46th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140336886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION - A system for operating a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission and a vehicle road speed limiter (RSL) which is programmable to limit the maximum vehicle speed for a given transmission gear includes at least on controller. The at least one controller is operable, when the speed limiter (RSL) is active, to determine if the vehicle is operating in a shuttle shifting range based on the current status of preselected operating parameters. When the vehicle is operating in a shuttle shifting range, the at least one controller is operable to control transmission operation to prevent shifting under conditions where shifting would otherwise normally occur. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SPEED-BASED DOWNSPEED COASTING MANAGEMENT - A velocity profile can be used in conjunction with vehicle operating condition data to determine a gear shift schedule that mitigates the amount of service brake effort required to slow a vehicle by making optimal use of engine speed, friction and engine brakes. The gear shift point drives the engine to a higher operating speed and greater frictional torque, slowing the vehicle, which can then coast to a desired speed. The gear shift point can be timed to minimize fuel consumption during the maneuver. Thus, a vehicle downshift event is created based on the transmission gear recommendation. The benefit is increased freight efficiency in transporting cargo from source to destination by minimizing fuel consumption and maintaining drivability. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336888 | CONTROL METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATED GEARBOX OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE, SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A GEARBOX AND AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM - A method is provided for controlling an automated gearbox of an automotive vehicle that is adapted to work in a first automatic mode and at least one second driver initiated mode which is different from the first mode. This method includes monitoring the vehicle driving behavior is monitored, analyzing the vehicle driving behavior is and determining it to be satisfactory or non satisfactory and, when the driver requests switch of the automatic gearbox from the first mode to the second mode, the switch order is followed only if the vehicle driving behavior is determined to be satisfactory, and/or, when the automated gearbox is in a second driver initiated mode, causing a switch of the gearbox to a first automatic mode if the vehicle driving behavior is determined to be non-satisfactory. The system includes an arrangement to automatically perform these steps. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336889 | GRADE-BASED ANTI-HUNT TIMER - A system and method are provided for grade-based anti-hunt shift control of an automatic transmission powering a machine. A shift controller determines a recommended gear in which to operate the transmission and sets an anti-hunt timer upon recommending a shift from a first gear to a second gear. The anti-hunt timer prevents a subsequent shift back to the first gear while the anti-hunt timer is running. A grade-based controller is configured to track machine operation and to determine when the machine operational factors change such that an estimated steady state gear differs from the second gear. When such a change is encountered, the grade-based controller clears the anti-hunt timer and sets a secondary timer. The clearing of the anti-hunt timer allows a downshift to accommodate the detected grade while the setting of the secondary timer prevents a subsequent clearing of the anti-hunt timer while the secondary timer is running. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336890 | System And Method For Optimizing Downshifting Of A Transmission During Vehicle Deceleration - The present disclosure provides a method of selecting a gear ratio of a transmission. The method includes measuring a current road grade with a sensing device and communicating the current road grade measurement to the controller. The controller receives a signal corresponding to a service brake input and determines a desired maximum acceleration limit of the vehicle. The method also includes calculating a predicted vehicle acceleration, measuring a current vehicle acceleration, and calculating an error value as a function of the predicted vehicle acceleration and measured vehicle acceleration. The method also computes an estimated required tractive braking effort and estimated tractive braking effort for at least one of N automatically selectable gear ratios of the transmission and selects one gear ratio of the N automatically selectable gear ratios for the operation of the transmission based on a comparison of the estimated required tractive braking effort and estimated tractive braking effort. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336891 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A HIGH LIFT SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN A TRANSMISSION SHAFT AND AN OPENING IN A DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A HIGH LIFT SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT - An arresting apparatus for arresting a rotational motion of two components relative to each other is provided. The arresting apparatus includes a first arresting means having a longitudinal axis and at least one first engaging element, and a second arresting means having an opening and at least one second engaging element. In a first mode of operation, the first arresting means extends through a first section of the opening of the second arresting means such that it is freely rotatable and the first engaging element and the second engaging element are distanced from each other. In a second mode of operation, the first arresting means is misaligned and extends through a second section of the opening of the second arresting means such that the first engaging element and the second engaging element engage and arrest the first arresting means relative to the second arresting means. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336892 | ABSOLUTE ACCELERATION SENSOR FOR USE WITHIN MOVING VEHICLES - A communication system for a vehicle comprises a mechanism for sensing a motion status of a vehicle, a control device, plurality of data acquisition sensors, and one or more alerting device activation circuits. The communication system is customizable with the plurality of data acquisition sensors and one or more alerting device activation circuits based upon the needs of the vehicle. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336893 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device includes: an engine and a first motor generator from both of which a driving force for traveling is output to drive wheels; and an electricity storage device that storages electric power for driving the first motor generator. When a vehicle weight is in a reference state at a time of deceleration braking, the first motor generator is mainly caused, out of the first motor generator and the engine, to generate a braking force, and when the vehicle weight is greater than that in the reference state, the engine is mainly caused, out of the first motor generator and the engine, to generate the braking force. Thus, a sufficient braking force can be obtained while an input limit of the electricity storage device is prevented from being reached. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336894 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device includes a state quantity detection device and a friction brake orientation control device. The state quantity detection device is configured to detect a state quantity indicating a vehicle body orientation. The friction brake orientation control device is configured to minimize pitching motion in the vehicle body orientation by applying braking torque from a friction brake at least to a front wheel, and minimize bouncing motion in the vehicle body orientation by applying braking torque from the friction brake to four wheels. The friction brake orientation control device is configured to prioritize minimizing the pitching motion over minimizing the bouncing motion. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336895 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLE POWERTRAIN - A method and system is disclosed for blending between different torque maps of a vehicle in a smooth and progressive manner. Blending is delayed if the vehicle driver cannot detect that blending is taking place, for example when the difference between a source map and target map is below a predetermined threshold. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336896 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS - An appropriate deceleration is achieved. A brake control apparatus is a brake control apparatus which performs a brake assist control for assisting a brake operation by a driver of a vehicle, the brake control apparatus is provided with: a calculating device which calculates a contact possibility of the vehicle contacting the obstacle; and a changing device which changes, on the basis of the contact possibility, a decreasing rate of a deceleration of the vehicle caused by the brake assist control. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336897 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OEPRATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A device for operating a first driver assistance system for a vehicle includes: a control unit for controlling an operating state of the first driver assistance system, the control unit being designed to control the operating state as a function of an operating state of another driver assistance system for the vehicle. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336898 | ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL WITH STATIONARY OBJECT RECOGNITION - An ACC system and object detection method for a vehicle. The ACC system includes a vehicle parameter sensor, an object detection sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate the vehicle's path based on a signal from the parameter sensor, detect an object based on the vehicle's path and a signal from the object detection sensor, determine an acceleration of the vehicle, and prevent the acceleration of the vehicle from increasing while the object is detected and the acceleration of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined acceleration threshold. The object detection method includes identifying stationary objects in a path of a vehicle and limiting an acceleration of the vehicle when the acceleration is above a threshold and a stationary object is identified. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336899 | INTEGRATED FUEL CATALYST MONITOR - A method is provided for monitoring an emission device coupled to an engine. In one example approach, the method comprises: following a deceleration fuel shut-off duration, indicating degradation of the emission device based on an amount of rich products required to cause a sensor to become richer than a threshold. The amount of rich products required may be correlated to an amount of oxygen stored in the emission device. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336900 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in which a most probable position angle is ascertained. The most probable position angle generally corresponds to a rotational position of the internal combustion engine. Position angles are each assigned at least two probabilities. The at least two probabilities are linked with each other. The most probable position angle out of the position angles is ascertained as a function of the linked probabilities. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336901 | HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP PROTECTION - A method to protect a high-pressure fuel pump in a diesel-engine system includes enabling the high-pressure fuel pump when fuel pressure in the diesel-engine system is above a threshold, and disabling the high-pressure fuel pump if the fuel pressure is below the threshold. In this manner, the high-pressure fuel pump is protected from premature wear and failure due to inadequate lubrication. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336902 | ELECTRICAL CONTROL UNIT - An electrical control unit includes a constant voltage supply unit which supplies a constant voltage to a fuel injector, a boosted voltage supply unit which supplies a boosted voltage to the fuel injector, a control unit which controls supply timings of the constant voltage supply unit and the boosted voltage supply unit, and an interrupter which interrupts electric current when a short-circuit occurs in the boosted voltage supply unit. When an interruption of the interrupter is not detected, the boosted voltage supply unit supplies boosted voltage to start a fuel injection and the constant voltage supply unit supplies constant voltage to continue the fuel injection. When an interruption of the interrupter is detected, the constant voltage supply unit and the boosted voltage supply unit advance an interrupted power supply start timing relative to a non-interrupted power supply start timing to prevent delay of a fuel injection start timing. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336903 | MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR CALIBRATION EVALUATION - An engine has a controller for causing an EGR system to disallow EGR while concurrently executing a strategy for evaluating calibration of a mass airflow sensor in an intake system by operating the engine at each of different combinations of engine speed and engine load, and for each combination of engine speed and engine load, recording a corresponding output signal of the sensor and also calculating mass flow passing through an intake manifold as a function of intake manifold pressure, intake manifold temperature, speed of the engine, and volumetric efficiency of the engine. The output signal of the MAF sensor and the calculated mass flow passing through the intake manifold at least one combination of engine speed and engine load are used to evaluate the calibration the MAF sensor. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336904 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device includes a direct-injection engine and an electric rotating machine connected to the engine, wherein the vehicle control device stops the engine after opening a throttle while maintaining an engine speed by the electric rotating machine at the time there is a request to stop the engine. The engine speed is preferably maintained by an output torque of the electric rotating machine at the time fuel supply to the engine is stopped and the throttle is opened. At the time the throttle is opened while fuel is continuously supplied to the engine, it is preferable to maintain the engine speed by allowing the electric rotating machine to generate electric power. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336905 | GOOD-EFFICIENCY RPM ZONE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY - An apparatus for displaying an RPM section having a good efficiency for a construction machine is disclosed, which includes a control unit outputting different control signals depending on whether a current engine RPM belongs to a predetermined RPM section having the good efficiency, and a good-efficiency display unit selectively turning on or off an LED lamp according to the control signal output from the control unit. Since the RPM section having the good efficiency of the construction machine equipment is defined and the LED lamp for indicating the good-efficiency state is turned on if the current engine RPM belongs to the RPM section, a client can finally achieve good fuel efficiency in using the construction machine equipment. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336906 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING A ROTATIONAL SPEED OF A CRANKSHAFT IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Method for predicting a rotational speed (n) of a drive shaft ( | 2014-11-13 |
20140336907 | VEHICLE ENGINE AUTOMATIC CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE ENGINE AUTOMATIC CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle engine automatic control device has a brake pedal operation amount detecting unit that detects an amount of brake pedal operation by a driver, a negative pressure-based force multiplying unit that multiplies a force, with which a brake is operated, using an intake negative pressure of an engine, a negative pressure detecting unit that detects a negative pressure of the negative pressure-based force multiplying unit, and a coast stop control unit that stops the engine when the amount of brake pedal operation that is detected is equal to or greater than a first operation amount threshold during coast drive, and re-starts the engine when the negative pressure that is detected falls below a first negative pressure threshold after the engine stops. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336908 | VEHICLE ENGINE AUTOMATIC CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE ENGINE AUTOMATIC CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle engine automatic control device has a brake operation amount detecting unit that detects an amount of brake operation by a driver, an engine stopping/re-starting unit that stops an engine when the amount of brake operation that is detected exceeds a first threshold during coast drive, and re-starts the engine when the amount of brake operation that is detected becomes equal to or lower than the first threshold after the engine stops, and a threshold setting unit that sets the first threshold smaller as a deceleration becomes lower. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING ROTATIONAL SPEED PREDICTIONS FOR STARTER CONTROL - A system and method of coupling a pinion of a starter to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, including: predicting a future trajectory of the drop of the rotational speed of the crankshaft based on information associated with the drop of the rotational speed of the crankshaft and determining a timing of the driving of the starter based on the future trajectory of the drop of the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336910 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE STARTING - A method and a system for improving operation of an automatically started engine are described. In one example, engine speed is adjusted to a sole run-up speed and, held at the desired engine run-up speed for a desired period, before being ramped to an idle speed. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336911 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A control device that controls a vehicle drive device. A starting control section executes internal combustion engine starting control in which the internal combustion engine in a stationary state is started while causing the disconnecting engagement device to transition from a disengaged state to a direct engagement state. A timing decision section that decides, on the basis of a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, a supply start timing to start supply of a hydraulic pressure to a specific engagement device, which is one of the plurality of shifting engagement devices and is caused to transition from a disengaged state to a direct engagement state in order to establish a target shift speed for the speed change mechanism after a change, in the case where the target shift speed is changed during execution of the internal combustion engine starting control. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336912 | Method and device for detecting a starting intention of a stopped vehicle - In a method for detecting a starting intention of a stopped vehicle, a starting intention criterion is ascertained upon detection of a stopped vehicle, and decision data are formed based on the starting intention criterion, which decision data include an item of information on whether or not the stopped vehicle will start. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336913 | Routing Based on Detected Stops - In some implementations, a mobile device can transmit traffic information to a server for analysis. The traffic information can include movement information including detected stops and durations of detected stops. The traffic information can be analyzed to detect traffic patterns that indicate locations of stop signs and/or stop lights. The traffic information can be analyzed to determine durations of stops at stop signs and/or stop lights. The durations of stops can be associated with a time of day and/or day of the week. In some implementations, navigational routes can be determined based stop sign and/or stop light information, including the delays attributable to detected stop signs and/or stop lights. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING, RECEIVING, AND DISPLAYING TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A system for sharing and processing traffic information includes a number of traffic information computer systems within individual vehicles or devices and a virtual traffic information server on a mobile network. The traffic information computer systems are each connected through a peer-to-peer radio, cellular, Wi-Fi, or other similar types of communications network, and which each operate with a database for displaying road maps, with a database storing average speed data for directions of travel along roadways, and with a location sensor used to determine the location and average speed of the vehicle or device, which are transmitted to other vehicles. The virtual server returns average speed data for road segments, which is displayed on the road maps. The system includes sharing average speed data calculated as well average speed data received from the plurality of vehicles to other vehicles, thereby enhancing the real-time communication of traffic and/or road condition data. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVISORY SUPPORT INFORMATION ON DOWNLINK CLEARANCE AND REPORTS - A method for requesting air traffic control (ATC) clearance comprising receiving user input to display an ATC clearance request page corresponding to a respective flight parameter; based on the received user input, requesting a computed value for the respective flight parameter from a flight management (FMS) system; and displaying the computed value with the ATC clearance request page corresponding to the respective flight parameter. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336916 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FUEL EFFICIENCY INFORMATION OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY - According to the present disclosure, there is provided a system for providing information about fuel efficiency of construction machinery, including: a TMS controller obtaining information about reference fuel efficiency through a communication network from a server, and providing the information about the reference fuel efficiency as display information; and an equipment controller calculating information about current fuel efficiency by analyzing operations of constituent elements of the construction machinery. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336917 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - A vehicle controller includes: a collision preventing unit that performs a collision avoiding operation of a vehicle with an object around the vehicle, an operation of the collision preventing unit being suppressed when turning behavior of the vehicle is detected; and a control unit that controls the operation of the collision preventing unit so as not to suppress the operation of the collision preventing unit when the vehicle is decelerated. In the vehicle controller | 2014-11-13 |
20140336918 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH ROUTE CLASSIFICATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a route classification of a candidate route; determining a misclassification of the route classification for identifying the candidate route misclassified; updating the route classification based on the misclassification for reclassifying the candidate route; generating a travel route based on the candidate route with the route classification updated for displaying on a device. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336919 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH PRIORITY NOTIFICATION MECHANISM - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a system message along a route determining a priority value for the system message; sorting the system message based on the priority value and a message play time for the system message; calculating an available play time for the system message; and selecting the system message having the message play time not exceeding the available play time. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336920 | MOBILE MAPPING IN UNDERGROUND OR SHIELDED ENVIRONMENTS - A method for providing location information such as a map in an underground or shielded environment entails storing first near-field communication (NFC) data obtained by reading a first NFC tag at a first location, reading a second NFC tag at a second location, obtaining map data for an area encompassing the first and second locations, and displaying a map showing the first location and the second location. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336921 | AVIONICS NAVIGATION POWER RANGE INDICATOR - An electronic device is described that includes a range indicator for conveying a range of travel until the electronic device ceases operation due to loss of power. In implementations, the electronic device includes a display device, a memory operable to store one or more modules, and at least one processor coupled to the display device and the memory. The processor is operable to execute the one or more modules to cause display of navigation information at the display device. The navigation information includes a map graphic representing an area an aircraft is traversing. The navigation information also includes an end of use situation that represents a range of travel for the aircraft until the electronic device ceases operation due to a loss of power. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336922 | Navigation Method And System With Route in Successive Windows - Navigation system ( | 2014-11-13 |
20140336923 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING VEHICLE PATH BY CONSIDERING SATELLITE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL STATES - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for computing a vehicle path by considering satellite communication channel states. The method includes: searching for a plurality of candidate paths, each path connected from a starting point to a destination; analyzing a satellite communication channel state with respect to each of the candidate paths, based on a receiving sensitivity of an electric wave received from a satellite; setting one of the candidate paths as a first path, based on the analyzed satellite communication channel states; and mapping the first path onto a map, and displaying the first path on a display unit. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336924 | NAVIGATOR CAPABLE OF PROVIDING REAL-TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A navigator includes a storing module storing a map, a navigating module for obtaining a present location via a navigating network, an interface connecting the navigator to a portable communication terminal, a user interface for receiving user input, and a processing module. The portable communication terminal communicates with a service and/or information center that provides real-time traffic information via a wireless communication network. The processing module processes the user input and the map to determine routes from a present location to a destination, processes the map and the real-time traffic information related to the routes, and displays the routes with the real-time traffic information on the user interface. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336925 | DISPLAYING MAP ICONS BASED ON A DETERMINED ROUTE OF TRAVEL - Example methods and systems to display map icons, such as icons associated with a traveler or other user associated with a mobile device, based on a determined and/or identified route of travel are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems access information identifying a movement of a mobile device, determine a mode of travel of the mobile device, and cause an icon to be displayed, via a mapping application supported by the mobile device, that is based on the determined mode of travel. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336926 | ADAPTIVE CLUSTERING OF LOCATIONS - Example techniques and systems include generating cluster information to consolidate multiple locations. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of location identifiers corresponding to a plurality of locations at which a mobile computing device was previously located, defining, by the computing device, a plurality of geographic regions based at least in part on the plurality of location identifiers, wherein each of the plurality of geographic regions defines a physical area in which at least one of the plurality of locations is located, selecting, by the computing device, a subset of the plurality of geographic regions based on respective distances between a current location of the mobile computing device and a respective reference point within each of the geographic regions, and outputting, by the computing device and for display, an indication of the subset of the plurality of geographic regions. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336927 | WATERCRAFT AUTO-PILOT - Improvements to auto pilots and other control systems for watercraft are disclosed. The disclosed autopilot features may be used for example in conjunction with an improved electrically powered watercraft detailed herein, or with other types of watercraft. The improved electrically powered watercraft evidences significant advancements in steerability, portability, efficiency and other tangible aspects. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336928 | System and Method of Automated Civil Infrastructure Metrology for Inspection, Analysis, and Information Modeling - A system and method of automated civil infrastructure metrology for inspection, analysis, and information modeling utilizes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a position tracking system and digital cameras to capture a plurality of images of a structure to be inspected. The UAV is flown in a scan pattern around the structure while continually capturing images of the structure while position and orientation data is also recorded and linked for each of the images. Image processing and pattern recognition software algorithms are used to analyze the images and create an information model of the structure which is then used to carry out a virtual inspection of the structure in a three dimensional software environment. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336929 | Determining Spatial Orientation Information of a Body from Multiple Electromagnetic Signals - A method for determining a spatial orientation of a body, including receiving, by receiving equipment located with the body, at least three electromagnetic signal sets, each of the received signal sets having been transmitted by a different one of at least three separate transmitters at different locations, detecting, for each one of the received signal sets, information that partially defines a direction from the body to the transmitter from which the signal set was received, the detected information including one of two angles that fully define an arrival direction from which the body received the signal set in relation to a body frame, the detected information not including a second of the two angles, and determining the spatial orientation of the body, including yaw, pitch, and roll angles relative to a navigation frame, using the detected information for each one of the received signal sets. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336930 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprises a circuit substrate, and a moulded interconnect device incorporating integral legs to mount the interconnect device upon the substrate, the legs spacing at least part of the interconnect device from the substrate, at least one of the legs carrying a conducting track to provide an electrical interconnection between the interconnect device and the substrate. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336931 | PROVIDING CONVERGENCE POINTS - In general, a method includes receiving a first geographic location of a first mobile device, receiving a second geographic location of a second mobile device, determining, based at least in part on the first geographic location and the second geographic location, a geographic point of convergence for the first mobile device and the second mobile device. In response to receiving an instruction from one or more of the first mobile device and the second mobile device to determine the geographic point of convergence, first instructions are provided to the first mobile device for navigating toward the geographic point of convergence, and second instructions are provided to the second mobile device for navigating toward the geographic point of convergence. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336932 | PROVIDING A DESCRIPTION OF AIRCRAFT INTENT - The present invention provides a computer-implemented method of generating an aircraft intent description expressed in a formal language that provides an unambiguous four-dimensional description of an aircraft's intended motion and configuration during a period of flight. A flight intent description is parsed to provide instances of flight intent that span a flight segment, the flight segments together spanning the period of flight. The parsed flight intent is enriched with objectives and constraints according to user preferences, operational context and aircraft performance. The resulting enriched flight intent is converted into a parametric aircraft intent description by ensuring that each flight segment closes all associated degrees of freedom of motion and of configuration of the aircraft. At least some instances of aircraft intent contain a parameter range, and the method further comprises optimising the parametric aircraft intent by determining an optimal value for the parameter of each parameter range. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336933 | SAFE DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM - A driving support system is provided for guiding a vehicle safely to the desired destination. To this end, use is made of a database of the past traffic accidents owned by an insurance company or public institution. Based on the comparison between the GPS data about the current position of the vehicle and the site data of the past accidents recorded in the database, the driver can be notified, by a warning beep or warning message on the monitor of the navigation system, that his or her vehicle is approaching the site of the past accident on the route. In this manner, though a past accident is now invisible, the driver can be careful in passing by the site where the accident occurred. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336934 | ENSEMBLE WIND POWER FORECASTING PLATFORM SYSTEM AND OPERATIONAL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an ensemble wind power forecasting platform system and the operational method thereof. According to the present invention, a great amount of wind energy predictions from multiple sources, including numerical weather prediction information, multi-grid prediction information, and multiple wind-energy predicting methods, are integrated and processed for providing users with an ensemble prediction. Thereby, the trend and the possible variation range of the output capacity of a wind farm can be mastered. In addition, by means of the integration platform, the predicted results by different prediction modes can be compared and the history data and the predicted results can be compared as well, which can be used as a basis for improving modes for prediction-mode developers. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336935 | Methods and Systems for Detecting Weather Conditions Using Vehicle Onboard Sensors - Example methods and systems for detecting weather conditions using vehicle onboard sensors are provided. An example method includes receiving laser data collected for an environment of a vehicle, and the laser data includes a plurality of laser data points. The method also includes associating, by a computing device, laser data points of the plurality of laser data points with one or more objects in the environment, and determining given laser data points of the plurality of laser data points that are unassociated with the one or more objects in the environment as being representative of an untracked object. The method also includes based on one or more untracked objects being determined, identifying by the computing device an indication of a weather condition of the environment. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336936 | Sourceless Density Measurements With Neutron Induced Gamma Normalization - Methods, systems, devices, and products for estimating at least one parameter of interest of a volume of an earth formation, including density, porosity, and fluid saturation of the volume. Methods may include normalizing radiation information relating to radiation emissions from a spatially distributed nuclear source and indicative of a property of the earth volume using a correction factor determined using an estimated lithology of the volume. The nuclear source may be in the volume. Radiation emissions may be generated by neutron irradiation of at least one nuclide in the volume. The correction factor may be determined using any of nuclear density of the at least one nuclide; an estimated concentration of the at least one nuclide in the volume; or a parameter relating to concentration of the nuclide in the volume. The emissions may include gamma rays. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336937 | DOWNHOLE MAPPING SYSTEM - A downhole mapping system ( | 2014-11-13 |
