02nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120010800 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE MANAGEMENT FOR FUEL CONSERVATION METHOD - A method includes controlling an aircraft during descent, and controlling the engine pressure ratio of a jet engine so that the engine has a substantially equal pressure at the exhaust, and at the front of the engine during the descent. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010801 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a control device which uses a specific physical quantity as a control variable of an internal combustion engine, and controls the internal combustion engine by manipulation of one or a plurality of actuators, switching of setting of a manipulation variable based on a required value of a physical quantity and setting of the manipulation variables by direct instruction to individual actuators is performed without generating discontinuity in a realized value of the physical quantity. When a manipulation variable instruction value directly designating a manipulation variable of an actuator is present, the manipulation variable instruction value is converted into a value of a physical quantity which is realized in the internal combustion engine by the operation quantity instruction value. When a deviation between a physical quantity conversion value converted from the manipulation variable instruction value and the physical quantity required value is within a predetermined range, switch of information for use in setting of the manipulation variable of each of the actuators is permitted. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010802 | METHOD FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITHIN A HYBRID POWERTRAIN - A hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, an electro-mechanical transmission and an electric machine. In an engine starting routine, flow control devices located proximate each combustion chamber in the engine initially restrict airflow into the cylinders to allow for a starter motor to rotate the engine at lower expansion and compression torque whereafter rotation of the engine is transitioned to the electric machine. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010803 | VEHICLE ARRIVAL PREDICTION USING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES INCLUDING PASSENGER BUS ARRIVAL PREDICTION - A system, method and computer program product for estimating a vehicle arrival time. The system receives information representing prior travel times of vehicles between pre-determined vehicle stops along a vehicle route. The system receives real-time data representing a current journey. The current journey refers to a movement of a vehicle currently traveling along the route. The system calculates a regular trend representing the current journey based on the received prior travel times information and the received real-time data. The system computes a deviation from the regular trend in the current journey. The system determines a future traffic status in subsequent vehicle stops in the current journey. The system estimates, for the vehicle, each arrival time of each subsequent vehicle stop based on the calculated regular trend, the computed deviation and the determined future traffic status. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010804 | Method and System for Conclusively Capturing a Violation of the Speed Limit on a Section of Road - By means of the method according to the invention, a vehicle is detected when it drives into and out of a specified section of a roadway, the detection time is acquired, and an image recording in which the vehicle registration plate of the vehicle is detected is produced so as to be associated with each detection time. The image recordings in which the same vehicle registration plate was determined are correlated, and an average speed is determined from the difference of the associated detection times and the known length of the section of road and is compared with a specified maximum speed. If a speeding violation is determined, a high-resolution image recording of the driver of the vehicle is generated. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010805 | VEHICLE-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PERSONAL INFORMATION AND EVENTS - Various embodiments may include a vehicle-based system and method for managing a user's personal information and events. A user's personal communications (such as verbal and non-verbal communications) may be monitored to identify one or more unscheduled personal events. A determination may be made whether the unscheduled personal events conflict with one or more previously scheduled personal events or personal events pending for scheduling. The scheduled personal events or pending personal events may be obtained from recorded conversations, emails, text messages, social networking messages, and the like. Based on the determination, one or more actions may be taken on the unscheduled personal events. A determination may also be made whether to add the contact with whom the user is having a personal communication to the user's address book based on whether a personal relationship exists with the contact. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010806 | METHODS FOR FORECASTING FLIGHT PATHS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND SOFTWARE - Mobile computing device implemented methods, and associated systems, devices, and software for forecasting flight paths associated with a unique-flight. Methods may include prior to departure of the unique-flight, retrieving from a flight-data-server via the Internet an initial-forecasted-flight-path based on flight-path-data for the unique-flight, and displaying indicia associated with the initial-forecasted-flight-path. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010807 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH TRAFFIC ESTIMATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: calculating a travel segment of a navigation route, the travel segment having a travel feature; estimating a base time for the travel segment; estimating an incremental time for the travel feature; and calculating a travel time with the base time and the incremental time for displaying on a device. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010808 | Driving Support System - A driving support system includes a lane detecting unit for detecting lanes around a vehicle, a route correcting unit for correcting a route along which the vehicle is expected to travel taking into consideration an obstacle on the route after the route has been recognized by lanes detected by the lane detecting unit, and a control unit for controlling the vehicle on the basis of the positional relation between the corrected route determined by the route correcting unit and the vehicle. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010809 | NAVIGATIONAL UNIT AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GOAL - The invention relates to a navigational unit | 2012-01-12 |
20120010810 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMALLY RECORDING GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION DATA - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for optimally recording or transmitting positional data and events of an object, said apparatus including input means to continuously provide positional data to a microprocessor and a memory device to store selected positional data wherein the microprocessor is programmed to compares new positional data from said input means to previously recorded log of positional data and creates a new log if the new positional data differs from the previously recorded log in accordance with pre-determined parameters. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010811 | ROUTE INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE AND ROUTE INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD - Provided is a moving path information generating apparatus that acquires the position necessary for generating moving path information at low power consumption. The moving path information generating apparatus includes an azimuth information acquisition section ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120010812 | Method and System for Determining Position of an Inertial Computing Device in a Distributed Network - A system for retrieving information about a position of an inertial computing device (ICD) for use in an application, which includes a network of local positioning docks (PDs), each capable of docking an ICD by restricting three dimensions of a physical position of the ICD near one of the PDs; a database capable of storing information about the positions of the PDs within the network; a calculator capable of determining, based on a position of a positioning dock (PD), the position of the ICD; and an application programming interface (API) connected to the database and capable of outputting the position of a PD to the ICD. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010813 | Device for Backing Up Calibration Information and Aircraft Instrument Panel Including the Device - A device is provided for backing up calibration information for an air navigation instrument intended to be installed in an aircraft, the air navigation instrument comprising a first connector intended to be connected to a second connector belonging to the aircraft. The invention also relates to an aircraft instrument panel including the device. According to the invention, the backup device is connected between the first and the second connectors. The device comprises a third connector similar to the first connector and connected to the second connector and a fourth connector similar to the second connector and connected to the first connector. All the links from the second connector pass through the device to the fourth connector with no electrical interaction with the device. The device comprises backup means, connected only to the air navigation instrument, by means of the first and fourth connectors. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010814 | Method and system for calculating a quantity for a route segment extending between two points on a digital map - A method and system are provided for calculating a quantity for a route segment extending between two points on a digital map, the points corresponding to two geographical locations, the quantity representing a distance between the two geographical locations or an estimated time for travelling between the two geographical locations, the method comprising; determining a base quantity for the route segment, determining a first parameter corresponding to a first condition between the two geographical locations, determining a second parameter corresponding to a second condition between the two geographical locations, determining an additional quantity based on the first parameter and the second parameter such that the influence of the second parameter on the size of the additional quantity depends on the first parameter, calculating a modified quantity for the route segment based on the base quantity and the additional quantity, and generating a signal based on the modified quantity. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010815 | NAVIGATION SERVER AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation server is equipped with a support route searching element which searches for a support route from a departure position to a destination position, on the basis of a journey plan and a support map information of a support map information database, a support information retrieving element which retrieves discount information satisfying discount conditions of a toll of toll roads, on the basis of the departure time of the mobile body and the support route, and a support data creating element which transmits discount notice data which is capable of making the car navigation system output the discount information while omitting information arithmetic processing using navigation map information to the car navigation system. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010816 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, ROUTE SEARCH SERVER, ROUTE SEARCH AGENT SERVER, AND NAVIGATION METHOD - In a navigation system, that finds routes and provides navigation extending across countries or regions, navigation is performed for cases in which languages differ in the countries or regions being navigated. The navigation system is equipped with first and second route search servers ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120010817 | Continuous Gravity Survey of a Borehole - Gravity measurements from a borehole gravity survey are obtained by continuously moving the gravity meter within the borehole. Movement-induced acceleration errors are quantified and subtracted from the gross measurements from the gravity meter to obtain actual gravity values at a multitude of measurement points within the borehole. Acceleration errors are calculated from the second differential of the true vertical depth of the gravity meter, which is computed measured length and weight and elongation characteristics of a cable which suspends the gravity meter in the borehole, upper and lower tension measurements in the cable, and the topography of the borehole. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010818 | Collecting Control Source Electromagnetic Signals - Concurrently measuring, correlating, and processing magnetic and electric field data includes measuring base band signals, and then up-converting those band signals to a higher frequency for filtering, while at the same time preserving phase and amplitude information. All timed elements in the system are rigorously synchronized. The increased data set results in improved signal-to-noise ratio and information correlation. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010819 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PULSED NEUTRON MEASUREMENT - A method of estimating at least one property of an earth formation includes: constructing a matrix model of a formation; constructing a shale model of the formation, the shale model including an estimation of a concentration of at least one trace element; combining the first model and the second model to generate a formation model; and comparing measured pulsed neutron data with the mixed model to estimate the at least one property. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010820 | Fresnel Zone Fat Ray Tomography - A stable method for using fat-ray tomography to determine a high-resolution velocity model of the subsurface from seismic data ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120010821 | Nucleic Acid Abundance Ratio Measurement Device, Method, and Program Storage Medium, Determination Method and Nucleic Acid Abundance Ratio Measurement Kit - A nucleic acid abundance ratio measurement device includes a detection section that detects a detection signal over different temperature ranges of a melting curve for a nucleic acid mixture having one or more melting temperatures, and an abundance ratio computation section that computes a nucleic acid abundance ratio based on a ratio of characteristic amounts obtained from the detection signal detected by the detection section and based on detection amount data. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010822 | FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY COMPENSATION METHOD AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATION DEVICE - A fluorescence intensity compensation method, includes: receiving, with photodetectors having different input wavelength bands, fluorescence emitted from fluorochromes excited by irradiating light on microparticles multiply-labeled by a plurality of fluorochromes with overlapping fluorescence wavelengths; collecting detected values for the photodetectors; and obtaining a measurement spectrum, by approximating, from the linear sum of single-stain spectrums obtained from microparticles individually labeled with the fluorochromes; wherein approximation of the measurement spectrum by the linear sum of the single-stain spectrums is performed using the restricted least-square method. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010823 | System for the quantification of system-wide dynamics in complex networks - A device, method and system are provided for diagnosing a disease using a gene expression reader to analyze biological samples and output gene expression values to calculate a scaling factor using a computer by counting a number of link counts C | 2012-01-12 |
20120010824 | Non-Invasive Method for Assessing Liver Fibrosis Progression - The present invention relates to a non-invasive method for assessing liver fibrosis progression in an individual, said method comprising the steps of calculating the ratio of fibrosis level to cause duration and to a non-invasive method for assessing liver fibrosis progression in an individual, said method comprising the steps of measuring, at two different times t | 2012-01-12 |
20120010825 | GAS CHROMATOGRAPH WITH DIGITAL PROCESSING OF A THERMOCONDUCTIVITY DETECTOR SIGNAL - A gas chromatograph operable to analyze a sample gas comprising a carrier gas and components. The gas chromatograph includes a bridge circuit with a sample sensor connected therein. A servo amplifier is connected to the bridge circuit and is operable to maintain the sample sensor at a constant temperature. An output of the servo amplifier is digitized and is used to quantify the components in the sample gas. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010826 | STYLUS ABRASION DETECTION METHOD AND SURFACE PROPERTY MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A stylus abrasion detection method includes obtaining a measurement curve of a standard specimen in which an unevenness that changes periodically is formed on a surface, by causing a stylus to trace along the surface of the standard specimen, detecting a displacement of the stylus in a direction perpendicular to the tracing direction, and using the displacement for obtaining the measurement curve; performing a frequency analysis on the measurement curve; calculating an abrasion amount of the stylus from a result of the frequency analysis; and displaying the abrasion amount calculated by the abrasion amount calculation. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010827 | FRICTION TEST APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ANTIPERSPIRANT/DEODORANT PRODUCTS - A friction test system for an antiperspirant/deodorant (APDO) product generally includes a substrate having a test surface and a mount assembly configured to hold the APDO product in contact with the test surface and maintain an applied force between the APDO product and the test surface such that the applied force is substantially normal to the test surface. An actuator (e.g., a linear actuator) is configured to move the mount assembly laterally along an axis substantially perpendicular to the applied force during a testing mode. A force sensor is configured to determine the frictional force experienced by the APDO product during the testing mode. A processor coupled to the mount assembly, the actuator, and the force sensor, is configured to determine the coefficient of friction of the APDO product with respect to the test surface based on a ratio of the applied force and the frictional force. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010828 | DETERMINATION OF SUBGRADE MODULUS AND STIFFNESS OF PAVEMENT LAYERS FOR MEASUREMENT OF BEARING CAPACITY UNDER FAST MOVING WHEEL LOAD - The present invention directed to rolling weight deflectometers having sensors to measure pavement deflection, and to provide test data to determine the subgrade modulus and equivalent thickness of pavements. This information is then utilized to determine more than deflection and according to the present invention is utilized to determine critical strain parameters that can be applied to predict bearing capacity, rutting and roughness characteristics of pavements. This invention enhances the value of pavement testing while at the same time allowing for testing systems having fast moving wheel loads. The collected data can be used to determine vertical compressive strain and horizontal tensile strain, which can be more valuable for the prediction of remaining life time and recommendations for repair and maintenance. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010829 | Fault diagnosis method, fault diagnosis apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium - A fault diagnosis may perform a statistical analysis based on a fault report of a semiconductor device, in order to output a feature that becomes the cause of the fault depending on a contribution of the feature to the fault. A process of grouping circuit information of the semiconductor device into N groups using one kind of feature as an index may be performed for K kinds of features, in order to group the circuit information into K×N groups. A sum total of feature quantities of partial circuits belonging to each of the groups may be output in a form of a list of learning samples. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING POWER LINE EVENTS - Systems and methods for classifying power line events are disclosed. Classifying power line events may include receiving measured data corresponding to a signal measured on a power line, such as proximate a substation bus or along the power line, determining from the measured data that the power line event has occurred, extracting at least one event feature from the measured data, and determining at least partially from the at least one event feature at least one probable classification for the power line event. The systems may include an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) connected to the power line and a processor linked to the IED. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010831 | INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY - An intelligent electronic device (IED) having a programmable display is provided. The present disclosure provides for defining screens of a display on a revenue based energy meter. The method utilizes Modbus registers and defines a programming technique wherein a user can custom make any desired screen for every application based on what a user needs. The programming utilizes Modbus registers maps to allow for the customizable screens. Moreover, the display interface allows for customized labeling to provide notice and information to users as to measured parameters other than electricity that the meter might be accumulating such as steam, water, gas or other type of commodity. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010832 | MONITORING METHOD AND MONITORING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTROSTATIC COATING PLANT - Exemplary monitoring methods and monitoring devices are disclosed, e.g., for an electrostatic coating plant which coats components with a coating agent that is electrically charged by means of a high voltage device. An exemplary monitoring method comprises determining a first operating variable of a high voltage device, comparing the first operating variable to a limit value, and initiating a safety measure if the comparison between the first operating variable and the limit value indicates a disturbance in the electrostatic coating plant. The limit value may be flexibly adjusted depending on the operation mode. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010833 | INTELLIGENT ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an intelligent energy control system to be connected to power lines e.g. in a building, said system comprises power line interfaces such as outlets and switches. The system further comprises a PC interface and wherein both said power line interfaces and said PC interface are adapted to be connected to said power lines and to transmit and receive information signals via said power lines,
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20120010834 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a voltage measuring unit and a determining unit. The voltage measuring unit measures a voltage across the positive and negative terminals of a set of a plurality of dye-sensitized solar cells connected in series. The determining unit determines the number of the dye-sensitized solar cells not generating electricity according to the amount of voltage drop across the positive and negative terminals from the voltage across the positive and negative terminals in the initial state in which all the dye-sensitized solar cells of the set generate electricity at the voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010835 | INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM WITH SIGNAL RECOGNITION - An intrusion detection system comprises an intrusion detector, preferably a microphone for picking up infrasound, and a signal processor. Signals from the detector are split into two channels of different frequency ranges and processed separately in the two channels, and signal characteristics are compared between the two channels. Conclusions are drawn regarding the original signal source, on the basis of the comparison between the two channels. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010836 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION MAPPING SYSTEM - Apparatus for radiation mapping of a region comprises a spectrum analyzer for analyzing a local radiation field according to wavelength, and a positioning unit for obtaining a position reading to correlate with said local radiation field, thereby to provide said radiation mapping. The results may be provided as layers to a map, and different layers may be provided for different frequencies and different times of the day. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010837 | Design-Dependent Integrated Circuit Disposition - A method of integrated circuit (IC) disposition includes the steps of determining one or more disposition criteria based at least in part on statistical timing of a given IC design; and determining whether a given IC according to the given IC design satisfies the one or more disposition criteria based at least in part on one or more measurements of at least one test structure. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010838 | CALIBRATION OF A DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - Calibration of a device using electromagnetic waves to determine a distance to a surface, which device comprises a pulse generator, a real time sampler and a calibration unit having a signal generator for generating a calibration signal with a predefined frequency. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL GENERATION VIA A TEMPERATURE SENSING CRYSTAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Aspects of the invention may comprise an integrated circuit comprising a memory, a temperature sensor, a crystal, and a communication module. Data stored in the memory may indicate a frequency of the crystal as a function of temperature and/or time. The memory may be writable via the communication module. Data stored in the memory of the integrated circuit may be updated based on an age and/or time of use of the integrated circuit. The time of use may be one or both of: how long the crystal has been oscillating since its most-recent start up, and how long the crystal has been in use over its lifetime. An electronic device may calculate a frequency of an oscillating signal output by the crystal based on a temperature indication from the temperature sensor and data read from the memory of the integrated circuit. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010840 | CALIBRATION DEVICE FOR A FORCE-MESURING DEVICE, AND FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE - The invention concerns a calibration device ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120010841 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN ON-LINE APPEARANCE SENSOR SYSTEM - A system, apparatus and method are provided for adjusting an on-line appearance sensor system (OnLASS) for color and other appearance characteristic(s) of a web product produced during a production run of a web production system. The OnLASS is calibrated and its setting(s) are sent to a color error minimizer (CEM). The OnLASS measures a first appearance characteristic of the web product during the production run and the on-line measurement is sent to the CEM. After the production run, a second appearance characteristic of the web product is measured with an off-line appearance sensor system (OffLASS) and the off-line measurement is sent to the CEM. The CEM compares the on-line and off-line appearance measurements and adjusts at least one setting based on the comparison. The adjusted setting(s) are sent to the OnLASS. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010842 | Self-Calibration Procedure For Optical Polarimeters - A procedure for self-calibration of an optical polarimeter has been developed that eliminates the need for “known” input signals to be used. The self-calibration data is then taken by moving a polarization controller between several random and unknown states of polarization (SOPs) and recording the detector output values (D | 2012-01-12 |
