50th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080306656 | Process for Adjusting an Occupant Protection and/or Comfort Enhancing System, and Occupant Protection and/or Comfort Enhancing System. - The invention relates to a vehicle occupant protection and/or comfort system ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080306657 | Control Device and Method for Deploying a Protective Means for Rollover Protection for Motor Vehicles - A control device of a protective means for rollover protection for a motor vehicle includes a rotational acceleration sensor for the rotational acceleration about the longitudinal axis of the vehicle (rolling motion of the vehicle) and an analyzer device for analyzing the rotational acceleration (angular acceleration). A signal that depends on the rotational acceleration is output by the analyzer device for the protective means for rollover protection. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306658 | Motor Vehicle Comprising a Preventive Protective System - A motor vehicle including a preventive protective system which includes safety devices actuated as a function of information obtained from a vehicle state sensor system and evaluated in a data evaluation and control device. In the associated process, the data evaluation and control device compares the recorded information with at least one triggering threshold value and actuates at least one safety device which is associated with this driving state when a criticality of the driving state is identified. Triggering of the associated safety device is actuated with respect to a force time gradient as a function of the identified criticality of the driving state. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306659 | Device and Method for Distinguishing a Person From an Object on a Vehicle Seat - A device for differentiating between a person sitting on the seat surface of a vehicle seat and an object includes at least one largely flat bearing surface that is arranged over a large part of the seat surface including a central region. The novel device includes a vehicle seat, a cushion with weight sensors that are distributed over the seat surface of the vehicle seat in a plane manner, and an evaluation unit to which the signals of the weight sensors are supplied. A central region of the seat surface is curved in a concave manner in the direction of the bottom of the vehicle, in such a way that a first weight sensor arranged therein is closer to the bottom of the vehicle than a plurality of second weight sensors arranged in the region of the seat surface covered by the object, outside the central region. The capacity to differentiate between a person and an object is especially useful when the object is a child seat. In this case, the triggering of a passenger retaining means must be prevented. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306660 | MOTOR VEHICLE ACOUSTIC NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM - A motor vehicle acoustic noise reduction system is provided. The acoustic noise reduction system particularly reduces or eliminates wind throb in a moving vehicle. The system includes a window sensor operable to sense when a first window of the motor vehicle is open. An air inlet is also included which is actuatable to let air into the motor vehicle when the air inlet is in an open position. An actuator associated with and operable to open or close the air inlet is provided and in communication with a controller. The controller is associated with tie sensor and can energize the actuator to place the air inlet in the open position and let air into the motor vehicle when the window sensor senses the first window is in the open position and communicates this information to the controller. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306661 | PILLAR WIND DEFLECTOR - A wind deflector noise reduction system is provided. The wind deflector noise reduction system particularly reduces or eliminates wind throb in a moving vehicle having a rear side window in an open position. The system includes a panel attached to the B-pillar of a motor vehicle and operable to move between a closed position and an open position. When the panel is in the open position, wind is deflected from entering the moving vehicle. An actuator associated with the panel and operable to move the panel between the closed and the open position can be energized by a controller. The controller can be activated by the user of the motor vehicle and/or by a sensor that detects the position of the rear side window. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306662 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR AT LEAST TWO FUNCTIONS OF A FLOOR CONVEYOR - Operating device for at least two functions of a floor conveyor, featuring at least one manually operable operational control element for an electric switch, which is connected with an electric/electronic control unit for the functions via electric lines. A plug- in codification connection is arranged in the course of the wiring of the leads, the interior connection of which pre-sets which one of the two functions are driven by the operational control element. An indicating panel for the respective envisioned function is arranged on a visible surface in the floor conveyor near to the operational control element, in which a sign or a carrier for an indicating panel is non-detachably connected with the plug-in codification connection. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306663 | ELECTRONIC POWER MODULE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE - An electronic power module (EPM) for an agricultural vehicle is provided. The EPM is configurable by an electronic control unit (ECU) to which it is connected by way of a controller area network (CAN) bus. The CAN bus network includes a plurality of electronic control unit (ECU)s and a plurality of EPMs, wherein each of the EPMs is coupled to a corresponding ECU of the plurality of ECUs to be controlled thereby. Each EPM includes an EPM circuit having at least one microcontroller, a driver circuit and a CAN bus communication circuit. The driver circuit is coupled to the microcontroller and is configured by the microcontroller. The driver circuit has a plurality of driver subcircuits. The CAN bus communication circuit is coupled to the microcontroller configured to receive CAN bus messages that include driver configuration instructions and driver current limits from a corresponding ECU and instructions to the microcontroller. The microcontroller receives the driver configuration instructions from the CAN bus communications circuit and responsively configures the driver subcircuits according to the driver configuration instructions. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306664 | Continuous Variable Transmission System - A method and system for controlling a continuously variable transmission (CVT). In one embodiment, the method includes receiving vehicle operation data. The method also includes controlling engine and transmission operations based on the vehicle operation data, fuel efficiency data, and CVT efficiency data. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306665 | VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SHIFT QUALITY - A vehicle powertrain modelling system includes a powertrain model ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080306666 | Method and apparatus for rear cross traffic collision avoidance - A rear cross-traffic collision avoidance system that provides a certain action, such as a driver alert or automatic braking, in the event of a collision threat from cross-traffic. The system includes object detection sensors for detecting objects in the cross-traffic and vehicle sensors for detecting the vehicle turning. A controller uses the signals from the object detection sensors and the vehicle sensors to determine and identify object tracks that may interfere with the subject vehicle based on the vehicle turning. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306667 | Adaptive Electronic Brake System Control Apparatus and Method - A vehicle has a controller with a threshold brake pedal apply force and an algorithm for determining a first braking torque request corresponding to a pedal apply force, a second braking torque request corresponding to a pedal travel position, and a calculated third braking torque request. The third torque request is calculated by multiplying the first torque request by an average percentage variance of the second to the first torque request. An adaptive electronic brake system (EBS) includes force and travel sensors connected to a brake pedal for determining a force-based and travel position braking torque request, and an algorithm for adapting one of the force-based and travel position-based braking torque requests to the other despite variances over time in a force/travel relationship therebetween. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306668 | CRUISE CONTROL INTERACTION WITH DRIVER ComMANDED SPEED RESET - A cruise control system includes an input device that generates an operator input signal. A control module generates a cruise control command signal to maintain a vehicle speed at a set target speed. The control module operates in a normal mode that is associated with decreasing the set target speed, based on the operator input signal, when the vehicle speed is within a window about the set target speed. The control module overrides the normal mode and enables reset of the set target speed to a current vehicle speed, which is based on the operator input signal, when the vehicle operator input signal is greater than the cruise control command signal. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306669 | CRUISE CONTROL INTERACTION WITH DECELERATION FUEL CUTOFF - A vehicle control system includes a sensor that generates a vehicle speed signal. A cruise control system generates a cruise control signal to maintain a vehicle at a target speed. A control module compares the vehicle speed signal to the target speed signal. The control module calculates different cruise control gains to delay changes in throttle position of the cruise control system when the vehicle speed signal is greater than the target speed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306670 | Power Boost System and Method - A power boost system and method. An illustrative embodiment of the power boost system includes an operator interface having a system activation button; a vehicle system controller connected to the operator interface; and at least one of an engine system controller, a battery system controller and an accessory system controller connected to the vehicle system controller. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306671 | Transient Engine Performance Adaptation Method And System - The present invention makes it possible to cope with a plurality of standardized transient operation modes in a method for adapting the engine transient characteristic to a required performance targets and a system therefore. When there are a plurality of prescribed standardized transient operation modes, transient testing is conducted in a single transient operation mode that covers changing patterns of control values of control factors of the plurality of transient operation modes. Only data in a data distribution range to be focused on is captured to create a transient engine model. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306672 | METHOD FOR CHANGING THE OPERATING MODE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a method for changing the operating mode in an internal combustion engine it is possible to switch between an operating mode with spark ignition of the engine and an operating mode with auto-ignition of the engine. Hereby, a first map is provided in which at least one range is specified in which a suitable auto-ignition of the engine can take place. After the engine start, therefore, it is determined whether the engine has reached an operating point lying within this range of the first map in order then to switch the engine to the operating mode in which auto-ignition can take place reliably. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306673 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine, capable of supplying a just enough amount of reducing agent to a selective reduction catalyst even when a NOx purification ratio of the catalyst is changed by various causes, thereby enabling a high NOx purification ratio and very low exhaust emissions to be maintained. An ECU calculates a filtered value based on a signal from an exhaust gas concentration sensor, calculates a moving average value of a product of the filtered value and a reference input, calculates a control input such that the moving average value becomes equal to 0, and adds a reference input to the control input to calculate an FB injection amount. The ECU calculates an FF injection amount with a predetermined feedforward control algorithm, and adds the FF injection amount to the FB injection amount, to thereby calculate a urea injection amount. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306674 | Method For Controlling Combustion In An Internal Combustion Engine And Predicting Performance And Emissions - This disclosure teaches a method of controlling a direct injection internal combustion engine and predicting the behavior of a direct injection internal combustion engine. An estimation of initial cylinder pressure, air flow and EGR flow (if applicable) is used to establish a system that provides engine behavior by integrating an injection module, combustion module and engine control module to provide data indicative of engine behavior such as brake torque and power, air flow, EGR flow, cylinder pressure, brake specific fuel consumption, start of combustion, heat release rate, turbo-charger speed and other variables. These values can then be used to adjust commanded variables such as start of injection, commanded pulse width, rail pressure to meet operator demand. Also the output data can be used as a tool to determine how a conceptualized engine design will behave. This is particularly useful for gaseous-fuelled internal combustion engines where cylinder pressure influences behavior of injected gases in light of the fact that rail pressure and cylinder pressure are, generally, of a similar magnitude. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306675 | Method of operating a compression ignition engine - It relates to a method of operating a compression ignition engine comprising:—
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20080306676 | Internal combustion engine with variable compression ratio - In a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine in which the compression ratio is changed by changing the combustion chamber volume, the present invention enables to inhibit irregularities in the air-fuel ratio involved by changing of the combustion chamber volume. In a transition period during which the compression ratio is changed, the actual volume of the combustion chamber realized by a compression ratio changing mechanism is detected. A factor that influences the air-fuel ratio (for example, fuel injection quantity, cylinder intake air quantity or amount of EGR) is controlled based on the actual volume of the combustion chamber thus detected to make the air-fuel ratio substantially equal to that before and after the change of the compression ratio. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306677 | KNOCKING STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE - An engine ECU executes a program including a step of calculating intensity values LOG(V) based on signals transmitted from a knock sensor; a step of deciding a maximum value V(MAX) in frequency distribution of intensity values LOG(V) for N cycles (N is a natural number); a step of calculating a knock determination level V(KD) based on the frequency distribution; a step of, when the knock determination level V(KD) is smaller than the maximum value V(MAX), removing V(MAX) from the frequency distribution; and a step of counting the total frequency of removed maximum values V(MAX) as knock occupancy KC. Maximum values V(MAX) are removed until the knock determination level V(KD) and the maximum value V(MAX) coincide, and the knock determination level V(KD) is recalculated. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306678 | Travel History Collection System And Terminal Side Device Used For It - A travel history collection system includes a terminal side device and a center side device capable of communicating with the terminal device. The terminal device includes the following components. A vehicle information acquisition part acquires a travel history of a vehicle. A short-range wireless communication means and a wide-range wireless communication means are used to transmit the acquired travel history to a center device. A travel history transmission part transmits the travel history to the center device via the short-range wireless communication means when the travel history can be transmitted via the short-range wireless communication means, and via the wide-range wireless communication means when the travel history cannot be transmitted via the short-range wireless communication means. The center device receives the travel history from the terminal device via the wide-range wireless communication antenna and the road side unit so as to reduce the load on wide-range wireless communication, and to accurately collect a travel history from each terminal device at real time. Thus, latest travel histories can be collected efficiently. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306679 | Information processing apparatus for movable body and vehicle navigation apparatus - A navigation apparatus acquires, through an antenna and a receiver, external information such as traffic information or the like, and a control unit in the navigation apparatus acquires validity time information from the external information. If the validity time information includes a standard time that represents a current time, the standard time together with a relative time or period information in the validity time information is used for determining whether a valid period has passed. If the validity time information does not include the standard time representing the current time, the lapse of the valid period is determined based on the standard time generated by a standard time generator and one of the relative time and the period information in the validity time information. Then, the external information is invalidated by deleting the information from an information storage if it is determined that the valid period has passed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306680 | Method for Determining the Horizontal Profile of a Flight Plan Complying with a Prescribed Vertical Flight Profile - The present invention relates to the definition, in a flight plan, of the horizontal profile of an air route with vertical flight and speed profile prescribed on departure and/or on arrival, by a stringing together of check-points and/or turn points associated with local flight constraints and called “D-Fix” because they are not listed in a published navigation database like those called “Waypoints”. It consists in charting, on curvilinear distance maps, a direct curvilinear path joining the departure point to the destination point of the air route while complying with vertical flight and speed profiles prescribed on departure and/or on arrival and while guaranteeing a circumnavigation of the surrounding reliefs and compliance with regulated overfly zones, then in approximating the series of points of the direct curvilinear path by a sequence of straight segments complying with an arbitrary maximum deviation threshold relative to the points of the series and an arbitrary minimum lateral deviation threshold relative to the set of obstacles to be circumnavigated and in adopting as “D-Fix” points the points of the intermediate intersections of the rectilinear segments. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306681 | SYSTEM SERVING A REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE PAGE AND METHOD FOR REQUESTING NAVIGATION RELATED INFORMATION - A system serving a remotely accessible page includes a server and the remotely accessible page operatively connected to the server. The remotely accessible page includes a first activation option for initiating a navigation function utilizing no starting point or a starting point entered by a user, and a second activation option for initiating a navigation function utilizing a starting point obtained by the system from a vehicle. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306682 | SYSTEM SERVING A REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE PAGE AND METHOD FOR REQUESTING NAVIGATION RELATED INFORMATION - A system for sharing destinations includes a communications device for transmitting a destination location and a designated recipient of the destination location. The system further includes a call center including an advisor configured to receive the destination location and the designated recipient of the destination location, a communications system operable by the advisor for pushing a message to an electronic device of the designated recipient regarding the destination location, and a central computer system operable by the advisor for identifying in a profile of the designated recipient that the destination location has been shared. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306683 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND MAP SCROLL PROCESSING METHOD - A navigation device that obtains the current position based on information from a satellite, and guides a travel path from the current position to the destination on a map image includes: a display unit that displays the map image; a touch sensor unit that is arranged on the front surface of the display unit; an icon generation unit that generates a smooth scroll operation icon which is available for continuous performs smooth scroll processing for the map image and displays the smooth scroll operation icon on the map image; and a scroll control unit that executes the smooth scroll processing when the touch sensor unit detects that the smooth scroll operation icon is touched to be operated, and executes a predetermined scroll processing when the touch sensor unit detects that a region other than the smooth scroll operation icon is touched to be operated on the screen of the display unit. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306684 | Map Display Device And Map Display Method - The invention provides a map display device and map display method that enhance the information density of displayed road names while maintaining legibility of a map image. First, the map drawing unit draws, to an image storage unit, a map image of roads and so forth in a desired scale, by using the background layer of a first hierarchy corresponding to the desired scale. Second, the map drawing unit draws place names and facility names by using the character layer of the first hierarchy to superimpose them on the map image. Third, the map drawing unit extracts the road names that do not overlap with the map characters of the place names and facility names on the map image by using the character layer of the first hierarchy, and superimposes them on the map image at the normal character size. Fourth, the map drawing unit extracts, by using the character layer of a second hierarchy corresponding to a scale level smaller by one step than the desired scale level, road names that do not overlap with the map characters of the other road names, place names, facility names and so forth on the map image, and superimposes them on the map image at a smaller character size. Finally, the map drawing unit superimposes the vehicle position mark on the map image. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306685 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EXPLOITING IDLE TIMES OF A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A solution is proposed for exploiting the resources of a navigation system. For this purpose, any idle time of the navigation system (during which no direction information is output) is used to provide descriptive information about the current location of the vehicle. For example, the navigation system estimates a timeframe available before approaching a next turn (following a current location of the vehicle along a route towards a desired destination). The navigation system presents predefined descriptive messages associated with the current location are then output in succession according to the available timeframe. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306686 | Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs - Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs store plural types of speech guidance information, each of the plural types of speech guidance having an indication of success and an assigned priority level. The apparatuses, methods, and programs identify a guidance branch point along the route and provide speech guidance for the guidance branch point according to one of the plural types of speech guidance. The apparatuses, methods, and programs determine whether the vehicle traveled through the guidance branch point. If the vehicle traveled through the guidance branch point, the apparatuses, methods, and programs increase the indication of success for the provided type of speech guidance information. However, if the vehicle did not travel through the guidance branch point, the apparatuses, methods, and programs decrease the indication of success for the provided type of speech guidance information. The apparatuses, methods, and programs change the assigned priority levels of the stored types of speech guidance information based on the indication of success for each of the stored types of speech guidance information. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306687 | GPS assisted vehicular longitudinal velocity determination - A vehicle includes a GPS system and a longitudinal accelerometer. Accelerometer corrections are derived based on GPS velocity data. Individual wheel speeds are determined based on GPS velocity data. Longitudinal vehicle velocity may be determined based on accelerometer data or individual wheel speeds. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306688 | Positioning system for a movable object - A positioning terminal is disposed on a movable object, and includes a satellite-based positioning module, a detecting module, a processing module, and a wireless communication module. The positioning module receives satellite-transmitted signals and generates positioning data therefrom. The detecting module detects status of the movable object, and generates an alarm signal when an abnormal status is detected. The processing module includes a storage medium for storing the positioning data from the positioning module, and a processing unit for processing the positioning data stored in the storage medium and for outputting geographical information of the movable object. The processing unit further outputs alarm information based on the alarm signal. The wireless communication module is used to transmit the geographical information and the alarm information from the processing module. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306689 | MOBILE POSITIONING SYSTEM - There is provided a mobile positioning apparatus for performing map matching based on a pixel image. The mobile positioning apparatus comprises a position storage device which holds a position information group indicating a current position of a mobile body and likelihood information thereof as a nonparametric distribution; a movement vector estimation device which outputs a movement vector indicating a moving distance and a moving direction of the mobile body at a discrete time T and likelihood information thereof; an image database which holds a peripheral map of a range of movement of the mobile body as an image group of a resolution according to a moving resolution of the mobile body; and a pixel crossing determination device which performs map matching using the position information group and the movement vector based on the peripheral map. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306690 | Wireless network positioning system - The present invention discloses a wireless network positioning system to add a function of positioning a mobile communication device to a wireless communication system, wherein a mobile communication device detects intensities of wireless signals from access points and transmits signal intensity data to a LAN server, and an algorithm is used to determine the position of the mobile communication device. Particularly, the present invention utilizes a WLAN architecture to position a mobile communication device in an indoor environment. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306691 | COLLISION PREVENTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE ON THE GROUND - The present invention relates to a collision prevention device and method for a vehicle in motion on the ground. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306692 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Permeability of Earth Formations - A method and apparatus for determining the fluid permeability of an earth formation is described. An instrument comprising an acoustic source and acoustic and electrokinetic sensors is located in a borehole at a site of interest. The acoustic source is fired and the resulting variations in pressure and electric field generated are measured and recorded. The Biot equation, and an equation for the streaming potential coupled to fluid displacement terms, is solved using finite element analysis to give an expected pressure waveform and electrokinetic waveform based on estimated earth formation properties. By comparison of the measured waveforms and those calculated from the equations, the actual permeability of the earth formation can be deduced. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306693 | Seismogram Correction for Absorption Effects - Method for correcting seismograms to compensate for absorption effects that occur in the earth. In one implementation, the method may include computing a ratio of traveltime to absorption parameter for each seismogram to generate a system of linear equations. The ratio is expressed as a linear equation having a plurality of components. The method may further include solving the system of linear equations for the plurality of components, adding one or more of the solved components to generate an estimate of the ratio of traveltime to absorption parameter, and correcting the seismograms using the estimate of the ratio of traveltime to absorption parameter. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306694 | Methods for Detecting Peaks in a Nucleic Acid Data Trace - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for detecting peaks in a sample nucleic acid data trace derived from a sample polynucleotide by (a) receiving a sequence signature of a reference polynucleotide, wherein the sequence signature comprises a profile of peak height at one or more peak position of a nucleic acid sequence data trace of one or more of reference polynucleotides; (b) receiving a sample nucleic acid sequence data trace of a sample polynucleotide corresponding to the reference polynucleotide, wherein the sample nucleic acid sequence data trace comprises a value of peak height at one or more peak position corresponding to the peak positions of the sequence signature; and (c) detecting peaks in the sample nucleic acid data trace having a peak height that correlates with the profile of peak height of the sequence signature at a corresponding peak position. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306695 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A GAS COMPOSITIONAL ORIGIN FROM CARBON MATERIAL THERMAL DEGRADATION - At least one type of carbon material susceptible to generate a gas G is selected. Then, a model is built from the carbon isotopic composition of a gas P generated by thermal degradation of this type of carbon material. The model is calibrated by calibrating the kinetic effect independently of the precursor effect. In order to achieve that, pyrolyses are performed on compounds modeling the type of carbon material, said compounds being synthesized and labeled with | 2008-12-11 |
20080306696 | Methods for Resolving Convoluted Peaks in a Chromatogram - The present invention relates to methods for resolving convoluted peaks in a chromatogram into one or more constituent peaks using peak resolution values. The peaks methods of the invention determine empirical peak resolution values of “well-defined” or “isolated” peaks in the data, then extrapolate these empirical resolution values to peaks in neighboring regions to predict the number of constituent peaks at a given peak position. Predicted peak resolution values are compared to observed peak resolution values of low-resolution or convoluted peaks to determine the number of constituent peaks in the convoluted peaks. These methods enable extension of the region of data that can used for identifying nucleotide sequences, and increase base-calling accuracy in the low-resolution region (end region) of data. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306697 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND NOISE MEASURING METHOD - Provided is a semiconductor device for outputting only the necessary information from non-periodic noise information to the outside. An analysis object information extracting section specifies analysis object information used to analyze noise associated with a malfunction from the non-periodic noise information having a large amount of information and extracts only the specified analysis object information from the noise information. A communication section outputs the extracted analysis object information to the outside. Thus, the amount of the information can be reduced and the noise information can be outputted by an inexpensive communication section such as a serial communication device. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306698 | Method and Device for Estimating the Current Output By an Alternator for a Motor Vehicle - A method and device for estimating the current output by an alternator for a motor vehicle provide the calculation of an output value (IALT) that represents the current output by the alternator based on a first input value (lex) that represents an excitation current of the alternator, and based on a second input value (ROT) that represents the rotational speed of the alternator. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306699 | Method For Measuring the Power Consumption Time of a Cdma Mobile Terminal - The present invention relates to a method for measuring the power consumption time of a CDMA mobile terminal, and the method comprises the steps of wire-connecting a terminal to be measured with a CDMA network simulator; measuring the standby power consumption time of said terminal to be measured in standby mode, and calculating a normalized power consumption time length | 2008-12-11 |
20080306700 | Photvoltaic solar array health monitor - An integrated photovoltaic (PV) solar array health monitor configured to derive informations relating to the health of a string of PV solar cells. A transmit module | 2008-12-11 |
20080306701 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, CARRIER MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING DEFECTS ON A WAFER BASED ON MULTI-CORE ARCHITECTURE - Computer-implemented methods, carrier media, and systems for detecting defects on a wafer based on multi-core architecture are provided. One computer-implemented method for detecting defects on a wafer includes acquiring output for the wafer generated by an inspection system. Dies are formed on the wafer, and multiple cores are formed in the dies. The method also includes detecting defects on the wafer by comparing the output for a first of the multiple cores to the output for a second of the multiple cores. The first and second of the multiple cores are formed in the same die, different dies, or the same die and different dies. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306702 | Method of Rating Wood Product Quality - The invention is a method of rating the quality of wood, such as solid wood panels and hardwood veneer faces. The method incorporates multiple and different criteria, reconciling them with each other to produce a cumulative rating. This enables samples having different quality profiles to be compared directly to each other by simply comparing their respective cumulative ratings. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306703 | Automatic Placement of Measurement Gates - A method and apparatus is provided for setting time positions of measurement gates on a signal under test. Signal transition data is calculated by a processor for multiple signal transitions. Measurement gate start and end positions are set relative to the multiple signal transitions based on the received signal transition data. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306704 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A thermal management method of operation to cool critical heat generating components and when a critical electronic component approaches its designated maximum operation temperature or its rate of temperature increase is determined to be in excess a predetermined level, its operating speed is reduced in small increments (1% to 5%), and/or a cooling fan speed it increased in small increments, (1% to 5%), and, if necessary, operation of a variable capacity heat transfer component is induced to cool the critical component. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306705 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A DEFECT AND/OR OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF A SYSTEM - An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment, orthogonally related data monitored by two or more detectors may be fused to determine whether a component of a system is defective and/or malfunctioning. Additionally or alternatively, data from a first detector may be determined to be accurate using non-orthogonally related data outputted by a second detector. Both types of determinations may be made with minimal or no false indications, which lowers the cost of operating the system being monitored. Embodiments of the invention may also be configured to forecast and/or prevent accidents and/or damage to the system being monitored by predicting whether a defect and/or a malfunction will occur | 2008-12-11 |
