits a light beam having a rectangular shape, a DMD on which light emitted from the light source is incident and which controls reflection/non-reflection of the incident light by opening/closing control of minute mirrors, an optical system that shapes the light reflected by the DMD, a half mirror that splits the light emitted from the optical system into irradiation light and monitor light, the irradiation surface irradiated with the irradiation light, a monitor unit that measures illuminance of the monitor light, and a control unit that transmits a control signal to control opening/closing of the minute mirrors of the DMD to the DMD, based on a measurement result measured by the monitor unit. In this case, an illuminance distribution in the irradiation surface is adjusted to a predetermined value. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISABLING PORTS IN A MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A motor control host includes a plurality of ports, a memory, and a processing device. The memory is operable to store an enable mask defining an enablement state for each of the ports. The processing device is operable to send a first message over those selected ports having an affirmative enablement state to maintain a communication link over the selected ports and inhibit the first message for those ports having a negative enablement state. A method for configuring a motor control system including a motor control host having a plurality of ports includes storing an enable mask defining an enablement state for each of the ports. A first message is sent over those selected ports having an affirmative enablement state to maintain a communication link over the selected ports. The first message is inhibited for those ports having a negative enablement state. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274394 | Climate Control Head With Fuel Economy Indicator - A climate control system having a control head including a display providing at least one comfort level indicator and a fuel economy indicator is provided. The comfort level indicator displays a plurality of comfort level settings corresponding to relative thermal comfort in all weather conditions. Each comfort level setting corresponds to a range of temperatures so that once a comfort range is obtained, the climate control system will be reluctant to consume additional energy, thereby maintaining or improving the current fuel economy state. The fuel economy indicator provides for direct communication of the impact of comfort level settings on fuel economy. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274395 | ADAPTABLE HVAC; AC MOTOR SPEED, AIR TEMPERATURE AND AIR QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM - A Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Management and Control System (CS) that provides “Closed Loop Adaptive Climate Control” of heating, cooling, ventilation or any combination thereof to an occupied space using standard AC electric induction motor(s) connected to a fan and other motor or electric powered devices. The CS uses methods and apparatus based on Opto-Programming & Processing Analog techniques that allow multi-dimensional concurrent variables to continuously and Adaptively vary the quantity and/or rate of discharge air, return air, outside air, discharge air temperature and thermal fluid flow. The CS adapts, adjusts, varies electric motor(s) and device(s), speeds and actions by concurrently adjusting motor voltage, frequency and phase as needed; to control fan output(s), associated damper actuators, valve actuators, or other unit devices. The CS is capable of accepting or generating multiple inputs, outputs, or a combination of both from sensors, devices, motors and more in analog or digital format. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274396 | THERMOELECTRIC CLIMATE CONTROL - Thermoelectric modules are disposed to be connected to a vehicle coolant system and to an air handling system to provide localized climate control and passenger compartment climate control. Vehicle coolant acts as a heat sink in cooling mode and a heat source in heating mode in embodiments. A system controller in embodiments is disposed to monitor an input for a signal that a monitored climate characteristic has departed from a predefined range of values. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274397 | FIREFIGHTING MONITOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM THEREFOR - A firefighting monitor system includes a monitor, a controller selectively generating signals to the monitor for controlling the monitor, and a computer. The computer is configured to receive input from a user relative to the monitor or the controller. The computer generates an output based on the input, and the output is transmitted to the controller for controlling the monitor or the controller in accordance with the output. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274398 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IRRIGATING A FIELD SPACE WTIH A CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION MACHINE - To allow for optimal uniform application of irrigation fluid in a field space outfitted with a center pivot irrigation machine having a main pipeline and an auxiliary or corner pipeline, the auxiliary pipeline is operable to both lead and lag the main pipeline as the main pipeline makes a progressive rotation in a single direction through the field space. In one embodiment a control system for the irrigation machine comprises a buried cable control system. In another embodiment a control system comprises a global positioning satellite control system. In a third embodiment a control system comprises at least two position sensing devices, a first device for sensing an angle of the main pipeline with respect to a center tower and a second device for sensing an angle between the main pipeline and the auxiliary pipeline, and a speed controlling device for controlling a speed of rotation of the main and auxiliary pipelines. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274399 | WIND FARM - Wind farm, of the kind that comprises a series of wind turbine generators, which consist of a rotor, a generator, a control unit and means of connection to the computing network for the wind farm of which they form part, in such a way that at least two of the wind turbine generators in the farm can assume a leader hierarchy for the wind farm, accessing the operating data of the rest of the wind turbine generators, calculating and sending instructions to the rest of the wind turbine generators making up that wind farm, and a subject hierarchy, receiving and following the instructions coming from the leader wind turbine generator of the wind farm. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274400 | WIND TURBINE CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a wind turbine configuration system, the configuration system being configured for processing a plurality configuration parameter settings, each setting being collected from the control system of one of a plurality of comparable wind turbines, wherein the configurations system comprises a processor arranged to analyse the plurality of configuration parameter settings so as to identify a preferred range of setting for the configuration parameter, the configuration system further being configured for initiating an optimization action of configuration parameter settings based on the identified preferred range(s) of setting(s). The invention further relates to a method of processing a plurality of configuration parameter settings, and a software programme product capable of performing the method. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274401 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMMON OUTPUT FROM AT LEAST TWO WIND TURBINES, A CENTRAL WIND TURBINE CONTROL SYSTEM, A WIND PARK AND A CLUSTER OF WIND PARKS - The invention relates a method for controlling a common output from at least two wind turbines comprising the steps of receiving at a central wind turbine control system at least one set point value of a set point parameter from a utility grid operator, and at least one operational value of a operational parameter from at least one of said wind turbines Furthermore the method comprises the steps of stablishing a cost function equation comprising at least one function variable reflecting an operational parameter of said wind turbines and said received set point parameter, solving the cost function equation with respect to said at least one function variable to find an extremum for said cost function, calculating weighted operational parameter set points for each of said wind turbines from the obtained solution, and controlling at least one of said wind turbines in relation to said weighted operational parameter set points. The invention also relates to a central wind turbine control system, a wind park and a cluster of wind parks. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274402 | SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING PREDICTIVE ENERGY CONSUMPTION - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a first time that is associated with a first demand amount for a resource. The method also includes providing the resource to a device such that the device changes an area temperature from a first temperature to approximately a second temperature that is reached at approximately the first time. The resource is withheld from the device when the second temperature is approximately reached at approximately the first time. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274403 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Provided is an energy management system which can increase the awareness of energy saving. The energy management system according to the present invention includes a home appliance A located in a home, an external portable terminal PT, and a center device SV connected to the home appliance A and portable terminal PT via internet NT. The home appliance A includes an energy management unit | 2010-10-28 |
20100274404 | PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY TO COLLECT, ANALYZE, AND SIGNAL REAL-TIME ELECTRON SOURCES OF AN ELECTRICAL GRID - Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for collecting, analyzing, and transmitting real-time electron sources of an electrical grid are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a computing device may be configured to collect data describing present generating source or sources for one or more present supplies of electricity to an electrical grid. Additionally, the computing device may be configured to analyze the data, and determine an amount of a present electricity flow on the electrical grid being generated from one or more renewable sources. Further, the computing device may be configured to generate and transmit a signal or message to one or more devices associated with consumption and/or storage of electricity supplied by the electrical grid, based at least in part on the result of said analysis and determination. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274405 | METHOD OF DEMAND SIDE ELECTRICAL LOAD MANAGEMENT AND AN ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - The present disclosure discloses a method ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274406 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A medical imaging apparatus includes a transmission suspension time determination unit that determines a transmission suspension time from when an inspection is ended to when inspection end information generated by an inspection end information generation unit is transmitted to a hospital information system based on inspection information; an inspection end information transmission unit transmits the generated inspection end information to the hospital information system after the transmission suspension time has passed after the inspection is ended; and an additional imaging-operation instruction determination unit determines whether an additional imaging-operation instruction is issued from an operator before the transmission suspension time passes. If it is determined that the additional imaging-operation instruction is issued, inspection end information including a content of the imaging operation additionally executed according to the additional imaging operation instruction is executed, and the inspection end information including the content of the additional imaging-operation is transmitted. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274407 | MOBILE MICRO-GRID POWER SYSTEM CONTROLLER AND METHOD - Methods and control apparatus are presented for controlling supply of electrical power to a mobile micro-grid power system, in which a master controller automatically rebalances the micro-grid by activating and deactivating individual power supplies to preferentially activate non-fuel consuming power supplies and deactivate fuel consuming power supplies so as to minimize fuel consumption for the micro-grid power system. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274408 | Energy production and consumption matching system - A system for balancing energy being consumed by a first device against the available energy being produced by a second separate device. One application for the invention is monitoring the amount of energy being produced by a photovoltaic array and using that information to control a load so that the load consumes substantially the same amount of energy as is then being produced by the array. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274409 | Stairlifts - The invention describes an over-speed governor for a stairlift which not only triggers a safety gear or brake upon the carriage exceeding a pre-determined speed, but also triggers the safety gear in the event the carriage unexpectedly reverses its direction. In a preferred embodiment, the over-speed governor also triggers the safety gear in the event the chair departs from the horizontal by more than a predetermined angle. The speed determining function is preferably electronic and the safety gear operates in both directions without adaptation. Other aspects are described including setting the trip speed as a function of carriage position on the rail. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274410 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING CONTENT FOR AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE - A method for customizing content for an occupant of a vehicle during a vehicle drive includes the steps of determining a driving mode of the vehicle and determining appropriate content for the occupant based on the driving mode. The driving mode represents one or more characteristics of the vehicle drive. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274411 | DRUNK DRIVING PREVENTION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a drunk driving prevention apparatus which reliably prevents drunk driving while permitting the release of control for restraining vehicle travel at an appropriate timing. A drunk driving prevention apparatus | 2010-10-28 |
20100274412 | SEMICONDUCTOR DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an arrangement for enabling a plurality of central processing units to share specific resources while ensuring overall reliability owing to domain separation. More specifically, in a semiconductor data processing device comprising a plurality of access management circuits for managing access to resource units that are sharable by the central processing units via an internal bus, each of the access management circuits performs permission/inhibition control for access from the central processing units to the resource units according to a setting state of a domain setup register so as to allow domain separation of the resource units for each of the central processing units, and through use of a priority access permission control function for specific resource units selectively recognized by the access management circuits as resources sharable by the central processing units, access from one of the central processing units that is identified by register setting data is given higher priority than access from the other central processing units. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274413 | Ballistic Robotic Vehicle - A mobile target assembly for use in small arms practice includes an armor-protected automotive unit with remote control for movement through a target area. Further, the target assembly includes a plurality of repairable/replaceable façades, wherein a selected façade is mounted on the automotive unit. For the present invention, the façade is formed as a land vehicle body and is constructed for intentional destruction by the small arms fire. Importantly, the armor protection provides survivability for the automotive unit in response to small arms fire. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274414 | NARROW SPACE SLOW MOVING OPERATIONAL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention completely removes inconvenience when big body size drivers and passengers, who can get in/out of a vehicle only through a wide space as compared with normal body size people, or drivers sitting in wheelchairs, get in/out of a vehicle, by allowing a driver to move his/her vehicle V which all of the passengers, including the drivers, have got out of, using a remote controller | 2010-10-28 |
