07th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090043455 | Vehicle seatbelt usage technology - An apparatus for indicating or signaling persons or entities outside of a vehicle, for example law enforcement personnel, that one or more occupants of the vehicle are not utilizing their seatbelts. A method of indicating or signaling persons or entities outside of a vehicle that one or more occupants of the vehicle are not utilizing their seatbelts is also disclosed. Methods of use of the apparatus and making the apparatus are also disclosed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043456 | VEHICLE DOOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE CONTROL DEVICE - An apparatus for vehicle door deflection and movement control. The apparatus includes a primary electromagnetic device disposed generally in a vehicle door frame or generally in an area of a vehicle body adjacent the vehicle door frame, and a controller for activating the primary electromagnetic device to push or pull the vehicle door frame. The apparatus may further include a sensor for measuring vehicle door deflection during vehicle movement. The controller may activate the primary electromagnetic device based on deflection measurements by the sensor to pull the vehicle door frame to generally cancel the vehicle door deflection. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043457 | Vehicle control device - A vehicle control device has first and second transmission circuits that communicate by radio with a portable unit and also has a control section that, when the portable unit is confirmed to be correct, engages in a permission mode that permits the start of an engine. The first and second transmission circuits transmit first and second request signals from first and second transmission antennas to first and second communicatable areas respectively. When a back door is detected to be open, the control section does not permit the start of the engine even if an ID code signal is returned from the portable unit in response to the second request signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043458 | System for adjusting direction of optical axis of headlight - In a system for controlling a headlight of a vehicle to be controlled, a distance detector detects a distance between the controlled vehicle and an other vehicle ahead thereof. A determiner determines a first target direction for an optical axis of the headlight in a vertical direction when it is assumed that the optical axis of the headlight passes through a target located at the detected distance with respect to the controlled vehicle. The target has a predetermined height above a predetermined reference point. The predetermined height of the target is unchanged irrespective of change in the detected distance. A first adjuster adjusts the direction of the optical axis of the headlight in the vertical direction so that the direction of the optical axis is matched with the determined first target direction. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043459 | MOTOR GRADER BLADE POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - a ground engaging vehicle having a tool connected to the vehicle, at least one actuator coupled to the tool and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is controllably coupled to the at least one actuator. The controller includes an operator interface. The controller is configured for issuing a plurality of commands, recording the commands, positioning the tool and replaying at least some of the commands. The issuing step includes issuing a plurality of commands to the at least one actuator using the operator interface to place the tool in a position relative to the vehicle. The recording step records the commands issued in the issuing step. The positioning step includes positioning the tool in another position different from the position. The replaying step includes replaying at least some of the commands recorded in the recording step, thereby repositioning the tool substantially in the original position. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043460 | Wheel tractor scraper production optimization - A method for enhancing productivity for an excavating machine is disclosed. The method includes determining at least one cycle characteristic for an operating cycle of the excavating machine. The method also includes measuring payload accumulated by the machine during a loading phase of an operating cycle of the excavating machine. The method further includes controlling payload accumulated by the machine based on at least one of the at least one determined cycle characteristics. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043461 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LONGITUDINALLY BALANCING AN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE - A method and device for longitudinally balancing an agricultural vehicle, in particular a tractor, whereby at least one sensor, for detecting at least one respective stress affecting a longitudinal attitude of the agricultural vehicle, controls an actuating device of a ballast to move the ballast longitudinally along the agricultural vehicle, which at least partly compensates for the stress. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043462 | Worksite zone mapping and collision avoidance system - A worksite mapping system is disclosed. The worksite mapping system has a receiving module configured to receive a position and a characteristic of an object at a worksite, a positioning device configured to determine a position of a mobile machine at the worksite, and a controller in communication with the receiving module and the positioning device. The controller is configured to generate an electronic map of the worksite, and an electronic representation of the object on the electronic map based on the received position. The controller is further configured to generate at least one boundary zone around the object based on the received characteristic, and an electronic representation of the mobile machine on the electronic map based on the determined position. The controller is further configured to initiate a collision avoidance strategy in response to a mobile machine entering the at least one boundary zone. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043463 | Systems and methods for controlling transmission shifting during vehicle braking along a decline - In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for controlling transmission downshifting of a vehicle. The systems and methods monitor vehicular conditions continuously throughout vehicle travel such that downshifting may occur during braking along a decline and are not influenced by and do not interfere with road grade calculation systems. In one embodiment, a system comprises sensors that monitor vehicular conditions. The sensors transmit signals indicative of vehicular conditions to an electronic controller that processes the signals. The electronic controller generates instructions for downshifting where the processed signals indicate vehicle travel along a decline and when downshifting would not cause exceeding of a maximum revolutions per minute limit. The instructions are transmitted to a transmission system that downshifts the transmission gear position according to the instructions. The electronic controller cancels the instructions for the downshifting when the degree or duration of accelerator pedal depression exceed predefined values. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043464 | Method and device for specifying an output variable of a drive unit - In a method for checking the operation of specifying an output variable of a drive unit, when a setpoint value of the output variable is specified, a check is performed as to whether this specification of the setpoint is caused by an operation of the control element. If it is determined that this is not the case, then an error is detected. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043465 | Vehicle control apparatus and method - In a case where, in order to stop a hybrid vehicle on a hill, a brake device is turned on and then the shift lever is shifted to the parking position (“P” position) to lock a parking-lock device and then the brake device is turned off and then the brake device is turned on despite that torsional torque is acting on the drive shaft, a motor generator, which is an inertial object having a large weight, is driven to rotate in a rotational direction corresponding to the direction of gradient of the road, so that the resultant rotational torque is transmitted to a sun gear, to pinions, and to a ring gear. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043466 | Method and apparatus for controlling anteroposterior acceleration of a vehicle - A control apparatus controlling anteroposterior acceleration of a vehicle by controlling a motive power generation apparatus mounted on the vehicle, which is also provided with a staged transmission apparatus that operates on gear ratios. The motive power generation apparatus has an output shaft producing a rotation force in response to a command to be requested. The rotation force is transmitted to the drive wheels via the staged transmission apparatus. A feedback manipulated variable is calculated to control the production of the rotation force of the motive power generation apparatus so that an actual value of anteroposterior acceleration of the vehicle is controlled at a target value thereof. The calculated feedback manipulated variable is used as the command. When the staged transmission apparatus is in the switchover control of the gear ratios, the manipulated variable is is limited from being calculated (for example, stopped from being calculated). | 2009-02-12 |
