43rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100274444 | Methodology for Autonomous Navigation and Control of a Tethered Drogue - Methods and devices for estimating and controlling the orientation of a drogue relative to air mass motion where method and apparatus embodiments incorporate estimation of angle of attack and sideslip and function to correct the direction of a vehicle so as to maintain a desired angle of attack and sideslip. Some of the exemplary estimation techniques apply methods of sensor output fusion. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274445 | Apparatus and method for active stabilization of a two wheeled single track vehicle - The herein described apparatus and method for active stabilization of two wheeled single track vehicle utilizes lateral stabilizers to actively hold a two wheeled single track vehicle upright when stationary and at an angle coincident with the resultant angle of gravitational and lateral forces acting on the vehicle when at slow speed. The stabilizers automatically retract when the vehicle exceeds a predetermined speed and automatically deploy when the vehicle drops below a predetermined speed. Stabilizers are automatically deployed at an angle that causes both left and right stabilizers to contact the ground at essentially the same time. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274446 | VEHICULAR PARKING FEASIBILITY DETERMINING SYSTEM, VEHICULAR PARKING SPACE DETECTION SYSTEM AND VEHICULAR MOVABLE RANGE DETECTION SYSTEM - A radar device ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274447 | Transducer matrix film - A transducer system includes a plurality of transducer elements formed on a flexible substrate with localized circuit elements and interconnects associated with each transducer element. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274448 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, OUTPUT PROPRIETY JUDGMENT METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - An utterance type vehicle-mounted device ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274449 | OCCUPANT DETECTION AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An active safety system for a machine and a process for operating the active safety system are disclosed. The active safety system an active ultrasonic array having a plurality of ultrasonic transducers. The plurality of ultrasonic transducers can propagate a plurality of sound waves, receive a plurality of echo waves and transform the plurality of echo waves into a plurality of electrical pulses. The plurality of electrical pulses can be transmitted to and received by a three-dimensional imaging circuit. The three-dimensional imaging circuit can generate a 3D image from the plurality of electrical pulses and an electrical control unit can determine a location, size and geometric orientation of the 3D image. The electronic control unit can also provide an occupant safety parameter as a function of the location, size and geometric orientation of the 3D image and transmit the occupant safety parameter or an instruction related to the occupant safety parameter to an occupant safety system and/or an occupant warning system. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING VEHICLE ROLLOVER DURING A TRIP-OVER EVENT - A vehicle includes wheels, force sensors adapted for a vertical force and lateral force of each wheel, an onboard device, and a controller. The controller calculates vehicle values using the vertical force and lateral force, compares the values to a corresponding threshold, and automatically deploys the device when each element value does not exceed a corresponding threshold. A method for determining when to deploy an airbag includes measuring a vertical and lateral force at each wheel, and measuring a yaw rate and roll angle. A lateral velocity is calculated using the lateral force, and a lift of each wheel is calculated using the vertical force. The roll angle, roll rate, and stopping time are processed to generate a point on a 3D rollover plane. A rollover energy rate is calculated, and the airbag deploys when the point, rollover energy rate, and lift do not exceed a threshold. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274451 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES MOUNTED IN VEHICLE AND COMMUNICATION MODULE INCORPORATED IN THE SYSTEM - Electronic control unit and each of on-vehicle devices are connected to a power supply line and each includes a communication module. The power supply line has positive and negative electrode side core wire. The communication module is provided with a connection unit and a signal processor. The connection unit has a transformer having two input-output terminals, one of which is connected to the positive and negative electrode side core wires. The signal processor is connected to the other input-output terminal of the transformer. The signal processor converts analog signals branched in the connection unit from voltage signals of the power supply line and outputted from the other input-output terminal, converts externally inputted digital signals into analog signals and transmits the converted analog signals to the other input-output terminal so that the converted analog signals is superimposed on the voltage signals. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274452 | GRAIN TRANSFER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A grain transfer control system, and method of use thereof, for automatedly controlling the transfer of grain from a mobile transferor-type vehicle, such as a combine harvester, to a mobile transferee-type vehicle, such as a crop transport, by varying the position and speed of the transferor-type and transferee-type vehicles relative to one another during the transfer operation, especially by varying the position and rate of walk of the discharge spout along at least a portion of the length of a grain holding receptacle of the transferee-type vehicle, to effect a generally even fill of the grain holding receptacle of the transferee-type vehicle along the length of the grain holding receptacle. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274453 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED TRANSMISSION GEAR RATIO ENGAGEMENT - A method is provided for changing a gear ratio in a transmission of a motor vehicle. Engagement of a first gear-train component with a second gear-train component is initiated at a predetermined rate. Rotational speeds of the first and the second gear-train components, and whether the rotational speed of the first gear-train component and the rotational speed of the second gear-train component have substantially synchronized is determined. A rate of engagement of the two gear-train components is reduced, if the rotational speed of the first gear-train component has not substantially synchronized with rotational speed of the second gear-train component. The rate of engagement of the two gear-train components is increased, if the rotational speed of the first gear-train component has substantially synchronized with rotational speed of the second gear-train component. Following the conclusion of engagement between the two gear-train components, the gear ratio change is completed. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274454 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A power supply ECU executes a program including the steps of: transmitting an auto-P request signal if a power switch is in the short pressed state and if a speed V of a vehicle is lower than a predetermined speed α; starting a timer; turning off an IG relay and an ACC relay if a P position signal and an auto-P completion signal are received before a predetermined time period T has elapsed; and maintaining the IG relay and the ACC relay in the ON state if the predetermined time period has elapsed and if the speed V of the vehicle is higher than or equal to the predetermined speed α. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274455 | TRANSMISSION SHIFTING RESPONSIVE TO BORDERLINE KNOCK LIMITS - A method for operating an engine and transmission in a vehicle is described. The method comprises up-shifting the transmission based on whether engine knock limits spark advance at engine conditions after the up-shift. Further, the method may include accounting for differences in fuel types, and their effects on engine knock in future gears. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274456 | DRIVING-FORCE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS FOR FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE - A transmitting apparatus includes a disengaging device that disengages a driving force from a front-wheel differential device to a first driving-force transmitting direction converting unit | 2010-10-28 |