20100274415 | TIME-TO-GO MISSILE GUIDANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for guiding a vehicle to intercept a target is described. The method iteratively estimates a time-to-go until target intercept and modifies an acceleration command based upon the revised time-to-go estimate. The time-to-go estimate depends upon the position, the velocity, and the actual or real time acceleration of both the vehicle and the target. By more accurately estimating the time-to-go, the method is especially useful for applications employing a warhead designed to detonate in close proximity to the target. The method may also be used in vehicle accident avoidance and vehicle guidance applications. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274416 | DISTRIBUTED APPROACH TO ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A distributed electronic engine control system includes an airframe module, an electronic engine control module, and an engine I/O module. The modules are arranged in locations remote from one another. A serial communications bus interconnects the modules with one another. A first engine controls device is connected to the engine I/O module and is configured to interact with an engine component and provide a first data. The engine I/O module includes inner loop control logic that uses the first data and produces a second data in response thereto. The electronic engine control module includes an outer loop control logic using the second data and produces a third data in response thereto. The airframe module receives power and distributes the power to the electronic engine control and engine I/O modules. The first, second and third data are provided on the serial communications bus. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274417 | System and Method of Interaction and Holistic Representation of Tasks - The general field of the invention is that of viewing systems comprising first means making it possible to process and to store the various data necessary for the accomplishment of a technical or industrial process, second means making it possible to determine the various tasks to be accomplished by a user in the course of the process on the basis of the previous data, a computer for generating graphical images associated with a viewing device and a man-machine interface with the said viewing device. The viewing device according to the invention displays a succession of graphical icons, each icon representing a task to be accomplished, the various icons being ordered according to a time scale extending from the start to the end of the process. The system and the method according to the invention are of global or holistic types. A certain number of operations on these icons can be performed by means of the man-machine interface. The favoured field of the invention is that of aircraft instrument panels. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274418 | Method for Determining the Quantity of Fuel Taken On Board an Aircraft Making it Possible to Maintain a Time Requirement of the RTA Type - A method for determining the quantity of fuel in an aircraft and an optimization criterion such as a cost index, notably used in an FMS, making it possible to maintain a time requirement of the RTA type, comprising a first step of computing the optimization criterion CI | 2010-10-28 |
20100274419 | Method and Device for Adjusting the Trajectory of an Aircraft in a Climb Circuit - A method of adjusting the trajectory of an aircraft flying a climb circuit, of substantially helical form corresponding to a succession of racetracks, denoted HOLD, the last HOLD, called the exit HOLD, having predefined geometric characteristics and comprising a lock-on point, allowing the aircraft to enter and to exit in the HOLD, the aircraft attaining the setpoint altitude of the climb circuit during the flight of the exit HOLD, comprises at least three steps, including: a step of computing the prediction of the position of the aircraft when the setpoint altitude will be attained; a step of computing the remaining distance to be traveled, between the position of the aircraft when the setpoint altitude will be attained and the lock-on point; and a step making it possible to carry out an adaptation of the form of the exit HOLD so as to minimize the remaining distance to be traveled DELTA. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274420 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PROPULSION SYSTEMS - Methods and systems are provided for controlling a propulsion system of a vessel including an engine and a propeller. In one embodiment, the method comprises independently adjusting each of an engine setting and a propeller setting responsive to real-time vessel operating data. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274421 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYBRID VEHICLE - In a method for operating a power-branching hybrid drive having at least one first and one second electric machine coupled via a transmission, as well as having an internal combustion engine which outputs a torque M | 2010-10-28 |