20140336938 | METHODOLOGY FOR PRESENTING DUMPFLOOD DATA - A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes computer-executable instructions for presenting dumpflood data to a user by implementing steps on a computer. The steps include: receiving first data describing a first subsurface volume; receiving second data describing a second subsurface volume that is deeper than the first subsurface volume; calculating pressures required for a fluid to flow in a borehole from the first volume to the second volume as a function of vertical height of the first volume (h1), permeability of the first volume (k1), vertical height of the second volume (h2), permeability of the second volume (k2), a first damage factor (S1) representing damage to the first volume, and a second damage factor (S2) representing damage to the second volume; and displaying on a computer display a graphical representation of the calculated pressures and inputs used to calculate the pressures. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336939 | Use of Vector Rotational Measurements and Vector Pressure Gradient Measurements to Enhance Spatial Sampling of Dual-Sensor Water Bottom Seismic Data - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a method and apparatus to enhance spatial sampling in all nominally horizontal directions for Dual-Sensor seismic data at the bottom of a body of water such as the ocean. The sensor apparatus on the water bottom is comprised of sensing elements for linear particle motion, for rotational motion, for pressure measurement, for pressure gradients, and for static orientation. Stress and wavefield conditions known at the water bottom allow numerical calculations that yield enhanced spatial sampling of pressure and nominally vertical linear particle motion, up to double the conventional (based on physical sensor locations) Nyquist spatial frequency in two nominally horizontal independent directions. The method and apparatus have a wide range of application in Ocean Bottom Seismic 3D, 4D, and Permanent Reservoir Monitoring surveys, and other marine seismic surveys, in oil and gas exploration and production. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336940 | ESTIMATION OF Q-FACTOR IN TIME DOMAIN - A method can include receiving seismic traces associated with a geologic environment; determining time domain stretch values for individual wavelets in at least a portion of the seismic traces with respect to a spatial dimension of the geologic environment; and estimating at least one Q-factor value for at least a portion of the geologic environment via a comparison of the time domain stretch values to a Q-factor model. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING GENOME SEQUENCE IN CONSIDERATION OF READ QUALITY - Provided are a system and/or apparatus, and a method, for aligning a genome sequence. The system and/or apparatus includes a corrector configured to correct quality of input reads, a seed generator configured to generate one or more seeds from the corrected reads, and an aligner configured to perform a global alignment operation of the corrected reads in a reference sequence using the generated seeds. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336942 | Analyzing High Dimensional Single Cell Data Using the T-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding Algorithm - A method for mapping, graphing, and analyzing high-dimensional single cell data based on multiple parameters associated with the cell, including defining a point associated with the cell in a n-dimensional space; combining the point with other points associated with other cells to form a data set; representing the points in the data set in the n-dimensional space; projecting the points in the n-dimensional space onto a lower-dimensional map; and analyzing the features of interest in heterogeneous tissues using the lower-dimensional map. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GENOMIC TESTING RESULTS - Various embodiments provide interfaces to access genomic testing information and incorporate it into daily physician practice. In some embodiments, presentation of genomic alteration data is simplified and/or coupled with contextual applications. Volumes of genomic alterations and associated information (e.g., journal articles, clinical trial information, therapies, etc.) are analyzed and synthesized into actionable information items viewable on an alteration system. According to one embodiment, the system can be configured to focus practitioners on discrete portions of the alteration information on which they can act. According to other aspects, curated information is provided on the system to enable practitioners to make informed decisions regarding the implications of the presence of specific genomic alterations. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336944 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOTION IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention is concerning an information processing apparatus includes a record-information storage unit, a determining unit, a measuring unit, and an identifying unit. The record-information storage unit stores therein an already-identified person's motion together with time. The determining unit determines possible motions that a person can make from the already-identified person's motion. The measuring unit measures measurement information according to a person's motion. The identifying unit performs a pattern detecting process for detecting a pattern similar to the measurement information measured by the measuring unit in patterns corresponding to the possible motions determined by the determining unit out of predetermined patterns of measurement information for person's motions, and identifies a motion corresponding to the detected pattern as a motion that the person made. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336945 | GENE SIGNATURE FOR THE PREDICTION OF RADIATION THERAPY RESPONSE - Described are mathematical models and method, e.g., computer-implemented methods, for predicting tumor sensitivity to radiation therapy, which can be used, e.g., for selecting a treatment for a subject who has a tumor. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336946 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING CYCLE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL - The present disclosure provides a method and a system for obtaining a cycle of a physiological signal. The method includes: receiving a physiological signal value and a register value, comparing the physiological signal value with the register value, and reserving one of the physiological signal value and the register value; determining the physiological signal value with a time duration thereof reaching a given set time to be an extreme value; and restarting the procedure and determining a next extreme value; and obtaining a cycle of the physiological signal by calculating a time difference between the extreme value and the next extreme value. In the present disclosure, the cycle of the physiological signal can be obtained by the extreme value recognition algorithm, which is simple, fast, of high efficiency, and of high reliability. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336947 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOBILE TRAINING DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS OF STRENGTH TRAINING - The invention relates to the field of mobile training data acquisition in sport, particularly in strength training, body building, fitness sports and rehabilitation, as well as the analysis of said training data. The invention involves a method and a mobile device ( | 2014-11-13 |
20140336948 | System and Method for Improving Signal to Noise Ratio for High Frequency Signal Component - An apparatus and method for improving signal to noise ratio of a physiological signal is provided. At least one sensor senses the analog data signal, the analog data signal having a first component including ECG data and a second component including ancillary data. A converter is coupled to the at least one sensor that automatically converts the analog data signal into a digital data signal and decimates the digital data signal from a first sample rate to a second sample rate. A gain compensation circuit is coupled to the converter that automatically measures a magnitude of at least one of the first component and second component of the digital data signal and compares the measured magnitude to a reference value to determine if a gain applied to the analog data signal should be modified and automatically compensates the digital data signal in response to the determination that the analog gain value should be modified, wherein the compensated digital data signal corrects defects associated with a settling period of the converter resulting from modifying the gain applied to the analog data signal. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336949 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND KIT FOR ANALYZING GENES - The conventional DNA sequencers for analyzing nucleotide sequences have no function of detecting minute polymorphisms. Any cross talk in the wavelengths of fluorescent substances for labeled DNA fragments hinders detection of weak-strength signals at the same coordinates, making it difficult to detect genetic mutations with small existence ratios, for example, in somatic mutations. Disclosed is a gene analyzer composed of a plurality of flow channels, each of which is used to electrophorese nucleic acid samples labeled for each of nucleotide types; a chromatogram data creating part for detecting a labeled signal for each of the nucleotide types for each of the nucleic acid samples in each of the plurality of flow channels and creating chromatogram data on signal strengths detected; a peak detection part for the peal values in the chromatogram data for each of the nucleotide types; and a data integrating part for integrating a plurality of chromatogram data. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336950 | CLUSTERING COPY-NUMBER VALUES FOR SEGMENTS OF GENOMIC DATA - Clustering methods are disclosed including a hidden Markov model (HMM) based clustering algorithm having particular applicability for identifying tumor subtypes using array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) DNA copy number data. In one embodiment, clusters of tumor samples are modeled with a mixture of HMMs where each HMM fits a cluster of samples. With respect to this embodiment, a computationally efficient and fast clustering algorithm takes only a computational time of O(n), has less than half the error rate of non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) clustering, and can locate the optimal number of groups automatically (e.g., as applied to a data set including glioma aCGH data). | 2014-11-13 |