20120010843 | IN-PLACE MANAGEMENT OF SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT RECIPES - Systems and methods for managing optical inspection target components are disclosed. A method may include, but is not limited to: storing at least one external recipe component at an inspection tool node; associating at least one proxy component with the at least one external recipe component; associating the at least one external recipe component with at least one optical inspection target recipe; and storing the at least one optical inspection target recipe including the at least one proxy component in a recipe distribution server. A method may include, but is not limited to: receiving a selection of at least one recipe associated with an optical inspection target to be inspected at a first inspection tool node; and determining whether one or more external recipe components associated with the recipe are stored on at least one of the first inspection tool node and a second node. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010844 | Sensors, systems, and methods for measuring fluid perturbation - Sensors, systems, and methods for measuring fluid perturbation are provided. One system includes a sensor module, a data management system, and a control system. In operation, data representing fluid is generated and recorded on the sensor module. During generating and recording, the sensor module is preferably partially submerged in a conductive fluid. The sensor module transmits the data representing fluid to the data management system in response to receiving data representing a record request from the data management system. Next, the data management system operates on the received data representing fluid to convert the data representing fluid into data representing fluid perturbation. Then the data management system stores the data representing fluid perturbation and transmits the data representing fluid perturbation to the control system. The control system stores the data representing fluid perturbation and displays the data representing fluid perturbation. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010845 | Self Contained Boiler Sensor - A system and method is presented for a multi-sensor component for an HVAC system. The multi-sensor component comprises a sensor assembly, having one or more detectors, comprising a plurality of temperature detectors operable to measure a temperature of an object or a medium, a presence detector operable to detect the presence of the object or medium, and a pressure detector operable to measure a pressure of the medium. The multi-sensor component also comprises a sensor monitor operably coupled to the detectors of the sensor assembly and configured to use a detection algorithm operable to detect one or more of the temperature, pressure and presence of the object or medium, the sensor monitor configured to verify a health of the one or more detectors of the sensor assembly, and also comprises a sensor housing or thermo-well or combination thereof having the sensor assembly and the sensor monitor affixed therein. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010846 | HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION FIBER OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR - High resolution distributed temperature sensors using fiber optic distributed temperature sensing systems deployed on various carriers to significantly improve spatial resolution and provide high resolution temperature profile and detection of fluid or fluid interface levels. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010847 | ADJUSTABLE HIGH PRECISION SURVEYING DEVICE - Methods and devices for use in surveying operations are provided. A device is provided for selectively connecting to surveying equipment, such as a surveying pole, and is adapted for accurately adjusting a reference point in at least two axes. The device is adapted to work in conjunction with additional surveying equipment, such as theodolites and transits as well as one or more central processing units for analyzing, storing, and providing data. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010848 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ROTATION SPEED OF A SUPERCHARGER IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for determining the rotation speed of at least one supercharger in an internal combustion engine; the method includes detecting, by means of a microphone, the intensity of a sound signal generated by the rotation of the supercharger and determining the evolution of the frequency content of the sound signal over time; determining, completely irrespective of the sound signal, a first estimation of the rotation speed of the supercharger by means of which an interval of plausible frequencies for the rotation speed of the supercharger may be determined; determining a second estimation of the rotation speed of the supercharger according to the frequency content of the sound signal within the interval of plausible frequencies and validating the second estimation of the rotation speed of the supercharger by means of the first estimation of the rotation speed of the supercharger. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010849 | RESOLVER SIGNAL CONVERTER AND RESOLVER SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD - A resolver signal converter and a resolver signal conversion method amplify and perform analogue-digital conversion on a sine wave output from a resolver; thereafter, among frequency components of the sine wave output, pass and thereby extract a predetermined bandwidth of which the center frequency is the frequency of an excitation signal, by means of a band-pass filter; sample the sine wave output while synchronizing the sine wave output with a reference signal which is based on the excitation signal; and generate a detection angle signal sine value from the sampled signal. Similarly, a detection angle signal cosine value is generated from a cosine wave output from the resolver. A detection angle is calculated based on the detection angle signal sine value and the detection angle signal cosine value. Accordingly, an influence, on an input resolver signal, of disturbance noise such as noise caused due to a magnetic field generated by a motor and switching noise caused due to PWM driving, is eliminated, and frequency dependence of arithmetic processing is eliminated. As a result, detection angle errors are reduced. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010850 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A measurement apparatus comprises a measurement head including a detector which detects an interference light between test light and reference light and a processing unit. The processing unit calculates an optical path length difference between the reference light and the test light from the detected interference light, calculates a test wavefront and a reference wavefront based on a nominal value of a shape of the surface to be measured and optical information of an optical component in the measurement head, calculates a wavefront difference, calculates a phase error, corrects the calculated optical path length difference based on the calculated phase error, calculates a distance between the reference point and the surface to be measured, and calculates the shape of the surface to be measured, based on the calculated distance between the reference point and the surface to be measured, and coordinates of the reference point. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF CONCEALED CARGO IN A VEHICLE BY CENTER OF MASS MEASUREMENT - A system and computer-implemented method for detecting concealed cargo and/or concealed passengers in a vehicle includes obtaining weight distribution data for the vehicle; obtaining vehicle loading data; measuring a center of mass of the vehicle to obtain an actual center of mass position of the vehicle; and executing one or more computer program modules configured to determined a predicted center of mass position of the vehicle using the obtained vehicle loading data and the obtained weight distribution data of the vehicle; compare the actual center of mass position of the vehicle with the predicted center of mass position of the vehicle; and provide a signal if the actual center of mass position of the vehicle departs from the predicted center of mass position of the vehicle by at least a predetermined threshold, the signal being representative of concealed cargo and/or concealed passengers in the vehicle. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010852 | METHOD FOR MONITORING WIND TURBINES - A method for determining damage to a rotor blade of a wind turbine, includes at least the following time-domain-analysis steps: measuring the vibrations of a rotor blade by means of an acceleration sensor; obtaining event-time intervals, in which the amplitudes of the measurements steadily exceed a threshold; obtaining the number of these event-time intervals in at least a predetermined analysis time interval; and sending an error signal, when the obtained number of the event-time intervals is above a predetermined threshold for a predetermined analysis time interval. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010853 | SENSOR BIAS ESTIMATION FOR MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS TRACKER - A method for measuring sensor bias and a method for estimating sensor bias is provided. Road location data is obtained. Sensor observation data is obtained. A sensor observation is identified that corresponds to an on-road target moving on a known road. A measurement of one-dimensional sensor bias is formed. As one-dimensional sensor bias measurements accumulate, multi-dimensional sensor bias is estimated. Sensor bias estimates may then be incorporated into a multiple hypothesis tracker system. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010854 | Quantum Efficiency Measurement System and Method of Use - A system for measuring a characteristic of a solar cell is disclosed and includes a light source irradiating an optical signal having a spectral range from about 100 nm to about 3000 nm, a wavelength selector configured to selectively narrow the spectral range of the optical signal, a beam splitter, a reference detector in optical communication with the beam splitter and configured to measure a characteristic of the optical signal, a specimen irradiated with the optical signal, a reflectance detector in optical communication with the specimen via the beam splitter and configured to measure an optical characteristic of the optical signal reflected by the specimen, a multiplexer in communication with at least one of the reference detector, specimen, and reflectance detector, and a processor in communication with at least one of the reference detector, specimen, and reflectance detector via the multiplexer and configured to calculate at least one characteristic of the specimen. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010855 | System and method for controlling remote sensors - A system and method for controlling one or more remote sensors includes wirelessly communicating with the sensors, monitoring operation of each one of the sensors, and causing any one of the sensors that is operating in an unauthorized manner to be disabled. In one embodiment, the sensors can include micro-mechanical structure supporting electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry is capable of monitoring at least one performance parameter of the sensor, comparing the monitored parameter to a preset limit, and disabling the sensor if the preset performance limit is exceeded. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010856 | WIRELESS DATA RETRIEVAL AND COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREFOR - A data retrieval and collection system is described. The system includes a plurality of measurement sensors, and at least one transmission unit associated with and interchangeably coupled to each of said measurements sensors. Each transmission unit includes an input for receiving measurement data from its respective sensor. The measurement data is received in a format specific for the respective sensor. An output communicates the measurement data. The system further includes an addressable base unit to be placed in communication with each transmission unit. The base unit automatically receives the measurement data from each transmission unit. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010857 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPLEX TIME MEASUREMENTS - Apparatus used in an automatic test equipment, comprising a plurality of system modules. Each system module comprises a Time Measurement Unit. The Time Measurement Unit comprises a Global Time Stamping Module. The Global Time Stamping Module comprises a plurality of Global Time Stamping Cores that comprising: an information receiving section for receiving at least two information, an event receiving section for receiving at a Core Input events, an event determining section for determining events of interest from said received events appearing on said Core Input, and an instructing section for instructing a Time Stamp Memory to record a current status of a Time Stamp Counter corresponding to the Clock Information, if an event of interest is determined. The Global Time Stamping Module further comprises a supplying section for supplying said plurality of Global Time Stamping Cores with a common time base. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010858 | SIGNAL EVALUATING DEVICE AND SIGNAL EVALUATING METHOD - A signal evaluating device comprises: a binarizing portion for binarizing an input signal; a run length measuring portion for measuring the run length of the input signal during the evaluating interval, using the output of the binarizing portion as the input; and evaluating means for calculating, from the measurement results of the run length measuring portion, a distribution wherein the noise frequency distribution included in the input signal during the evaluating interval is assumed to be a geometric distribution, and for evaluating whether or not the input signal is valid through comparing the calculated frequency to the run length frequency obtained from the measurement results by the run length measuring portion (probability calculating portion, noise frequency calculating portion, and validity evaluating portion). | 2012-01-12 |
20120010859 | FREQUENCY PHYSICAL CARRIER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, MEDICAL THERAPY AND HUMAN, ZOOTECHNCAL AND AGRONOMIC ENHANCEMENT - Physical carrier wherein radiation frequencies are recorded, obtained by a process including the stages of:
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20120010860 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR ENGINE INSTALLATION INTEGRATION - A computer program product including a program that causes the computer to perform operations when the computer executes the program includes instructions to provide an engine specification interface to a user over a web-based application, and to receive an application specification including a three-dimensional description of application space available to accommodate an engine and a parameter for an engine application. The instructions include accessing an engine specification in response to the parameter for the engine application, where the engine specification includes a three-dimensional digital description of an engine and specified additional hardware. The instructions include evaluating compatibility between the engine specification and the application specification, and providing a CAD file to the user, where the CAD file includes the three-dimensional digital description of an engine and specified additional hardware. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010861 | Method for optimal selecting LED light sources and implementing full spectrum light - A method for optimal selecting light-emitting diode (LED) light sources for full spectrum lighting is disclosed. The optimal selecting method includes the following steps: gathering a plurality of spectral power distributions corresponding to LED light sources; arranging the spectral power distributions to obtain a matrix A corresponding to the LED light sources; calculating a reconstructed coefficient, which is a least-square approximation of the matrix with respect to a spectral power distribution of a CIE standard illuminant; and selecting a best combination of the LED light sources according to the reconstructed coefficient. An LED light source assembly is also disclosed. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010862 | WAVE MODELLING - A computer implemented method of modelling propagation of a wave through a first space. In one embodiment, the instructions store data in the memory representing a first space and a second space, the first space being within the second space, wherein the second space comprises a plurality of calculation blocks, each calculation block that generates a value representing propagation of a wave at a point in the second space, each calculation block carrying out a calculation to determine a value for the point in the second space represented by the calculation block based upon a value generated by at least one other calculation block, and store data in the memory defining at least one boundary defining the first space within the second space, the at least one boundary further dividing the second space into at least two spaces outside of the first space. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010863 | SIMULATOR AND VEST FOR SIMULATING THE STRESSES ON A HUMAN BODY BEING GENERATED IN THE COURSE OF THE MOVEMENT OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a simulator for simulating the stresses on a human body generated in the course of the movement of a vehicle, having a control element, a control unit, a display device of the surroundings and actuating elements. So that the full imitation of all physical inertia forces acting on the human body in the course of the various driving conditions is achieved, the invention provides that the control unit is connected with the actuating elements, and that the actuating elements are connected with the human body by means of an element (vest | 2012-01-12 |