20100274422 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle in a road network, and to a navigation system. To this end, first a zone of the road network is provided with an emissions class-dependent drive-through restriction, wherein the motor vehicle is associated with at least one emissions class. First, information about the geographical location of the zone and about the emissions class at least required there is stored in the navigation system. Then, information about the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is entered into the navigation system. Thereafter, the information entered is considered in the destination guidance process, wherein destination guidance into or through the zone is avoided if the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is affected by emissions class-dependent drive-through restrictions in the zone. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274423 | Idle speed regulation for a hybrid vehicle - A regulating method for hybrid vehicles having an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, for rotational speed regulation of the electric motor, including detecting the driving speed of the vehicle, detecting a desired torque, and comparing the driving speed with a driving speed minimum value, in which, when a desired torque below a torque minimum value is detected and the comparison yields the result that the driving speed is not above the driving speed minimum value, the electric motor is regulated to a setpoint idle speed which is below the minimum idle speed of the internal combustion engine. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274424 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, a fuel tank, a canister trapping vaporized fuel from the fuel tank, an open-close valve provided in a passage connecting an intake passage of the engine to the canister, a generator driven by the engine to generate electric power, a battery storing electric power generated by the generator, and a motor driven by electric power discharged from the battery, and that runs using driving force from at least any one of the engine and the motor, includes: a determination unit determining whether to control the open-close valve to introduce the trapped fuel into the intake passage; and a charge and discharge controller executing changes any one of the rate of charging of the battery and the rate of discharging of the battery when the determination unit determines to introduce the trapped fuel into the intake passage. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274425 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAILSAFE CONTROL OF AN ALTERNATOR/STARTER SYSTEM OF THE MICRO-HYBRID TYPE, AND CORRESPONDING MICRO-HYBRID SYSTEM - A method is implemented in a vehicle having an electronic control unit ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274426 | METHOD FOR MANAGING FUEL CONSUMPTION OF A HYBRID VEHICLE AND VEHICLE ADAPTED TO SUCH A METHOD - This method is for managing fuel consumption of a hybrid vehicle on a given trip, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric energy storage arrangement and at least an electric machine adapted to work as a generator or as a motor. This method includes:
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20100274427 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR HYBRID DRIVING APPARATUS - A speed-change mode is changed from a stepless speed-change mode to a fixed speed-change mode while limiting or controlling the torque variation of an output member. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274428 | MOTOR CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL FORKLIFT TRUCK - A method for controlling a motor of an electrical forklift truck which includes at least one motor for traveling of the forklift truck or providing power to a pump that supplies power for operating a vehicle or oil to operational devices, a power module for controlling the power supply to the motors, and a control unit for controlling the power module and the motor, the method including the steps of: controlling to decelerate operating speed of the motor to be predetermined first decelerated speed by the control unit if a temperature of the motor and/or the power module increases and reaches a predetermined first level temperature value corresponding to the operating speed of the motor; and controlling to decelerate the operating speed of the motor to be predetermined second decelerated speed that is lower than the first decelerated speed by the control unit if the temperature of the motor and/or the power module increases in a state of the speed of the motor having been decelerated and reaches predetermined second-level temperature value that is higher than the first level temperature value and corresponds to the first decelerated speed. In this respect, the shutdown of the motor is postponed as long as possible so as to expend the operating time of the electrical forklift truck. Further, the shutdown of the motor can be postponed even without mounting the separate cooling apparatus, such as the cooling fan, so as to reduce the manufacturing cost. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE GUIDING USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVER APPARATUS THEREFOR - An apparatus is for guiding a vehicle traveling of a vehicle by using information technology infrastructures. The apparatus includes: a control terminal for controlling the vehicle traveling; sensing devices that collect circumstance information of guidance areas desirous of guiding the vehicle by using the information technology infrastructures provided on the guidance areas; and a server device that recognizes a circumstance of the guidance areas to create a guidance route based on the collected circumstance information by the sensing device so that the control terminal controls the vehicle to travel along the guidance route. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274430 | DETECTION OF TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURE FROM SENSOR DATA WITH APPLICATION TO AUTONOMOUS DRIVING IN SEMI-STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS - A method of creating an obstacle-free diagram using topological sensor data to form a graph corresponding to a driving path, transforming the graph using discrete heuristics, locally smoothing a plurality of edges of the graph after the transforming, and globally smoothing the graph after the locally smoothing. Transforming includes deleting an edge of the graph, merging two intersections of the graph into a single intersection, and collapsing a plurality of edges forming a loop into a single edge. Locally smoothing includes smoothing a lane segment of the graph by minimizing a sum of a function of smoothness and a function of distance. Globally smoothing includes defining an intersection potential and minimizing a sum of the function of smoothness, the function of distance, a function of intersections and a function of direction. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274431 | TARGET ROUTE SETTING SUPPORT SYSTEM - A target route setting support system is equipped with a transiting area/starting-terminal point recognizing unit, a route candidate generating unit, and a determining unit. The transiting area/starting-terminal point recognizing unit recognizes a node or a link connecting nodes together designated by the user via a remote controller as a designated transiting area, the target position as a terminal point, and a departure position as a starting point. The route candidate generating unit generates a moving route candidate connecting the terminal point and the starting point so the designated transiting area is included at least in a part of the moving route candidate. The determining unit determines the level of a possibility of contact between the robot and an object in the case where the robot is made to move along the moving route candidate, and outputs the determination result via an output device. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274432 | GPS BASED VEHICLE MODIFICATION AND ABNORMAL USAGE MONITORING - A vehicle monitoring system comprises a calculation module, an abnormal usage module, and memory. The calculation module calculates a vehicle usage value based on global positioning system (GPS) data and at least one data input, and calculates an expected vehicle usage value based on known vehicle characteristics and the GPS data. The abnormal usage module compares the vehicle usage value and the expected vehicle usage value. The memory stores an indicator based on the comparison. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274433 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MOST PROBABLE CAUSE OF A PROBLEM IN A PLANT - A system for determining a most probable cause or causes of a problem in a plant is disclosed. The system includes a plant, the plant having a plurality of subsystems that contribute to the operation of the plant, the plurality of subsystems having operating functions that produce operational signals. A plurality of sensors that are operable to detect the operational signals from the plurality of subsystems and transmit data related to the signals is also provided. An advisory system is disclosed that receives an input, the input being in the form of data from the plurality of sensors, possible input root causes of the problem, possible input symptoms of the problem and/or combinations thereof. The advisory system has an autoencoder in the form of a recurrent neural network. The recurrent neural network has sparse connectivity in a plurality of nodes, and the autoencoder is also operable to receive the input and perform multiple iterations of computations at each of the plurality of nodes as a function of the input and provide an output. The output can be in the form of possible output causes of the problem, possible output symptoms of the problem and/or combinations thereof. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274434 | Position monitoring system for a mobile machine - A system including a mobile machine and a central control station is provided. The mobile machine includes a communication device and a position monitoring system including a receiver configured to receive position data from a positioning satellite and generate a position signal. The position monitoring system also includes an inertial navigation unit including a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the mobile machine and generate a movement signal. The position monitoring system also includes a controller configured to receive the position signal and the movement signal, detect an unavailability of the position signal, calculate a position parameter, determine whether a difference between a first and a second value of a parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold, and generate a warning signal. The central control station is configured to communicate with the controller, receive the position signal and/or the movement signal, and monitor the position of the mobile machine. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274435 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A driving assistance system for vehicle obtains short-duration data representing a present traveling condition and driving operation and intermediate-duration data representing a traveling condition and driving operation of that day. A drive diagnosis is carried out by comparing a distribution of the short-duration data and a distribution of the intermediate-date, and a drive diagnosis result is evaluated with two evaluation criteria so as to provide an alarm or an operation improvement suggestion. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274436 | Pedal Lock Control Device for Work Vehicle - A pedal lock control device for work vehicle includes : a motor driving device that drives a travel hydraulic motor in response to an operation amount of a travel pedal; a locking device that locks the travel pedal in a state of being operated; an instruction device that instructs lock and unlock of the travel pedal by the locking device upon an operation by an operator; a first detection device that detects a first signal change according to an unlock operation which is an operation that reflects an intention of an operator to release the locking device and is other than an unlock operation by the instruction device; a second detection device that detects a second signal change according to an unlock operation which is an operation that reflects an intention of an operator to release the locking device and is other than the unlock operation by the instruction device, with the second signal change being different from the first signal change; and a lock control device that unlocks the locking device when an unlock operation is detected by at least one of the first detection device and the second detection device in a state where the travel pedal is locked by the locking device. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274437 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING INCREASED INTERNAL FRICTION IN A STEERING MECHANISM - A method and system for detecting increased internal friction in a steering mechanism of a vehicle having a steering system including a steering linkage and a steering wheel. The method includes detecting a steering acceleration {umlaut over (φ)} | 2010-10-28 |
