50th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120316762 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-IGNITION CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for identifying and differentiating knock and pre-ignition using a plurality of knock sensors distributed along an engine block. By dynamically adjusting cylinder-specific assignment of the knock sensors for knock detection and pre-ignition detection based on operating conditions of each cylinder, knock and pre-ignition is more reliably identified and distinguished. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING A PERSON REACHES A DESTINATION ON TIME - A system includes a first interface module and a route determining module. The first interface module interfaces with a scheduling program and retrieves from the scheduling program a meeting time and a meeting location for a meeting scheduled by a user using the scheduling program. The route determining module determines (i) a route from a first location to the meeting location and (ii) a departure time for the user to depart from the first location to reach the meeting location at the meeting time. The route determining module determines the route and the departure time based on (i) predicted traffic conditions and (ii) predicted weather conditions surrounding the first location and the meeting location prior to the meeting time. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS IN A VEHICLE CONSIST - A method for communications in a vehicle consist (e.g., for managing network services among a plurality of networked locomotives or other vehicles in the consist) includes monitoring a first available device of a first locomotive (or other first vehicle) in the consist to determine an operational status of the first available device, and maintaining information of the operational status of the first available device in a database. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316765 | System And Method For Improved Traffic Flow Reporting Using Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) And Vehicle Communications, Navigation And Tracking System - Systems and methods are provided for improved traffic flow reporting (e.g., system bandwidth conservation and timely traffic flow updates) using in-vehicle devices, service hub, and communications system for transmitting aggregated traffic flow data to the vehicles. In-vehicle devices store data relating to monitored segments of roadways (e.g., segment identifiers or location codes and designated range(s) of speed), and send messages to the hub when current vehicle speed is not within a selected range designated for the current segment of roadway where the vehicle is located. Vehicles can be configured to send messages based on various criteria. A selected vehicle or group of vehicles can be commanded to send a message to the hub. The hub provides updated traffic flow data based on the messages to the communications system for transmission to the vehicles. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316766 | METHOD FOR CREATION OF A TAXIING ROUTE OVER AN AIRPORT AREA AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - The general field of the invention is that of the systems and of the methods allowing a taxiing route to be established over an airport area. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: | 2012-12-13 |
20120316767 | MOTOR-VEHICLE DRIVING STYLE ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A motor-vehicle driving style estimating system ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120316768 | METHODS FOR ACTIVITY REDUCTION IN PEDESTRIAN-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Methods for pedestrian unit (PU) communication activity reduction in pedestrian-to-vehicle communication networks include obtaining safety risk information for a pedestrian at risk for involvement in an accident and using the risk information to adjust a PU communication activity. In some embodiments, the activity reduction is achieved without implementing understanding of surroundings. In other embodiments, the activity reduction is based on risk assessment provided by vehicles. In some embodiments, the activity reduction includes PU transmission reduction. In some embodiments the transmission activity reduction may be followed by reception activity reduction for overall power consumption reduction. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316769 | Marine Threat Monitoring and Defense System - A marine threat monitoring and defense system and method protects a target vessel in icy or other marine regions. The system uses communications, user interfaces, and data sources to identify marine obstacles (e.g., icebergs, ice floes, pack ice, etc.) near a target vessel performing set operations (e.g., a stationed structure performing drilling or production operations or a seismic survey vessel performing exploration operations with a planned route). The system monitors positions of these identified marine obstacles over time relative to the target vessel and predicts any potential threats. When a threat is predicted, the system plans deployment of support vessels, beacons, and the like to respond to the threat. For example, the system can direct a support vessel to divert the path or break up ice threatening the target vessel. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316770 | NEUTRAL ZONES FOR NAVIGATION - The described method and system provide for treatment of certain areas as neutral zones during GPS navigation to avoid unnecessary off-route notifications and route recalculation. A GPS unit determines whether the user has entered a geographic region designated as a neutral zone, and does not provide the user with off-route notifications while the user is within the neutral zone. Not providing off-route notifications may be implemented by the GPS device by considering the user to be within the calculated route while the user is within a neutral zone, or by disabling off-route notifications (and route recalculation) while the user is within the neutral zone. The neutral zone may be defined by a set of GPS coordinates. The neutral zone may further be polygonal, and the size of the neutral zone may be based on the accuracy of the GPS device. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316771 | ROUTE PORTALS - The described method and system provide for utilizing portals during GPS navigation to avoid unnecessary off-route notifications and route recalculation in problem areas. The method and system are described in the context of a GPS unit that is part of a telematics unit in a vehicle. If the route calculated by the GPS unit includes certain problem areas such as tunnels and stacked bridges, the GPS unit may utilize portals to process GPS navigation through those areas. When a user enters a portal, normal GPS navigation is suspended and certain features are disabled. For example, the user will not longer receive Turn-by-Turn (TBT) directions, off-route notifications, error notifications, and route recalculation notifications, until the GPS unit determines that the user has arrived at a second portal or until the user manually re-enables those features. The portals should be preferably located at the inlets and outlets to the problem areas. Thus, while the user is in a problem area, errant GPS information may be discarded or ignored, and the provision of unnecessary off-route notifications and route recalculations to the user may be avoided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316772 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING ROUTE THEREOF - The invention discloses a navigation system and a method for planning a route thereof. The navigation system includes a storage unit and a processing unit. A cloud database of a cloud server and a local database of the navigation system are allocated in the storage unit, which is configured to store road condition data. The processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and generates an initial route according to an initial location and a destination. The processing unit also compares, computes and analyses the initial route and the road condition data, corresponding to at least one road section of the initial route, stored in the storage unit to generated a plurality of reference routes. Next, one of the reference routes is selected as a final route. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316773 | SCHEDULING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A scheduling system includes: link creation means for creating a link as a partial route obtained by dividing the traveling route of a moving body indicated by traveling plan data; link adjustment range calculating means for calculating, for each link, a link adjustment range as an adjustment range of a scheduled pass-through time of the moving body not to cause the moving body to have a near-miss with another moving body; and adjusted traveling plan deciding means for deciding on adjusted traveling plan data indicative of a traveling plan of the moving body after adjusted by using link adjustment ranges of all links constructing the traveling route. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316774 | AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION TO A PRIOR KNOWN LOCATION - The disclosed architecture facilitates the capture of data associated with a specific geographic location, as captured by a mobile device of a user at the geographic location, for the purpose of guiding the user back to that specific geographic location. When applied to vehicles or other types of user mobility (e.g., walking) the architecture automatically detects that a user has controlled a means of transportation to a stationary (or parked) state, such as associated with a parked car. When the stationary state is reached, the location is detected (e.g., using user device sensing systems). Detection can include recording images, sounds, speech, geolocation data, etc., associated with the location and/or means of transportation. The user can configure a reminder to activate at the location to assist in the user recalling the location when returning to the means of transportation. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316775 | Navigation Device, Route Guidance Method, and Program - Disclosed is technology for providing guidance in a manner that facilitates travel along a guidance route when there is a road which has a carpool lane. A navigation device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120316776 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING CHARTING TASKS - A method for accessing information on an electronic version of an navigation information display is described. The method includes displaying navigation information on a display of a device, the device incorporating a touch screen, sensing a user touch on the touch screen, determining, by the device, a location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred, correlating the location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred with a location on the navigation information display, and displaying a magnified area of a portion of the navigation information proximate the location on the touch screen where the user touch occurred. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316777 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, NAVIGATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A portable terminal includes: a wireless communication unit which performs transmission and reception of data with a portable external instrument by wireless communication; a control unit which requests navigation data from the portable external instrument at a previously set request timing to obtain the navigation data therefrom; a display unit which performs a display based on a control signal from the control unit; and a detection unit which detects an orientation, wherein the control unit (i) allows the display unit to display orientation information included in the navigation data, in accordance with orientation data obtained based on a signal from the detection unit, and (ii) allows the display unit to display navigation data including at least a display in a travelling direction, that is simple in comparison with the navigation data displayed by the portable external instrument, based on the navigation data obtained from the portable external instrument. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING A PARTICULAR PASSENGER WITH A UNIQUE VEHICLE - The present invention generally relates to passenger and vehicle paring. Specifically, this invention relates to a system and method for aligning a particular passenger with a unique vehicle through the use of one or more scanners and unique identifiers placed at specific entrances to a facility. The system further relates to a system and method for identifying particular egress routes to align the particular passenger with the unique vehicle. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316779 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - Provided is a driving assistance device which enables a driver to intuitively determine the relationship between the upper boundary line and the lower boundary line of an anticipated trajectory of travel that is displayed in three dimensions. The driving assistance device is provided with: an image processing device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120316780 | MAP CORRECTIONS VIA HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE - A method is provided for user input of map corrections via voice controlled human machine interface (HMI). A navigation device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120316781 | DISPLAY DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A display device for a hybrid motor vehicle is configured to display a map that corresponds to a current vehicle position as controlled by a navigation device and to show at least two regions on the map. The regions include a first region that is reachable by the motor vehicle using available electrical energy when driving under purely electromotive power, and a second region that is reachable by the motor vehicle using an available quantity of fuel when driving under at least one of purely internal combustion engine power or combined electromotive power and internal combustion engine power. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316782 | Map Magnifier - A method of magnifying a portion of a map displayed on a computing device includes displaying the map at a first zoom level and displaying a magnified portion of the map at a second zoom level. The magnified portion comprises an interactive map element. The magnified portion acts as a localized map magnifier. The magnified portion may be round to resemble a virtual magnifying glass. In certain implementations, multiple map magnifiers may be displayed simultaneously. Map magnifiers may be displayed, for example, at waypoints along a route, at map markers corresponding to points of interest or at the locations associated with search results. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316783 | GPS/Compass imager for viewing systems - A GPS/compass imager system for a viewing system includes a display head and a GPS/power unit electrically connected by an electrical cable. The GPS/power unit provides a GPS signal and electrical power to the display head. The display head includes a display, an electronic compass, control electronics and a collimating lens. Compass information and GPS information are displayed on the display. The display head is configured to be operably arranged adjacent an objective lens of an image-intensified viewing system. The collimating lens and an objective lens serve to form a display image on the viewing system's image intensifier so that the compass and GPS information, as well as the image-intensified view of the scene, is visible to a viewer over the image-intensified viewing channel. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316784 | HYBRID-APPROACH FOR LOCALIZATON OF AN AGENT - Methods and systems for determining the location of an agent within an environment using a hybrid approach are provided. The hybrid approach allows a potentially large physical space to be compressed in the form of a directed graph, in which edges are paths and nodes are locations. An image comparison produces observations for each location and path, which can be used to probabilistically locate the agent in the environment and to select a portion of the 3D point cloud for comparison. The agent can then be localized within the 3D point cloud, or metric-accurate map, using the same features utilized for image matching in the probabilistic location. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316785 | RTM SEISMIC IMAGING USING COMBINED SHOT DATA - A system, method and computer program product for seismic imaging implements a seismic imaging algorithm utilizing Reverse Time Migration technique requiring large communication bandwidth and low latency to convert a parallel problem into one solved using massive domain partitioning. Several aspects of the imaging problem are addressed, including very regular and local communication patterns, balanced compute and communication requirements, scratch data handling and multiple-pass approaches. The partitioning of the velocity model into processing blocks allows each sub-problem to fit in a local cache, increasing locality and bandwidth and reducing latency. The RTM seismic data processing utilizes data that includes combined shot data, i.e., shot data selected from amongst a plurality of shots that are combined at like spatial points of the volume. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316786 | RTM SEISMIC IMAGING USING INCREMENTAL RESOLUTION METHODS - A system and method implementing a hierarchical approach to RTM (Reverse Time Migration) seismic imaging at different granularity in space and time. An RTM seismic imaging algorithm utilizes RTM technique to convert a parallel problem into one solved using massive domain partitioning. In the method, a coarse-grain grid for the 3D volume of the geological subsurface structure under investigation is initially processed, permitting the RTM imaging process to be performed faster and produces lower level seismic image for inspection. Criteria are then applied to the first level of seismic image to determine whether to reject the image or whether a finer resolution seismic imaging is needed. In the case of finer resolution is needed, RTM resolution for the target volume is adjusted accordingly and RTM imaging process is applied with the new resolution. The process is repeated until either the image is accepted or rejected. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316787 | OPTIMIZATION OF DYNAMICALLY CHANGING DOWNHOLE TOOL SETTINGS - A computer-assisted method for optimizing a drilling tool assembly, the method comprising defining a desired drilling plan; determining current drilling conditions; determining current drilling tool parameters of at least two drilling tool assembly components; analyzing the current drilling conditions and the current drilling tool parameters to define a base drilling condition; comparing the base drilling condition to the desired drilling plan; determining a drilling tool parameter to adjust to achieve the desired drilling plan; and adjusting at least one drilling tool parameter of at least one of the two drilling tool assembly components based on the comparing the base drilling condition to the desired drilling plan. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316788 | Formation Testing Planning And Monitoring - An example method comprises collecting formation temperature data along a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, determining test operating parameter values, performing a wellbore hydraulic simulation of the response of wellbore fluid conditions to the test operating parameter values and the formation temperature data, determining whether the response of wellbore fluid conditions is indicative of one of a well control and a well stability problem, and initiating a test based on the determination whether the response of wellbore fluid conditions is indicative of one of a well control and a well stability problem. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316789 | METHOD FOR COST EFFECTIVE SAMPLING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HETEROGENEOUS UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBON REGIONS - A methodology improves sampling and characterization of heterogeneous, unconventional hydrocarbon-bearing regions. The methodology is designed to integrate consistently across measurements and scales. Additionally, the methodology involves characterizing various scales, such as regional-scale heterogeneity, wellbore-scale heterogeneity, core-scale heterogeneity, sample-scale, and pore-scale heterogeneity. The results are integrated across the multiple scales based on results obtained from the characterization of the scales. The methodology further comprises determining data propagation across the multiple scales in a hydrocarbon-bearing region. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA INVERSION WITH PHASE EXTRAPOLATION - A system and computer-implemented method for inverting data from an area of interest to determine physical properties of the area of interest is disclosed. The method includes transforming the data into a Fourier frequency domain to obtain frequency domain data wherein the frequency domain data includes an amplitude portion and a phase portion, performing phase unwrapping of the phase portion of the frequency domain data to generate an unwrapped phase portion of unwrapped data, extrapolating the unwrapped phase portion to create extrapolated unwrapped data, and inverting the extrapolated unwrapped data to determine the physical properties of the area of interest. The data inverted may be, for example, seismic data or synthetic aperture radar data. The system includes a data source, an user interface, and a processor configured to execute computer modules designed to implement the method. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEISMIC DATA INVERSION BY NON-LINEAR MODEL UPDATE - A system and computer-implemented method for determining properties of a subsurface region of interest from seismic data is disclosed. An embodiment of the method performs full waveform inversion by non-linear model update to compute a velocity model. The method includes obtaining actual seismic data representative of the subsurface region and an initial earth property model for the subsurface region, performing forward modeling using the initial earth property model to create modeled seismic data with similar acquisition specifications as the actual seismic data, calculating a residual between the actual seismic data and the modeled seismic data in a time or transform domain, and inverting the residual to generate a model produced by non-linear model update components. The system includes a data source, user interface, and processor configured to execute computer modules that implement the method. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316792 | RTM SEISMIC IMAGING WITHOUT SCRATCH DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, method and computer program product for seismic imaging implements a seismic imaging algorithm utilizing Reverse Time Migration technique requiring large communication bandwidth and low latency to convert a parallel problem into one solved using massive domain partitioning. Several aspects of the imaging problem, including very regular and local communication patterns, balanced compute and communication requirements, scratch data handling and multiple-pass approaches. The partitioning of the velocity model into processing blocks allows each sub-problem to fit in a local cache, increasing locality and bandwidth and reducing latency. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316793 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDICATING BEHAVIOR IN A POPULATION COHORT - Avatars, methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out identifying a member of a population cohort; and indicating at least one behavior in the member of the population cohort based on an association between the population cohort and at least one cohort-linked avatar. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316794 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF A SUBJECT - Embodiments provide a method which includes transmitting, by a receiving device (RD), a request message which includes a receiving device identification number (RDIN); receiving, by the RD, a registration message including a measuring device identification number (MDIN) from a measuring device (MD); registering, by the RD, the MD by means of the MDIN if the registration message from the MD includes the RDIN; receiving, by the RD, one or more data messages from the MD, each data message including the MDIN and a physiological parameter; and processing the physiological parameter in each data message, by the RD, if the MD has been registered by the RD. The range of the transmission of the request message between the RD and the MD is shorter than the range of the transmission of each data message between the MD and the RD, and/or the range of the transmission of the registration message between the MD and the RD is shorter than the range of the transmission of each data message between the MD and the RD. Embodiments also provide a corresponding monitoring system. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316795 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF CHEMICAL SPECIES WITH A SPECTRAL MODEL - The invention relates to a method of imaging at least two chemical species using magnetic resonance imaging with signal separation for two chemical species resulting in separate signal datasets for these two chemical species, the method comprising: acquiring first and second echo data at different echo times resulting in a first and second acquired complex dataset, modelling the first and second acquired dataset by employing a spectral signal model of at least one of the chemical species, said modelling resulting in a first and second modelled complex dataset, said first and second modelled dataset comprising a first and second phase error and the separate signal datasets for the two chemical species, —determining from the first and second acquired dataset and the first and second modelled dataset the separate signal datasets for the two chemical species. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316796 | SYSTEM FOR BEARING FAULT DETECTION - The present invention is directed an ultrasonic frequencies fault detecting apparatus. The present invention uses high frequency ultrasonic energy signals to analyze bearings and determine the presence of faults therein. The ultrasonic return signals are heterodyned (by amplitude demodulation) into the audio spectrum for purposes of audio detection. In addition, a FFT spectrum of the signal is displayed on a monitor for more accurate results. According to the present invention software is used to automatically analyze the FFT spectrum by comparing the current spectrum with stored spectrums of known bearing conditions as modified based on the rotary speed of the bearing and the number of balls. Once a defect in a bearing has been located in this manner using automated FFT analysis, an operator can then use a device, such as a calibrated lubricant dispenser, to effectuate maintenance and/or repair. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316797 | MODULAR FORCE SENSOR SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR BEHAVIORAL MEASUREMENT - Implementations of the present invention relate to for analyzing behavior of small live test subjects. More specifically, methods and devices of the present invention can allow a researcher to use a single device for analyzing effects of genetic modifications made to the test subjects on the test subject's behavior and movements. Additionally, the methods and devices may allow for analysis of effects that various medications may have on the test subject's behavior and movement. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316798 | System For Assessing And Displaying Activity of A Sportsman - A system assesses and displays activity of a sportsman. At least one sensor detects movement of the sportsman, and a processor processes data from the sensor to assess activity of the sportsman. A heads-up display mounted with a pair of goggles or glasses displays data indicative of the activity to the sportsman. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316799 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE OPERATING PARAMETER OF A DEVICE FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT AS A FUNCTION OF ABSOLUTE PRESSURE; THE DEVICE FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - The invention relates to a method and a device for determining at least one operating parameter of a device for extracorporeal blood treatment as a function of the absolute pressure such that the absolute ambient pressure is first set in a closed container filled at least partially with air and next with delivery means a predetermined sequence of delivery strokes of a liquid is delivered into the container or out of the container, the increase or decrease in the relative pressure in the container is measured after each delivery stroke, the total volume delivered and the relative pressure after each delivery stroke are assigned to a value pair, the absolute pressure and/or the initial air volume is/are determined on the basis of the Boyle-Mariotte law and in additional steps the at least one operating parameter is calculated and adjusted as a function of the absolute pressure. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316800 | SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING VEHICLE VIBRATION OR ACOUSTIC RESPONSE - A system for predicting vibration or acoustic responses of a vehicle to a predetermined excitation of a candidate tire of the vehicle includes a first accelerometer for measuring tire responses at a test rig to the predetermined excitation of a reference tire mounted on the rig, a second accelerometer, microphone, or other vibration or acoustic sensor for measuring vibration and acoustic responses at a location on the vehicle to the predetermined excitation of the reference tire mounted on the vehicle, and a computer for calculating transfer functions as a ratio of the vibration or acoustic responses from the second accelerometer, microphone, or other vibration or acoustic sensor divided by the tire responses from the first accelerometer. The computer predicts candidate tire responses, similar to the tire responses of the first accelerometer, of the reference tire mounted on the test rig. The computer predicts vehicle vibration or acoustic responses, similar to the vibration responses of the second accelerometer, of the candidate tire mounted on the vehicle by multiplying the predicted candidate tire responses by the transfer functions. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316801 | EMULATOR AND EMULATING METHOD OF ELECTRICAL RESPONSE OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE - An emulator of an electrical response of a biological tissue includes an artificial nerve module, a DAC module, and a mesh resistor circuit. The artificial nerve module includes a plurality of microcontrollers coupled to each other, and each of the microcontrollers has at least one control end and at least one voltage signal output portion providing a total of at least two voltage signal output ends. The DAC module includes DACs corresponding to the at least two voltage signal output ends, and each of the DACs is coupled to the voltage signal output end to output a node voltage. The mesh resistor circuit includes a plurality of first resistors and second resistors corresponding to each other, each of the first resistors and each of the second resistors corresponding to each other define a node, and the node is used to accept the node voltage. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316802 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS - A system and method for monitoring photovoltaic power generation systems or arrays, both on a local (site) level and from a central location. The system includes panel and string combiner sentries or intelligent devices, in bidirectional communication with a master device on the site to facilitate installation and troubleshooting of faults in the array, including performance monitoring and diagnostic data collection. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316803 | SEMICONDUCTOR TEST DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM - The invention concerns a system for processing semi-conductor test data relating to a plurality of dies formed by a manufacturing process on at least one silicon wafer, the system comprising: an input arranged to receive said semiconductor test data ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120316804 | TECHNIQUE FOR ARC DETECTION IN PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS AND OTHER SYSTEMS - A method includes receiving data associated with operation of a high-voltage system, determining a power spectrum associated with the data, and dividing the power spectrum into multiple bands. The method also includes filtering one or more interfering signals from the power spectrum within the bands and generating an arc detection result indicative of whether an electrical arc is present in the high-voltage system using remaining signals within the bands. Filtering the interfering signal(s) could include identifying one or more peak values at one or more frequencies in each of the bands and at least partially reducing a magnitude of the power spectrum at each of the one or more frequencies in each of the bands. The arc detection result can be generated by summing magnitudes of the remaining signals in each of the bands and applying at least one scaling factor to at least one of the summations. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316805 | ZONE SELECTIVE INTERLOCKING TEST METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER APPARATUS AND POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A circuit interrupter apparatus includes circuit interrupter and a device. The circuit interrupter includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, and a trip mechanism cooperating with the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts. The trip mechanism includes a zone selective interlocking input and a zone selective interlocking output. The device includes a first input electrically interconnected with the zone selective interlocking input, a second input electrically interconnected with the zone selective interlocking output, and an indicator circuit structured to indicate that the zone selective interlocking input occurred at the first input or that the zone selective interlocking output occurred at the second input. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316806 | Method and Device for Monitoring Energy Efficiency Performance of Equipment - The present invention discloses a method for monitoring energy efficiency performance of a device, which comprises: connecting the monitored device, obtaining input energy and output energy of the monitored device in a period of time, and calculating an energy efficiency index of the monitored device; and obtaining an energy efficiency deviation based on a standard energy efficiency index of the monitored device, and determining a state of the monitored device based on the energy efficiency deviation. The present invention further discloses a apparatus for monitoring energy efficiency performance of a device. Using the method and apparatus described above, the fine assessment for the device performance can be implemented in a simple way. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316807 | DETERMINING ELECTRICAL LOAD AND LIFESTYLE CHARACTERISTICS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for determining electrical load and lifestyle characteristics. A record receiving module receives an electrical energy usage record for premises for a predefined time period (“record period”), and receives property characteristics for the premises. The property characteristics include physical characteristics for the premises, environmental characteristics for the premises for the record period, and/or lifestyle characteristics of users of the premises. A load identification module selects a load prediction algorithm to determine if a particular type of electrical load is present at the premises. A comparison module applies the load prediction algorithm to the electrical energy usage record for the premises for at least a portion of the record period (“comparison period”) to determine if the particular type of electrical load is present at the premises. The load prediction algorithm uses the property characteristics of the premises during the comparison period. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME ENERGY MONITOR AND CONTROL - The invention generally concerns systems and methods for monitoring and controlling the power consumption of a power-consuming device. The system and method may connect to a power source and a power-consuming device, connecting the power-consuming device to the power source. The power usage of the power-consuming device may then be measured and monitored. This monitoring data may then be stored and optionally sent to a controlling device on a data network. The location of the power-consuming device may also be determined, recorded, and sent to a controlling device. The system may also control the power usage of the power-consuming device. In some cases, a remote server may connect multiple energy monitoring systems in order to gain additional efficiencies and foster a community-based social network. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316809 | VIRTUAL OPTION BOARD FOR USE IN PERFORMING METERING OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for adding functionality to a metering device. A metering device may include a microcontroller (MCU) having separate blocks of memory for storing different types of data. The MCU may store main program code as firmware in one block of the flash memory, while also storing a virtual option board as firmware in a separate block of flash memory. The main program code may be used by the metering device to implement a base level of functionality in the metering device. The virtual option board may be used by the metering device to implement additional functionality. The functionality added by the virtual option board may include customer-specific metering operations and/or market-specific metering operations. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316810 | BATTERY LIMIT CALIBRATION BASED ON BATTERY LIFE AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION - Methods and systems are provided for calibrating one or more limits of a battery of a vehicle, the battery having state of charge limits and power limits. A history of environmental conditions for the vehicle is obtained and stored in a memory. One or more of the state of charge limits, one or more of the power limits, or both are adjusted based on the history of environmental conditions and usage severity using a processor. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316811 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A REMAINING BATTERY LIFE OF A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for determining a remaining battery life of a portable terminal are provided, in which a battery checker checks the remaining battery life, upon input of a power key is being input during a power-off state of the portable terminal, and a controller for checking and displaying of the remaining battery life during the power-off state of the portable terminal. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316812 | BATTERY STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND BATTERY STATE ESTIMATION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a battery state estimation device and a battery state estimation method which identify parameter of a secondary battery with high accuracy. A current and a terminal voltage of secondary battery are detected, then by using the current measured value and terminal voltage measured value thus detected, the terminal voltage of secondary battery based on predetermined battery model is estimated, and the parameter of the secondary battery is identified such that a difference between terminal voltage measured value and voltage estimated value is converged to zero. In the identifying of parameter of secondary battery, the terminal voltage measured value and terminal voltage estimated value are subjected to filter treatment by low pass filter having a common high frequency breaking characteristic and the terminal voltage measured value and terminal voltage estimated value subjected to the filter treatment are used. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316813 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING RELIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIFETIME OF A BATTERY - A battery powering a propulsion engine of a vehicle, is controlled by determining state data representative of the operation and wear of the battery, authenticating state data using an encryption method, and transmitting authenticated state data to an on-board computer of the vehicle for display. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316814 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF HEALTH OF ELECTROCHEMICAL BATTERY CELLS - A system and method for determining the state of health of a battery. In particular, the present invention is related to a system and method for determining the state of health of an electrochemical battery cell by obtaining state of charge measurements for the battery cell, and using the state of charge measurements to calculate the state of health of the battery cell, wherein the state of charge measurements are based on the magnetic susceptibility of the battery cell. The system includes a sensing device for measuring the magnetic susceptibility of the battery cell, and a computing device for performing the steps of the disclosed method. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316815 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING DETERIORATION OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK - Disclosed is a method for evaluating deterioration of a lithium ion secondary battery, in which an impedance spectrum of a lithium ion secondary battery is measured using alternating current of a predetermined frequency range. In a diagram including an arc-like portion obtained when the impedance spectrum is represented on a complex plane defined by a resistive component axis and a capacitive component axis, the coordinates of a peak of the arc-like portion are determined. The deterioration state of the lithium ion secondary battery is evaluated on the basis of the determined coordinates of the peak. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316816 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING BATTERY CAPACITY - An electrical device is powered by a battery. The device includes transition phase determining circuitry operatively connected to the battery to determine that the battery has entered a transition phase based on the occurrence of a change in direction of current flowing through the battery. Battery capacity determining circuitry is operatively connected to the transition phase determining circuitry and configured to determine, in response the transition phase determining circuitry determining that the battery is in the transition phase, a capacity of the battery based on a transition phase battery capacity model of capacity-vs.-voltage. The transition phase determining circuitry is further configured to determine an end of the transition phase based on the transition phase battery capacity model and a non-transition battery capacity model of capacity-vs.-voltage yielding the same capacity value for a given measured voltage of the battery. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316817 | MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT FOR MEASURING DIRECT CURRENT RESISTANCE OF INDUCTOR - A circuit for measuring the DC resistance of an inductor includes an input unit, a microprocessor module, a current source and a voltage detecting unit. The microprocessor module receives signals from the input unit and generates different signals to command constant currents through the inductor by the current source. The voltage detecting unit reads voltages of the inductor and outputs the voltages obtained to the microprocessor module. According to the currents and the voltages read, the microprocessor module may calculate the DC resistance(s) of the inductor. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316818 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING MULTI-ORDERABLE MEASUREMENT DATA - A computer-based measurement monitoring system and method for monitoring multi-stage processes capable of producing multi-orderable data and identifying, at any stage in the monitored process, unacceptable deviations from an expected value at particular stages of the process, and communicating same detected deviation to facilitate corrective action in the process. The system and method consolidate data obtained at various stages of the process, arrange the measurement data in a multi-orderable data framework, compare the multi-orderable framework data with expected parameter values corresponding to the various stages, and detects-unacceptable deviations from the expected values. The unacceptable deviations are communicated to responsible personnel, and the system and method provides same personnel with supplemental information useful in diagnosing the root cause of the problem leading to the detected deviations. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316819 | Process for estimation of ballistic missile boost state - A computer-implemented method is provided for generating the estimation of current position, velocity and acceleration state vectors and associated uncertainty estimation (covariance) of a boosting ballistic missile. The method includes constructing a state tensor of the projectile from a plurality of sensor measurements in Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed (ECEF) coordinates; translating the state tensor to Cartesian coordinates as a transform state; determining a covariance matrix from the transform state; updating the transformed state as an updated transform state; and updating the covariance matrix as an updated covariance. The process can further include adjusting the covariance matrix by an approximate transition matrix and a process noise matrix. The noise matrix can be translated from a local noise matrix based on a propagation time-step, a scaling parameter, and a bias process noise level. A time-of-flight in the state tensor can be updated by smoothing from a launch event. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316820 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of positions on a surface of a measurement target object using information of light reflected from the measurement target object on which structured light is projected, a position of a light source of the structured light, and a position of a light reception unit configured to receive the reflected light and acquire the information of the reflected light, a calculation unit configured to acquire at least one of a position and a direction on the surface of the measurement target object based on the plurality of the positions, and a correction unit configured to correct at least one of the plurality of the positions based on information about an error in measurement for acquiring the plurality of the positions and at least one of the position and the direction on the surface of the measurement target object. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316821 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING INTUITIVE CONTEXT FOR ANALYSIS DATA - One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon are described. When executed, the computer-executable instructions cause at least one processor to define an analysis and an analysis data object related to a part, data for an analysis of the part at least partially available from a plurality of disparate applications related to the design, fabrication and testing of the part, verify that all the data needed for the analysis, as defined within the analysis data object, is available from at least one source of data, invoke an analysis of the part upon receipt of all of the data needed for the analysis, the analysis results populating the analysis data object, and storing the analysis data object such that the analysis results therein occur in a format unrelated to any of the applications that generated data used in the analysis. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316822 | MOVEMENT MONITOR AND USE - In a movement monitor, at least one sensor for determining the acceleration and altitude differences is provided in addition to at least one sensor for determining location information. These sensors are linked in such a way that they are suitable for determining the energy conversion during a movement. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316823 | Ballistic missile phase categorization technique - A computer-implemented analysis method is provided for identifying a flight trajectory of a bogey relative to earth's surface. The method includes a first step of obtaining first and second altitudes and velocities of the bogey separated by a first time interval. The second step calculates a first difference between the first and second velocities divided by the first time interval to obtain an acceleration vector. The third step calculates an acceleration magnitude from the acceleration vector. The remaining steps characterize the vectors and magnitude to report whether the bogey represents a ballistic projectile in a particular phase of Boost, Apogee or Descent. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316824 | Aerial bogey discrimination technique - A computer-implemented analysis method is provided for identifying a flight trajectory of a bogey relative to earth's surface. The method includes a first step of obtaining first and second altitudes and velocities of the bogey separated by a first time interval. The second step calculates a first difference between the first and second velocities divided by the first time interval to obtain an acceleration vector. The third step determines the direction of the velocity vector. The fourth step determines whether direction of the second velocity vector exceeds an upward pointing threshold. The fifth step determines whether the acceleration vector is negative and substantially perpendicular to earth's surface as a second result being valid. The sixth step reports that the bogey represents a ballistic projectile in response to the first and second results. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316825 | LENS ALIGNING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING LENS - A lens aligning device includes: a decentering detection mechanism for measuring a first lens decentering amount; a aligning position calculation control mechanism for calculating a target inter-lens decentering amount by using Formula ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120316826 | METHOD OF ALIGNING, ALIGNING PROGRAM AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROFILE EVALUATING SYSTEM - A method of aligning that aligns a measurement point group and a design point group by an arithmetic processing unit, the measurement point group including a plurality of measurement points obtained by measuring a workpiece by a measuring instrument, and the design point group including a plurality of design points specified by design data of the workpiece, comprises selecting a partial point group from the measurement point group, performing an alignment processing of the partial point group and the design point group to calculate a shift parameter, shifting the measurement point group using the shift parameter, and performing an alignment processing of the measurement point group after shifting and the design point group. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316827 | INTERNAL MEASUREMENT COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A system for measuring dimensions and/or other internal properties of a shoe, garment or other object of interest is described. The system includes a fixture having a measurement tip. When the tip is placed inside of the object of interest, a processor collects positional data from the fixture to develop a three-dimensional model of the interior of the object. If the measurement tip includes one or more pressure sensors, the processor may collect pressure data and use the pressure data to include stretch properties in the three-dimensional model. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF A PISTON OF A PISTON CYLINDER THROUGH THE USE OF MICROWAVES - A method for detecting the position of a piston of a piston cylinder is provided. A microwave transmit signal is emitted in the direction of the piston and microwaves reflected from the piston are detected. The transmit signal comprises a modulated signal with a base frequency sinusoidally modulated at a modulation frequency. An evaluation of the phase between transmit signals and receive signals is performed. A phase determination at the baseband and a simultaneous phase determination at at least one sideband are also performed. The phase determination at the baseband is used for fine determination of the piston position and the phase determination at the at least one sideband is used for coarse determination of the piston position. Bandpass filtering on receive signals and evaluation transmit signals is performed with respect to the base frequency or an intermediate frequency. Bandpass filtering is performed with respect to the modulation frequency. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316829 | METHOD FOR LOCATING THE POSITION OF WHEELS OF A VEHICLE - A method for localization the position of wheels of a vehicle includes: storing, for each wheel, an image of the intensity of the signal originating from an electronic module fitted to the wheel; controlling the emission by each electronic module of a sequence of n signals emitted with predetermined time intervals; computing for each sequence of n signals, the temporal variation of the correlation coefficients between each signal of the sequence and each of the stored images; computing the peak of correlation of the correlation coefficients of each of the n signals and the temporal position over a wheel revolution of each of the n peaks of correlation; and selecting, for each stored image, the wheel at the origin of the emission of sequences having the highest peaks of correlation associated with time intervals corresponding to the time intervals of emission of the n signals of the sequences. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316830 | COUPLED MULTI-WAVELENGTH CONFOCAL SYSTEMS FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS - A system for measuring a distance to a substrate includes a first light source, emitting a first wavelength on a region of the substrate though a lens. A second light source emits a second wavelength region of the substrate through the lens. A first and second detector are configured to detect the first and second wavelength light reflected from the substrate. A processor is configured to compute a first response function wherein the first response function represents reflected light intensity emitted from the first light source as a function of the distance between the imaging device and substrate. A second response function represents reflected light intensity emitted from the second light source as a function of the distance between the imaging device and substrate. A ratio response function represents the ratio of the first and second response function as a function of distance between the imaging device and substrate. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316831 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ALTITUDE - A method and system for altitude determination is provided. The altitude determination may be provided with the use of a dynamic mapping of altitude parameters and calculated altitudes for respective locations. The dynamic mapping may be provided by data received from users on a wireless network and/or public databases. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316832 | TECHNICAL METHOD, A MAINTENANCE DEVICE, AND AN AIRCRAFT - The present invention relates to a maintenance method for a piece of equipment ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120316833 | Method and Apparatus for Analysing Data Representing Attributes of Physical Entities - Methods for analysis of electronic data which comprises, for each of a set of physical entities, attribute values representing attributes of the respective physical entity and an outcome value representing an observed outcome for the entity which may be used to generate a model for predicting the outcome value for another physical entity of the same type. The data is processed using a statistical modelling method to generate a model based on the data. The method then involves calculating a case deleted estimate of the outcome value for each of the set of physical entities using the processor; calculating a measure of the deviance of the case deleted estimates from the actual outcome values in the input data; and outputting the calculated deviance measure to the data storage for retrieval by a user. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316834 | PASSIVE CAPACITIVELY-COUPLED ELECTROSTATIC (CCE) PROBE METHOD FOR DETECTING PLASMA INSTABILITIES IN A PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER - A method for detecting plasma instability within a processing chamber of a plasma processing system during substrate processing is provided. The method includes collecting a set of process data, the process data including a set of induced current signals flowing through a measuring capacitor. The method further includes converting the set of induced current signals into a set of analog voltage signals and converting the set of analog voltage signals into a set of digital signals. The method also includes analyzing the set of digital signals to detect high frequency perturbations, the high frequency perturbations indicating the plasma instability. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316835 | ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD AND ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM - A method and system for detecting an anomaly or a fault in equipment such as a plant. A method of representing the state of the equipment is offered. Output signals from multidimensional sensors are treated as subjects. (1) Normal learning data is created. (2) An anomaly measurement is calculated by a subspace classifier or other method. (3) Trajectories of motions of observational data and learning data are evaluated and their errors are calculated by a linear prediction method or the like. (4) The state of the equipment is represented using the anomaly measurement and the trajectories of the motions. (5) A decision is made regarding an anomaly. A case-based reasoning anomaly detection consists of modeling the learning data by the subspace classifier and detecting candidate anomalies based on the distance relationship between the observational data and the subspace. The trajectories of the motions are based on modeling using a linear prediction method. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316836 | Methods for assessing reliability of a utility company's power system - Methods are provided for assessing reliability of a power system of a utility company. At least one main overview display is obtained. Violation markers are displayed on the one main overview display. A monitored elements tab is updated with a list of monitored elements. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316837 | SYSTEM FOR ONLINE/OFFLINE SINGLES-PAIRING WITH KEEPING/REJECTING MULTI-COINCIDENCES FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY - A method of processing, by a processor of a computer, positron emission tomography (PET) information obtained from a PET detector, including the steps of obtaining a singles event list that includes a plurality of single event entries, each entry corresponding to a single event detected by the PET detector and including a timestamp, energy information, and crystal position information; and determining, based on the timestamp and the crystal position information of each entry and a predetermined coincidence time period, all event pairs within the plurality of single event entries, each event pair consisting of two single events whose respective timestamps differ by less than the predetermined coincidence time period, wherein the determining step determines that an event pair exists when at least two, but no more than k, single events are found within a given time window, wherein k is an integer value greater than or equal to two. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A NETWORK OF SENSORS - In a network of sensor nodes, operational efficiency may be increased by configuring the sensor nodes so that sensor agents may be transferred to alternative sensor nodes to process sensor node data, such as when the host sensor node is in a low-power mode. A processing node of the network may be configured to retrieve real-time data from a sensor node, but if real-time data is not available, the processing node may perform calculations on cached data retrieved from a processor node cache or data of a nearby sensor node. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316839 | COMPUTER BASED MODELS FOR WEBS OF MATERIALS - Methods of using computer based models for simulating the physical behavior of webs. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316840 | AUTOMATIC POSITIONING OF SECONDARY OBJECTS - A computer-aided design station for use in computer-aided design of a modeled object includes a display device configured to display the modeled object and at least one secondary object in a viewing area, an interface device configured to receive user inputs relating to the modeled object and the viewing area, and a processor operably coupled to the display device and the interface device. The processor is configured to cause the display device to display an alignment tool in the viewing area in response to user input and cause the display device to display at least one attach point of the secondary object in response to user input. The processor is also configured to detect when the alignment tool is moved to a position within a first preselected distance from the secondary object and automatically align the secondary object with respect to the alignment tool. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316841 | Merging of Modeled Objects - A computer-implemented method for merging a first and second modeled object which are modified versions of an initial modeled object and are defined by a first and second graphs. The method comprises merging the first graph and the second graph. For this, the method comprises computing a first rewriting rule and a second rewriting rule corresponding respectively to a transformation of an initial graph into the first graph and the second graph, determining a third rewriting rule by assembling the first rewriting rule and the second rewriting rule, and computing a merged graph by applying the third rewriting rule to the initial graph. Such a method is an improvement for the merging of modeled objects. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316842 | AUTOMATIC EXTREMUM DETECTION ON A SURFACE MESH OF A COMPONENT - A datum line, such as the leading or trailing edge of an aerofoil component, is identified on a surface mesh of the component for use in a simulation. The method includes the steps of: defining a reference coordinate system including a direction X, which may be a general flow direction over the component; defining a span variable that varies along the component in a forwards marching direction, for example corresponding to the root to tip direction of the aerofoil; selecting a first frontal node on the datum line; using a Pareto front algorithm to define the datum line at an extremity of the surface mesh with respect to the X direction, the Pareto front algorithm evaluating a criterion for dominated nodes and operating on a Pareto variable to select successive connected frontal nodes that form the datum line. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING SPORTS-RELATED INFORMATION - Systems and methods of broadcasting real time information regarding a game of golf to multiple users across a network. An embodiment involves receiving requests from one or more users interested in a golf player currently playing a game of golf, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors related to a golf player, applying predictive models to the received sensor data, and transmitting the predicted data to external users. Embodiments of the systems and methods may be used to provide alerts to users or to provide statistics or other useful information to users, including the golf player. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA INVERSION WITH PHASE UNWRAPPING - A system and computer-implemented method for inverting data from an area of interest to determine physical properties of the area of interest is disclosed. The method includes transforming the data into a Fourier frequency domain to obtain frequency domain data wherein the frequency domain data includes an amplitude portion and a phase portion, performing phase unwrapping of the phase portion of the frequency domain data to generate an unwrapped phase portion, and inverting the unwrapped phase portion to determine the physical properties of the area of interest. The method may also extrapolate the phase. The data inverted may be, for example, seismic data or synthetic aperture radar data. The system includes a data source, a user interface, and a processor configured to execute computer modules designed to execute the method. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316845 | Systems and Methods for Distributed Calculation of Fatigue-Risk Prediction and Optimization - Distributed computing methods and systems are disclosed, wherein intensive fatigue-risk calculations are partitioned according to available computing resources, parameters of the fatigue-risk calculation, time-sensitive user demands, and the like. Methods are disclosed wherein execution-cost functions are used to allocate accessible computing resources. Additional methods include partitioning calculation tasks by user-prioritized needs and by general mathematical features of the calculations themselves. Included herein are methods to calculate only prediction-maximum likelihoods instead of full probability distributions, to calculate prediction likelihoods using Bayesian prediction techniques (instead of full re-tabulation of all data), to collate interim results of fatigue-risk calculations where serial results can be appropriately collated (e.g., serial time-slice independence of the cumulative task involved), to use simplified (e.g., linear, first-order) approximations of richer models of fatigue prediction, to assign user-identified priorities to each computational task within a plurality of such requests, and the like. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316846 | SELF-CONTAINED PLACEMENT OF DATA OBJECTS IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - Systems and methods for optimal data storage are provided. The method comprises storing data objects that are most closely related in a storage container by modeling a constraint satisfaction problem for placement of said data objects in one or more storage containers, wherein a weight is assigned to an edge connecting two data objects based on an association defining relationships between the two data objects connected by said edge, taking into account certain penalties for placing multiple copies of the same object in the one or more storage containers, and wherein a storage container comprises a logical or physical storage area as a unit of storage. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316847 | PROSPECT ASSESSMENT AND PLAY CHANCE MAPPING TOOLS - Prospect assessment and play chance mapping tools are provided. For assessing potential resources, example systems provide dynamically linked chance maps, transformed in real time from geological properties. Input geological maps or other data are dynamically linked to resulting chance maps, so that changes in the input maps automatically update the chance map in real time. Users can generate a custom risk matrix dynamically linking geological maps with chance maps via interface tools, dropping maps directly into the matrix. A transform may programmatically convert the geologic domain to the chance domain. The user can navigate input maps, select areas of interest, and drag-and-drop geologic properties into an uncertainty engine and distribution builder for uncertainty assessment based on geologic reality. A merge tool can programmatically unify multiple geological interpretations of a prospect. The merge tool outputs a single chance of success value for multiple geologic property values at each grid node. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316848 | SPH FLUID SIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-LEVEL VORTICITY, RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - Provided are a sub-particle scale turbulence simulation method for SPH fluid, and a system and recording medium for the method. In the present disclosure, by combining a multi Eulerian grid with a SPH system, various Eulerian grids are combined with the SPH system while the vorticity of particles is efficiently calculated, which allows firm detection of a deformation region. For this reason, along with the flexibility and simplicity of the multiple grids system, the present disclosure may be easily expanded to a broad spectrum in aspects of time and space. Moreover, the present disclosure may express multi-level vorticity, which could not be expressed by an existing SPH system, and give a stable and visually satisfactory result. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316849 | Cost Evaluation and Prediction - A mechanism is provided for enabling prediction of a cost between an origin and a destination even in the case of insufficient past route information. Data D, which includes an origin, a destination, and information on cost between these points, is prepared as well as a subroutine for calculating cost c | 2012-12-13 |