20140336951 | IDENTIFICATION OF RELATED PEPTIDES FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY PROCESSING - A method of identifying a related peak set from MS1 spectra data is provided. An intensity peak is selected from MS1 spectra data generated for a sample by a tandem mass spectrometer. A peak location is identified for the selected intensity peak. An intensity score is calculated from the MS1 spectra data for each of a plurality of possible related peak locations based on an intensity value associated with each of the plurality of possible related peak locations. Whether or not any of the plurality of possible related peak locations forms a related peak set is determined based on the calculated intensity score for each of the plurality of possible related peak locations. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336952 | Gas Discriminating Semiconductor Sensors - Sensing particular gases in a mixture uses precise modulated heating. Sensor relative responses are compared at different temperatures and compared with known relative responses to identify gases and concentrations. Heater current sensors provide feedback control and microprocessor inputs. A processor controls complex impedances and varied frequencies in the sensors. Sensor responses at varied complex impedances and at varied frequencies are compared with known responses at those impedances and frequencies to determine existence and concentration of particular gases. Heater and sensor buses are separate or combined. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336953 | METHOD TO QUANTIFY EMISSION RATES IN ATMOSPHERIC PLUMES - A new method of making sky-LOSA measurements (Line-Of-Sight Attenuation measurements of sky-light) of soot mass flux in atmospheric plumes has been developed which enables accurate measurements in the presence of in-scattered light from the sky and sun. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336954 | Calculating Fatigue and Fatigue Failure of Structures - The durability performance of a structure is virtually predicted, enabling the optimization of the durability performance. In a first act, the structure is modeled by a series of calculation points. Then, for each point, the stresses and strains brought by load cycles and defining hysteresis branches are determined. Then, an accumulated damage due to the load cycles is predicted and stored. For the prediction, first, using a hysteresis operator, a change in the stress along a portion of a hysteresis branch is calculated as a function of a change in the load in time, and, second, using the change in the stress and the stored accumulated damage, a change in the damage is calculated. Hence, also a change in the properties, including the stiffness, of the structure is calculated. Then, a further change in the stresses and strains is calculated on the basis of the change in these properties to determine a new adapted hysteresis branch. Then, a further change in the stress along a further portion of the adapted hysteresis branch is calculated as a function of a further change in the load in time. At the end of the process, the structure is manufactured accordingly. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336955 | Electronic Torque Tool with Integrated Real-Time Clock - Real-time clock circuitry integrated in an electronic torque tool facilitates time-stamping of torque data acquired by the electronic torque tool. The time stamped torque data may be displayed on a display integrated in the electronic torque tool or may be communicated to an external device. The real-time clock circuitry may be adjusted based on information received from an external device or may be manually input to a keypad of the electronic torque tool. A calibration timer integrated in the electronic torque tool monitors time between calibrations of the tool and notifies a user upon expiration of a calibration interval. A secondary power source is coupled to the real-time clock circuitry to maintain power to the real-time clock circuitry during battery replacement. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336956 | METHOD AND PROCESSING SYSTEM OF SENSED IONIZATION CURRENT DATA FOR REAL TIME ESTIMATION OF COMBUSTION CHAMBER PRESSURE IN A SPARK IGNITION ENGINE - The pressure in the combustion chamber of an electronically controlled spark plug ignition engine may be estimated in real time mode without specific sensors by processing sensed ionization current data to calculate features of the current waveform proven to be correlated to the pressure inside the engine cylinders and correlating them on the basis of a look up table of time invariant correlation coefficients generated through a calibration campaign of tests on a test engine purposely equipped with sensors. A mathematical model of the electrical and physical spark plug ignition system and combustion chamber of the engine is refined during calibration by iteratively testing the interactive performance of correlation coefficients of related terms of a mathematical expression of the model and comparing the expressed pressure value with the real pressure value as measured by a sensor. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336957 | Method for Calibration-Free Scanned-Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy for Gas Sensing - A method of calibration-free scanned-wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) absorption sensing is provided by obtaining absorption lineshape measurements of a gas sample on a sensor using 1/-normalized WMS-2/j where an injection current to an injection current-tunable diode laser (TDL) is modulated at a frequency ̂ where a wavelength modulation and an intensity modulation of the TDL are simultaneously generated, extracting using a numerical lock-in program and a low-pass filter appropriate band-width WMS-< (n=1, 2, . . . ) signals, where the WMS-< signals are harmonics of the f, determining a physical property of the gas sample according to ratios of the WMS-< signals, determining the zero-absorption background using scanned-wavelength WMS, and determining non-absorption losses using at least two the harmonics, where a need for a non-absorption baseline measurement is removed from measurements in environments where collision broadening has blended transition linewidths, where calibration free WMS measurements without knowledge of the transition linewidth is enabled. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336958 | Techniques for Determining a Fault Probability of a Location on a Chip - A method for determining relevance values representing a relevance of a combination of an input node of a first number of input nodes with a measurement node of a second number of measurement nodes for a detection of a fault on a chip applies a third number of tests at the first number of input nodes, measures for each test of the third plurality of tests a signal at each of the second number of measurement nodes to obtain for each measurement node of the second number of measurement nodes a third number of measurement values, and determines the relevance values, wherein each relevance value is calculated based on a correlation between the third number of test input choices defined for the input node of the respective combination and the third number of measurement values associated to the measurement node of the respective combination. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336959 | FAULT LOCATION IN POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - A method of locating a fault on an electricity transmission line is disclosed. The transmission line has a known line impedance and is operable to transport electricity at one or more system frequencies. The method comprises using measurements of the current and voltage made on the line at one or more frequencies which are different to the system frequency and the known line impedance (Z) to determine a distance to the fault. The method may include monitoring the voltage and the current on the transmission line at the one or more non-system frequencies, and determining from the presence of signals at a non-system frequency on the transmission line that a fault has occurred. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336960 | Method and System for Forecasting Power Requirements Using Granular Metrics - A method for modeling power usage within a macrogrid uses data relating to the behavioral patterns and states (“BA”) of the users, data relating to external impacts on power usage and disaggregated power consumption data in at least one premises within the macrogrid (forming “power usage model data”) and thereafter a method of forecasting and predicting future power requirements within the macrogrid uses such power usage model data. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336961 | Machine, Computer Program Product for a Data-Display Device, and Method for Monitoring the Energy Use of a Machine - A machine includes an electrical controller, a provider unit, and a communications device. The electrical controller is configured to control the machine and/or at least one element of the machine. The provider unit is configured to provide a mobile data-display device with data relating to energy use of the machine and/or of the at least one element controlled by the electrical controller. The communications device is configured for wireless communication with the mobile data-display device. The provider unit is further configured such that in response to a request received by the communications device from the mobile data-display device, the provider unit provides data currently being requested so that the mobile data-display device can read and display the provided data in real time. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336962 | Method and Apparatus for Estimating Remaining Operating Time - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising a status detector configured to identify status of a device powered by at least one battery, an energy management circuitry configured to at least perform estimating a remaining battery energy at a first time instant and a second time instant, calculating an average power consumption based at least on the measured remaining battery energy for at least the first time instant and the second time instant, and estimating a remaining operating time for the identified status based at least on the calculated average power consumption, wherein a single status of the device is identified from the first time instant to the second time instant. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336963 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AVAILABLE BATTERY POWER - Systems and methods of enabling a battery system to intelligently provide its current support capability include logic to determine current battery power status information. The current battery power status information may be compared with a set of programmed battery power status information to determine a match. There may be logic to indicate the current battery power status information based on the match. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336964 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING REMAINING LIFETIME - A method includes discharging an assembled battery ( | 2014-11-13 |
20140336965 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE ASSIST DEVICE - An electronic control unit of a charge/discharge assist device has a data input section, a departure/arrival time prediction map generation section, a travel distance prediction map generation section, a rule curve creation section, and a data output section. The input section inputs departure time information, arrival time information, and travel distance information. The prediction map generation section creates a map for providing a predicted departure time in future and a map for providing a predicted arrival time in future. The prediction map generation section creates a departure-time-zone-specific predicted travel distance map for predicting the longest travel distance in each departure time zone. On the basis of the predicted travel distance map, the creation section determines an electric energy required in each time zone and creates a rule curve. The output section creates a charge plan or a discharge plan by using the rule curve and outputs the plan. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO AUTOMATICALLY CREATE VIRTUAL SENSORS WITH TEMPLATES - A method and apparatus for automatically providing a virtual sensor have been described. In one embodiment, a method for automatically providing a virtual sensor includes receiving a plurality of virtual sensor templates from a server. The method further includes selecting a virtual sensor template from the plurality of virtual sensor templates. The selected virtual sensor template has an algorithm to provide a desired functionality. The method further includes selecting at least one parameter to configure the selected virtual sensor template. The method further includes automatically creating a virtual sensor associated with the selected virtual sensor template. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336967 | Digital Compensation for Non-Linearity in Displacement Sensors - Systems, apparatuses and methods for digital compensation for total harmonic distortion in a displacement sensor. The methods can include determining a total harmonic distortion compensation function for a displacement sensor; using the displacement sensor to measure a displacement by generating an output signal with total harmonic distortion; digitizing the distorted output signal to generate distorted output data; applying the total harmonic distortion compensation function to the distorted output data to generate undistorted output data; and outputting the undistorted output data. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336968 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING A MAGNETIC SENSOR - A magnetic sensor is calibrated by acquiring magnetic field measurements, fitting at least part of the plurality of magnetic field measurements to an ellipsoid model to obtain a coordinate of a center of the ellipsoid model, and determining a calibration offset according to the coordinate of the center of the ellipsoid model. The calibration offset is used to calibrate the magnetic sensor. The magnetic sensor itself obtains the magnetic field measurements. A processing device coupled to the magnetic sensor operates to process the magnetic field measurements is accordance with the ellipsoid mode and determine the calibration offset. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336969 | COMMON CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - The invention relates to a system ( | 2014-11-13 |
20140336970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND CORRECTING FIELD SENSORS ERRORS - A system and method for determining errors and calibrating to correct errors associated with field sensors, including bias, scale, and orthogonality, includes receiving and providing to a processor angular rate data and a first field vector relative to a first reference directional field and a second field vector relative to a second reference field from at least one field sensor. The processor is configured to relate the first field vector and the second field vector to the angular rate data to determine an error of the at least one field sensor. The processor is also configured to identify a compensation for the error of the at lease one field sensor needed to correct the first field vector and the second field vector and repeat the preceding to identify changes in the error over time and compensate for the changes in the error over time. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336971 | QUANTITATIVE ANALYZING METHOD OF CIGS FILM USING A LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY - Disclosed herein is a quantitative analyzing method of a copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) film, the method including: obtaining spectra by irradiating a laser on the plurality of CIGS films having different component compositions, selecting a first spectral line and a second spectral line among the spectra of target elements to be analyzed and obtaining a correlation plot between a measured intensity of the first spectral line and a measured intensity of the second spectral line, correcting the measured intensity of the first spectral line and the measured intensity of the second spectral line using results obtained by curve fitting the correlation plot, obtaining a linear calibration curve using the corrected intensity of the first spectral line and the corrected intensity of the second spectral line; and comparing the linear calibration curve with LIBS analysis of a target sample to be analyzed. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336972 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FREQUENCY DRIFT IN AN INTERFEROMETER - A method of compensating for frequency drift of a reference energy source in an FT interferometer based spectrometer instrument, the method further comprising comparing in an arithmetic unit data representing a reference interferogram and data representing a target interferogram to determining a phase shift between the interferograms in a window W in at least one region away from center-burst and generating in the arithmetic unit a mathematical transform dependent on the determined shift or shifts to be subsequently applied to control the operation of the spectrometer instrument in order to generate data representing a frequency stabilized interferogram of an unknown sample recorded by the FT interferometer. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION IN INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING SYSTEMS - An optical interrogation system, e.g., an OFDR-based system, measures local changes, of index of refraction of a sensing light guide subjected to a time-varying disturbance. Interferometric measurement signals detected for a length of the sensing light guide are transformed into the spectral domain. A time varying signal is determined from the transformed interferometric measurement data set. A compensating signal is determined from the time varying signal which is used to compensate the interferometric measurement data set for the time-varying disturbance. Further robustness is achieved using averaging and strain compensation. The compensation technique may be applied along the length of the light guide. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336974 | Reconfigurable Automatic Test Circuit Techniques - A re-configurable test circuit for use in an automated test equipment includes a test circuit, a test processor and a programmable logic device. The pin electronics circuit is configured to interface the re-configurable test circuit with a DUT. The test processor includes a timing circuit configured to provide one or more adjustable-timing signals having adjustable timing. The programmable logic device is configured to implement a state machine, a state sequence of which depends on one or more input signals received from the pin electronics circuit, to provide an output signal, which depends on a current or previous state of the state machine, to the pin electronics circuit in response to the signal(s) received from the pin electronics circuit. The test processor is coupled to the programmable logic device to provide at least one of the adjustable-timing signal(s) to the programmable logic device to define timing of the programmable logic device. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336975 | METHODS OF MEASURING ELECTRODE DENSITY AND ELECTRODE POROSITY - Provided are methods of measuring electrode density and electrode porosity using X-ray diffraction. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336976 | Physical Quantity Detection Apparatus - Provided is a sensor signal output apparatus that outputs a sensor signal at times of the sensor being in steady operation and outputs the operational status of the sensor instead of the sensor signal when the sensor is at fault or in non-steady operation in order to thereby to have a receiver machine obtain a correct sensor signal. The sensor signal output apparatus includes a sensor detecting a physical quantity, a diagnosis part diagnosing the operating state of the sensor, and a communication part transmitting the result of detection by the sensor and the result of diagnosis by the diagnosis part. When the sensor is determined to be normally operating, the communication part selectively outputs the result of detection by the sensor. When the sensor is not determined to be normally operating, the communication part selectively outputs a signal indicative of the operating state of the sensor. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336977 | MOVING BODY PLACEMENT DETERMINING METHOD, MEASURING APPARATUS, MACHINING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided, is a method for determining a placement of a moving body that, moves to face an object, and performs processes at a plurality of target points en the object. The method includes a first step of setting a plurality of processable areas capable of the processes by the moving body to a plurality of the target points; a second step of determining candidates regarding the placement of the moving body for each of the processable areas set in the first, step; and a third step of determining the placement of the moving body and the moving path of the moving body by solving a Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem using the candidates regarding the placement of the moving body determined in the second step. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336978 | MOVING BODY PLACEMENT DETERMINING METHOD, MEASURING APPARATUS, MACHINING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a method for determining a placement of a moving body that moves to face an object and perform a process at a plurality of target points on the object. The method includes the following steps executed by a processor: a step of setting candidates regarding the placement of the moving body for each of the plurality of target points; a step of obtaining a processable area, which is capable of being processed by the moving body in the object, corresponding to each of the set candidates; and a step of determining the candidate corresponding to a combination of the processable areas as the placement of the moving body by obtaining the combination of the processable areas satisfying the plurality of target points from among the obtained plurality of processable areas. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336979 | POSITION-MEASURING DEVICE - A position-measuring device includes a measuring transducer configured to carry out a position measurement. The position-measuring device has at least one memory having stored parameter data defining an active configuration under which the position-measuring device is operable. The at least one memory further has data and instructions useable to activate at least one further configuration under which the position-measuring device is operable. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336980 | Methods and Systems for Processing Social Interactive Data and Sharing of Tracked Activity Associated with Locations - A method includes determining a location of a first monitoring device used while performing an activity. The first monitoring device is worn by a first user. The method includes determining a location of a second monitoring device used while performing an activity. The second monitoring device is worn by a second user. The method further includes determining whether the locations of the first and second monitoring devices are within a range and whether the activities are similar. The method includes sending a prompt to the first monitoring device upon determining that the activities are similar and the locations are within the range. The prompt includes a request for permission from a first user account to allow a second user account to access information from the first user account regarding the activity performed using the first monitoring device. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336981 | Cable Pull Calculator - A cable pull calculator may be provided. First, wire number data, a wire type, and size data may be received. Next, a minimum conduit size for the conduit maybe calculated based upon the received wire number data indicating the number of wires to be placed in the conduit and the received size data corresponding to each of the wires to be placed in the conduit. Then, the calculated minimum conduit size may be displayed. Next, a first desired conduit size, a conduit type, and pull information indicating a course of the conduit may be received. Then, for each of the plurality of segments, a tension value and a sidewall pressure value may be calculated based at least on the conduit type, the first desired conduit size, the received wire type, and the received size data. The calculated tension value and the calculated sidewall pressure value may then be displayed. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING A DIGITAL CIRCUIT HAVING AN ACTIVITY SENSOR, AND CORRESPONDING DIGITAL CIRCUIT - A system for designing a digital circuit including: a digital circuit simulator based on a file containing a functional description of the digital circuit; a mechanism estimating an output variable from the digital circuit when executing a test bench supplied to the simulator; event counters, events being detected using control signals provided by the simulator when executing the test bench; and a mechanism building at least one calculation model of the digital circuit output variable based on a sequence of estimation data of the output variable and output data of the event counters. The building mechanism can assign a plurality of possible modes to the output variable and build a different output variable calculation model for each possible mode. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336983 | Sensor System for Independently Evaluating the Integrity of the Data of the Sensor System - A sensor system, having sensor elements for sensing at least to some extent different primary measured variables or use different measurement principles. A signal processing device evaluates the sensor signals from the sensor elements at least to some extent collectively and rates the information quality of the sensor signals. The signal processing device further provides a piece of information about the consistency of at least one datum of a physical variable, wherein this datum of the physical variable is calculated, at least to some extent, on the basis of the sensor signals from sensor elements that sense this physical variable directly or from the sensor signals from which it is possible to calculate this physical variable. The information about the consistency of this datum of this physical variable is calculated at least on the basis of the directly or indirectly redundantly present sensor information. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336984 | CONDITIONAL MONITORING OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS - Performances of components of an industrial system are conditionally monitored as a function of key performance indicator data by defining baseline key performance indicator values for raw data obtained by data sensors from the operation of the components, and diagnostic rules to triggering alarms by comparing baseline key performance indicator values to thresholds. Generated alarms are stored in association with the historic raw diagnostic data, times of acquisition of the historic raw data and times of generation of the alarms. Generated alarms are analyzed as a function of the said stored data and times to identify a correlation between different ones of the key performance indicators that are indicative of a required level of intervention, and the diagnostic rules are revised to initiate reporting of generated alarms pursuant to levels of intervention indicated by said correlations. | 2014-11-13 |
20140336985 | DETECTING OCCURRENCE OF ABNORMALITY - A method, apparatus and computer program for detecting occurrence of an anomaly. The method can exclude arbitrariness and objectively judge whether a variation of a physical quantity to be detected is abnormal or not even when an external environment is fluctuating. The method includes acquiring multiple primary measurement values from a measurement target. Further, calculating and a reference value for each of the multiple primary measurement values by optimal learning. The method further includes calculating a relationship matrix which indicates mutual relationships between the multiple secondary measurement values. Further the method includes calculating an anomaly score for each of the secondary measurement value which indicates the degree of the measurement target being abnormal. The anomaly score is calculated by comparing the secondary measurement value with a predictive value which is calculated based on the relationship matrix and other secondary measurement values. | 2014-11-13 |