20090043467 | Driver Advisory System for Fuel Economy Improvement of a Hybrid Electric Vehicle - The invention is an intelligent advisory system, which may be based on fuzzy rule-based logic to guide a vehicle driver in selecting an optimal driving strategy to achieve best fuel economy. The advisory system includes separate controllers for providing advisory information regarding driver demand for power and advisory information regarding vehicle braking, which are conveyed to the driver. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043468 | CONTROLLING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE WITH CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A controlling system for a vehicle with a continuously variable transmission, which can render a sufficient accelerating feeling in responsive to a driver's requirement. A controller, upon judgment of an acceleration requirement, sets a target drive force higher than the target drive force upon normal calculation upon normal operation of an accelerator pedal, and sets a target rotation speed for acceleration higher than the target rotation speed upon the normal operation and increasing with an increase of the vehicle speed by a predetermined gradient. The speed change ratio of the continuously variable transmission and the output torque of the engine are controlled such that the set target drive force is achieved, and an input shaft rotation speed of the continuously variable transmission coincides with the target rotation speed for the set acceleration. Thus, upon acceleration requirement by the driver, the target drive force increases and the output rotation speed of the drive source increases so that the sufficiently high accelerating feeling from the vehicle can be obtained. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043469 | DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A driving force distribution control device for a four wheel drive vehicle having a mechanism that distributes the torque of an engine, which is transmitted to a main drive wheel, to a secondary drive wheel determines a first torque to be distributed to the secondary drive wheel on the basis of the engine torque, and corrects the determined first torque on the basis of a yaw rate deviation between a target yaw rate and an actual yaw rate of the vehicle. When an absolute value of the yaw rate deviation is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the mechanism is controlled on the basis of the corrected torque. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043470 | Methods and systems for automated control of vehicle braking - Method and systems for automated anticipatory braking of a vehicle are provided. In one embodiment, the system comprises a vehicle accelerator movable between a maximum speed position and a minimum speed position, and a sensor configured to determine the rate of travel of the accelerator toward the minimum speed position. The system further comprises a controller configured to utilize the rate of travel of the accelerator to determine if a rapid braking condition is desired, and to provide a control signal to apply increased negative torque to the drive wheels of the vehicle prior to the user applying the vehicle brake. In some embodiments, driver history and/or other vehicle conditions are taken into account. In some embodiments, negative torque is applied via varying of valve timing, control of combustion chamber intake, control of exhaust backpressure, control of motor energy, and/or shifting of a transmission to a numerically higher speed ratio. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043471 | Systems and methods for assisting in acceleration of a vehicle during vehicle re-acceleration - In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for assisting in acceleration of a vehicle during re-acceleration. In one embodiment, a system comprises one or more sensors that monitor vehicular conditions, which are transmitted to and processed by an electronic controller. When the processed signals indicate re-acceleration of the vehicle, the electronic controller activates an aggressive schedule or aggressive throttle map that defines instructions for downshifting a transmission gear position or for increasing a throttle so as to assist in acceleration of the vehicle during re-acceleration. The electronic controller activates the instructions when one or more vehicular conditions of accelerator pedal depression exceed a predefined value during re-acceleration. The electronic controller selects the instructions most appropriate for assisting in acceleration according to the processed signals. The signals are transmitted to a transmission system that downshifts the transmission gear position or to an engine that increases the throttle. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043472 | Method and Arrangement for Running in and Calibrating an Electromechanical Parking Brake System - A method and arrangement for running in and calibrating an electromechanical parking brake system (EPB) has at least one brake mechanism unit (BME) and at least one control device (SG), the actuation of the brake mechanism unit (BME) being controlled by a control routine (SR) provided in the control device (SG). The electromechanical parking brake system (EPB) is advantageously run in by at least one running-in routine (EFR) and/or calibrated by at least one calibration routine (KRR), the running-in routine (EFR) and/or the calibration routine (KRR) checking for the existence of at least one safety-critical condition (SB) and/or the existence of at least one system error (SF) before and/or during the running-in operation and/or calibration operation and in dependence thereon the running-in operation and/or calibration operation is continued or terminated. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043473 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING ROAD SURFACE GRADIENT AND VEHICULAR CONTROL APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An apparatus is provided to estimate a gradient of a road surface on which a vehicle travels. The apparatus comprises acquisition, estimation, and compensation members. The acquisition member acquires at least one of acceleration of the vehicle calculated on changes in a travel speed of the vehicle and acceleration sensed from a force applied to the vehicle. The estimation means estimates the gradient of the road surface based on the acquired acceleration. The compensation member compensates the acquired acceleration in terms of influence of noise superposed on the acceleration, depending on an operational condition of the vehicle. The compensated acceleration is used by the estimation. The compensation is carried out by cutting off the noise by a filter, for example. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043474 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC STOPPING OF VEHICLE - A control apparatus is provided to control the stopping of a vehicle. The control apparatus comprises a speed detector that detects a speed of a vehicle, speed acquiring means, target setting means, and control means. The speed acquiring means acquires an actual speed of the vehicle from detected results of the speed detector. The target setting means sets a target acceleration of the vehicle depending on the actual speed when the vehicle is stopped automatically. The control means controls an actual acceleration of the vehicle at the target acceleration. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043475 | CYLINDER PRESSURE SENSOR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD - A control module comprising a cylinder torque determination module that determines an indicated torque for a cylinder in an engine based on a pressure in the cylinder, a cylinder torque balancing module that determines a derivative term for the cylinder based on rotation of a crankshaft, and a cylinder pressure error detection module that detects a pressure error for the cylinder based on the indicated torque and the derivative term. A method comprising determining an indicated torque for a cylinder in an engine based on a pressure in the cylinder, determining a derivative term for the cylinder based on rotation of a crankshaft, and detecting a pressure error for the cylinder based on the indicated torque and the derivative term. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043476 | Motor Vehicle and Control Method of Motor Vehicle - In a hybrid vehicle of the invention, when a voltage level E of a low-voltage battery exceeds a preset alert reference value Eth1 (step S | 2009-02-12 |
20090043477 | Ejector System for Vehicle - An ejector system controls the idle speed of an internal combustion engine by controlling an electric throttle valve system that adjusts the flow-rate of the intake air to be supplied to the internal combustion engine, and includes an ejector which generates a negative pressure of which the absolute value is larger than the absolute value of a negative pressure to be introduced from an intake manifold, a vacuum control valve which causes the ejector to operate or causes the ejector to stop operating, and an ECU that controls the vacuum switching valve. With the ejector system, even if the ejector is caused to operate or caused to stop operating, it is possible to appropriately suppress fluctuations in the idle speed, and appropriately obtain a negative pressure. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043478 | Method and device for monitoring an internal combustion engine with a duel fuel injection system - In a dual fuel injected internal combustion engine, the primary injected fuel is gasoline with a secondary fuel injected consisting of Ethanol, Methanol, a combination of Ethanol and Methanol or a mixture of either fuel with water. The method and device claimed is an electronic controller that monitors the flow rate and or effect of the secondary injected fuel though sensory input signals and outputs a control signal to an external device which will reduce the internal combustion engines power output to a safe level in the event that the flow of the secondary fuel injected is not within a predetermined specified range and or the effect of the secondary fuel injected is not within a predetermined range as detected by an automotive inlet air temperature sensor or automotive knock sensor there by preventing damage to the internal combustion engine from detonation or pre-ignition of the primary air fuel charge as a result of reduced quantity of secondary injected fuel. The external control device could reduce timing of the internal combustion engine spark event or reduce boost pressure of a forced induction system or increase fueling of the primary injected fuel upon receiving an output electrical signal from claimed monitoring device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043479 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090043480 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes a fluid