20080306706 | Accelerometer System - An accelerometer system comprises an accelerometer, a processor or threshold system connected to the accelerometer to receive electronic signals from accelerometer indicating acceleration and an annunciator connected to the processor or threshold system to receive electronic signals indicating the magnitude of acceleration. The annunciator produces a human discernable signal to notify of acceleration levels. The accelerometer system alerts vehicle operators of acceleration levels. The accelerometer system may be used to train vehicle operators to drive in a manner that reduces excessive acceleration. One embodiment prolongs battery life by turning off components in between measurements based on acceleration activity. Another embodiment packages the accelerometer system to fit into a cigarette lighter plug for vehicle use. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306707 | Impact Reporting Head Gear System And Method - A system for determining airtime of a moving sportsman includes at least one accelerometer for detecting vibration or acceleration of the sportsman. A processor in communication with the at least one accelerometer processing signals from the accelerometer to determine free-fall. A pressure sensor may be used to determine change in altitude and the processor may process signals from the pressure sensor with the accelerometer signals to determine airtime and drop distance during free-fall. A method for determining airtime of a moving sportsman includes processing data from one or more accelerometers attached to the sportsman, to determine when the sportsman is in free-fall, and determining a time period corresponding to the free-fall. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORIENTATION AND LOCATION CALIBRATION FOR IMAGE SENSORS - A system and method employing position measurement sensors and point sources of light to determine the location and orientation of video cameras in a simulation arena environment. In an embodiment, one or more accelerometers, gyroscopes, and/or magnetometers associated with each video camera may be used to determine the angular orientation of the video camera. The location of a camera is determined by measuring the distance from the camera to at least two known points, where the known points may be point sources of light, other cameras, or a combination thereof. Camera angular orientation information and camera location information may be combined to provide a complete set of data defining the position of each video camera. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306709 | Adaptive 3D Scanning - The present invention relates to adaptive 3D scanning wherein a scan sequence for obtaining full geometrical coverage of a physical object are created automatically and specifically for the physical object, by using a method and a system for producing a 3D computer model of a physical object, wherein the method comprises the following steps providing a scanner system, said scanner system comprising a scanner, and a computer connectable to and/or integrated in said scanner, said computer comprising a virtual model of said scanner, entering shape information of the physical object into the computer, creating in said computer a visibility function based on said virtual model and the shape information, said visibility function being capable of evaluating the coverage of areas of interest of the physical object by at least one predetermined scan sequence, establishing at least one scan sequence based on the evaluation of the visibility function, performing a scan of the physical object using said at least one scan sequence, and obtaining a 3D computer model of the physical object. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306710 | Method for improving accuracy of a time estimate from a memory device - A method for improving accuracy of a time estimate from a memory device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a memory device receives a time stamp and measures active time with respect to the received time stamp. The memory device determines accuracy of previously-measured active time and generates a time estimate using the measured active time, the accuracy of previously-measured active time, and the received time stamp. In another embodiment, measured active time is adjusted, with or without generating a time estimate. Other embodiments are disclosed, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306711 | Programmatic Root Cause Analysis For Application Performance Management - Programmatic root cause analysis of application performance problems is provided in accordance with various embodiments. Transactions having multiple components can be monitored to determine if they are exceeding a threshold for their execution time. Monitoring the transactions can include instrumenting one or more applications to gather component level information. For transactions exceeding a threshold, the data collected for the individual components can be analyzed to automatically diagnose the potential cause of the performance problem. Time-series analytical techniques are employed to determine normal values for transaction and component execution times. The values can be dynamic or static. Deviations from these normal values can be detected and reported as a possible cause. Other filters in addition to or in place of execution times for transactions and components can also be used. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306712 | Performance Monitoring Infrastructure for Distributed Transaction Service - A computer-implemented system to support performance monitoring of distributed transaction service can comprise a monitoring management tier that provides services to a monitoring logic and policy control module; one or more monitoring processes that are controlled by the monitoring logic and policy control module; and a plug-in framework that includes one or more plug-ins that is capable of receiving monitoring data from the one or more monitoring processes. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306713 | OPTICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHOD - An optical signal analysis apparatus includes a photodetector and an analyzer. The photodetector is to detect light emitted from measurement points in a sample. The analyzer is to analyze a molecular interaction between two of the measurement points by using fluctuation signals corresponding to fluctuations of the light from the measurement points that are detected by the photodetector. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306714 | METHOD FOR DIGITALIZING THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENTS - A three-dimensional component ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080306715 | Detecting Method Over Network Intrusion - A detecting method over network intrusion comprises: selecting a plurality of features contained within plural statistical data by a data-transforming module; normalizing a plurality of feature values of the selected features into the same scale to obtain a plurality of normalized feature data; creating at least one feature model by a data clustering technique incorporated with density-based and grid-based algorithms through a model-creating module; evaluating the at least one feature model through a model-identifying module to select a detecting model; and detecting whether a new packet datum belongs to an intrusion instance or not by a detecting module. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306716 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Providing Broadband Preconditioning Based on a Reduced Coupling for Numerical Solvers - This invention relates to computing numerical solutions of linear systems of equations, specifically to implementing preconditioning of the coefficient matrix of such a system. The preconditioning applies to any coefficient matrix, dense or sparse, based on the solutions of a physical problem of unknown functions, commonly referred to as basis or interpolation functions, where the basis function spans more then one mesh element. Examples of such linear systems can result from, as examples, an electromagnetic analysis of printed circuit boards or field scattering in radar applications, fluid mechanics and acoustics. A method and system to compute a preconditioner for a coefficient matrix A that is compatible with the linear system of equations that provides basis function support over at least two mesh elements. Coupling of the preconditioner between partitions of a portioned mesh representation is only through basis functions at the partition boundaries. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306717 | COOPERATIVE SIMULATION SYSTEM - A program cooperative system (cooperative simulation system), including a number of application programs, can easily modify the combination of application programs to be used according to purpose and realizes excellent throughput by comprising a database memory server memorizing and relaying data; a plurality of simulation tools each of which includes a cooperative module for writing data into and reading data from the database memory server; and a administrating unit setting the database memory server and the plurality of simulation tools and administrating operations performed by the database memory server and the plurality of simulation tools, wherein simulation is executed by the plurality of simulation tools in cooperation with one another. Consequently, the cooperation can be established at the same speed as a memory access speed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306718 | Method for Determining the Behavior of Shafts of a Multi-Shaft Machine Which are Jointly Movable to Move a Tool or a Tool Receptacle - Disclosed is a method for determining the behavior of jointly movable shafts of a multi-shaft machine. According to said method, a simulation model is created individually for each shaft. The shafts are then impinged upon individually by a movement pattern, and measurable variables are detected in order to be able to make a statement about the transformation of the movement pattern by the shaft. Especially the setpoint position and the actual position of the shafts are recorded (cf. figure). Simulation model parameters, e.g. the inert mass of the shaft, the friction or elasticity of the shaft, can be defined based upon an analysis of the detected measurable variables, whereupon a coordinated movement of at least two shafts can be simulated, the behavior of the individual shafts being considered independent from the behavior of the other shaft. A simulated trajectory is generated. A characteristic variable, e.g. the circularity deviation or the circular hysteresis, can be defined for the coordinated movement of the shafts. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS - Computer-implemented methods of simulating optical systems such as backlights, and machine-readable media for carrying out such methods, are disclosed. The optical systems include optical elements. In some cases, different first and second probability functions can be acquired for first and second elements (respectively) of the optical system. A combined probability function can then be calculated using at least the first and second probability functions, and rays can be traced through the optical system using the combined probability function. The first, second, and combined probability functions can be bidirectional scattering distribution functions (BSDFs), having values stored in cells wherein each cell corresponds to a particular entrance and exiting direction. Some methods can include acquiring a first probability function associated with a first element, the first probability function including cell values as a function of incident direction and exiting direction. Rays can be traced through the optical system using the first probability function. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306720 | Hrtf Individualization by Finite Element Modeling Coupled with a Corrective Model - The invention relates to modelling individual head related transfer functions (HRTFs) with respect to an individual audition in a three-dimensional space. The inventive method consists in picking up morphological parameters of several individuals for roughly estimating the HRTFs by finite elements and building the database thereof roughly estimated by comparing/training on said database and on another database containing several HRTFs measured in all directions of space and in building, for the same individuals, a model based on an artificial neurone network which is capable to calculate the HRTFs for all directions of space from a series of measurements of morphological parameters of any individuals. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306721 | Dynamic-Verification-Based Verification Apparatus Achieving High Verification Performance and Verification Efficiency and the Verification Methodology Using the Same - The present invention relates to a simulation-based verification apparatus and a verification method, which enhance the simulation performance and efficiency greatly, for verifying a digital system containing at least million gates. Also, the present invention relates to a simulation-based verification apparatus and a verification method used together with formal verification, simulation acceleration, hardware emulation, and prototyping to achieve the high verification performance and efficiency for verifying a digital system containing at least million gates. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306722 | Logic verification system - There is provided a logic verification system having improved development time and design quality, in which all pins of an FPGA module are wired in direct between the FPGA module and a bridge circuit used in the verification processes of a logic simulator accelerator and a logic emulator, a cutting end of the verification object logic is assigned to an external interface connector of the FPGA module when the logic simulation is accelerated, and the correspondence between each pin of external interface connector of the FPGA module and logic signal is performed on the logic simulator on the general purpose processor. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306723 | Emulated Combination Memory Device - An integrated circuit memory device and a method of providing access to multiple memory types within a single integrated circuit memory device are described. In various embodiments, the integrated circuit memory device includes a non-volatile memory array having a first emulated memory region and a second emulated memory region, and a controller having an interface. The memory device is configured to emulate a first emulated memory type and a second emulated memory type. The memory device is further configured to store data in the first emulated memory region when the memory device emulates the first emulated memory type, and in the second emulated memory region when the memory device emulates the second emulated memory type. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306724 | TREATMENT PLANNING AND PROGRESS TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention provides systems and methods of managing planning and delivery of an orthodontic treatment using planning tools, treatment guidelines, instructions and appointment planning tools customized to the individual patient being treated, as well as tools and methods for tracking delivery and patient progression through an orthodontic treatment plan. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306725 | Generating a phrase translation model by iteratively estimating phrase translation probabilities - A phrase translation model is trained without assuming a segmentation of training data into non-overlapping phrase pairs. Instead, the training algorithm assumes that any particular phrase instance has only a single phrase instance in another language as its translation in that instance, but that phrases can overlap. The model is trained by computing expected phrase alignment counts, deriving selection probabilities from current estimates of translation probabilities and then re-estimating phrase translation probabilities according to the expected phrase alignment counts computed. The model is trained by iterating over these steps until one or more desired stopping criteria are reached. The trained model can be deployed in a machine translation system. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306726 | Machine-processable global knowledge representation system and method using an extensible markup language consisting of natural language-independent BASE64-encoded words - A global knowledge representation system and method using an extensible, language-independent markup language made up of KODAXIL encoded words, includes crafting a universal representation of knowledge in any natural language composed of words and symbols as a string of KODAXIL words which are an extensible set of BASE64 encodings of common and reserved vocabulary by assigning to each word and each symbol a KODAXIL word composed of an artificial handle derived in part using BASE64 encoding to encode within each KODAXIL word information about each word and symbol including lexical class of the word, other semantic information, and expression structure including implicit and explicit context markup; and stringing the KODAXIL words together to provide the universal representation of knowledge. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306727 | Hybrid Machine Translation System - In order to achieve improvement of the accuracy and speed of a conversion of source language elements to target language elements a machine translation system is provided with context and linguistic processing comprising a dictionary storage | 2008-12-11 |
20080306728 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION - A receiving unit receives an input sentence in a source language. An example translation candidate translated from the input sentence into a target sentence and a first likelihood of the example translation candidate are obtained. A generating unit translates the input sentence into the target language by a process different from a process of an example translating unit, and among candidates for a translation result with each word in the input sentence, generates a translation word candidate showing a candidate whose second likelihood is equal to or more than a first threshold value. When a translation word included in the example translation candidate is not included in the translation word candidate, a changing unit lowers the first likelihood by only a predetermined value. A selecting unit selects the example translation candidate whose first likelihood is a maximum, from the example translation candidate. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306729 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING A MULTI-LINGUAL DATABASE - A system and method of searching a database in which documents of different languages are included. The system includes a synonym or keyword dictionary which is bi-directional and allows for translation of keywords between a first language and other languages. The translated words keywords for the document are stored in an inverted index which is then used for searching, either in a selected language, a second language or in all languages, as determined by the user. This use of multiple searching and a translated synonym dictionary avoids the need for translation of the entire document and avoids inaccuracies which may result from translations. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306730 | System and method to modify text entry - A system and method to modify entry of text is provided. The system includes an input device, a display device, and a processor configured to store a correlation between at least one word with at least one candidate phrase; receive at least one word into the input device; identify the at least one candidate phrase correlated to the at least one word; replace the at least one word with a selected phrase from the at least one candidate phrase; and store the selected phrase in a computer readable storage medium. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306731 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT EQUIPPED WITH DICTIONARY FUNCTION - Disclosed is an electronic dictionary including a plurality of dictionary databases. In a twin retrieval using two dictionaries, a sub-dictionary according to a main dictionary is set besides the main dictionary. When a user inputs a retrieval character string, the electronic dictionary retrieves corresponding headwords from the main dictionary to produce a headword list and displays it. Furthermore, the electronic dictionary displays explanation information pertaining to one headword in the headword list. In addition to this, the electronic dictionary reads the explanation information corresponding to the headword of the main dictionary specified with a cursor from a sub-dictionary database to display the explanation information besides that of the main dictionary. If the specification of a headword of the main dictionary is changed by moving the cursor, then the electronic dictionary re-retrieves the changed headword from the sub-dictionary, and changes the explanation information of the sub-dictionary to display it. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306732 | Method and Device for Carrying Out Optimal Coding Between Two Long-Term Prediction Models - Disclosed is a system and method for implementing compression coding of audio signals, such as speech signals, using two long-term prediction (LTP) models. The method determines the parameters of a second long-term prediction model on the basis of the parameters of at least one first LTP model. The present invention is aimed at switching from an LTP model with a single coefficient (monotap) to an LTP model with several coefficients, (multitap) and vice versa, as well as at switching between two multitap LTP models. The complexity of the method may be adjusted, especially as a function of a desired compromise between a target complexity and a desired quality. A device for implementing the method according to the invention is, moreover, very useful for multiple codings in cascade (transcodings) or in parallel (multi-codings and multi-mode codings). | 2008-12-11 |
20080306733 | IMAGING APPARATUS, VOICE PROCESSING CIRCUIT, NOISE REDUCING CIRCUIT, NOISE REDUCING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A noise reducing circuit includes a denoising unit configured to eliminate a noise band from an input voice signal; a noise recognizing unit configured to recognize noise included in the voice signal; a denoising period generating unit configured to generate a signal indicating a denoising period in accordance with an occurrence period of the recognized noise; and a selecting unit configured to select an output of the denoising unit when the denoising period is indicated and select the voice signal when the denoising period is not indicated. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306734 | Signal Noise Reduction - Provision to reduce production of musical noise. A noise reduction device includes: means for calculating a rank for each element included in a first region having predetermined sizes in the time axis direction and in the frequency axis direction, depending on a value of the element, in a noise section of an observed signal indicating variation of a frequency spectrum with time; means for calculating a rank for each element included in a second region, depending on a value of the element, the second region having predetermined sizes in the time axis direction and in the frequency axis direction in the observed signal; and means for subtracting, from the values of the respective elements in the second region, values based on the values of the respective elements in the first region whose ranks correspond to ranks of respective elements in the second region. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306735 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING PRESENCE OF DATA - Included are systems and methods for indicating presence of data. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving communications data associated with a communication session and determining at least one point of audio silence in the communications session. Some embodiments include creating tagging data configured to indicate the at least one point of audio silence in the communications session. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306736 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SUBBAND ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLER WITH INTEGRATED VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION - Methods and systems for a subband acoustic echo canceller with integrated voice activity detection are disclosed and may include adjusting transmit and/or receive powers of wirelessly communicated audio signals based on voice activity detection via subband analysis of the wirelessly communicated audio signals. The receive power may be adjusted by utilizing a reduced duty cycle, or by conveying voice activity detection information via an asynchronous control channel in a Bluetooth application. A plurality of subbands may be generated utilizing a fast Fourier transform, and a first subset of the subbands corresponding to voice activity may be selected and a second subset of the subbands may be selected that corresponds to background noise. The processing of the subsets may be dynamically adjusted due to variations in the voice activity or background noise. Comfort noise may be generated and transmitted at a reduced bandwidth utilizing the second subset of the subbands. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306737 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING AND REPRESENTING GESTURAL INPUTS - Gesture and handwriting recognition agents provide possible interpretations of electronic ink. Recognition is performed on both individual strokes and combinations of strokes in the input ink lattice. The interpretations of electronic ink are classified and encoded as symbol complexes where symbols convey specific attributes of the contents of the stroke. The use of symbol complexes to represent strokes in the input ink lattice facilitates reference to sets of entities of a specific type. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306738 | VOICE PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Voice processing methods and systems are provided. An utterance is received. The utterance is compared with teaching materials according to at least one matching algorithm to obtain a plurality of matching values corresponding to a plurality of voice units of the utterance. Respective voice units are scored in at least one first scoring item according to the matching values and a personified voice scoring algorithm. The personified voice scoring algorithm is generated according to training utterances corresponding to at least one training sentence in a phonetic-balanced sentence set of a plurality of learners and at least one real teacher, and scores corresponding to the respective voice units of the training utterances of the learners in the first scoring item provided by the real teacher. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306739 | SOUND SOURCE SEPARATION SYSTEM - A system capable of separating sound source signals with high precision while improving a convergence rate and convergence precision. A process of updating a current separation matrix W | 2008-12-11 |
20080306740 | REMOTELY AND INTERACTIVELY CONTROLLING SEMI-AUTOMATIC DEVICES - An apparatus, system, method and computer program product are provided for enabling a user to remotely and interactively control, using voice commands, the processing tasks of multiple pieces of equipment, such as semi-automatic medication storing, dispensing and packaging devices. In particular, an apparatus may be configured to provide a user with a voice prompt associated with a dynamically prioritized task. In response, the apparatus may further be configured to receive, a voice command from the use and to transmit an instruction associated with the voice command to one of the multiple pieces of equipment for performance of the prioritized task. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306741 | ROBOT AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INPUT COMMANDS AND OUTPUT REACTIONS - The present invention relates to a robot and method for establishing a relationship between input commands and output reactions. When initiating an input configuration program, the robot fetches a predetermined motion output reaction and performs a corresponding motion. At this time, the robot receives a vocal input command from a user to obtain a vocal input profile, and establishes a relationship between the motion output reaction and the vocal input profile. When receiving the vocal input command again, the robot performs the corresponding motion according to the relationship. In addition, a sound assigned to the motion output reaction can be altered according to users' preferences. Accordingly, the motion output reaction may have different naming sound. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306742 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTING SPEECH INTERFACE DESIGN - For design of a speech interface accepting speech control options, speech samples are stored on a computer-readable medium. A similarity calculating unit calculates a certain indication of similarity of first and second sets of ones of the speech samples, the first set of speech samples being associated with a first speech control option and the second set of speech samples being associated with a second speech control option. A display unit displays the similarity indication. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306743 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING MODULAR SPOKEN-DIALOG COMPONENTS - A system and method are disclosed for switching contexts within a spoken dialog between a user and a spoken dialog system. The spoken dialog system utilizes modular subdialogs that are invoked by at least one flow controller that is a finite state model and that associated with a dialog manager. The spoken dialog system includes a dialog manager with a flow controller and a reusable subdialog module. The method includes, while the spoken dialog is being controlled by the subdialog module that was invoked by the flow controller, receiving context-changing input associated with speech from a user that changes a dialog context and comparing the context-changing input to at least one context shift. And, if any of the context shifts are activated by the comparing step, then passing control of the spoken dialog to the flow controller with context shift message and destination state. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306744 | Device and a Method of Playing Audio Clips - A device for playing audio clips, a method of playing audio clips and a data storage medium having stored thereon computer code means for instructing a computer system to execute a method of playing audio clips. The device comprising a processor scalable in voltage, frequency, or both; a switch for selecting one of a plurality of output modes of the device; and a controller for controlling the processor to decode input joint/MS stereo mode encoded audio data representing said audio clip based on the selected output mode; wherein each output mode defines a number, m, of subbands of an M channel and a number, s, of subbands of an S channel of the joint/MS stereo mode encoded data; and the controller controls the processor to decode and store only data from the m and s subbands for playback. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306745 | Distributed audio coding for wireless hearing aids - The aim of the invention is to provide inter-channel level differences ICLD related to audio signals for hearing aids. This aim is achieved by a method for computing ICLD from a first and second audio source signals, the first source signal being wired with a first processing module and the second source signal being wired with a second processing module, the second processing module receiving wirelessly information from the first processing module, this method comprising the steps of: acquiring first samples of the first sound signal by the first processing module, defining a first time frame, converting the first time frame into first frequency bands and grouping them into two first frequency sub-bands, calculating a first power estimate of each first frequency sub-bands, encoding and transmitting same to the second processing module, acquiring second samples of the second sound signal by the second processing module,
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20080306746 | Executing business processes using persistent variables - Executing a business process includes initiating an instance of a business process comprising activities, where the instance has an instance variable. A first activity of the business process is executed, and a value corresponding to the instance variable is received. The instance variable and the value is recorded in an object, and the object is stored in a data repository. A second activity of the business process is executed, and the object is retrieved from the data repository for use with the second activity. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306747 | Method for Charging for a Service in a Communication Network - The invention permits the operator of a stateless proxy, or application broker to offer a reliable trustworthy charging system which is accurate in definable intervals in a simple manner to registered application service suppliers, or registered clients, in which, during the provision of the service, the client and server are continuously provided with the charges applicable and the charging function, by means of an independent third party, including those from the independent third party. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306748 | REQUEST MODIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A modification method and system. The method includes presenting by a computing system to a requester, templates associated with a candidate request. The computing system receives from the requester, first data associated with the candidate request. The computing system generates a request document comprising the first data. The computing system transmits the request document to at least one supplier. The computing system receives from the at least one supplier, a list of candidates. The computing system receives from the requester, a request for modifying the request document. The computing system generates in response to the request for modifying the request document, a modified request document comprising a modified version of the request document. The computing system receives from the requester, approval data approving a transmission of the modified request document. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306749 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING IMAGE BEARING PRODUCTS FOR SALE - A method of presenting n offer of an image-bearing product to a user provides access to a plurality of user image files. User image files are analyzed to obtain semantic information about the content of the plurality of image files. An offer for the image-bearing product based on the semantic information obtained, wherein the product uses at least one image from the plurality of image files. The offer is transmitted to the user. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306750 | EMPLOYMENT SCREENING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for screening candidates for compliance with general, employer specific, and/or position specific policies. Such policies may be applicable to job applicants, potential contractors, existing employees, and/or existing contractors (collectively, “candidates”), and may be influenced by law or by best practices. The system compiles data based on the policies from both automatic and other data sources. The system also automatically rates the results of the data compiled. Through the use of the system, employers may easily obtain relevant information about candidates prior to engagement or during engagement of the candidate and without the requirement that the employer manually analyze screening results. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306751 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BUSINESS PROCESSES IN AN ENTERPRISE - A method for managing a business process in an enterprise includes executing a business process model, wherein executing the business process model comprises generating a plurality of business level messages associated with business level tasks, generating one or more system level messages associated with system level tasks to be performed by one or more enterprise subsystems, wherein the one or more system level messages are in a common format that is accessible by the one or more enterprise subsystems, and broadcasting the one or more system level messages over a communication channel communicably coupling the plurality of enterprise subsystems. A system includes a communication channel carrying system level messages in a generic format, a plurality of business subsystems communicably coupled to the communication channel, adapters operable to translate messages from the generic format into associated business subsystem specific formats and vice versa. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306752 | Method and system for automatic testing in a business scenario environment - A software tool for automatically executing relevant testing in an Application Platform. When an object in an Application Platform is changed, testing may be executed for the changed object as well as any related objects. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306753 | System and method for providing quick links - A method and system are provided for providing a user-interface. The method may include receiving a request to render a business portal at a browser. The method may further include responsive to the request, determining a set of work lists to be rendered on the business portal. The method may further include retrieving a set of quick links corresponding to the set of work lists, wherein each quick link is associated with a work list; transmitting the set of quick links to the browser. The method may further include rendering the set of quick links at the browser to the user on a first screen. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306754 | Pet commerce and pet groups in a geo-spatial environment - A method, apparatus, and system of pet commerce and pet groups in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a community network of user profiles, each user profile associated with a specific geographic location, procuring preseeded pet data, providing categories of the preseeded pet data, automatically generating, within the community network, groups of user profiles, each group of user profiles based on at least one category of the preseeded pet data, and generating a display view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, a first group of user profiles, each user profile of the first group represented at a location in the three-dimensional map view corresponding to the specific geographic location with which each user profile is associated. | 2008-12-11 |
20080306755 | SYSTEM FOR PROJECT PREPARING A PROCUREMENT AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SYSTEM SURFACE - A system for coordinating a project for designing, implementing, and using a general procurement and accounts payable (GP/AP) system for a customer. A playbook database is created and includes templates of information relating to designing, implementing, and using the GP/AP system. The templates are particularized for the customer. A playbook summary view is generated from the playbook database. The playbook summary view displays a folders and views section, a task title display and selection area, a summary task creation button, and a detailed task creation button, which visually appear together in an undivided display area within the playbook summary view. Communication is between team members of a team and the playbook database via a server coupled to the playbook database and an intranet coupled to both the server and the team members. The team members have responsibility for the designing and implementing of the GP/AP system. | 2008-12-11 |