20100274438 | DRIVING OPERATION ASSISTING SYSTEM, METHOD AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SYSTEM - A driving assisting for calculating risk potential by considering a response delay by the driver and transmitting information related to the risk potential to the operator in a haptic manner. A controller is provided to estimate the response delay based on an operation performed by the operator. Based on the estimated response delay, the controller calculates a future position at which the risk potential is to be calculated. The longer the response delay, the remoter the future position is. The shorter the response delay, the nearer the future position is. The calculated risk potential at the future position may be transmitted to the operator via a pressing force from one of right and left side portions of a driver's seat occupied by the operator. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING TO A REMOTE LOCATION OPERATION OF AN AUGER OR THE LIKE - The systems and methods of the present invention employ either a sensor in communication with the auger or a sensor in the form of a switch operated by the user of the auger. When the sensor detects that the auger is operating or the switch is operated by the auger operator, an indication of auger operation is published to a remote location. The indication may be in the form of an aural or visual indication or in the form of a wireless transmission. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274440 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING VEHICLE AND DRIVER INFORMATION - The present invention relates a system and method of managing vehicle and driver information. According to the present invention, internal status information and external environment information of a vehicle, and a driver's behavior information, are gathered to calculate the driver's workload that is required for careful driving and inform the workload to the driver, which leads to careful driving. Further, the information input to the terminal is sent to an observation center without manual control of the driver so that the observation center can collect and store the information in real time. Furthermore, the driving history, driving habits of the driver, and the amount of consumed fuel can be provided through the terminal and the driver access to the server in the observation center, which improves the driving habits of the driver and provides information about economical driving. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274441 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING POSITIONS OF WHEEL MODULES - There is provided a method of identifying locations of one or more modules of an apparatus implemented in a vehicle for monitoring operation of at least one wheel of the vehicle, the one or more modules operatively mounted to revolve with the at least one wheel, the one or more modules being operatively coupled in communication with a processing arrangement of the vehicle, the one or more modules being operable to sense at least one physical parameter of the wheel and to generate at least one corresponding sensor signal for the processing arrangement, the processing arrangement being operable to process the at least one sensor signal to compute information indicative of operation of the at least one wheel. The method includes steps of:
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20100274442 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSOR SIGNAL OUT OF RANGE DETECTION - A method and control module for determining a sensor error includes a time-based diagnostic module generating a time-based diagnostic for a sensor and an event-based diagnostic module generating an event-based diagnostic for the sensor. A synchronizing module synchronizes the time-based diagnostic and the event-based diagnostic to obtain a diagnostic result. A fault indicator module generates a fault signal in response to the diagnostic result. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274443 | TORQUE SENSOR PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A control system may include a polarity determination module, a torque variation module, and a torque sensor diagnostic module. The polarity determination module determines a first polarity of a torque signal that indicates a transmission torque. The torque sensor diagnostic module diagnoses an error of a torque sensor when an detected polarity of the torque signal is opposite from the first polarity. A control system may include a torque variation module and a torque sensor diagnostic module. The torque variation module determines a maximum torque variation during a predetermined diagnostic period based on the torque signal. The torque sensor diagnostic module diagnoses an error of a torque sensor when the maximum torque variation is outside of a torque variation range. The torque variation range is defined by a minimum torque variation threshold and a maximum torque variation threshold. | 2010-10-28 |