20120010864 | Use of devices for measuring fluid movement conditions at a distance to reduce the design and manufacturing cost of moving-fluid-driven working devices - The present invention incorporates a device for measuring fluid movement conditions at a distance, such as LIDAR, into an underlying device for extracting useful work from a moving fluid, such as a wind turbine, for the purpose reducing the cost of designing and manufacturing the underlying device. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010865 | Reservoir Quality Characterization Using Heterogeneity Equations With Spatially-Varying Parameters - A method is disclosed wherein an expression is selected to approximate measurement-based values of a geologic attribute along a dimension of a subsurface formation as a function of position along the dimension. Values for terms of the expression are determined such that the expression satisfies an objective function to within a predetermined amount. The objective function indicates a difference between outputs of the expression and the measurement-based values at similar points along the dimension. The expression and the values of the terms of the expression are outputted, which includes mapping the terms of the expression to represent the geologic attribute in the subsurface formation such that the geologic attribute is described at all locations in the subsurface formation using the expression and the values of the terms of the expression. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010866 | USE OF COMPUTATIONALLY DERIVED PROTEIN STRUCTURES OF GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS IN PHARMACOGENOMICS FOR DRUG DESIGN AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS - Provided herein are computer-based methods for generating and using three-dimensional (3-D) structural models of target biomolecules. In particular, the target biomolecules are protein structural variants derived from genes containing genetic variations, or polymorphisms. The models are generated using molecular modeling techniques, such as homology modeling. The models can be used in structure-based drug design studies to identify drugs that bind to particular structural variants in structure-based drug design studies, for designing allele-specific drugs, population-specific drugs and for predicting clinical responses in patients. Molecular structure databases containing protein structural variant models also are provided. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010867 | Personalized Medicine System - A method, computer program product and system for providing an architecture for context aware computing that transforms data obtained from a plurality of sources into a plurality of predictive models and contexts. The predictive models and contexts support a plurality of context aware applications. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010868 | FAULT SUPPORT IN AN EMULATION ENVIRONMENT - An emulator is disclosed that allows for diagnoses of failures or defects within the emulator. A map of faulty resources is generated to identify which resources should be avoided during compilation. Thus, in a transparent and automated manner, defects found during diagnostics are stored in a database of unusable emulator resources. A compiler has access to the database and compiles the design taking into account unusable resources. In another embodiment, the defects of an emulator board are stored on the emulator board itself. This allows each board to store its own maintenance information that can be used at the manufacturing site for changing defective chips. Defects stored on the board itself allow the defects to be obtained independent of a position of a board within the emulator to simplify identification of the faulty resource. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010869 | VISUALIZING AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION AND MACHINE - An automated speech processing method, system and computer program product are disclosed. In one embodiment, a speech-to-text (STT) engine is used for converting an audio input to text data in a source language, and a machine translation (MT) engine is used for translating this text data to text data in a target language. In this embodiment, the text data in the target language is rendered on a display device, and different visualization schemes are applied to different parts of the rendered text data based on defined characteristics of the STT engine and the MT engine. In one embodiment, the defined characteristics include a defined confidence value representing the accuracy of the rendered text. For example, this confidence value may be based on both the accuracy of the conversion of the audio input and the accuracy of the translation of the text data to the target language. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010870 | ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY AND DICTIONARY WRITING SYSTEM - Described herein is a computer implemented method for creating content for electronic dictionaries. An exemplary system includes a user interface, entry filtration system, and interface tools for dictionary entry comparison, entry merge, and visual markup of changes. Many dictionaries may be accessed and used in one user interface window. A user may enter a grammatical, syntactic and semantic markup which may be helpful when the user translates a word or a text directly from an electronic document. An appropriate lexical meaning may be selected during translation from among several lexical meanings depending on a grammatical, syntactic and/or semantic context of a word or phrase. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010871 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a display apparatus that is provided with a button that can be used by users of different native language-types with names that are registered as character strings in language-types displayable on the display apparatus. Accordingly, when a user switches language-types to be displayed, the button is displayed with a name as a character string in the switched language-type among the registered character strings, which allows users of different native language-types to understand the button name, thus enhancing the usability of the apparatus. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010872 | Method and System for Semantic Searching - In one embodiment, there is provided a computer-implemented method and system for implementing the method. The method comprises: preliminarily analyzing at least one corpus of natural language text comprising for each sentence of each natural language text of the corpus, performing syntactic analysis using linguistic descriptions to generate at least one syntactic structure for the sentence; building a semantic structure for the sentence; associating each generated syntactic and semantic structure with the sentence; and saving each generated syntactic and semantic structure; for each corpus of natural language text that was preliminarily analyzed, performing an indexing operation to index lexical meanings and values of linguistic parameters of each syntactic structure and each semantic structure associated with sentences in the corpus; and searching in at least one preliminarily analyzed corpora for sentences comprising searched values for the linguistic parameters. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010873 | SENTENCE TRANSLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are a sentence translation apparatus and method. The sentence translation apparatus includes a voice recognition unit, a morphemic part-of-speech tagging unit, a pause extraction unit, and a sentence separation unit. The voice recognition unit creates a sentence in a first language based on results of recognition of a voice in a first language. The morphemic part-of-speech tagging unit tags morphemic parts of speech from the sentence in the first language. The pause extraction unit extracts pause information from the voice in the first language. The sentence separation unit separates the sentence in the first language based on information about the morphemic parts of speech tagged by the morphemic part-of-speech tagging unit and the pause information extracted by the pause extraction unit. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A REPRESENTATIVE PHRASE BASED ON KEYWORD SEARCHES - Provided is a method and system for providing a representative phrase with respect to a real time popular keyword, which may determine programs including a popular keyword from broadcast information, and may generate a representative phrase with respect to the popular keyword using the determined programs, thereby providing the representative phrase by combining the generated representative phrase and the popular keyword. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010875 | CLASSIFYING TEXT VIA TOPICAL ANALYSIS, FOR APPLICATIONS TO SPEECH RECOGNITION - An assignment device ( | 2012-01-12 |