supply unit that accommodates and supplies fluid, a fluid injection unit that injects fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit, and a driving waveform generating device which is equipped with at least one adjusting device, a one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit that simultaneously changes plural control parameters for determining a fluid injection condition of the fluid injection unit on the basis of a signal from the at least one adjusting device, and a driving waveform generator that generates and outputs a driving waveform of the fluid injection unit on the basis of the control parameters set by the one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043481 | AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL DEVICE - An air-fuel ratio control device is provided for controlling the air-fuel ratio of an engine. The device includes an exhaust passage having a main catalytic converter and a bypass passage having a bypass catalytic converter, the bypass passage diverging from the exhaust passage at an upstream junction and rejoining the exhaust passage at a downstream junction. A valve mechanism disposed in the exhaust passage between the upstream junction and the downstream junction moves between a closed state and an open state. During a predetermined period of time after the valve mechanism opens to permit flow in the exhaust passage, the air-fuel ratio of the engine is controlled based on a signal from a first air-fuel ratio sensor in the bypass passage using a low response correction value that is less than a normal response correction value that would be used when the valve mechanism is closed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043482 | Method for controlling an internal combustion engine - A method for controlling an internal combustion engine having a common rail system together with individual accumulators. A rotational speed-control deviation (dn) is determined from a target rotational speed (nSL) that represents the set point for an outer control loop to control the rotational speed, as well as from an actual rotational speed (nIST). A target torque (MSL) is determined from the rotational speed-control deviation (dn) via a rotational speed controller as a master controller. A target injection duration (SD(SOLL)) is determined from the target torque (MSL). The target duration injection (SD(SOLL)) represents the set point for an inner control loop for controlling cylinder-specific injection duration. An injection duration deviation is determined from the target injection duration (SD(SOLL)) and from an actual injection duration. A correcting variable is determined from the injection duration deviation via an injection duration controller as a follow-up controller, and an injection duration is determined from the correcting variable and the target injection duration for activating the injectors. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043483 | VARIABLE VALVE CONTROLLER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A variable valve controller for internal combustion engines and methods for operating the same. In the variable valve controller, and engine control unit (ECM) calculates a target value of a valve lift (VEL) for an intake valve and transmits it to a controller with a second control unit (VEL-C/U). The VEL-C/U controls the VEL on the basis of the VEL target value, detects a VEL actual value, and transmits it to the ECM. The ECM calculates a target value of a valve timing (VTC), and controls the VTC. Also, the ECM controls a limit value for the VTC target value in accordance with the VEL actual value. Fail-safe control is performed when an error occurs in a communication unit or a sensor. To reliably perform the control in a period from occurrence of an error to detection of the error, the limit value is set with calculation by offsetting a limit basic value set in accordance with the VEL actual value, by a displacement of the VEL within a time necessary for detecting the error. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043484 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROL IGNITION TIMING THROUGH KNOCK CONTROL IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An engine ECU executes a program including: determining whether or not a condition for stopping knocking determination is satisfied; setting a flag of stopping correction of a determination value to “ON”; calculating a knock determination level based on the extracted magnitude value; and when the correction stop flag is not “ON”, decreasing or increasing the determination value in accordance with a knock proportion KC that is a proportion of magnitude values greater than the knock determination level. The knock determination level is calculated even when the correction stop flag is “ON”. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043485 | Apparatus and Method for Engine Performance Evaluation - A system that measures the density of the air in the intake of an internal combustion engine and calculates the gain or loss in performance provides a display to an operator in real time in a single, quickly assimilated reading. A display can indicate the combined power increasing effects of turbo/superchargers that increase density and power by compressing the air, as well as charge air coolers that increase density by decreasing the temperature. Density can be measured directly, or calculated from sensor readings. Densities, as well as temperatures and pressures can be displayed as absolute values, as percentage gains or losses verses a known reference such as ambient, or as a loss or gain between density increasing devices to indicate the individual performance of the component. One embodiment incorporates a cradle mounted PDA type handheld computing device on the dashboard to provide the display, input/output and processing hardware. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043486 | Near Real-time Traffic Routing - A near real-time physical transportation network routing system comprising: a traffic simulation computing grid and a dynamic traffic routing service computing grid. The traffic simulator produces traffic network travel time predictions for a physical transportation network using a traffic simulation model and common input data. The physical transportation network is divided into a multiple sections. Each section has a primary zone and a buffer zone. The traffic simulation computing grid includes multiple of traffic simulation computing nodes. The common input data includes static network characteristics, an origin-destination data table, dynamic traffic information data and historical traffic data. The dynamic traffic routing service computing grid includes multiple dynamic traffic routing computing nodes and generates traffic route(s) using the traffic network travel time predictions. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043487 | SAFE RUNWAY AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE SYSTEM USING SPLIT RUNWAY DESIGN - A Safe Runway Aircraft Arrival and Departure System Using Split Runway Design comprising a linear runway divided into separate landing strip and takeoff strip portions. Arriving aircraft land on the designated landing strip portion of the runway, while departing aircraft take off from the designated takeoff strip portion of the runway. The landing and takeoff portions may be separated by a defined buffer zone utilized by aircraft for taxiing to and from a terminal. Existing runways may be readily converted into two designated portions for arriving and departing aircraft, thereby significantly increasing the number of aircraft arrival and departure sequences, reducing the likelihood of aircraft runway incursions, eliminating dangerous intersection takeoffs, and conserving jet fuel. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043488 | Navigation system, server, method, and program - Navigation systems, servers, methods, and programs for a vehicle store a plurality of nodes representing branch points and guide the vehicle along a travel route. The systems, servers, methods, and programs detect, at a branch point where the travel route branches off into another route, that the vehicle abandoned advancing along the travel route after trying to advance, and store a result of the detection in the memory. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043489 | POINT OF REFERENCE DIRECTIONS - A method and system for path mapping using point of reference (POR) entities. One embodiment is a process that receives information corresponding to a recommended path of travel between a start point and a destination, the recommended path of travel definable by a plurality of nodes, each node serially connected to an adjacent node by an edge; receives information corresponding to a plurality of point of reference (POR) entities, the information associating each POR entity with at least one of the nodes and edges of the recommended path of travel and the information including a description of the POR entity; and constructs directions for traversing the recommended path of travel based upon the description of the POR entities. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043490 | LOCATION GUIDANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PARKED VEHICLE - A location guidance apparatus including a position detecting unit configured to detect a current position of the location guidance apparatus, an input unit configured to input at least one of a path guidance setting mode and path guidance providing mode, a storage unit configured to store position and movement information of the location guidance apparatus, and a control unit configured to store a first position of the location guidance apparatus and to determine a moving path from the first position to a second position of the location guidance apparatus when the path guidance setting mode is input, and to provide path guidance information including a reverse of the moving path including the second position to the first position when the path guidance providing mode is input. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043491 | POWER SAVING SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation system using a mobile terminal, GPS receiver and navigation software, wherein the navigation software is arranged to switch the mobile terminal into a power saving mode if there are no further instructions needed for a determined period of time or distance. The power saving functionality comprises turning the backlight off and changing the visualization of the display for better readability without the backlight. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043492 | Information guidance systems, methods, and programs - Information guidance systems, methods, and programs search for a route from a departure point to a destination and identify a facility used for performing guidance for a guidance location on the searched route. The systems, methods, and programs determine whether a name of the facility has been changed. When the name has been changed, the systems, methods, and programs perform guidance notifying that the name has been changed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043493 | Navigation apparatus and navigation program - A display is divided into two regions, a standard region and an enlarged region with a user positioned is at an angle relative to the display. The standard region is formed on a side nearer the user and the enlarged region is formed on a side farther from the user. When the navigation device displays guidance information, information displayed in the standard region is displayed on a standard scale, while information displayed in the enlarged region is displayed enlarged relative to the standard scale. Since the display on the side farther from the user position is thus enlarged, the user can more easily view that guidance information. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043494 | Map image scrolling method and apparatus for navigation system - A map scrolling method and apparatus enables to incrementally tracing back to previous relevant locations of the map image. The method includes the steps of: recording information on a stopped location of a map image every time when a user stops during a map scrolling operation; comparing the recorded information with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether the information satisfies threshold value; recording the stopped location in a memory as a traceable location when the recorded information satisfies the threshold value; and tracing back to the map image of the traceable locations recorded in the memory, one by one, every time when the user presses a cancel key or its equivalent of the navigation system. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043495 | Position correction apparatus - An apparatus corrects a position coordinate measured by a GPS receiver. Road data representing a position coordinate of a constructed road is included. Locus data representing a plurality of position coordinates of the GPS receiver during a past specified period is generated based on a position coordinate acquired. A road section traveled by the GPS receiver during the past specified period is estimated based on road data stored and a position coordinate acquired. A bias error of a position coordinate measured by the GPS receiver is estimated based on position coordinates at a plurality of points in a road section estimated and position coordinates at a plurality of points represented by the locus data. A position coordinate measured by the GPS receiver is corrected based on a bias error estimated and outputted. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043496 | PROGRAM RECORDING DEVICE, PROGRAM RECORDING METHOD, PROGRAM RECORDING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A program recording device includes a route searching unit that searches for a route to a destination based on map information, a keyword creating unit that creates a keyword from information concerning the destination or information concerning the route, a determining unit that determines a program to be recorded based on the keyword, and a recording unit that records the program that is determined by the determining unit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043497 | Conveying Locations In Spoken Dialog Systems - The presentation of location information to a user that is distracted by traveling can result in the user quickly forgetting, or never even comprehending, key parts of the location information, such as the street number. Identification can be made of intersections and points of interest near the user's destination, which can then be provided instead of, or in addition to, the address, thereby increasing user comprehension and retention, especially when distracted. Map data can be parsed into addresses, intersections and points of interest databases. These databases can be accessed to identify proximate intersections and points of interest, which can then be filtered and subsequently ranked to identify one intersection, one point of interest, or both, that can be presented to the user to aid the user in comprehending and retaining the location information even when distracted. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043498 | Method and Device For Automatic Route Registration - A method and a device for automatic route registration. A destination is entered into a data input device. A route is determined as a function of a starting location and the entered destination. The first route is transmitted to a route analysis device and divided into at least one route section therewith. The route section is registered in all evaluation device. Upon the detection of a first condition, a second route is determined to the destination. The second route is automatically transmitted to the route analysis device. The route analysis device compares the second route to the first route. Unused route sections of the first route are cancelled and added route sections of the second route are registered. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043499 | Navigation Device Traffic Information Reception Method - Predicted traffic information of a plurality of time bands is downloaded once for a mesh area. Moreover, time band range of the predicted traffic information to be downloaded is increased as distance from current position to the mesh area increases. Furthermore, the time band range is increased for the morning and the evening. Moreover, as difference between the current time and departure time becomes larger, the time band range is increased. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043500 | Apparatus and program for navigation - A navigation apparatus defines a detection area for detecting a weather phenomenon as a predetermined range around a travel route that is designated as an area setting object. By referring to weather information acquired from external sources through communication, whether or not a weather warning exists in the detection area is determined. If the determination is affirmative, the weather phenomenon is considered as influential in the detection area, and the detection result is provided for a user. More practically, the travel route, the detection area and an affecting area of the weather warning are displayed on a display unit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043501 | METHOD, DEVICE, DEVICE ARRANGEMENT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRACKING A MOVING OBJECT - The invention relates to a location method, a locating device, a locating arrangement and a computer program for tracking an object, such as a dog. The method utilises GPS locating, the event time of which may be controlled by the user. In addition, the user may define a data transmission network via which location data are primarily communicated to the tracker's device. By means of the frequency of measurements and the data transmission network used, the power consumption of the locating device of the object being tracked is minimised. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043502 | System and Method for Navigating Using Multiple Modalities - A system for navigating includes an interface operable to receive position information of a first modality. The position information of the first modality is associated with a navigation unit. The interface is further operable to receive position information of a second modality. The position information of the second modality is associated with the navigation unit. The system also includes a processor coupled to the interface and operable to identify a destination. The system is further operable to navigate to the destination based on the position information of the first and second modalities by switching between the first modality and the second modality. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043503 | Method and Device for Determining Protection Levels for Satellite Navigation Systems - A method and apparatus for determining protection levels in a satellite navigation system includes the following steps: (1) determining an integrity risk at the alert limit for a plurality of application situations—for example, starting from approaches in category I (Category I precision approach) up to the operation “oceanic enroute;” (2) determining an interval of the alert limits between the largest set of alert limits which produces too high an integrity risk, and the smallest set of alert limits which produces an acceptable integrity risk; and (3) carrying out an interval nesting for the interval of the alert limits that was determined in the previous step, the integrity risk between the horizontal and the vertical being divided in the same way as it is obtained from the relationship between these integrity risks in the largest set of alert limits. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043504 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING, TRACKING, AND/OR MONITORING THE STATUS OF PERSONNEL AND/OR ASSETS BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS - A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (collectively “trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from any number of sources utilizing any number of tracking methods (e.g., inertial navigation and signal-based methods) may be provided as input to a mapping application. The mapping application may generate position estimates for trackees using a suite of mapping tools to make corrections to the tracking data. The mapping application may further use information from building data, when available, to enhance position estimates. Indoor tracking methods including, for example, sensor fusion methods, map matching methods, and map building methods may be implemented to take tracking data from one or more trackees and compute a more accurate tracking estimate for each trackee. Outdoor tracking methods may be implemented to enhance outdoor tracking data by combining tracking estimates such as inertial tracks with magnetic and/or compass data if and when available, and with GPS, if and when available. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043505 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRIP MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS - Systems, methods, and devices for performing a trip management function are disclosed. A client computer accesses a server networked therewith to retrieve and store data, such as Web documents, relating to the trip. A wireless device interface allows a portable device, wirelessly coupled with a cellular telephone system with the network, to download the Web document. The portable device has cellular telephone functionality, geo-locating functionality, such as GPS capability, for determining its geo-location, and a processor for processing the Web document to help manage the trip. The Web document can include a set of map tiles, which encompass a particular geo-location area, and which form a dynamic map display. As the geo-location of the device changes, the next sequential map tile is downloaded and processed for displayed thereon. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043506 | Method and System for Controlling Timing of Vehicle Transmissions - Method and system for controlling timing of wireless transmissions from vehicles to other vehicles or to infrastructure includes arranging a clock on each vehicle, transmitting positioning signals including a time, arranging a receiver on the vehicle to receive the positioning signals, recalibrating the clock based on the positioning signals to obtain an accurate time, and controlling transmissions from a transmitter on the vehicle based on the accurate time provided by the clock after recalibration. The clock may be recalibrated after each reception of a positioning signal or only at specific timed intervals or based on specific occurrences. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043507 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC, THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION AND MODELING - Techniques and a system for performing geological interpretation operations in support of energy resources exploration and production perform well log correlation operations for generating a set of graphical data describing the predetermined geological region. The process and system interpret the geological environment of the predetermined geological region from measured surface and fault data associated with the predetermined geological region. Allowing the user to query and filter graphical data representing the predetermined geological region, the method and system present manipulable three-dimensional geological interpretations of two-dimensional geological data relating to the predetermined geological region and provide displays of base map features associated with the predetermined geological region. The method and system automatically update the manipulable three-dimensional geological interpretations of two-dimensional data relating to the predetermined geological region, as well as calculate three-dimensional well log and seismic interpretations of geological data relating to the predetermined geological region. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043508 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYING FOR HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS - A method of electromagnetic surveying of an area of seafloor that is thought or known to contain a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir is described. The method includes broadcasting an EM signal from a horizontal electric dipole (HED) transmitter and obtaining vertical electric dipole (VED) response data at a remote receiver in response thereto. Survey data are analysed by comparing the VED response data with background data which are not sensitive to the postulated hydrocarbon reservoir. Accordingly, differences between the VED response data and the background data allow for the identification of buried hydrocarbon reservoirs. The background data may be provided by magneto-telluric surveying, controlled source electromagnetic surveying or from direct geophysical measurement. By employing VED response data in this way, surveys may be performed in shallower water than has previously been possible since the VED detector is not sensitive to air-wave components of the EM field induced by the HED transmitter at the VED detector. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043509 | Compensated Caliper Using Combined Acoustic and Density Measurements - A logging-while-drilling density sensor includes a gamma ray source and at least two NaI detectors spaced apart from the source for determining measurements indicative of the formation density. An analytic function based on a heuristic model is used to predict the measured response as a function of offset, mud density and formation density. The model may be used to provide a caliper measurement where acoustic caliper data are unreliable. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understand that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b). | 2009-02-12 |
20090043510 | Method for Quantifying Resistivity and Hydrocarbon Saturation in Thin Bed Formations - A method for estimating hydrocarbon volume in a layered subsurface formation includes determining a vertical resistivity and a horizontal resistivity in the formation. A bound water saturation and a total porosity of individual layers of the formation are determined. Values of horizontal resistivity and vertical resistivity of the formation are calculated based on the bound water saturation and the total porosity for each layer and on an estimated irreducible bulk volume of water in each layer. The estimated values are compared to the determined horizontal resistivity and vertical resistivity. The estimated irreducible water saturation in each layer is adjusted and estimating the values is repeated until differences between the estimated values and the determined vertical and horizontal resistivity values fall below a selected threshold. The hydrocarbon volume is estimated from the adjusted irreducible water saturation for each layer. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043511 | Assisted Seismic Measuring System Including GPS Receivers - A system for analyzing three-dimensional seismic data includes a plurality of digitizer units, each with a configuration of geophones, a data recording and control center, a base GPS receiver with an associated antenna with a substantially unrestricted view of the sky and at the respective digitizer units low-power slave GPS receivers that acquire and track GPS satellite signals using tracking assistance information provided by the base GPS receiver. The slave GPS receivers use the tracking assistance information to acquire and track GPS satellite signals that may be relatively weak at the receivers, due to conditions at the site, such as foliage canopies and so forth. The system processes range information provided by the slave GPS receivers over an extended period of time. In this way, the precise positions of the respective slave GPS receivers, and thus, the digitizer units, can be calculated, even if the slave GPS receivers are able to observe and collect data from sets of two or more satellites for only three or four relatively short time intervals at various sky positions during the extended period. The slave GPS receivers then locally produce for the digitizer units timing signals that are based on the GPS codes and synchronized across the system. If a given slave GPS receiver cannot, at a given time, track any GPS satellite signals, a nearby slave GPS receiver supplies the timing information required for the geophone data gathering operations. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043512 | Structure-sequence based analysis for identification of conserved regions in proteins - Disclosed are computational methods, and associated hardware and software products for scoring conservation in a protein structure based on a computationally identified family or cluster of protein structures. A method of computationally identifying a family or cluster of protein structures in also disclosed herein. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043513 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING POLYMERIC MIXTURES - The invention provides methods and apparatus for characterizing complex polymeric mixture of interest. Candidate solutions are eliminated from a solution space using one or more experimental measurements of a polymeric mixture of interest. The elimination step can be repeated one or more times using different experimental measurements produced by various chemical and physical protocols, so that the remaining candidate solutions converge to describe the actual polymeric mixture under investigation. Once the composition of the complex polymeric mixture has been characterized, the information thus generated can be used to facilitate, for example, the manufacture of a bio-equivalent of the complex polymeric mixture. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043514 | Method and apparatus for spectral mixture resolution - The spectral method for determining the concentrations of a substance in a mixture of any number of substances is defined by a chemical image having a plurality of pixels ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090043515 | DIGITAL GAS DETECTOR AND NOISE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES - A sensor apparatus incorporates a responding gas sensor to measure and display gas concentrations or other indications. Calculation of a gas concentration may be derived from an output signal of a light detector through the use of a linear equation. Through the use of digital processing an output signal may be sampled to calculate a gas concentration based on a rate of change of the output voltage. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DAMAGE IN ARMOR STRUCTURES - Detection of damage in armor structures, using networks of piezoelectric transducers. In particular, piezoelectric transducers can be placed at various points on the armor structure, effectively creating a number of paths between pairs of transducers. Each of these paths can be queried by transmitting an ultrasonic stress wave from one transducer to the other, and analyzing changes in the stress wave. The signal from the received stress wave can be time gated to remove crosstalk, and the resulting time gated signal can be analyzed for characteristics of damage. For instance, if the time gated signal is sufficiently attenuated, it can be determined that the armor structure has sustained damage to at least that region traversed by this particular path. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043517 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING MAGNITUDE OF CORNERING FORCE GENERATED IN WHEEL - A method of calculating a cornering force to be applied to each wheel provided to a vehicle which is cornering, comprising the steps of: obtaining a magnitude of a centrifugal force to the vehicle in a direction substantially orthogonal to a vehicle traveling direction, a contact length of each wheel during the cornering of the vehicle, and an amount of deformation in a wheel width direction at the contact portion of each wheel of the vehicle, calculating a difference between the obtained amount of the deformation and an amount of deformation in the wheel width direction under a straight forward travel condition of the vehicle for each wheel, and calculating a cornering force for each wheel based on the magnitude of the centrifugal force, the contact length, and the difference between amounts of deformation in the wheel width direction. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043518 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNING PEAK CODES USING REGION PARTITION SCHEME, THE PEAK CODES FOR THE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING/DIAGNOSING FAULTY OPERATION OF MECHANICAL DEVICE USING PEAK CODES - A method for assigning a peak code using a region partition scheme, the peak code for use in the method, and a method for diagnosing a faulty operation of the mechanical device using the peak code are disclosed. The method analyzes a frequency of either a unique operation sound or vibration signal generated when each normal-status mechanical device is operated, acquires a normal peak code, and compares the acquired normal peak code with a measurement peak code acquired by analyzing a frequency of either a unique operation sound or vibration signal measured from a measurement-objective mechanical device, such that it determines the presence or absence of a faulty operation of each mechanical device according to the result of the comparison. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043519 | Electric Resource Power Meter in a Power Aggregation System for Distributed Electric Resources - Systems and methods are described for a power aggregation system. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a meter operable to measure bidirectional energy transfer between an electric resource and a power grid during fixed or variable intervals of time, and an interface coupled to the meter and operable to send the measurements to a service that aggregates power of distributed electric resources as a function of the measurements. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043520 | User Interface and User Control in a Power Aggregation System for Distributed Electric Resources - Systems and methods are described for a power aggregation system. In one implementation, an electric charging station connected to a power grid includes a power connection operable to connect an electric resource to the electric charging station. Additionally, the electric charging station includes a user interface operable to provide a user access to information associated with the electric resource and the power grid. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043521 | TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT WITH ESTIMATING PARAMETER ERROR AND TEMPERATURE SENSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A transistor circuit with estimating parameter error and temperature sensing apparatus using the same are provided. The temperature sensing apparatus measures and calculates a parameter error of transistor which is driven by different currents in advance. And the temperature sensing apparatus compensates an error occurred during temperature measurement using the acquired the parameter error so as to obtain an accurate environment temperature. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTORTION ANALYSIS - A method, circuit, and computer program product for receiving a first intermediate signal that is at least partially based upon a first reference signal. A second intermediate signal is received that is a time-shifted version of the first intermediate signal. An output signal is generated that is based upon the difference between the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal. An anticipated differential change in the output signal is determined, the anticipated differential change to occur based upon a transition in the first reference signal. A realized differential change in the output signal is measured, the realized differential change occurring based upon a transition in the first reference signal. The realized differential change in the output signal is compared to the anticipated differential change in the output signal to determine a nonlinearity indicator. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043523 | Coating Appearance Evaluation Method and Coated Article - A new, simple, and easy coating appearance evaluation method which has a point of origin for consumer preference with respect to the coating in which wavelength coexist is found to provide a coated article having a coating level of consumer satisfaction; a method for producing thereof; and an apparatus for evaluating an coating appearance. A coating appearance evaluation method, in which, among surface swells of a coating, the amplitude of the swell with a wavelength in the range of 1 to 10 mm are selectively measured, and a coating appearance of the surface of the coating is evaluated by the sizes of the resulting measurement thereof. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043524 | SURFACE MESH MATCHING FOR LENS ROLL-OFF CORRECTION - A two-dimensional (2D) mesh is applied over a distortion surface to approximate a lens roll-off distortion pattern. The process to apply the 2D mesh distributes a plurality of grid points among the distortion pattern and sub-samples the distortion pattern to derive corrected digital gains at each grid location. Non-grid pixels underlying grid blocks having a grid point at each corner are adjusted based on the approximation of the lens roll-off for the grid points of the grid block. In one example, bilinear interpolation is used. The techniques universally correct lens roll-off distortion irregardless of the distortion pattern shape or type. The technique may also correct for green channel imbalance. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043525 | SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR - Systems and methods for dynamically and intelligently estimating analyte data from a continuous analyte sensor, including receiving a data stream, selecting one of a plurality of algorithms, and employing the selected algorithm to estimate analyte values. Additional data processing includes evaluating the selected estimative algorithms, analyzing a variation of the estimated analyte values based on statistical, clinical, or physiological parameters, comparing the estimated analyte values with corresponding measure analyte values, and providing output to a user. Estimation can be used to compensate for time lag, match sensor data with corresponding reference data, warn of upcoming clinical risk, replace erroneous sensor data signals, and provide more timely analyte information encourage proactive behavior and preempt clinical risk. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043526 | INTEGRATED HIGH-EFFICIENCY MICROWAVE SOURCING CONTROL PROCESS - A technique for controlling instrumentation in an automatic test system includes providing a group of hardware resources that can be configured in a variety of ways to realize different instrument configurations, which generally correspond to different traditional instrument types. An instrument driver is provided for each of the different instrument configurations, and calls to each instrument driver may be inserted into a test program for controlling the respective instrument configuration. The instrument drivers direct control of the hardware resources via a support driver. The support driver thus provides a central location through which control of the various hardware configurations is processed. From the user's point of view, the instrumentation is programmed as if it consists of a collection of traditional instrument types. But at the hardware level the instrumentation is highly integrated and efficiently realized. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043527 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, CARRIER MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A METROLOGY SAMPLING PLAN - Various computer-implemented methods, carrier media, and systems for generating a metrology sampling plan are provided. One computer-implemented method for generating a metrology sampling plan includes identifying one or more individual defects that have one or more attributes that are abnormal from one or more attributes of a population of defects in which the individual defects are included. The population of defects is located in a predetermined pattern on a wafer. The method also includes generating the metrology sampling plan based on results of the identifying step such that one or more areas on the wafer in which the one or more identified individual defects are located are sampled during metrology. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043528 | TESTING APPARATUS AND TESTING METHOD - Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test that outputs a plurality of modulated signals modulated with carrier signals having frequencies identical to each other, including a synthesizing section that synthesizes the plurality of modulated signals to output a synthesized signal; an AD converting section that samples the synthesized signal to output a digital signal corresponding to the synthesized signal; and a judging section that judges acceptability of the plurality of modulated signals output by the device under test, based on the digital signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING AN ACCURACY OF A REAL TIME CLOCK - A method for testing an accuracy of a real time clock is provided. The method includes: applying parameters that comprise a predetermined repetition count on testing the RTC, a predetermined time period, and an acceptable error margin of the RTC; communicating with a local network time protocol (NTP) server for acquiring a system time of the local NTP server; applying a current time of the RTC according to the system time at the beginning of testing the accuracy of the RTC; acquiring the current system time of the local NTP server when the predetermined time period lapse; computing a time difference between the system time of the local NTP server and the current time of the RTC; and determining if the RTC is accurate or not by comparing the time difference and the acceptable error margin, and generating a testing result according to the determination. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043530 | PROCESS VARIABLE TRANSMITTER WITH ACCELERATION SENSOR - A process variable transmitter for use in an industrial process control or monitoring system includes a transmitter housing and a process variable sensor having a sensor output related to a process variable. An accelerometer is coupled to the transmitter and provides an accelerometer output related to acceleration. Diagnostic circuitry provides a diagnostic output as a function of the sensor output and the accelerometer output. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043531 | Human activity monitoring device with distance calculation - A method of monitoring human activity includes monitoring accelerations using an inertial sensor disposed at one of a plurality of locations on a human body, wherein at least one of the plurality of locations is not a foot location. A plurality of steps are counted based on the accelerations. A gait characteristic of the plurality of steps is determined. The characteristic is used to determine a stride length. At least one of a distance traveled and a speed of travel are determined based on the stride length. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043532 | METHOD FOR VISUALISING THE ECCENTRICITY OF CABLES IN THE ECCENTRICITY MEASUREMENT OF THE CABLES - A method for visualising the eccentricity of cables which is acquired in the eccentricity measurement of the cables, wherein eccentricity measurements take place at the same time on plural locations spaced apart across the perimeter of the cable during the transportation of the cable, and the measurement values are represented graphically on a display after being processed in a computer, characterised in that a frequency distribution of individual eccentricity values acquired during the measurement interval is represented on the display, wherein the scattering caused by measuring instruments is significantly smaller than the scattering of the individual eccentricity values. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043533 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED PLY BOUNDARY AND ORIENTATION INSPECTION - A method for determining the positional laydown accuracy of an automated lamination machine during fabrication of a multiple layered part is described. The method includes measuring a position of a placement head of the lamination machine in a coordinate system, determining a location of a ply edge with respect to the placement head, transforming the location of the ply edge into the coordinate system, based on the measured head position, transforming the location of the ply edge from the coordinate system into a second coordinate system that is associated with the part being fabricated, and comparing actual ply edge location in the second coordinate system to an expected ply edge location defined in the second coordinate system, the second coordinate system associated with the part being fabricated, to determine the laydown accuracy of the machine. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043534 | Dimensional measurement probe - A probe for measuring the dimensions of objects on a coordinate positioning machine such as a machine tool has a workpiece-contacting stylus | 2009-02-12 |
20090043535 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING AND OBTAINING POINTS OF AN OBJECT - A computer-implemented method for scanning and obtaining points of an object is provided. The method includes defining a measuring distance between two points of an object and scanning the measuring distance according to an optimal measuring position. If coordinate values of each of the scanned points are valid, then the method send the obtained coordinate values to an electronic device if the obtained coordinate values are valid. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043536 | Use of Sequential Clustering for Instance Selection in Machine Condition Monitoring - A method is provided for selecting a representative set of training data for training a statistical model in a machine condition monitoring system. The method reduces the time required to choose representative samples from a large data set by using a nearest-neighbor sequential clustering technique in combination with a kd-tree. A distance threshold is used to limit the geometric size the clusters. Each node of the kd-tree is assigned a representative sample from the training data, and similar samples are subsequently discarded. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043537 | PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION SEPARATING APPARATUS, PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION SEPARATING METHOD, PROGRAM, TESTING APPARATUS, BIT ERROR RATE MEASURING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND JITTER TRANSFER FUNCTION MEASURING APPARATUS - There is provided a probability density function separating apparatus that separates a predetermined component in a given probability density function. The probability density function separating apparatus includes a domain transforming section that is supplied with the probability density function and transforms the probability density function into a spectrum in a predetermined variable axis, and a deterministic component computing section that multiplies a multiplier coefficient according to a type of distribution of a deterministic component included in the given probability density function by a value, in the variable axis, of a first null of the spectrum and computes a peak to peak value of the probability density function with the deterministic component. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043538 | Method and System for Transformer Dissolved Gas Harmonic Regression Analysis - A transformer ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090043539 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF A POWER PLANT MACHINE - A method and system for automatically evaluating the performance of a power plant machine is provided. The method and system may include receiving a plurality of operating data from the at least one power plant machine. The method and system may also store the plurality of operating data in at least one data storage device. The method and system may also determine whether at least one performance indicator is within a range; and if the at least one performance indicator is outside of the range, then automatically notify a support network. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043540 | Performance Testing of Message Passing Operations in a Parallel Computer - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for performance testing of message passing operations in a parallel computer, the parallel computer comprising a plurality of compute nodes organized into at least one operational group, that include: establishing, on a compute node of the operational group, a number of measurement iterations for testing a message passing operation, a first group of the measurement iterations designated as warm-up iterations, and a second group of the measurement iterations designated as testing iterations; for each measurement iteration: executing, by the compute node, the message passing operation under test, and measuring, by the compute node, an elapsed time for only the execution of the message passing operation under test; and determining, by the compute node, a performance result in dependence upon the elapsed time for each measurement iteration designated as one of the testing iterations. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043541 | SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR - Systems and methods for dynamically and intelligently estimating analyte data from a continuous analyte sensor, including receiving a data stream, selecting one of a plurality of algorithms, and employing the selected algorithm to estimate analyte values. Additional data processing includes evaluating the selected estimative algorithms, analyzing a variation of the estimated analyte values based on statistical, clinical, or physiological parameters, comparing the estimated analyte values with corresponding measure analyte values, and providing output to a user. Estimation can be used to compensate for time lag, match sensor data with corresponding reference data, warn of upcoming clinical risk, replace erroneous sensor data signals, and provide more timely analyte information encourage proactive behavior and preempt clinical risk. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043542 | SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR - Systems and methods for dynamically and intelligently estimating analyte data from a continuous analyte sensor, including receiving a data stream, selecting one of a plurality of algorithms, and employing the selected algorithm to estimate analyte values. Additional data processing includes evaluating the selected estimative algorithms, analyzing a variation of the estimated analyte values based on statistical, clinical, or physiological parameters, comparing the estimated analyte values with corresponding measure analyte values, and providing output to a user. Estimation can be used to compensate for time lag, match sensor data with corresponding reference data, warn of upcoming clinical risk, replace erroneous sensor data signals, and provide more timely analyte information encourage proactive behavior and preempt clinical risk. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043543 | METHOD OF DESIGNING FOLD LINES IN SHEET MATERIAL - A method of designing fold lines in sheet material includes the steps defining the desired fold line in a parent plane on a drawing system, and populating the fold line with a fold geometry including a series of cut zones that define a series of connected zones configured and positioned relative to the fold line whereby upon folding the material along the fold line produces edge-to-face engagement of the material on opposite sides of the cut zones. Alternatively, the method may include the steps storing a plurality of cut zone configurations and connected zone configurations having differing dimensions and/or shapes, defining a desired fold line in a parent plane on a drawing system, selecting a preferred cut zone and/or a preferred connected zone which have a desired shape and scale, locating a preferred fold geometry along the fold line, the preferred fold geometry including the selected cut zone and the selected connected zone, and relocating, resealing and/or reshaping the preferred fold geometry to displace, add and/or subtract at least one of the connected zones, whereby upon folding the material along the fold line produces edge-to-face engagement of the material on opposite sides of the cut zones. A computer program product and a system configured for implementing the method of designing fold lines in sheet material is also disclosed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043544 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED ILLUMINATION AREA FILL - A reflector for a light source, such as an LED, is provided with a shape which efficiently collects and directs energy to an illumined surface whereby almost 100% of the light is collected and distributed into a designer composite beam. The shape in one embodiment is comprised of three zones beginning with a parabolic surface of revolution at the base of the reflector, followed by a transition or straight conic zone and ending with an elliptical zone. In another embodiment the reflector shape is determined according to a transfer function which allows for arbitrary designer control of the reflected rays at each point on the reflector, which when combined with direct radiation from the source, results in a designer controlled composite beam or illumination. The device is more than 90% energy efficient and allows replacement of higher power, less energy efficient light sources with no loss in illumination intensity. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043545 | Processing Data Representing Energy Propagating Through A Medium - The present invention relates to a method of processing data representing energy propagating through a medium (e.g., acoustic, elastic or electromagnetic energy) and describes an efficient and flexible e approach to forward modeling and inversion of such energy for a given medium. The representation theorem for the wave-equation is used, in combination with time-reversal invariance and reciprocity, to express the Green's function between two points in the interior of the model as an integral over the response in those points due to sources regularly distributed on a surface surrounding the medium and the points. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043546 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESS CONTROL - A method and system for process control using a model predictive controller. The control system can have one or more control devices operably coupled to a processing system for controlling a process of the processing system; a modeling tool to provide a non-linear model based at least in part on the process and to provide a plurality of linearized models based at least in part on the non-linear model, where the plurality of linearized models are linearized at different linearization rates; and a controller operably coupled to the modeling tool. The controller can select one of the plurality of linearized models based on a comparison of the plurality of linearized models with a reference model. The controller can send one or more control signals to at least one of the one or more control devices. The one or more control signals can be determined using the selected one of the plurality of linearized models. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043547 | Nonlinear function approximation over high-dimensional domains - An algorithm is disclosed for constructing nonlinear models from high-dimensional scattered data. The algorithm progresses iteratively adding a new basis function at each step to refine the model. The placement of the basis functions is driven by a statistical hypothesis test that reveals geometric structure when it fails. At each step the added function is fit to data contained in a spatio-temporally defined local region to determine the parameters, in particular, the scale of the local model. The proposed method requires no ad hoc parameters. Thus, the number of basis functions required for an accurate fit is determined automatically by the algorithm. The approach may be applied to problems including modeling data on manifolds and the prediction of financial time-series. The algorithm is presented in the context of radial basis functions but in principle can be employed with other methods for function approximation such as multi-layer perceptrons. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043548 | Computer implemented systems and methods for enhancing renewable energy educational activities - Systems and methods are provided for collecting, aggregating, and analyzing data associated with the performance of systems. Energy systems, specifically renewable energy generation systems, are used as examples. The aggregated data serve as the basis for a variety of services that facilitate the adoption and deployment of these systems. Services are provided that aid in enhancing energy educational activities . The services represent the quantity of energy generation as energy demands that the students may appreciate. Furthermore, the services are interactive and may allow the students to change System Parameters so that they more fully understand the influence of these parameters on the energy generation efficiency. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043549 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND PRODUCTS FOR SEISMIC RAY TRACING - A computer implemented method for processing prestack seismic data representative of a subterrean contained in a model. The model may include a regular 3-D grid representative of the subterrean; attributes defined at each grid field; and at least one surface or body defined within the grid across which attributes are discontinuous and are not to be smoothed. The method may include ray tracing by solving kinematic or dynamic ray equations for the model in the grid where the interval velocities are not discontinuous, and by applying a refraction rule across the at least one surface or body. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043550 | Tessellated Conflict Space Data Fusion Process - A process of data fusion in potential conflict situations that provides, for the first time, a sound basis for Situation and Impact Assessment, leading to the ability to generate actionable plans and decisions. It uses a uniform representation method for relating time varying objects mapped onto a multi-dimensional space, whether these objects' properties can be either wholly determined or determined only in part. The method provides the best prediction of potential conflicts based on the data and background information available. The method is computationally tractable and scalable. The information generated can be re-used with changed assumptions and alternative courses of action. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043551 | Enhanced Tessellated Conflict Space Data Fusion Process - A process of data fusion in potential conflict situations that provides, for the first time, a sound basis for Situation and Impact Assessment, leading to the ability to generate actionable plans and decisions. It uses a uniform representation method for relating time varying objects mapped onto a multi-dimensional space, whether these objects' properties can be either wholly determined or determined only in part. The method provides the best prediction of potential conflicts based on the data and background information available. The method is computationally tractable and scalable. The information generated can be re-used with changed assumptions and alternative courses of action. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043552 | INTERACTIVE SIMULATION - Patent systems are often justified by assumptions that inventive activity will be spurred by the prospect of patent protection, leading to the accrual of greater societal benefits than would be possible under non-patent systems. One way to test this hypothesis is experimentally to simulate the behavior of inventors and licensees, in particular, and society, in general, under conditions approximating patent and non-patent systems. By measuring differences in a metric representing societal benefit, it is possible to make direct quantitative comparisons between such alternative systems. The simulation is simulating all parameters in the patent system, useful for economists, social scientists, IP professionals, students, attorneys, business people, and government planners, among others. | 2009-02-12 |
20090043553 | Design Tool for Identifying Project Energy Interdependencies - A simulation system [ | 2009-02-12 |
20090043554 | Updating a Subterranean Model Using at Least Electromagnetic Data - To update a subterranean model, an initial subterranean model is provided, and based on the initial subterranean model, changes to subterranean parameters are predicted using a reservoir simulator. Electromagnetic data representing characteristics of a subterranean structure is computed according to the predicted changes to the subterranean parameters, and the initial subterranean model is modified based on comparing the computed electromagnetic data with observed electromagnetic data. | 2009-02-12 |