20100274457 | DECELERATION CONTROLLED BRAKING - A system, apparatus and method of controlling a brake system of a vehicle having a brake input device, such as a brake pedal, a plurality of rotating wheels and a plurality of brakes, each brake of the plurality of brakes corresponding to one wheel of the plurality of wheels, is provided. In controlling the brakes, data indicative of a deflection of the brake pedal is received, and the received data is used to derive a target deceleration rate. A braking command is provided to each of the plurality of brakes, wherein the braking command is varied for each brake to regulate a deceleration rate the vehicle in accordance with the target deceleration rate. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274458 | ELECTRIC BRAKE ARCHITECTURE WITH DISSIMILAR EMERGENCY BRAKING PATH - A system, apparatus and method provide a means for controlling an electric brake actuator. An electromechanical actuator controller (EMAC) is configured to receive first data indicative of a desired braking force, second data indicative of a braking command generated by a brake input device, the second data different from said first data, and third data indicative of a braking mode. Based on the third data, the EMAC selectively uses the first data or the second data to control the actuator. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274459 | REACTION FORCE APPARATUS - When a target vehicle speed setting unit switches from a target vehicle speed to a higher target vehicle speed, a reaction force controller of a reaction force apparatus lowers, at the same ratio, a reaction force applying characteristic, which corresponds to the target vehicle speed before being switched to the higher target vehicle speed. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274460 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR POWER SOURCE - Static demand engine torque is converted into dynamic demand engine torque. The dynamic demand engine torque converted from the static demand engine torque is accommodated in relation to the dynamic demand engine torque set in another system. Static demand drive force is converted into dynamic demand drive force. The dynamic demand drive force converted from the static demand drive force is accommodated in relation to the dynamic demand drive force set in another system. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274461 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE MANAGEMENT FOR FUEL CONSERVATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method includes controlling an aircraft during descent, and controlling the engine pressure ratio of a jet engine so that the engine has a substantially equal pressure at the exhaust, and at the front of the engine during the descent. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274462 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PRESSURE SENSOR DURING DRIVING CONDITIONS - A diagnostic system includes a fuel pump module and a diagnostic control module. The fuel pump module activates a first pump when an engine is operating in a diagnostic mode. The first pump supplies fuel to fuel injectors of the engine via a fuel rail. The diagnostic control module receives a measured pressure signal from a pressure sensor that indicates a pressure of the fuel rail during the diagnostic mode. The fuel pump module sends at least one of a first and a second commanded fuel pressure signal to the first pump based on a predetermined relief pressure of a pressure relief valve. The diagnostic control module detects a fault of the pressure sensor based on an engine speed and a comparison between the measured pressure signal and at least one of the first commanded fuel pressure signal and a corrected relief pressure of the pressure relief valve. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274463 | IGNITION TIMING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - To provide an ignition timing control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of ensuring stable combustion without causing a misfire or knocking, by properly setting ignition timing in the compression stroke injection mode, thereby making it possible to improve drivability. The ignition timing control system for the engine | 2010-10-28 |
20100274464 | CLOSED-LOOP ADAPTATION OF HOMOGENOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION OPERATING ZONE BASED ON RINGING INDEX - An engine control system comprises a ringing index (RI) determination module, a fueling threshold determination module, and a combustion mode determination module. The ringing index (RI) determination module determines an RI value of a cylinder of an engine and compares the RI value and a predetermined RI threshold. The fueling threshold determination module determines a fueling threshold and adjusts the fueling threshold based on the comparison of the RI value and the RI threshold. The combustion mode determination module selects a combustion mode for the engine based on a comparison of a current fueling rate and the fueling threshold. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274465 | HCCI MODE SWITCHING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A control system and method for operating an engine includes a transition module that commands engine control from a first homogeneous charge compression (HCCI) mode to a second HCCI mode. The control system also includes a fuel delivery module that operates the engine in a stratified charge operation mode after commanding engine control from the first HCCI mode to the second HCCI mode and discontinues the stratified charge operation thereafter. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274466 | INTAKE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of suppressing a change in an intake pressure caused by a change in a target intake air amount even in a transient operating condition in which the target intake air amount is varied, thereby making it possible to control the intake pressure stably and accurately. The intake control system controls an intake air amount by an intake valve lift, and controls intake negative pressure by a throttle valve. The system limits a target intake air amount based on upper and lower limit values set according to the intake valve lift and an intake cam phase, and corrects the target intake air amount by averaging the same using averaging calculation such that the change therein is delayed. A throttle valve opening is set according to the corrected target intake air amount. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274467 | FUEL-PRESSURE CONTROLLER FOR DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - When a specified learning execute condition is established, the high-pressure pump is stopped so that the fuel pressure in the high pressure fuel passage is made equal to the fuel pressure in the low pressure fuel passage. A low pressure fuel control is executed to control a driving voltage of the low-pressure pump based on the operational characteristic of the low-pressure pump. A driving voltage of the low-pressure pump is gradually corrected so that the difference between the detected high fuel pressure and a target low fuel pressure becomes small. A driving voltage correcting amount is learned as the control error of the low pressure fuel control. The driving voltage correction amount is stored as the learning correction amount, and the driving voltage of the low-pressure pump is corrected by means of the learning correction amount. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274468 | Systems and methods for alerting aircraft crew members of a runway assignment for an aircraft takeoff sequence - System and methods are provided alerting an aircraft crew member of a runway assignment for an aircraft takeoff sequence from a runway of an airport having a plurality of runways. In an embodiment, the method includes transmitting data comprising data relating to the runway assignment and data relating to an open status or a closed status for each airport runway to an aircraft data receiver, and transmitting an audio signal indicating the runway assignment to an aircraft audio receiver. In another embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio signal indicating the runway assignment from a control tower audio transmitter, receiving data comprising data relating to the runway assignment and data relating to an open status or a closed status of each of the airport runways from a control tower data transmitter, processing the received data, and displaying the received data relating to the runway assignment on a display. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274469 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND DATA UPDATE SYSTEM - Data in an update data format for performing an update of reference map data is formed by storing in each data frame divided for each data type, at least one of: a first group of one or more common map data records to be stored according to the data type of each data frame in a common map data frame after a conversion by a conversion unit; a second group of one or more first map data records to be stored according to the data type of each data frame in a first map data frame after a conversion by a conversion unit; and a third group of one or more second map data records to be stored according to the data type of each data frame in a second map data frame after a conversion by a conversion unit. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274470 | Health information guiding system and method thereof - This specification discloses a health information guiding system and the method thereof. By analyzing the user's position information and health data, the invention selects a target location to provide the user with related health and address information. The user is thus able to obtain more complete health information. This increases the value of immediately using the health information. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274471 | ROUTE REPORTING METHOD, SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A route reporting method, system, and a recording medium using the same are provided. The present method detects a touch and draws a path according to a moving trajectory of the touch. When the touch is finished, a dialog block is displayed to insert route mark information in the drawn path. The aforesaid steps are repeated to draw a plurality of paths. When an end signal is received, those paths are assembled to form a complete route map, which is provided for users to search for routes. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274472 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND MAP DATA UPDATING METHOD THEREOF - When updating means | 2010-10-28 |
20100274473 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - A method and apparatus for providing driver assistance are provided. The apparatus includes a road recognition unit, an eligibility acquisition unit, an other vehicle recognition unit, an other vehicle eligibility acquisition unit and a guidance unit. The road recognition unit determines if a host vehicle is traveling on a restricted road having a lane with travel eligibility restrictions. The eligibility acquisition unit obtains information regarding travel eligibility of the lanes on the restricted road. The other vehicle recognition unit determines if the other vehicle is traveling in an adjacent lane and the other vehicle eligibility acquisition unit obtains travel eligibility information of the other vehicle. Based on the travel eligibility of the other vehicle, the other vehicle traveling lane or the host vehicle traveling lane, the guidance unit determines whether to provide guidance information. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274474 | VEHICLE PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM AND METHOD - Upon a driver of a vehicle setting a target parking position, a parking assist system calculates a recommended parking start position which the vehicle can reach with a current steering angle of the vehicle unchanged and from which the vehicle can reach the parking target position with a constant steering angle. The parking assist system then draws a parking start frame figure F | 2010-10-28 |
20100274475 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION - For providing navigational information to a user of a mobile device ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274476 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A vehicle owner can express a display screen that displays a map in a color that matches an interior design. On a map view screen that displays a map for route guidance on a display screen, icons that indicate current navigation functions, and icons that indicate touch switches that are operated to change current navigation functions are displayed. A color change operation screen is used to change the color of the icons that indicate navigation functions and the icons that are operated to change navigation functions on the display screen. Accordingly, the display screen can be expressed in colors that match the interior design of the vehicle. Moreover, the colors of the map view screen used for route guidance do not change; only the icons that indicate navigation functions and icons that are operated to change navigation functions are changed. The general map colors are thus maintained according to natural usage conditions that blend into the overall design. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274477 | Navigation system - Disclosed are a navigation system and/or a point information display method and a program. The navigation system consists mainly of: a stream receiver that receives broadcast streams; a data decoder that samples a data signal from the received streams and decodes the data signal into character string information; a matching block that performs matching to compare a predetermined keyword, which is associated with position information specified in map information data, with stored keywords and searches a keyword consistent with the keyword contained in the character string information; a position information searching block that searches position information associated with the keyword contained in the character string information and detected to be consistent with a stored keyword by the matching block; and a display unit that displays the detected position information while superimposing it on a display image. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274478 | IMAGE TRANSFORMATION METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE TRANSFORMATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A first road shape in camera image data generated by a camera that captures images of the surroundings of a vehicle is recognized based on the camera image data. In addition, after reading map image data in the vicinity of the vehicle from a navigation unit, second point of interest coordinates existing in a second road shape in the map image data which was read and first point of interest coordinates existing in the first road shape are each detected and the first point of interest coordinates and the second point of interest coordinates are made to correspond to each other. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274479 | Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274480 | GESTURE ACTUATED POINT OF INTEREST INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An information system for providing point of interest information to a user in a vehicle is provided. The system includes a gesture capture device configured to capture data associated with a user gesture, the user gesture having a direction indicating a desired point of interest. The system further includes a navigation device configured to provide a location and orientation associated with the vehicle and a processing module coupled to the gesture capture device and the navigation device. The processing module is configured to retrieve information about the desired point of interest based on the direction of the user gesture received from the gesture capture device and the location and orientation of the vehicle received from the navigation device. The system further includes a display device coupled to the processing module and configured to display the information about the desired point of interest. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE NAVIGATION - A system and method for collaborative navigation is provided. The system comprises a first mobile unit, at least one inertial measurement unit on the first mobile unit, and at least one environment sensor on the first mobile unit. A navigator module in the first mobile unit is configured to receive inertial data from the inertial measurement unit. An object characterization module is configured to receive sensor data from the environment sensor and a navigation solution from the navigator module. A common object geo-locator module is configured to receive a first set of descriptors from the object characterization module and a second set of descriptors from another mobile unit. A data association module is configured to receive common descriptors from the common object geo-locator module. The first mobile unit is configured to operatively communicate with one or more additional mobile units that are configured for collaborative navigation with the first mobile unit. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274482 | Method and apparatus for detecting arrival at new city and producing information on new city - An apparatus and method for a navigation system to detect arrival to a new city and provide information on the city such as dining, lodging, popular sightseeing place, etc. to the user. In addition, it can also provide the user a list of his or her friends in the new city according to an address book or from social networking websites. The navigation includes a detecting unit communicatively coupled with a position measuring device and a map information memory to detect whether the user is entering a new city by determining whether the user is moving across the new city border line. Further, the detecting unit indicates the user is entering a new city when the user is moving a predetermined distance away from an airport. Further, the new city information may not be shown if the user has visited the city before within a predetermined period. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274483 | Ergonomic User Interface for a Portable Navigation Device - A portable navigation device ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274484 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING DISPLAY BACKGROUND ROTATION AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device allowing changing of a display background thereof obtains a current location from a navigation device. An image associated with the current location is sought in a memory system, in response to a determination that the current location does not match a location associated with the current display background displayed on a display device. The current display background is replaced with the located image. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274485 | Information communication device and navigation system having the same - A communication unit communicates information via near-field wireless communications. An information generating unit derives a travel distance, by which a movable object moves in a predetermined time period, and generates travel information including at least the generated travel distance. A transmission control unit transmits the generated travel information to a portable navigation device via the communication unit. A GPS receiver receives a signal from a GPS Satellite. A current position deriving unit successively derives a current position according to the signal received by the GPS receiver. A travel information obtaining unit obtains the generated travel information. A position estimating unit estimates an estimated current position moved from a previous current position, which is previously derived by the current position deriving unit, according to the travel information obtained by the travel information obtaining unit. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274486 | ONBOARD SYSTEM FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH THE GROUND WITH END-OF-CONFLICT INDICATION - The TAWS system, in addition to an FTLA function for detecting the risk of collision with the terrain, has an end-of-conflict announcement function COT which is activated after the cessation of a warning or alarm concerning the risk of collision with the ground originating from the FTLA function. This COT function, when activated, checks that the aircraft (A) is observing minimum vertical and lateral safe distances, and estimates the lower vertical speed margin with which a new ground collision risk warning will not be retriggered. After confirming the observance of the minimum safe distances, the COT function has an end-of-conflict message (“Clear of terrain”) sent with a lower vertical speed margin indication. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274487 | ROUTE SEARCH PLANNER - Route search planner methods and systems are described. In an embodiment, a probability map can be generated from previous sensor scans combined with a projected target location of relocatable targets in a target area. A route can be generated by a route generator, based at least in part on the probability map, and based on optimal system performance capabilities utilized to search for at least one of the relocatable targets. A search manager can then assign an evaluation criteria value to the route based on route evaluation criteria, and compare the evaluation criteria value to other evaluation criteria values corresponding to respective previously generated routes to determine an optimal route. The search manager can then determine whether to generate one or more additional routes and assign additional evaluation criteria values for comparison to determine the optimal route. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274488 | Neutrally buoyant sensor apparatus and method for mapping a water pathway - An apparatus and method for mapping a water pathway. A group of sensors can be employed for detecting one or more features associated with the water pathway in a direction of flow through the water pathway. A buoyant vessel maintains the sensors, and the sensors assist in compiling data indicative of the detected features. The velocity in the direction of flow through the water pathway can be then determined based on data indicative of the detected feature(s). A mapping of the water pathway can be thereafter generated utilizing the velocity with respect to the features detected by the sensors. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274489 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BOREHOLE SEISMIC - Methods and systems for determining reservoir parameters of subterranean formations. A tool is configured or designed for deployment at at least one depth in a borehole traversing a subterranean formation. The tool comprises at least one sensor configured or designed for sensing rotational components of a seismic wavefield deployed in an array comprising at least one sensor configured or designed for sensing translational components of a seismic wavefield. A computer is in communication with the tool and a set of instructions executable by the computer that, when executed, process the seismic measurements and derive parameters relating to the formation based on the seismic measurements. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274490 | THICKNESS-INDEPENDENT COMPUTATION OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL PERMEABILITY - A method for determining permeability of a reservoir using a packer-probe formation testing tool. The elements of the method include generating, using a dual packer tool module, fluid flows from the reservoir into a wellbore, obtaining pressure data associated with the fluid flows using an observation probe tool module, wherein the packer-probe formation testing tool comprises the dual packer module and the observation probe tool module, identifying a portion of the pressure data corresponding to a spherical flow regime, determining horizontal permeability based on the portion of the pressure data, and displaying an output generated using the horizontal permeability. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING OFFSHORE CONTAMINATION - The invention provides a method of detecting seawater contamination from an offshore hydrocarbon well facility comprising seabed wellheads connected by hydrocarbon conduits to a seabed pipeline head from which a hydrocarbon pipeline leads to a remote hydrocarbon receiving facility, each said wellhead being provided with a protective cover to which is removably attached a sensor unit, each said sensor unit comprising a biological sensor and a data transmitter coupled by a data transmission line to said remote facility, said well facility further comprising a seawater velocity sensor, a seawater conductivity sensor and a temperature sensor also coupled by a data transmission line, wherein data from said data transmission line is analysed to determine indicia of seawater contamination at said well facility and of the seawater flow at said well facility and thereby to provide a signal indicative of seawater contamination above a preselected limit deriving from said well facility. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274492 | DETERMINING ATTRIBUTES OF SEISMIC EVENTS - A technique includes receiving seismic data, which are acquired by a seismic sensor. The seismic data are indicative of an observed wavefield quantity that is associated with a seismic event. The technique includes determining a candidate event for an observed wavefield quantity based at least in part on a ghost model, a source wavelet and a candidate value for at least one directional attribute quantity of the seismic event; correlating the candidate event with the observed wavefield quantity; and determining an event time based on the correlating. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274493 | Nowcast of Natural Resource and Calamity Warning - A method of forecasting naturally-occurring phenomena, such as seismic activity, includes taking localized measurements of the Earth's gravitational force change using MEM inertial motion units. Trends in the measurements are interpreted and related to a phenomenon of interest, a likelihood of occurrence is predicted based on the relationship, and the likelihood is reported to interested parties, preferably automatically to emergency bulletin sources. Measurements can be taken from above the Earth's atmosphere. The trends can be interpreted by determining blind source separation information directed to the region underneath the Earth's mantle crust to determine composition and/or movement. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274494 | BIOEQUIVALENCE EVALUATION METHOD OF EVALUATING BIOEQUIVALENCE OF A GENERIC DRUG TO THE CORRESPONDING ORIGINAL DRUG | 2010-10-28 |