20120010876 | VOICE INTEGRATION PLATFORM - A voice integration platform and method provide for integration of a voice interface with a data system that includes stored data. The voice integration platform comprises one or more generic software components, the generic software components being configured to enable development of a specific voice user interface that is designed to interact with the data system in order to present the stored data to a user. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPEECH SYNTHESIS WITH A CACHE OF PHONEME SEQUENCES - Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing speech synthesis. The method embodiment comprises applying a first part of a speech synthesizer to a text corpus to obtain a plurality of phoneme sequences, the first part of the speech synthesizer only identifying possible phoneme sequences, for each of the obtained plurality of phoneme sequences, identifying joins that would be calculated to synthesize each of the plurality of respective phoneme sequences, and adding the identified joins to a cache for use in speech synthesis. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010878 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Provided is a communication apparatus for direct communication between networks of different types. The communication apparatus includes a transmission data selector determining whether or not data input from a first communication network is speech data, a data processor digitizing and packetizing the data transferred from the transmission data selector, and a modem for converting the digitized and packetized data into analog data and then directly transmitting the analog data to a second communication network different from the first communication network through a speech channel. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010879 | SPEECH ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE - A linear prediction coefficient of a signal represented in a frequency domain is obtained by performing linear prediction analysis in a frequency direction by using a covariance method or an autocorrelation method. After the filter strength of the obtained linear prediction coefficient is adjusted, filtering may be performed in the frequency direction on the signal by using the adjusted coefficient, whereby the temporal envelope of the signal is transformed. This reduces the occurrence of pre-echo and post-echo and improves the subjective quality of the decoded signal, without significantly increasing the bit rate in a band extension technique in the frequency domain represented by SBR. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010880 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING A REPRESENTATION OF A BANDWIDTH-EXTENDED SIGNAL ON THE BASIS OF AN INPUT SIGNAL REPRESENTATION USING A COMBINATION OF A HARMONIC BANDWIDTH-EXTENSION AND A NON-HARMONIC BANDWIDTH-EXTENSION - An apparatus for generating a representation of a bandwidth-extended signal on the basis of an input signal representation includes a phase vocoder configured to obtain values of a spectral domain representation of a first patch of the bandwidth-extended signal on the basis of the input signal representation. The apparatus also includes a value copier configured to copy a set of values of the spectral domain representation of the first patch, which values are provided by the phase vocoder, to obtain a set of values of a spectral domain representation of a second patch, wherein the second patch is associated with higher frequencies than the first patch. The apparatus is configured to obtain the representation of the bandwidth-extended signal using the values of the spectral domain representation of the first patch and the values of the spectral domain representation of the second patch. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010881 | Monaural Noise Suppression Based on Computational Auditory Scene Analysis - The present technology provides a robust noise suppression system which may concurrently reduce noise and echo components in an acoustic signal while limiting the level of speech distortion. An acoustic signal may be received and transformed to cochlear domain sub-band signals. Features such as pitch may be identified and tracked within the sub-band signals. Initial speech and noise models may be then be estimated at least in part from a probability analysis based on the tracked pitch sources. Speech and noise models may be resolved from the initial speech and noise models and noise reduction may be performed on the sub-band signals and an acoustic signal may be reconstructed from the noise-reduced sub-band signals. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010882 | CONSTRAINED AND CONTROLLED DECODING AFTER PACKET LOSS - A technique is described herein for reducing audible artifacts in an audio output signal generated by decoding a received frame in a series of frames representing an encoded audio signal in a predictive coding system. In accordance with the technique, it is determined if the received frame is one of a predefined number of received frames that follow a lost frame in the series of the frames. Responsive to determining that the received frame is one of the predefined number of received frames, at least one parameter or signal associated with the decoding of the received frame is altered from a state associated with normal decoding. The received frame is then decoded in accordance with the at least one parameter or signal to generate a decoded audio signal. The audio output signal is then generated based on the decoded audio signal. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010883 | TRANSCRIPTION DATA EXTRACTION - A computer program product, for performing data determination from medical record transcriptions, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a medical transcription of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, analyze the transcription for an indicating phrase associated with a type of data desired to be determined from the transcription, the type of desired data being relevant to medical records, determine whether data indicated by text disposed proximately to the indicating phrase is of the desired type, and store an indication of the data if the data is of the desired type. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010884 | Systems And Methods for Manipulating Electronic Content Based On Speech Recognition - Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying electronic multimedia content to a user. One computer-implemented method for manipulating electronic multimedia content includes generating, using a processor, a speech model and at least one speaker model of an individual speaker. The method further includes receiving electronic media content over a network; extracting an audio track from the electronic media content; and detecting speech segments within the electronic media content based on the speech model. The method further includes detecting a speaker segment within the electronic media content and calculating a probability of the detected speaker segment involving the individual speaker based on the at least one speaker model. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010885 | System and Method for Unsupervised and Active Learning for Automatic Speech Recognition - A system and method is provided for combining active and unsupervised learning for automatic speech recognition. This process enables a reduction in the amount of human supervision required for training acoustic and language models and an increase in the performance given the transcribed and un-transcribed data. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010886 | Language Identification - A language identification system suitable for use with voice data transmitted through either a telephonic or computer network systems is presented. Embodiments that automatically select the language to be used based upon the content of the audio data stream are presented. In one embodiment the content of the data stream is supplemented with the context of the audio stream. In another embodiment the language determination is supplemented with preferences set in the communication devices and in yet another embodiment, global position data for each user of the system is used to supplement the automated language determination. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010887 | SPEECH RECOGNITION AND VOICE TRAINING DATA STORAGE AND ACCESS METHODS AND APPARATUS - Embodiments include a speech recognition system and a personal speech profile data (PSPD) storage device that is physically distinct from the speech recognition system. In the speech recognition system, a PSPD interface receives voice training data, which is associated with an individual, from the PSPD storage device. A speech input module produces a digital speech signal derived from an utterance made by a system user. A speech processing module accesses voice training data stored on the PSPD storage device through the PSPD interface, and executes a speech processing algorithm that analyzes the digital speech signal using the voice training data, in order to identify one or more recognized terms from the digital speech signal. A command processing module initiates execution of various applications based on the recognized terms. Embodiments may be implemented in various types of host systems, including an aircraft cockpit-based system. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010888 | Method and System for Speech Synthesis and Advertising Service - Methods and systems for providing a network-accessible text-to-speech synthesis service are provided. The service accepts content as input. After extracting textual content from the input content, the service transforms the content into a format suitable for high-quality speech synthesis. Additionally, the service produces audible advertisements, which are combined with the synthesized speech. The audible advertisements themselves can be generated from textual advertisement content. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010889 | VOICE INTERACTION METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL BASED ON VOICEXML AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention discloses a voice interaction method of a mobile terminal based on VoiceXML and a mobile terminal, which comprises: converting received voice information into a VoiceXML document, parsing the VoiceXML document according to a preset VoiceXML document framework, searching the information of the function which needs to be realized by the voice information corresponding to the VoiceXML document; mapping found function information to the function corresponding to the particular function of the man-machine interface, and informing the mapped function to the man-machine interface; performing VoiceXML response document conversion on the response information from the man-machine interface, and playing the conversion result via a corresponding voice information. According to the technical solution of the present invention, the advanced intelligence and complex voice interaction can be realized, and the transportability of voice interaction is improved. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010890 | POWER-OPTIMIZED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - The present invention is an Always On, Hands-free, Speech Activated, Power-optimized Wireless Communications Device with associated base. The unique value of the device is that a person can use the device at any time, | 2012-01-12 |
20120010891 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING MULTICHANNEL SIGNAL - An apparatus and method for encoding/decoding a multi-channel signal may be provided. The apparatus of encoding a multi-channel signal may insert information about whether to encode a phase parameter indicating phase information of a plurality of channels, included in the multi-channel signal, in a bitstream of the multi-channel signal. The apparatus of decoding a multi-channel signal may determine whether to up-mix a mono signal using the phase parameter based on the information about whether to encode. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING COMPLEX CALCULATIONS IN SOCIAL SERVICES - Disclosed are embodiments that may provide a system, computer readable storage medium and a computer-implemented method for confirming and updating the type of benefits and an amount of service benefits to be provided to a recipient. The back end of the computer system may generate an entitlement document according to a services plan. A payment document containing data items indicating the type of benefits, the amount of services benefits to provide to the recipient, and a payment of the benefit may be generated according to the current entitlement document. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE HANDLING & MASS PROCESSING OF CALCULATION DOCUMENTS - Disclosed are embodiments that may provide a system, computer readable medium and a computer-implemented method for calculating gross payment items to provide monetary benefits to a recipient. The disclosed embodiments may include generating an entitlement document for a benefit plan. The entitlement document may contain data indicating the type of benefits to be provided and a plurality of entitlement items that each may include an entitlement amount for an entitlement period. The method may further include calculating due dates for the entitlement periods according to a due date rule, comparing the calculated due dates to a reference date to determine due dates are in the future; and for any entitlement period having a due date in the future, determining whether the entitlement amounts are a constant; and if true, generating a compressed gross payment item (GPI) to represent all future entitlement periods. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010894 | NO EMISSION SERVICE STATION PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention provides a no-emissions service station for electric vehicles including an electricity provision system for charging at least one battery inside an electric vehicle from a master charger unit, a control system in communication with the at least one electric vehicle and the master charger unit adapted to enable the master charger unit to charge the at least one battery inside the electric vehicle and a payment system adapted to charge a fee to a user of the electric vehicle. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010895 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BAGGAGE CHECK AND PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISEMENT - A luggage tag system includes a main portion comprising an elongated portion for forming a loop to attach the luggage tag system to a piece of luggage; a removable portion detachable from the main portion; a unique serial number provided on both the main portion and the removable portion; an area of the removable portion comprising a printed coupon or prize indicator; and an adhesive panel covering the area to prevent the area from being seen until the adhesive panel is removed. Any portion of the adhesive panel that is separated from the removable portion of the tag system loses its ability to adhere to the removable portion so that premature removal of the adhesive panel, in whole or in part, is detectable. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010896 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CLASSIFY REPORTS - Methods and apparatus to classify reports are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining a type of an examination associated with a report; obtaining an identification of a person associated with the report; using the identification to determine whether the person associated with the report is specialized in the type of the examination; when the person associated with the report is specialized in the type of the examination, classifying the report as associated with a specialist; when the person associated with the report is unspecialized in the type of the examination, classifying the report as associated with a non-specialist; and presenting a document consumer with an indication of the classification of the report. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010897 | Security Enabled Medical Screening Device - Embodiments of the invention pertain to networked kiosks capable of providing enhanced health and/or entertainment and/or advertising information. In an embodiment of the invention, biometric measurement devices coupled with a communications infrastructure implement a system of secure information exchange and enhanced user security. In an embodiment of the invention, a user's cell phone wirelessly connected via the machine to a call center or other responder to allow for consultation when appropriate. In an embodiment of the invention, a security/verification system is built into the, kiosk, so as to be able to verify a user's identity. For example, one or more cameras associated with the kiosk provide various types of visual data usable for security purposes e.g., retinal scan data, face recognition parameter data, and so on. In further embodiments of the invention, other security features are provided additionally or alternatively. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010898 | Method of Optimizing Healthcare Services Consumption - A method of optimizing healthcare services consumption according to the invention includes the steps of assessing the healthcare situation of an employer providing healthcare benefits to a population, identifying a first group of patients from the population likely to generate expensive healthcare claims based on data representing past claims, periodically determining whether patients in the first group have satisfied certain predetermined healthcare requirements, identifying a first group of providers who provide high quality, cost efficient healthcare services based on the practice patterns of the providers, prompting patients who have not satisfied the predetermined healthcare requirements to obtain services from providers in the first group, and responding to healthcare requests from patients by determining whether the requesting patient is seeking services from a provider in the first group, and, if not, urging the patient to obtain such services from a provider in the first group. | 2012-01-12 |
20120010899 | CLINICAL TEST INFORMATION SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A clinical test information system configured to: receive, through an operation of the input unit, a selection of one of a first display form and a second display form for displaying a plurality of test items in a classified state; and cause, if receiving the selection of the first display form, a display unit to display a screen showing the plurality of test items in a state classified according to a first category, and cause, if receiving the selection of the second display form, the display unit to display a screen showing the plurality of test items in a state classified according to a second category. Also, a non-transitory storage medium which can be used in the test information system. | 2012-01-12 |