20120316850 | FULL WAVEFORM INVERSION USING COMBINED SHOT DATA AND NO SCRATCH DISK - A system, method and computer program product for seismic imaging implements a seismic modeling algorithm utilizing Forward Wave Inversion technique for revising Reverse Time Migration models used for sub-surface modeling. The technique requires large communication bandwidth and low latency to convert a parallel problem into one solved using massive domain partitioning. The partitioning of a velocity model into processing blocks allows each sub-problem to fit in a local cache, increasing locality and bandwidth and reducing latency. The RTM seismic data processing utilizes data that includes combined shot data, i.e., shot data selected from amongst a plurality of shots that are combined at like spatial points of the volume. An iterative approach is applied such that the correction term RTM generates at each iteration in the iterative approach is used for refining the model, and the updated model is used for generating a further refined RTM model. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316851 | PARAMETER PROMOTION IN A BLOCK DIAGRAM MODELING ENVIRONMENT - A computational device receives, from a user, a selection of a block, a subsystem or multiple blocks from a block diagram modeling environment, and presents, to the user, a set of parameters associated with the block, subsystem, or multiple blocks. The computational device receives, from the user, selection of a first subset of parameters from the set of parameters, and creates a customized dialog box by promoting the selected first subset of parameters to the customized dialog box, wherein the customized dialog box permits editing of values associated only with the first subset of parameters. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316852 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE OPERATION OF A SUPPLY NETWORK - An exemplary arrangement for determining set point values for controllable elements in a network that includes a management system for driving elements of the network and a plurality of processing units. The arrangement also includes at least one simulation unit with a simulation environment for generating a hydraulic simulation model of the network, and an optimization unit with an optimization environment for converting and simplifying the hydraulic simulation model. The optimization environment receives exported data from the simulation environment, generates a simplified optimization model from the exported data through an algorithm that is implemented through program code executed by a processor, and uses the optimization model and at least one of received additional data and measurement and field data to calculate optimized flow charts as temporally changeable set point value series for driving elements in the network and providing the driven elements to the management system. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316853 | COMPUTER BASED METHODS FOR SIMULATING ROTATIONAL DRAG FORCE - Computer based methods for simulating rotational drag forces experienced by rotating objects. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316854 | VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING AND TESTING FOR MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT - A system and method of developing better-designed medical devices, particularly cardiovascular stents and endovascular grafts. The system comprises a geometry generator, a mesh generator, a stress/strain/deformation analyzer, and a visualization tool. Using analysis, preferably non-linear analysis, the stress/strain/deformation analyzer determines the predicted stresses, strains, and deformations on the candidate medical device. Such stresses, strains, and deformations may optionally be simulated visually using a visualization tool. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316855 | Using Three-Dimensional Representations for Defect-Related Applications - Various embodiments for using three-dimensional representations for defect-related applications are provided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316856 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS IN A NETWORK - The embodiments relate to modeling wireless communications in a network. In wireless communications, the nodes share one or more wireless communication channels. When a node has data to transmit, it must contend with the other nodes for access to the wireless communication channel. In the embodiments, the model is configured to simulate the throughput effects of contention including delays caused by retransmissions due to interference and collisions, listen-and-backoff, unavailability of time slots, etc. The occurrence of failed/dropped transmissions due to buffer overflows, excessive retransmission attempts, and unintended collisions are modeled as well. In addition, the embodiments may simulate the effect of mobility by the nodes and the effect of the location of the nodes relative to each other. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316857 | Method for Circuit Simulation - A computer-implemented method for simulating an electrical circuit. The method includes (a) setting a first temperature distribution in the electrical circuit, (b) performing an electrical simulation across the electrical circuit taking into consideration the first temperature distribution, (c) performing a thermal simulation across the electrical circuit taking into consideration a result of the electrical simulation, to obtain a second temperature distribution, and (d) determining whether a criterion for termination the simulation is met. If the criterion is met, terminate the simulation. If the criterion is not met, assign the second temperature distribution to the first temperature distribution, and repeat steps (b), (c), and (d). | 2012-12-13 |
20120316858 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING PARALLEL EXECUTION IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM AND IN A CIRCUIT SIMULATOR - A method and mechanism for implementing a general purpose scripting language that supports parallel execution is described. In one approach, parallel execution is provided in a seamless and high-level approach rather than requiring or expecting a user to have low-level programming expertise with parallel processing languages/functions. Also described is a system and method for performing circuit simulation. The present approach provides methods and systems that create reusable and independent measurements for use with circuit simulators. Also disclosed are parallelizable measurements having looping constructs that can be run without interference between parallel iterations. Reusability is enhanced by having parameterized measurements. Revisions and history of the operating parameters of circuit designs subject to simulation are tracked. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316859 | EMBEDDED BUS EMULATION - A bus emulation device in accordance with one aspect of the present description includes an embedded microcontroller and a nonvolatile memory carried on a body. The memory contains firmware which includes boot code adapted to boot the microcontroller to operate in one of a plurality of dedicated operating modes in response to a mode switch. These dedicated operating modes include a learning mode in which bus signals generated by other bus devices are recorded in the nonvolatile memory, and an emulation mode in which recorded bus signals are retransmitted over the bus in response to received signals, to emulate a bus device. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316860 | DYNAMIC VIDEO CAPTION TRANSLATION PLAYER - A caption translation system is described herein that provides a way to reach a greater world-wide audience when displaying video content by providing dynamically translated captions based on the language the user has selected for their browser. The system provides machine-translated captions to accompany the video content by determining the language the user has selected for their browser or a manual language selection of the user. The system uses the language value to invoke an automated translation application-programming interface that returns translated caption text in the selected language. The system can use one or more well-known caption formats to store the translated captions, so that video playing applications that know how to consume captions can automatically display the translated captions. The video playing application plays back the video file and displays captions in the user's language. | 2012-12-13 |
20120316861 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED MULTI-PLATFORM COMMUNICATION INCLUDING REAL-TIME LANGUAGE TRANSLATION - Disclosed are systems and methods for performing real-time language translations. These methods include integration of a plurality of modes of communication that can be implemented by both the sender and recipient of the message. Disclosed embodiments translate an incoming message, for example using a plurality of web-based translators. The system selects the preferred translation and transmits at least the preferred translation to the recipient via the recipient's preferred mode of communication. Disclosed embodiments allow the message recipient to change language selections on-the-fly. Disclosed embodiments enable the recipient to view the alternate translations from the plurality of web-based translators and select a translation of choice. The system uses this crowd sourcing information as feedback to improve the method. | 2012-12-13 |