20100274495 | NOVEL CLINICAL TRIAL METHODS TO IMPROVE DRUG DEVELOPMENT FOR DISEASE THERAPY AND PREVENTION - In one embodiment, a method for a multiplexed continuous biomarker clinical trial is disclosed that evaluates multiple drugs concurrently or subsequently against a continuously collected and enlarging control group with increasing statistical power. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274496 | DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT OF TRANSPORT SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a device ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274497 | Closed Loop Blood Glucose Control Algorithm Analysis - Methods and devices to generate a tool for testing, simulating and/or modifying a closed loop control algorithm are provided. Embodiments include receiving glucose data for a predetermined time period, determining a variation in the glucose level based on the received glucose data, filtering a received glucose data based on the determined variation, substituting a negative change in the glucose data value with a predetermined value to generate a sequence of modified glucose values, and integrating the sequence of modified glucose values to determine an uncontrolled blood glucose excursion condition. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274498 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND ANALYZER - An information providing system comprises an analyzer and an information server communicatively connected to the analyzer through a network, which stores coping information regarding apparatus abnormalities of the analyzer, and the analyzer obtains the coping information corresponding to the apparatus abnormalities that occur to the analyzer from the information server, and displays this coping information on a display unit. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274499 | NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION DETERMINING METHOD AND NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION DETERMINING DEVICE - The present invention provides an amplification determining method that can determine whether or not an objective nucleic acid has been amplified with respect to a sample treated so as to amplify the nucleic acid. Signal values showing molten states of the treated sample at respective temperatures are provided, and the maximum signal value (A) is searched for. Further, signal differential values at the respective temperatures are calculated by differentiation of the signal values at two successive points, and second-order differential values of the differential values are calculated by differentiation at four successive points. Among the second differential values, from those in a predetermined temperature range including a Tm value of the objective nucleic acid, the maximum second differential value (D | 2010-10-28 |
20100274500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL BASED ON FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION - A method of determining a membrane potential is disclosed. The method comprises (a) determining a difference in fluorescence polarization of a charged fluorescent probe being distributed across the membrane; and (b) determining a potential of the membrane, wherein the potential is proportional to the difference in the fluorescent polarization. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274501 | SYSTEMS FOR TERRESTRIAL TARGET DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION USING A DISPERSED FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER - A precision molecular and motion sensor utilizing a Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrometer to remotely sense targets. Remote sensing is conducted at various ranges, against various ambient backgrounds, to detect, classify, identify, characterize, and discriminate targets. A Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrometer is expanded by modification and augmentation of existing optical, mechanical, and software components to enable basic terrestrial use while providing specific optimization for various applications which are designed with emphasis on the sensitivity of the Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrometer. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274502 | Monitoring of Composite Materials - In a particular system for monitoring of a composite workpiece, at least one ultrasonic testing transducer is mounted to a surface of the composite workpiece and configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic energy to and from the composite workpiece during mechanical loading of the composite workpiece. An ultrasonic pulser/receiver is operatively coupled to the at least one ultrasonic testing transducer. A computing system is operatively coupled to the ultrasonic pulser/receiver. The computing system includes a data acquisition component configured to acquire data from the ultrasonic puller/receiver and a data analysis component configured to analyze the acquired data. The data analysis component may be further configured to analyze the acquired data for initiation of failure of the composite workpiece and/or growth of failure of the composite workpiece. Further, failure of the composite workpiece may include cracking and/or delaminating and/or disbonding. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274503 | ULTRASOUND MULTIPHASE FRACTION METER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHASE FRACTIONS IN A MULTIPHASE FLUID - An apparatus and method to determine fractions of various phases in a multiphase fluid. The apparatus includes main body including an interior configured receive a multiphase fluid and an exterior. The apparatus senses fluid pressure of multiphase fluid received in the interior and senses a fluid temperature of the multiphase fluid. The apparatus transmits an ultrasonic wave into the fluid and detects the transmitted wave to determine its velocity and attenuation. The apparatus may adjust the determined velocity and attenuation based on the temperature and pressure of the fluid to compensate for a difference between the sensed temperature and pressure and a standard temperature and pressure. The apparatus determines a gas fraction, water fraction, and a non-water fluid fraction of the multiphase fluid based on the sensed fluid pressure, the sensed fluid temperature, and the velocity and attenuation of the ultrasonic wave in the multiphase fluid. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274504 | FLUID ANALYSIS METHOD AND FLUID ANALYSIS DEVICE - There is provided a fluid analysis method and its device which are capable of easily analyzing a normal stress difference of a low-viscosity fluid in addition to that of a high-viscosity fluid. A shearing fluidity is applied to a non-Newtonian fluid within a lateral-side gap by pushing a cylindrical bob into a container. At that time, reactive force applied to the cylindrical bob is measured. Then, by practicing an arithmetic process in a given form using the reactive force and each of conditions input by a user, the normal stress difference of the low-viscosity non-Newtonian fluid which is hard to form in a solid state can be certainly determined. Thus, with respect to the low-viscosity non-Newtonian fluid in addition to the high-viscosity non-Newtonian fluid, the normal stress difference can be easily analyzed. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274505 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE AND LEAKAGE CURRENT IN A CHIP - Device for measuring temperature and leakage current in a chip, which provides an output which linearly varies with the temperature. The device comprises a leakage inverter and an electronic module which digitalizes and linearizes the non-linear output of the leakage inverter. When providing a linear response, the need for storage and data interconnection is reduced, besides the numeric representation thereof is facilitated. The device can be used to measure temperature variations inside a chip and also to measure leakage current variations, which also entails measuring static power variations inside a chip. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274506 | METHOD FOR MEASURING INTERFACE TRAPS IN THIN GATE OXIDE MOSFETS - A method for measuring interface traps in a MOSFET, includes measuring charge pumping current of a pulse wave form for various frequencies over a predetermined frequency range, creating plotted points of the measured charge pumping current versus the predetermined frequency range, determining the total number of interface traps participating in the charge pumping current by calculating the slope of a best fit line through the plotted points. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274507 | Method and Device for Improving Battery Life of a Mobile Computing Device - A method and device for extending the useful life of an energy storage device, for a mobile computing device is described. The method ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274508 | Mobile Electronic Device and Method for Controlling the Same - It is possible to provide a mobile electronic device which can accurately and clearly display a cell service life and a method for controlling the device. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274509 | Portable Electronic Device and Method for Controlling the Same - Provided are a portable electronic device which accurately judges service life of a battery even when the battery is replaced, and a method for controlling such portable electronic device. A control block ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274510 | Method of Detecting System Function by Measuring Frequency Response - Methods of rapidly measuring the impedance spectrum of an energy storage device in-situ over a limited number of logarithmically distributed frequencies are described. An energy storage device is excited with a known input signal, and the response is measured to ascertain the impedance spectrum. The excitation signal is a limited time duration sum-of-sines consisting of a select number of frequencies. In one embodiment, magnitude and phase of each of frequency of interest within the sum-of-sines is identified when the selected frequencies and sample rate are logarithmic integer steps greater than two. This technique requires a measurement with a duration of one period of the lowest frequency. In another embodiment, where the selected frequencies are distributed in octave steps, the impedance spectrum can be determined using a captured time record that is reduced to a half-period of the lowest frequency. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274511 | SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHOD, SIGNAL ANALYSIS DEVICE AND SIGNAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM - Provided is a signal analysis device that has a high frequency resolution not depending on an analysis window length and can analyze a frequency with considerably high accuracy. When the signal analysis device inputs therein an analysis object signal to be analyzed, the device obtains a frequency f′, amplitude A′ and an initial phase φ′ such that the sum of squares of a difference between the analysis object signal and a sinusoidal model signal expressed by a phase using the frequency f′ and the initial phase φ′ and by the amplitude A′ is a minimum value. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274512 | METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING PARTICLE EMITTED FROM RADIOISOTOPE SOURCE, METHOD FOR ESTIMATING RADIATION DETECTOR, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING RADIATION DETECTOR, AND RADIOISOTOPE SOURCE - When an energy of a particle emitted from a radioisotope source is obtained by a detector, a histogram obtained from a relationship between a difference ΔE between an energy of a particle emitted outside the radioisotope source and an initial energy which the particle possesses at the time of generation and a count is treated as being asymmetric, and an energy distribution (L | 2010-10-28 |
20100274513 | MEASUREMENT UNIT, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - An environment sensor is mounted in a measurement unit. The measurement unit is adapted to be transported by a transportation apparatus. Measurement data from the environmental sensor is stored in a data format suitable for associating the measurement data with a state of the measurement unit. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274514 | VEHICLE WHEEL ALIGNMENT MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A vehicle wheel alignment measuring method and apparatus capable of measuring wheel alignment of a vehicle body with high accuracy without wheels mounted in an assembly line. A dummy wheel ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274515 | Dynamic Analyte Sensor Calibration Based On Sensor Stability Profile - Dynamic sensor calibration schedule management including determining a stability profile of an in vivo analyte sensor in fluid contact with a biological fluid, processing the determined stability profile in conjunction with calibration criteria for the analyte sensor, and modifying a predetermined sensor calibration schedule based on the processed stability profile is provided. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274516 | ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING THE OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER - In order to determine various operational parameters of a power amplifier (for example, a complex load impedance or a complex forward and return power or a reflection factor or a voltage standing wave ratio) on a connecting line between an output of the power amplifier and a complex load, complex analog forward and return voltages on the connecting line are determined by an analog coupling device. These analog voltages are digitized and converted down into a baseband by one or more digital down-converters. From these digital values corresponding in absolute value and phase to the complex forward and return voltages and present in the baseband, desired operational parameters may then be calculated by a computer. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274517 | Chip Handler with a Buffer Traveling between Roaming Areas for Two Non-Colliding Robotic Arms - Two robotic arms roam in separate, non-overlapping areas of a test station, avoiding collisions. A traveling buffer moves along x-tracks between a front position and a back position. In the front position, a first robotic arm loads IC chips from an input tray or stacker into buffer cavities in the traveling buffer. The traveling buffer then moves along the x-tracks to the back position, where a second robotic arm moves chips from the traveling buffer to test boards for testing. After testing, the second robotic arm moves chips to a second traveling buffer, which then moves along tracks to a front position for unloading by the first robotic arm. Two traveling buffers may move on the same tracks in a loop. The buffer cavities in the traveling buffer move on internal tracks to expand and contract spacing and pitch between the front and back positions to match test-board pitch. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274518 | Diagnostic Test Pattern Generation For Small Delay Defect - Methods of diagnostic test pattern generation for small delay defects are based on identification and activation of long paths passing through diagnosis suspects. The long paths are determined according to some criteria such as path delay values calculated with SDF (Standard Delay Format) timing information and the number of logic gates on a path. In some embodiments of the invention, the long paths are the longest paths passing through a diagnosis suspect and reaching a corresponding failing observation point selected from the failure log, and N longest paths are identified for each of such pairs. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274519 | FUNCTIONAL TESTING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - A functional testing method of electronic products includes writing a document defining a functional specification of a product by a structured document according to a recursive model of a functional specification, so that this is comprehensible by human and non-human interpreters, thus automating the setting up of a functional testing apparatus of electronic products. The functional testing apparatus is adapted to interpret the document, is general-purpose and includes an interface with corresponding drivers, replaceable in relation to the type of product subject to functional test. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274520 | CREATION OF TEST PLANS - Test plan to be utilized in a testing phase may be generated based on an initial test plan. A functional coverage model may be derived from the initial test plan. Modifications to the test plan may be automatically determined based on predetermined rules and parameters. Restrictions over possible combinations of values may be determined based on analysis of uncovered test activities in the initial test plan. Restrictions may be determined based on values of test activities in the initial test plan. Restrictions and modifications determined according to the disclosed subject matter may be indicated to a user for confirmation thereof. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274521 | Simulating Two-Dimensional Periodic Patterns Using Compressed Fourier Space - The process of modeling a complex two-dimensional periodic structure is improved by selectively truncating the Fourier expansion used in the calculation of resulting scatter signature from the model. The Fourier expansion is selectively truncated by determining the contribution for each harmonic order in the Fourier transform of the permittivity function and retaining the harmonic orders with a contribution that is above a threshold. The Fourier space may be compressed so that only the selected harmonic orders are used, thereby reducing the required memory and calculation times. The compressed Fourier space may be used in a real-time analysis of a sample or to generate a library that is used in the analysis of a sample. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274522 | Method and System for Real-Time Estimation and Prediction of the Thermal State of a Microprocessor Unit - A method judging a temperature of a chip including using a limited set of temperature sensors and using a knowledge of a power dissipation, estimating a temperature on a surface of a chip and predicting a future temperature of the chip knowing the instruction stream characteristics to be processed by the chip. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274523 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME MEASUREMENT OF SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURES FOR USE IN SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH AND WAFER PROCESSING - The invention is an optical method and apparatus for measuring the temperature of semiconductor substrates in real-time, during thin film growth and wafer processing. Utilizing the nearly linear dependence of the interband optical absorption edge on temperature, the present method and apparatus result in highly accurate measurement of the absorption edge in diffuse reflectance and transmission geometry, in real time, with sufficient accuracy and sensitivity to enable closed loop temperature control of wafers during film growth and processing. The apparatus operates across a wide range of temperatures covering all of the required range for common semiconductor substrates. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274524 | System and Method for Auto Triggering of a Data Acquisition Device - A data acquisition device for an auto triggering thereof comprises a movement detector, a distance detector, a processor, and a data acquiring component. The movement detector detects movement data of the data acquisition device. The movement data indicates a state of movement for the data acquisition device. The state of movement is one of static and dynamic. The distance detector detects distance data between the data acquisition device and an object to which data is to be acquired. The processor receives the movement data to determine the state of movement and, when the state of movement is determined to be static, receives the distance data to determine the distance of the object from the data acquisition device. The data acquiring component acquires the data from the object when the processor initially determines that the state of movement is static and subsequently determines the distance is within a predetermined range. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274525 | Laser Scanning Measurement Systems And Methods For Surface Shape Measurement Of Hidden Surfaces - Laser scanning measurement systems and methods are disclosed that allow for surface shape measurements of otherwise hidden portions of an object's surface. The system includes a laser system that scans a laser beam over a scan path, a photodetector that detects light reflected from the object's surface, and a processor adapted to process detector signals from the photodetector to determine a two-dimensional (2D) surface shape representation and a three-dimensional (3D) surface shape profile representation. The system includes a mirror(s) configured to direct the scanned laser beam to one or more portions of the object surface that cannot be directly irradiated by the laser, and that allows the photodetector to detect light reflected from the one or more hidden portions via the mirror(s). The laser scanning measurement system is able to measure, in a single laser beam scan, some or all of the hidden portion(s) of an object rather having to rotate the object or having to use multiple scanned laser beams or multiple scanning systems. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274526 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE THICKNESS OF A MAILPIECE - A method of measuring the maximum thickness of a mailpiece while it is moving through a mail-handling machine, the method consisting in the following successive steps:
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20100274527 | Timer for simultaneously cooking multiple steaks to differing doneness - A cooking timer having a microprocessor, a transistor, a display driver, a power source, plural user input buttons and alerts electrically interconnected with a visual display for selecting and displaying data for simultaneously cooking plural steaks with varying physical characteristics to differing doneness levels and ensuring all of the steaks finish cooking to the desired doneness levels at the same time. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274528 | Field device with measurement accuracy reporting - A field device includes a sensor for sensing a process parameter, a processor for producing a measurement value as a function of the sensed process parameter, and a communication interface for transmitting an output based upon the measurement value. The processor also calculates a measurement precision value associated with the measurement value. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274529 | ON-LINE DIAGNOSTIC AND PREDICTION OF DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOR OF POWER TRANSFORMERS - A method and apparatus for on-line diagnostics and the prediction of the dielectric behavior of power transformers uses a Temperature Loading Curve (TLC) method based on the on-line reading of the relative humidity of the oil in the main tank of the transformer, and on-line reading of at least two temperatures of the oil-cellulose system of the transformer by a suitable computer. Data obtained by sensors are subsequently used to evaluate the average water content in the cellulose materials, the Qp-value, and the dielectric characteristic of the transformer, the TLC. The TLC relation then describes its specific dielectric behavior, the change of the Ud-value of transformer oil with temperature, for the whole range of its operational temperatures. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274530 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A USAGE RATE OF A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A central processing unit (CPU) analyzing method sets a time interval and a time period for analyzing a usage rate of the CPU, reads a current time of a hardware timer in a mobile device when a thread is suspended, calculates a CPU time used by the suspended thread. The method further calculates an average time used by each thread during the time period, and divides the average time by the time period so as to obtain the usage rate of the CPU in the mobile device. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274531 | Automatic Identification of Execution Phases in Load Tests - A method for automatic identification of execution phases in load test data includes receiving load test data. A period of time of the load test data is divided into a plurality of intervals. For each pair of proximate intervals of the plurality of intervals, a first interval is compared with a second interval to determine whether application execution characteristics for each of the pair of proximate intervals are substantially equivalent. The pair of proximate intervals is combined into a single interval when it is determined that the pair is substantially equivalent. Each of the pair of proximate intervals is divided into subintervals when it is determined that the pair of proximate intervals is not substantially equivalent. One or more execution phases are automatically identified as occurring between proximate intervals that are not substantially equivalent. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274532 | SIGNAL SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A signal sensing apparatus eliminating noise is provided, having at least a first class signal sensor for receiving at least a first class signal, at least a second class signal sensor for receiving at least a second class signal, a signal receiver for receiving a signal, wherein the signal comprises at least a noise; and a master-slave multiple noise eliminator for performing a multiple adaptive filter algorithm to eliminate noise in the signal by using one of the at least a first class signal or second class signal as a master signal and one of the at least a first class signal or second class signal not used as a master signal as a slave signal. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274533 | METHOD OF DESIGNING A TIRE TREAD - A tire design method is provided for a tire having a tire tread with a plurality of circumferential ribs separated by circumferential continuous grooves where at least two circumferential ribs are unlocked by at least one circumferential groove. The method may include modeling a lug in each of the at least two circumferential ribs to determine a circumferential shear stiffness and a circumferential shear stiffness per unit length for each rib. The tire design method may further include determining an ideal rib stiffness, an optimal rib stiffness, and a corresponding ideal number of lugs and an optimal number of lugs for each of the at least two circumferential ribs. In one embodiment, the tire design method includes modifying the tire design so the number of lugs in each rib is equal to the optimal number of lugs determined in the tire design method. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274534 | Automated Systems for Manufacturing Patient-Specific Orthopedic Implants and Instrumentation - Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for the automated design and manufacture of patient-specific/patient-matched orthopedic implants. While the embodiments described herein specifically pertain to unicompartmental resurfacing implants for the knee, the principles described are applicable to other types of knee implants (including, without limitation, other resurfacing implants and joint replacement implants) as well as implants for other joints and other patient-specific orthopedic applications. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274535 | System and Method to Embed Behavior in a CAD-Based Physical Simulation - A system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes receiving a geometric object and corresponding physical object for a CAD model. The method includes executing function code in a behavior object to determine required references of the behavior object. The method includes receiving and storing an assignment of at least one of the required references of the behavior object to the physical object, and storing the geometric object, physical object, and behavior object in the data processing system as associated with the CAD model. The method includes simulating operation of at least part of the CAD model, including executing the behavior object to modify the state of the physical object. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274536 | LAYOUT DESIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a layout design support system has a layout editing unit which edits equipment arrangement data, equipment connection element data and the other data, and depicts the edited data, and a storage unit which storage such data. The storage unit stores equipment arrangement data that includes not only equipment specification data, and arrangement coordinate data and size data of each equipment, but also piece number of each piece configuring the equipment, and stores equipment connection element data that includes connection name, equipment name of upstream and downstream connection destination equipments, piece number and port of the equipments. The layout editing unit edits the equipment arrangement data or equipment connection element data at the level of the piece in accordance with an accepted edit instruction. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274537 | Stress-based Topology Optimization Method and Tool | 2010-10-28 |
20100274538 | PROGRAM FOR OUTPUTTING STRESS-STRAIN EQUATION AND ITS DEVICE - There is provided a model that can evaluate properties of viscoelasticity and also rubber elasticity of an elastic material. A correlation equation between stress and strain that is calculated from: a correlation equation between stress, strain, elastic modulus and relaxation time, calculated based on a Maxwell model in which an elastic element and a viscous element are placed in series; and a correlation equation between strain and elastic modulus, including different moduli depending on properties, the correlation equation between stress and strain including different moduli depending on said properties as parameters is output as a stress-strain curve formula. There is one feature in finding a correlation between the strain and the elastic modulus, and this allows a large deformation behavior of an elastic material having properties of both rubber elasticity and viscoelasticity to be expressed with high quantitative characteristics on simulation. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274539 | METHODS FOR MAPPING DATA INTO LOWER DIMENSIONS - Methods and systems for creating ensembles of hypersurfaces in high-dimensional feature spaces, and to machines and systems relating thereto. More specifically, exemplary aspects of the invention relate to methods and systems for generating supervised hypersurfaces based on user domain expertise, machine learning techniques, or other supervised learning techniques. These supervised hypersurfaces may optionally be combined with unsupervised hypersurfaces derived from unsupervised learning techniques. Lower-dimensional subspaces may be determined by the methods and systems for creating ensembles of hypersurfaces in high-dimensional feature spaces. Data may then be projected onto the lower-dimensional subspaces for use, e.g., in further data discovery, visualization for display, or database access. Also provided are tools, systems, devices, and software implementing the methods, and computers embodying the methods and/or running the software, where the methods, software, and computers utilize various aspects of the present invention relating to analyzing data. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274540 | NONLINEAR AND LIE ALGEBRA STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR ENZYME CASCADES, METABOLIC SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION, SIGNALING PATHWAYS, CATALYTIC CHEMICAL REACTION NETWORKS, AND IMMUNOLOGY - A computer modeling system for study of behavior of complex signaling pathways is described. The computer modeling system includes a computer representation of one or more nonlinear models of at least one signaling pathway arrangement involving enzyme cascades and/or allosteric enzymes and feedback. The computer representation of the model is transformed into at least portions of a bilinear dynamical system representation from which a series of Lie bracket operations are computed and the result tested for transitivity conditions of the associated semisimple Lie matrix algebra so as to determine potential instabilities and crosstalk susceptibilities. Also, the computer model can additionally comprise accurate numerical simulations, equilibrium condition analysis tools, and other algebraic structural tools involving graphs and matroids. The computer representation further includes a modular model environment for models to evolve with new discovery, trial of experimental models, combining multiple nonlinear models into more complex models, interactive user environments, crosstalk study, and detailed comparative analysis. | 2010-10-28 |
20100274541 | Planer Lightwave Circuit, Design Method for Wave Propagation Circuit, and Computer Program - A planar lightwave circuit is provided which can be easily fabricated by an existing planar-lightwave-circuit fabrication process, which can lower the propagation loss of signal light and which can convert inputted signal light so as to derive desired signal light. A planar lightwave circuit having a core and a clad which are formed on a substrate, has input optical waveguide(s) ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274542 | ENHANCED PREDICTION OF ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS - A method and software program for providing a weather prediction of atmospheric parameters for an aircraft, includes collecting ( | 2010-10-28 |
20100274543 | Method and Apparatus For Analyzing Three-Dimensional Data - A method and apparatus for segmenting geobodies extracted from three-dimensional geophysical survey data volumes. In one embodiment, the invention involves (a) obtaining a plurality of data elements, respectively corresponding to three-dimensional locations in a subsurface region, and generating a data volume consisting of discrete cells from the plurality of data elements ( | 2010-10-28 |