| 08th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
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| 20110046827 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SPEED IN AUTOMATIC TRAIN OPERATION - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling speed in an automatic train operation, capable of estimating and controlling a speed at which a train should run at each position where the train will run in order to satisfy a restrictive speed profile and to make passengers comfortable by observing acceleration limit and jerk limit in case of accelerating or decelerating the train. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046828 | System And Method For Controlling Electric Power In A Plug-In Vehicle From An External Power Source - A system and method is provided for controlling electric power in a plug-in vehicle, such as a pure electric vehicle or hybrid electric vehicle. The electric power is controlled from an external power source to one or more predetermined components in the plug-in vehicle. The power source is external to the vehicle and has a maximum power level. Electric power at a charging level from the external power source is received. Based on the charging level and the maximum power level, an available power level is determined. Based on the available power level, the electric power is controlled from the external power source to the predetermined components in the plug-in vehicle. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CREEP TORQUE IN A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A HYBRID POWERTRAIN SYSTEM - Vehicle creep control includes executing a first control scheme to determine a preferred output torque as a first function of the operator input to the brake pedal when the actual direction of vehicle travel is a first direction and the operator-selected direction of vehicle travel is also the first direction, and executing a second control scheme to determine the preferred output torque as a second function of the operator input to the brake pedal when the actual direction of vehicle travel is a second direction and the operator-selected direction of vehicle travel is the first direction. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046830 | REDUNDANT HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE CONTROL SIGNALS STAGE OF SYSTEM FOR BRAKING A VEHICLE ALL OF WHOSE WHEELS ARE EACH LINKED TO AT LEAST ONE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - System for electrical braking of a road vehicle of which at least one wheel is linked in rotation to at least one rotary electric machine, at least one wheel drive electronic module | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046831 | ELECTRICALLY POWERED MOTORIZED VEHICLE WITH CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND COMBINED HYBRID SYSTEM - The present invention describes an electric vehicle with hybrid drive system, which provides optimization of speed, power and maximizing efficiency levels. In one embodiment, the vehicle includes at least one driven wheel, an electric motor connected to the driven wheel through a fixed transmission system or a continuous variable transmission (CVT) unit, an internal combustion engine (ICE) connected to the driven wheel through a fixed transmission system or a CVT unit and a selector switch to select the modes of power supply to the electric vehicle. Further, the electric motor is powered by a battery power pack and the ICE is powered by a hydrocarbon fuels stored in a hydrocarbon fuel tank. Furthermore, the different position of selector switch provides different modes of the power supply to the vehicle. In another embodiment, the electric motor is adapted to be operated as a generator. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046832 | Electronic Assistance System and Method - An electronic assistance system and method for an electrical vehicle is provided that integrates the following functions: display of relevant information on the vehicle on a dashboard using visual or audio cues, as well as dials and/or graphical or alphanumeric displays; communication with people outside the vehicle through a loudspeaker; management of vehicle start-up; management of air conditioning, heating and defrosting; storage in memory of information on problematic states having occurred during operation of the vehicle; storage in memory of daily operating parameters of the vehicle; real time acquisition, ease of reconfiguration; and transmittal of stored operating data in order to generate vehicle operating behavior reports. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046833 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STARTING TORQUE IN A HYBRID VEHICLE - A method for determining the starting torque in a hybrid vehicle, comprising an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, wherein the internal combustion engine can be decoupled from the drive train by opening a clutch, said method providing for the determination of the starting torque by detecting the holding torque in a holding process of the vehicle with the internal combustion engine decoupled before the operating brake is engaged, wherein the holding torque detected corresponds to the minimum required starting torque. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046834 | Method And System For Determining A Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Expected Drive Range - A vehicle may include an engine and electric machine each configured to generate motive power for the vehicle, a battery configured to store energy for the electric machine, and a tank configured to store fuel for the engine. The vehicle may further include one or more controllers configured to determine a vehicle drive range based on an amount of fuel in the tank and an available charge depletion energy in the battery. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046835 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL SYSTEM - An ECU that integrally controls a vehicle travel control system includes an initial travel plan producing section which produces an initial travel plan including a decelerating interval in which an engine of a vehicle is stopped to decelerate the vehicle, a travel plan reconfiguring section which reconfigures the initial travel plan produced by the initial travel plan reconfiguring section, and a travel control section which controls travel of the vehicle based on a travel plan. When a non-stop state of the engine occurs while the vehicle is traveling, the travel plan reconfiguring section reconfigures the initial travel plan so that target deceleration in the decelerating interval in the initial travel plan is reset to new target deceleration that is larger deceleration. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046836 | MODULAR AND SCALABLE POSITIONING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The different illustrative embodiments provide an apparatus that includes an autonomous vehicle, a modular navigation system, and a number of modular components. The modular navigation system is coupled to the autonomous vehicle. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046837 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND MANAGEMENT - To improve the scheduling and tasking of sensors, the present disclosure describes an improved planning system and method for the allocation and management of sensors. In one embodiment, the planning system uses a branch and bound approach of tasking sensors using a heuristic to expedite arrival at a deterministic solution. In another embodiment, a progressive lower bound is applied to the branch and bound approach. Also, in another embodiment, a hybrid branch and bound approach is used where both local and global planning are employed in a tiered fashion. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046838 | AUTOMATIC SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automatic search system and a method for assisting a mobile apparatus to search for a matching device are provided. The automatic search method includes the following steps. First, N sets of consecutive images are captured at N time points respectively when the mobile apparatus moves along a first direction. The N is a positive integer greater than 1. Next, the N sets of consecutive images are received, and several image features of the N sets of images are compared, so as to determine accordingly whether the matching device exists in the first direction. If it is determined that the matching device exists, a route signal and an adjustment signal are generated. Next, according to the route signal, the mobile apparatus is controlled to move to an adjacent position of the matching device. Also, according to the adjustment signal, the mobile apparatus is controlled to be combined with the matching device. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046839 | MOVING VEHICLE SYSTEM AND IN-POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD FOR MOVING VEHICLE - A moving vehicle system for making an in-position determination when a moving vehicle enters an in-position range, includes a sensor arranged to determine a position, a velocity, and an acceleration of the moving vehicle, and computation unit arranged to determine whether a stop position of the moving vehicle is within an in-position range or not. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046840 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION WITHIN CONTROL SYSTEMS - A drive-by-communication-signal vehicle includes a driver interface subsystem having a sensor responsive to an operational characteristic of the driver interface subsystem, a controller responsive to the sensor, a vehicle subsystem responsive to the controller, and a communication channel in signal communication with the driver interface subsystem, the controller, and the vehicle subsystem. The controller includes a storage medium, a processing circuit, and a clock synchronization mechanism defining synchronous communication cycles, with each communication cycle defining at least one time interval. The storage medium, being readable by the processing circuit, stores instructions for execution by the processing circuit for executing and communicating ordered tasks within defined time intervals with flexible task scheduling. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046841 | VEHICLE BODY FLOW SUPPRESSION DEVICE - A vehicle body drifting restraining device restraining a drifting of a vehicle body of a vehicle, the vehicle body drifting restraining device comprising: an activeness level determination unit determining an activeness level of a driver with respect to a movement of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction; and a vehicle body drifting restraining control permission/prohibition switch permitting or prohibiting a control restraining the drifting of the vehicle body, wherein the control restraining the drifting of the vehicle body is executed only when the activeness level determination unit determines that the activeness level is low. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046842 | SATELLITE ENABLED VEHICLE PROGNOSTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a vehicle prognostic and diagnostic system comprises: a vehicle maintenance computer (VMC) for prognosis and diagnosis of faults; a vehicle operations network (VON) providing a communications link between the VMC and vehicle related processors; sensors communicatively coupled to the VON providing sensor data relating to operations of vehicle sub-systems; a vehicle maintenance database communicatively coupled to the VMC providing vehicle maintenance information to the VMC; a transceiver coupled to the VMC, the transceiver selecting at least one data link from a plurality of data links for communication with a ground station. The VMC detects when a fault occurs or is likely to occur based on sensor data and the vehicle maintenance data. The VMC queries the database for mitigating action when it detects a fault occurs or is likely to occur. The transceiver uploads a message to the ground station when the database cannot provide mitigating action. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VEHICULAR PATH PREDICTION FOR COOPERATIVE DRIVING APPLICATIONS THROUGH DIGITAL MAP AND DYNAMIC VEHICLE MODEL FUSION - Method and system of vehicular path prediction for a vehicle travelling on a road. A yaw rate of the vehicle is estimated over a prediction time period based on vehicle sensor information and map information for the road. Then, a further path of the vehicle on the road is predicted for the prediction time period based on a speed and a direction of the vehicle, and the estimated yaw rate. Map information includes a geometry for a portion of the road on which the vehicle is travelling, and the vehicle sensor information includes yaw rate information from a yaw rate sensor on the vehicle, and location information of the vehicle relative to the map information from a positioning device on the vehicle. A vehicle provided for path prediction includes a communication system for transmitting the predicted path to other vehicles for collision avoidance. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING THE STATE OF VEHICLE COMPONENTS - An electronic/electric vehicle infrastructure system is provided for controlling the electronic/electric functions and/or functionalities of a vehicle as well as a method for controlling such a system, wherein the electronic/electric vehicle infrastructure system includes at least two electronic/electric vehicle infrastructure subsets each including a plurality of electronic/electric vehicle infrastructure elements, wherein an electronic/electric infrastructure element is an electronic control unit (ECU), a network segment and/or a load, and at least one electronic/electric vehicle infrastructure element is transferable in an active or inactive state, and wherein the electronic/electric functions and/or functionalities are defined by predetermined vehicle modes and/or predetermined applications needing predetermined ECUs and/or loads, wherein each ECU includes a state change component for transferring the ECU, at least one connected load and/or at least one network segment attached to the ECU into an active or inactive state, wherein each state change component is adapted to receive, transfer and/or execute a state transfer request initiated by a change of the current predetermined vehicle mode and/or by application needs. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046845 | Apparatus, method & system for enforcing vehicle operator policy compliance - Apparatus, method, and system enforce compliance with Transportation Safety Policies (TSP) governing vehicle fleets, subways, trains, busses, airplanes, etc. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046846 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AIR QUALITY WITHIN AN INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The present invention discloses a process for controlling air quality within an interior of a motor vehicle. The process can include providing a motor vehicle with a heating-venting-air conditioning (HVAC) system, the HVAC system having an internal air supply option and an external air supply option. The process can also include providing a reinforcement learning system that can increase the air quality within the motor vehicle as a function of user preferences with respect to choosing the external air supply or the internal air supply. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046847 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OIL SUPPLY AND CONTROLLER - A method is provided for operating an oil supply for a combustion engine and/or a transmission system of a motor vehicle particularly with start/stop-automatic, comprises the steps, that a deceleration of the motor vehicle is detected, at least one status parameter, which correlates with the manner of the deceleration, is monitored, a future oil pressure of the oil supply is estimated based on the status parameter and the actual oil supply control strategy, and if the estimated future oil pressure is below a predetermined threshold of the oil pressure, an oil pump for filling an accumulator tank of the oil supply is activated. Since the accumulator tank is filled in advance of a possible automatic stop a sufficient high oil pressure, when the combustion engine is started again, is safeguarded, wherein the period of time for accomplishing the automatic stop is not lengthened. This leads to a reduction of the fuel consumption and the CO | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046848 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING THE HORIZONTAL RIDE LEVEL OF A UTILITY VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a device ( | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046849 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SIDE SLIP ANGLE OF A REAR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING - A method for controlling the side slip angle of a rear-wheel drive vehicle when turning; the control method provides for the steps of: detecting the position of an accelerator control which is displaced along a predetermined stroke; using a first initial part of the stroke of the accelerator control for directly controlling the generation of the drive torque so that the generated drive torque depends on the position of the accelerator control; and using a second final part of the stroke of the accelerator control to directly control a side slip angle of the vehicle when turning so that the side slip angle depends on the position of the accelerator control. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046850 | IN-VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An in-vehicle image display apparatus for use in a vehicle is provided which includes a state detecting device that detects a state of surroundings of the vehicle; a shape detecting device that detects a three-dimensional shape of an object to be detected in the surroundings of the vehicle; a display device that is provided at least in front window section of the vehicle and capable of displaying information over the window section; an image generating device that generates image data for displaying a three-dimensional image representing the state of the surroundings of the vehicle on the display device based on detection results from the state detecting device and the shape detecting device; and a display control device that makes the display device display a three-dimensional image represented by the image data generated by the image generating device. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046851 | REAR WHEEL STEERING VEHICLE - In a rear wheel steering vehicle equipped with a vehicle motion stability control system that can be selectively switched on and off, the motion stability of the vehicle is prevented from being impaired when an abnormal condition should develop to a rear wheel steering device of the vehicle. In addition to the rear wheel steering device, the vehicle is provided with an abnormal condition processing unit that turns on the vehicle motion stability control system upon detection of the abnormal condition of the rear wheel rear wheel steering device while the vehicle motion stability control system is turned off. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046852 | POWER STEERING DEVICE - A power steering device includes an oil-hydraulic pump, an electric motor to drive the pump, an inverter, a control valve, a power cylinder to produce a steering assist, and a control unit to control the drive signal of the inverter. The control valve includes a pump port supplied with oil from the pump, a first and second cylinder ports connected to first and second cylinder chambers on sides of the piston, and a discharge port. Communication between the first cylinder port and the pump port and communication between the second cylinder port and the discharge port, and communication between the first cylinder port and the discharge port and communication between the second cylinder port and the pump port are established in steered status in the other direction. Communication among the pump port and first and second cylinder ports, and isolation of the discharge port from the pump port and first and second cylinder ports are established when the control valve is in neutral status. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046853 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR TRIGGERING PASSENGER PROTECTION MEANS FOR A VEHICLE - A method and a control device for triggering passenger protection means for a vehicle, wherein the triggering takes place as a function of an analysis of at least one accident signal via a constant fraction discrimination method. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046854 | VEHICLE COMPRISING AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A vehicle comprising a motor-driven air conditioning system comprising a power control device for controlling the temperature in a space inside the vehicle, and an internal combustion engine equipped with a motor management system that is arranged for determining the energy expended by the internal combustion engine, which internal combustion engine is at the same time used for driving the air conditioning system, characterised in that the motor management system is connected to said power control device and arranged for adjusting the power supplied to the air conditioning system in dependence on the load on the internal combustion engine. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046855 | APPARATUS FOR POWER SEAT - An apparatus for a power seat includes: a motor; a transmitting member mechanically connected to a seat and driven by the motor, thereby changing a state of the seat; an operational switch outputting an operational signal indicating a changing direction of the state of the seat; a sensor outputting a single pulse according to a rotation of the motor; a controlling portion driving the motor in a rotational direction corresponding to the operational signal and counting the pulse outputted according to the rotation of the motor, thereby determining and memorizing the state of the seat; a judging portion judging the changing direction of the state of the seat after a start of the driving of the motor on the basis of the pulse; and a drive continuing portion continuing the driving of the motor until the changing direction of the state of the seat is judged. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046856 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION OF JAMMING OF AN OBJECT - In a computer-aided detection of the jamming of an object, wherein, when adjusting a component of a motor vehicle using an adjusting drive ( | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046857 | Implement Control System For A Machine - This disclosure relates to a control system for a machine implement. The control system includes a measurement sensor configured to provide an implement measurement signal indicative of a velocity of a machine implement, and a controller. The controller is configured to provide an implement measurement signal and an operator command signal, and to determine an adjusted implement command based signal based on the implement measurement signal and the operator command signal. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046858 | WORK VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK VEHICLE - In this work vehicle, a control unit controls a shift in a speed gear of a transmission according to the vehicle velocity. The control unit determines whether or not the acceleration rate of the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold when the vehicle velocity is within a predetermined first range. The control unit switches a lock-up clutch from a not-connected state to a connected state when the acceleration rate of the vehicle is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold. The control unit maintains the lock-up clutch in a not-connected state when the acceleration rate of the vehicle is greater than the predetermined threshold. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046859 | TRANSMISSION ACTUATOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE TRANSMISSION ACTUATOR DEVICE - A transmission actuator device has a plurality of valves and a controller which is designed to actuate the plurality of valves. The transmission actuator devices includes an interface for a further controller which is primarily provided for actuating components other than the transmission actuator device, wherein at least a number of valves of the plurality of valves can be actuated by the further controller through of the interface. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046860 | LINEAR ACTUATOR WITH POSITION SENSING SYSTEM - An electromagnetic actuator assembly with a frame, a movable element, first and second sensor targets that are coupled to the movable element for movement therewith, first and second sensors that are coupled to the frame and a controller. The first sensor is configured to sense a position of the first sensor target and to produce a first sensor signal in response thereto. The second sensor is configured to sense a position of the second sensor target and to produce a second sensor signal in response thereto. The controller that receives the first and second sensor signals and identifies three or more discrete points along a path of travel of the plunger. A differential assembly that incorporates the electromagnetic actuator assembly is also provided. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046861 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL APPARATUS - A switching apparatus is provided in a hydraulic control apparatus having a fluid transmission apparatus; a lockup clutch; a switching valve that controls engagement of the lockup clutch; and a control oil pressure generation apparatus that pressurizes oil and outputs a control oil pressure to control activation of the switching valve. The switching apparatus executes a control to warm the oil input into the control oil pressure generation apparatus if the temperature of the oil is below a predetermined temperature and prohibits execution of the control to warm the oil input into the control oil pressure generation apparatus if the temperature of the oil equals or exceeds the predetermined temperature. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046862 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MAPPING OF THE TORQUE TRANSMITTED BY A CLUTCH IN AN AUTOMOBILE AND HILL-START ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMOBILE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH DEVICE - A device for determining, when driving a vehicle, a mapping of torque transmitted by a clutch of the automobile based on a position of a clutch control member. The device includes a mechanism updating the mapping based on position thresholds of the clutch control member. The updating modifies values of the thresholds based on minimum and maximum values of the positions of the control member stored in the mapping and on current values of the thresholds. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046863 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AEROPLANE GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An apparatus for controlling an aeroplane gas turbine engine has various sensors and devices for operating the engine, and two control channels each calculating a command value for controlling operation of the engine based on signals outputted from the sensors. In each of the control channels, it is determined whether any of the sensors and devices is abnormal based on the signals to determine a failure level of the control channel concerned with a numerical value. The failure level is compared with that of the other control channel and based thereon, the command value calculated by the control channel of smaller failure level is sent to the devices. With this, even when both control channels are failed, the engine control can be continued with taking the failure level into account. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046864 | ENGINE CONTROLLING APPARATUS - An engine controlling apparatus for executing (i) an engine automatic stop control and/or (ii) an engine automatic restart control, during running of a vehicle. The controlling apparatus includes: an allowing/inhibiting device configured to selectively allow and inhibit execution of (i) the engine automatic stop control and/or (ii) the engine automatic restart control, by comparing each of at least one of (a) a plurality of physical amounts including (a-1) behavior-representing physical amounts and (a-2) turning-behavior-influencing physical amounts, with (b) a threshold value which is determined, depending on a running velocity of the vehicle, for the each of the at least one of the physical amounts. The behavior-representing physical amounts include at least one turning-behavior-representing physical amount. The allowing/inhibiting device includes a turning-behavior-basis allowing/inhibiting portion that is configured to selectively allow and inhibit the execution of (i) the engine automatic stop control and/or (ii) the engine automatic restart control, by comparing each of the at least one turning-behavior-representing physical amount, with the threshold value. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046865 | Motorized Vehicles Spark Timing Control for Use with Biofuel Gasoline Mixture - The present invention provides apparatus for varying an engine's combustion spark timing for use of hybrid fuels, such as bio-fuel and gasoline. An operator selectable switch enables or disables an on-board computer selecting between gasoline and bio-fuel mixtures as the on-board fuel so that engine mounted sensors provide data used to determine optimum fuel-ignition spark discharge values from a computerized table. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046866 | ENGINE CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO VARYING AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL IN FUEL - Various systems and methods are described for operating an engine in a vehicle in response to fuel having varying amounts of alcohol. One example method comprises delivering fuel to the engine, limiting engine speed during vehicle operation to a maximum permitted engine speed, the maximum permitted engine speed responsive to the amount of alcohol in the fuel. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046867 | VEHICLE PROXIMITY DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - Multiple vehicles are each equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) and a plurality of accelerometers to provide information related to said vehicle's current state. A controller is provided to predict concurrent presence of at least two of said vehicles at a location at some future time. At least one of said vehicles further includes an indicator to indicate the potential for concurrent presence at said location in adequate time for the operator of said at least one of said vehicles to take appropriate evasive action to avoid concurrent presence at said location. Multiple vehicles are each equipped with a GPS and a plurality of accelerometers to provide information related to said vehicle's current state, a controller to identify vehicle speed, and an interface between the controller and said vehicle's throttle to control acceleration and deceleration. Multiple vehicles are each equipped with a GPS to provide information related to said vehicle's current state and a transceiver. A controller is provided for controlling traffic flow through an intersection during periods when traffic flow through said intersection is below a predetermined threshold. The controller includes a transmitter for communicating with the transceiver in each said vehicle. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046868 | Aircraft Guidance System for Assisting in Airport Navigation - An aircraft guidance system for assisting in airport navigation includes: at least one airport database comprising topology data of an airport, called airport DB; at least one configuration database comprising aircraft configuration data and the position of a guidance point; a positioning system delivering aircraft kinematic and attitude parameters; at least one computer generating a 2D view of the representation of the airport notably comprising navigation indications and a representation of the aircraft; and at least one display for displaying the representation of the airport. In the system, a first symbol is generated on the display indicating the position of an early guidance point, corresponding to the position of the guidance point at a future time. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046869 | PROGRAMMING AIRPLANE SYSTEMS BASED ON INSTRUCTIONS - A method of receiving an instruction by an airplane from a control system includes facilitating, by the airplane, a user of a system of the airplane in accepting or rejecting the instruction. The instruction may be received by the airplane via a data link between the control system and the airplane system. If the instruction is accepted, the method may further include loading, by the airplane, the instruction into the airplane system and/or adjusting, by the airplane, at least one airplane control to correspond to the instruction. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046870 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE - Methods and apparatus are provided for a system that provides information to an operator of a vehicle. The system includes, but is not limited to a call center that configured to provide the operator with route guidance to a location. The system also includes a plurality of internet websites. Each internet website relates to a vehicle lifecycle event and is configured to permit the operator to electronically transmit a location associated with the vehicle lifecycle event to the call center. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046871 | ON-VEHICLE DEVICE - An on-vehicle device with a storage unit that includes a transfer unit that transfers data stored in the storage unit to another on-vehicle device of equal capability that is also equipped with a storage unit. In the on-vehicle device, the transfer unit is configured by a data transfer jack provided to each of the on-vehicle device and the another on-vehicle device, and a data transfer cable for connecting the transfer jacks. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046872 | Route Calculation Method for a Vehicle Navigation System - Traffic information, including flow information and incident information, obtained through a traffic management system for providing and facilitating the exchange of traffic information between a remote location and a vehicle may be used in route calculation by a navigation device. The navigation device may recalculate a route based on anticipated user error. Alternatively, the navigation device may recalculate a route using received traffic information triggered by the receipt of a traffic information update, or triggered by the passage of an amount of time. The broadcast rate of traffic information updates may vary temporally (providing more frequent updates during peak commute times) or geographically (providing more frequent updates to metropolitan areas with increased traffic information needs). If route calculation is triggered by an elapsed amount of time, the amount of time may vary to be shorter during peak commute times. Additional route calculation techniques allow the incorporation of historical traffic information or the use of the most recent traffic information if incomplete traffic information is available. Still further route calculation techniques may calculate a best route by avoiding zigzagging or evaluating an assigned cost of a potential route. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046873 | SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE, SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD, AND SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION INFORMATION ACQUIRING PROGRAM - In order to precisely specify a lighting pattern of an actual traffic signal, traveling direction information indicating a traveling direction of a vehicle at a signalized intersection is acquired from a plurality of vehicles, and the information on the lighting pattern of the traffic signal at the signalized intersection is acquired based on the traveling direction information of the plurality of vehicles. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046874 | ASSISTANCE DATA SPECIFICATIONS AND PROTOCOLS FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - Assistance data specifications and protocols for navigation systems in cellular networks and/or other networks. These specifications and protocols do not impact system-specific control plane protocols. According to various embodiments, a bearer and satellite system-independent meta structure may be protected for periodic and/or continuous transfer, e.g., streaming, of assistance data in a network. As a result, the need for the arrangement of multiple individual sub sessions may be reduced or eliminated in various embodiments. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046875 | Providing sponsorship information alongside traffic messages - A method and system for providing sponsorship information to a user of a traffic message receiver is disclosed. Sponsorship messages are sent to the traffic message receiver and include data to be stored in the memory of the receiver. The transmission of the sponsorship messages is performed as a background routine to the regular transmission of traffic messages. The sponsorship data stored in the traffic message receiver is provided to the user of the traffic message receiver based on a triggering event, such as the end-user entering a point of interest string into the user interface of his navigation system or receipt of a message that includes an activated trigger flag. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046876 | System of Finding Objects and Information on a Map View and Routes on the Map View - The invention is a system with methods that make use of publicly available online map systems and personal computers or mobile devices to provide intuitive user interfaces through which users can browse vicinities of their interests and search for objects and information associated with the vicinities with the need of a positioning hardware such as GPS. The vicinities of the objects and information search are determined by users through operating a map view using a web client application of the system. The system constructs geographic coordinates from a map view or from a travel route on the map view, with which the system associates objects and information and from which the system constructs database query statements for finding location specific objects and information. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046877 | MODEL BASED METHOD TO ASSESS ROAD CURVATURE EFFECT ON TRAVEL TIME AND COMFORT FOR ROUTE PLANNING - Methods and systems for assessing the effect of road curvature on the travel time and the comfort level of a path determined by a ground based route planning system. The methods and systems identify a path and determine an allowable speed profile of the path, wherein the allowable speed profile satisfies a cross track acceleration constraint. Thereafter, the methods and systems determine an optimal speed profile of the path, wherein the optimal speed profile satisfies both an along track acceleration constraint and a speed constraint. Using the optimal speed profile, the road curvature of a path may be factored into a determination of the traversal time of the path. Additionally, using the optimal speed profile, the road curvature of a path may be used to derive a comfort level of the path and/or to provide driver assistance. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING, MANAGING, AND SHARING MOVING PATH - Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating, managing, and sharing moving-path related information. A first mobile communication device, among the plurality of mobile communication devices, generates moving-path related information regarding a moving path generated by movement of the first mobile communication device. The moving-path related information of the first mobile communication device is transmitted to a central server to which the plurality of mobile communication devices are connected. The moving-path related information of the first mobile communication device transmitted to the central server is provided to at least one other mobile communication device of the plurality of mobile communication devices connected to the central server. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046879 | Method and System for Presenting Information Associated With a Location - An enhanced navigation system in which present location is compared to a database of points of interest. Data for each point of interest include a reference to a source of dynamic information reflecting the real time status of the point of interest. Such a reference may comprise, for example, an Internet link. Real time status information will vary depending on the nature of the point of interest, and may include information such as whether the point is open or closed, queue lengths, waiting times, etc. The real time status information is retrieved from the source and presented to the user. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046880 | GOLF GPS DEVICE - A golf GPS device is disclosed herein. The device includes a GPS unit, a memory for storing data for a plurality of golf courses, a display for displaying animations of portions of golf courses, a user input for inputting a plurality of location points on the display, and a processor comprising means for rendering the animations of portions of golf courses from a plurality of latitude and longitude coordinate points. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046881 | PERSONAL MAPPING SYSTEM - A system and method for providing a personal mapping system, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046882 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF ANOTHER ROAD USER - A method for determining the position of another road user includes the following steps: determining the position of a road user with the aid of a position detection unit; estimating a distance of the road user to the other road user with the aid of a distance sensor; and determining the position of the other road user on the basis of the determined position of the road user, the estimated distance, and a road map, the other road user being assumed to be located in a road area predefined by the road map. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046883 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TESTING NAVIGATION ROUTES - Various embodiments may include a method and system for testing data defining one or more navigation routes. A starting location may be input at a computer remote from the starting location. A destination location may also be input. Map data including GPS information based on the starting location input and the destination location input may be received. Route data may also be received. Based on the map data and the route data, data defining one or more navigation instructions may be generated for one or more routes. The one or more navigation instructions may be executed at the computer and compared to the map data. Based on the comparison, an accuracy of the navigation instructions may be determined. The data defining the navigation instructions may be corrected if the data is determined to be inaccurate. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046884 | SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS - Embodiments of methods and systems for analysis of geological structures using seismic attributes are described. In some embodiments, a method includes computing a similarity function using one or more seismic attributes at a location within the geological structure along an I direction and a J direction; computing a total optimal similarity function in at least one plane defined by the I and J directions; computing a minimum possible value of the total similarity function for a defined range of rotations; and calculating a discontinuity measure based at least partially on the minimum possible value of the total similarity function. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046885 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EXPLORING A REGION BELOW A SURFACE OF THE EARTH - A passive method for exploring a region below the surface of the earth. The method comprises using a plurality of sensors to obtain seismic data obtained by recording ambient seismic interface waves in a frequency range whose lower limit is greater than 0 Hz, and whose upper limit is less than or equal to substantially 1 Hz. The sensors may be sensitive to three orthogonal components. Recordings may be made simultaneously by all sensors and normalization of data is unnecessary. The sensors may be moved and clean data may be selected. Local dispersion curves may be determined to improve vertical resolution. The data are processed so as to obtain a measure of the energy in a frequency band within the frequency range. The energy measure may be calculated by integrating the spectrum in the frequency domain over a desired frequency range. The resulting calculated energy provides information about the region of the earth being explored. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046886 | Removing Ground-Roll from Geophysical Data - A method for processing geophysical data. The method includes generating a model from geophysical data acquired at a receiver location and one or more boundary receiver locations. After generating the model, the method applies a forward modeling algorithm using information from the model to generate a modeled estimate of a direct ground roll between the receiver location and each boundary receiver location. The method then estimates a ground roll between a source location and each boundary receiver location. Using the modeled estimate of a direct ground roll between the receiver location and each boundary receiver location and the estimate of the ground roll between a source location and each boundary receiver location, the method applies interferometry between the estimate of the ground roll between the source location and each boundary receiver location and the modeled estimate of the direct ground roll between the receiver location and each boundary receiver location to generate an interferometric estimate of a ground roll between the source location and the receiver location. The method then removes the interferometric estimate of the ground roll between the source location and the receiver location from geophysical data acquired at the receiver location due to a source at the source location. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046887 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING PATHWAY PRODUCT LEVELS - This document relates to assessing homeostasis within mammals. For example, methods and materials for determining whether or not a biological system is functioning normally are provided. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046888 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING TUMOR DISORDERS IN HUMANS - The invention is used for the diagnosis of human tumoral diseases. The diagnosis method consists of preparing films from patient arterial and venous blood, processing said films using a conventional method such as fixing or dyeing, measuring the surface areas of the arterial and venous blood lymphocyte nuclei and comparing said surface areas to corresponding cell surface areas of different lymphocyte groups, plotting regression lines for the arterial and venous blood according to the values thus obtained, determining the percentage thereof for each lymphocyte group, plotting the influence curve thereof in the form of a function of the diameter of corresponding lymphocyte groups, introducing weight factors whose quantity increases along the lymphocyte diameter decrease, multiplying said factors by the lymphocyte percentage, and plotting the sums' correspondence for the arterial and venous blood in the form of the function of the difference therebetween. The diagnosis, location of the tumor, and degree of advancement of the oncological process are jointly determined according to the intersection and correlation of the regression lines and according to characteristic pictures and areas of the curves obtained. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046889 | ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CANINES, FELINES, OR OTHER ANIMALS - An apparatus for measuring, storing and communicating measurements of a dog, cat, other animal or inanimate object's environment. The apparatus may take the form of a collar, bridle, tag, harness or other mechanism worn by the animal or a device to be shipped with the animal or inanimate object. The apparatus may include mechanisms to initiate and terminate measurement and may include the ability to detect and report values exceeding specified limits. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046890 | Method for accurately determining concentrations of diffusible materials - The invention provides an improved microdialysis method for determining the free concentration of an agent or drug (defined as the concentration of agent that is dissolved and free to diffuse, and not undissolved or precipitated, complexed, bound, included in micelles or microemulsions, etc.). | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046891 | CO-CRYSTALLIZATION OF ERR-alpha WITH A LIGAND THAT FORMS A REVERSIBLE COVALENT BOND - The crystal structure of the ligand binding domain of ERR-α in complex with a ligand that forms a reversible thioether bond to Cys325 of ERR-α, methods to measure dissociation rates for ligands that form reversible covalent bonds, and methods to design ligands that form reversible covalent bonds for use as modulators of ERR-α activity are disclosed. The crystal structure and methods provide a novel molecular mechanism for modulation of the activity of ERR-α and provide the basis for rational drug design to obtain potent specific ligands for use as modulators of the activity of this new drug target. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046892 | Method and Device for Utilizing Analyte Levels to Assist in the Treatment of Diabetes - A health-monitoring device assesses the health of a user based on levels of two analytes in a biological fluid. A first analyte that is utilized to assess a user's health is a fat metabolism analyte, such as ketones, free fatty acids and glycerol, which is indicative of fat metabolism. A second analyte that is utilized is a glucose metabolism analyte, such as glucose. The levels of the two analytes may be used to assess insulin sensitivity, to detect both recent hypoglycemia and the cause of high glucose levels, and/or to guide therapeutic intervention. The dual analyte model may calculate a discrepancy between an actual insulin activity level and a theoretical insulin activity level. The dual analyte model of the present invention may be used to identify individuals at risk for metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and non-insulin dependent diabetes, and allows monitoring of the progression of those disease states, as well as progress made by therapeutic interventions. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046893 | METHOD FOR NORMALIZING THE RESULTS OF AN IN-VITRO ANALYTICAL METHOD - A method is disclosed for normalizing the results of an in-vitro analytical method for one or more diagnostically and/or prognostically relevant substances in an organism (biomarker) or one or more substances supplied to an organism from the outside. In at least one embodiment of the method a) one or more concentration values of the substance(s) in an organism, said concentration value(s) being obtained in an in-vitro analytical method is (are) provided, b) data obtained from an imaging study of the same organism are provided, c) from the data according to b), one or more quantitative values are determined as imaging value(s), d) from the values according to a) and c), one or more diagnostic parameters are determined by relating the values according to a) and c) to one another, and also to the use of this method for the type-correct dosage finding of drugs and for the in-vitro diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring the course of a disease. In addition, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a program for a data processing system which, when carried out in a suitable computer system, carries out the above method, and also to an electronically readable data carrier having electronically readable control information stored thereon, which control information is configured in such a manner that they carry out the above method when a suitable data carrier is used in a suitable computer system. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046894 | METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN MALIGNANT AND BENIGN TISSUE LESIONS - An embodiment of the present invention includes a method for discriminating between benign and malignant tissue lesions. The method includes the steps of using a plurality of maps of physiology and morphology parameters generated from reflectance measurements and pure morphology parameters generated from reflectance measurements. The method also includes calculating entropies and cross entropies of the plurality of maps, and calculating a plurality of pure morphology parameters. Further, the method includes assigning a weight to each entropy and a weight to a logarithm of each entropy, a weight to each cross entropy and a weight to a logarithm of each cross entropy, and a weight to each pure morphology parameter and a weight to a logarithm of each pure morphoiogy parameter. The method further includes computing a diagnostic index, defining a cost function, defining a proper threshold value for a diagnostic index and solving an optimization problem to determine a set of weights from the assigned weights to maximize specificity for 100% sensitivity. Further, the method uses calculations, the cost function and the diagnostic index to determine whether the tissue lesion is benign or malignant. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046895 | Method and Device for Utilizing Analyte Levels to Assist in the Treatment of Diabetes - A health-monitoring device assesses the health of a user based on levels of two analytes in a biological fluid. A first analyte that is utilized to assess a user's health is a fat metabolism analyte, such as ketones, free fatty acids and glycerol, which is indicative of fat metabolism. A second analyte that is utilized is a glucose metabolism analyte, such as glucose. The levels of the two analytes may be used to assess insulin sensitivity, to detect both recent hypoglycemia and the cause of high glucose levels, and/or to guide therapeutic intervention. The dual analyte model may calculate a discrepancy between an actual insulin activity level and a theoretical insulin activity level. The dual analyte model of the present invention may be used to identify individuals at risk for metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and non-insulin dependent diabetes, and allows monitoring of the progression of those disease states, as well as progress made by therapeutic interventions. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046896 | ALCOHOL THERMAL DEHYDRATATION CHAMBER, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF NON-EXCHANGEABLE HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM ATOMS IN ETHANOL SAMPLES - The invention is related to the instrumental analytical chemistry, further more to the stable isotope determination in food products. The present invention is referred to the alcohol thermal dehydration chamber, apparatus for “online” determination of isotopic composition of non-exchangeable hydrogen stable isotopes in ethanol samples, which comprises of: A) Alcohol thermal dehydration chamber, B) Detection device, which contains pyrolysis reactor and the Continuous Flow Isotope Spectrometer, and it is connected to the alcohol thermal dehydration chamber over C) System of valves, connectors and capillary tubes which are used for transfer of analyzed sample as for the purging of the alcohol thermal dehydration chamber; procedure for “online” determination of isotopic composition of non-exchangeable hydrogen stable isotopes in ethanol samples and procedure for “offline” preparation of ethene (ethylene) gas by means of alcohol thermal dehydration chamber and for the purpose of authenticity and geographical origin determination of wines, strong spirits, beer, fruit juices, honey and other food product which contain alcohol and/or fermentable sugars. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046897 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FATIGUE OF A PUMP ROTOR OF A GAS TURBOPUMP - A method for determining the fatigue of the pump rotor of a gas turbopump comprises the following method steps:
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| 20110046898 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS OF COMPOSITE BUILDING PANELS - A method of determining face paper properties of wallboard including providing a core strength value of the wallboard, determining a required nail pull value based the wallboard specifications and calculating a face paper stiffness value based on the provided core strength value and the determined nail pull value. The method includes displaying the calculated face paper stiffness value on a display device. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046899 | DROP DETECTOR SYSTEM - The invention provides an optical drop detection system ( | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046900 | IMPULSE ANALYSIS FOR FLOW SENSOR-BASED FLUID CONTROL SYSTEM - A fluid flow control system using flow rate changes to extract additional information from an in-line flow sensor. The system provides the ability to determine a position of a movable flow sensor element of a flow sensor by illuminating a photosensitive pixel array with a light source to create a first set of pixel intensity values, introducing an abrupt change to the fluid driving pressure, illuminating the photosensitive pixel array with a light source to create a second set of pixel intensity values, and calculating the difference between the first and second sets of pixel intensity values as a function of pixel position. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046901 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STATUS OF AN ENERGY RESERVE ACCUMULATOR, PARTICULARLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A method of monitoring status of an energy reserve accumulator, connected to a fluid system, includes the following successive operations once the fluid system has stabilized for pressure: measuring a first time taken by the fluid system to progress from a predetermined first pressure to a predetermined second pressure, lower than the predetermined first pressure; measuring a second time taken by the system to progress from a predetermined third pressure, lower than the predetermined second pressure, to a predetermined fourth pressure, lower than the predetermined third pressure; and comparing the first and second times to determine the status of the energy reserve accumulator. Such a method may find use for example in an aircraft. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046902 | Method for Detection of a Fluid Leak Related to a Piston Machine - A method for detection of a fluid leak related to at least one piston machine ( | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046903 | System And Method For Detecting Leaks - A leak detection system includes a pressure system that requires leak and/or pressure testing. A pressure sensor coupled to the pressure system senses a first pressure at time | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046904 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC PATTERNS DISCOVERY - A system and method for analyzing a customer load and/or generation profile in order to disaggregate the customer load and/or generation profile is provided. The analysis of the customer load and/or customer generation profile may thereby determine the one or more devices that are operating and that contribute to the customer load and/or generation profile. In this way, the system and method may automatically analyze the customer load and/or generation profile in order to determine the one or more devices that contribute to the load and/or generation profile. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046905 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A battery management system for monitoring a plurality of battery cells, including a plurality of electronic boards, each of the electronic boards being mounted on a respective one of the battery cells, wherein the electronic boards are connected in series to a central processor by a twisted wire pair, the twisted wire pair being connected to each electronic board by a coupling, wherein the coupling is open during normal use and is closed to connect the wires of the twisted wire pair in response to sensing a predetermined event in relation to the respective battery cell such that the central processor is able to determine from a level of voltage returned through the twisted wire pair the number of battery cells at which the predetermined event has been sensed. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046906 | STRUCTURE OF A MAGNETIC-FIELD GRADIENT SENSOR AND PROCESS FOR FABRICATING IT IN INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY - A process for measuring the gradient or an n-th order derivative, in which n is greater than 1, in a direction z, of a component Hx of a magnetic field, the component being invariant, at least locally, in a direction y. The method includes: a) positioning of N (N>n+1) elementary field sensors, each sensor being offset, relative to the neighboring sensors, along y by a distance Ty and along the z axis by a distance Δz, b) measurement of the field by each of the N sensors, and c) calculation of the desired gradient, or the desired nth-order derivative, as a function of the measurements of the field obtained during b). | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046907 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF IMPROVED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING - The present invention is a system and methods of improved tomography imaging such as microwave tomography (MWT). An improved inversion technique surrounds the imaging region with an electrically conducting surface to create field distortions producing an improved tomographic image. The improved inversion technique of the present invention creates a new physical situation for proposed imaging systems. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046908 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING RESULT FROM TEST DEVICE - A method and apparatus for calibration of a result from a test device using a reagent are provided. The method includes measuring an optical signal for a sample contained in the test device to obtain a measured optical signal value, the sample having a known concentration; and determining a relationship between the known concentration of the sample and a ratio of an estimated optical signal value to the measured optical signal value of the sample. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING OBSERVATIONAL ERRORS OF A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE - A system and method for calculating an observational error of a coordinate measuring machine includes receiving measuring parameters input by a user, obtaining observational errors of the ruler from a storage system, and identifying the zero mark of the ruler. A direction of the ruler is adjusted to be substantially parallel to the measuring direction of the measuring parameters, controlling the coordinate measuring machine to measure the ruler according to the measuring parameters, obtaining measured data. Observational error of the coordinate measuring machine is calculated according to the measured data, which is stored in the storage system. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046910 | Method and System for Sample Testing - The invention provides a system and method for testing samples and, in one embodiment, a system for directing and coordinating the operations of hardware components and performance of tasks of laboratory personnel. The system includes a user interface for receiving requests from one or more users. Each request comprises a list of one or more samples to be tested and specifies one or more tests to be conducted on each sample. The system also includes a sample preparation station for maintaining a library of all received samples and creating a sublibrary of samples based on the test(s) to be conducted. The system directs hardware components and laboratory personnel (collectively, laboratory resources) to conduct the requested tests and reports test results to the user(s) who have requested the test(s). | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046911 | HOUSING OR HOUSING PART FOR SANITARY PRODUCT DISPENSER - A housing or housing part ( | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046912 | Semiconductor Device having variable parameter selection based on temperature and test method - A semiconductor device that may include temperature sensing circuits is disclosed. The temperature sensing circuits may be used to control various parameters, such as internal regulated supply voltages, internal refresh frequency, or a word line low voltage. In this way, operating specifications of a semiconductor device at worst case temperatures may be met without compromising performance at normal operating temperatures. Each temperature sensing circuit may include a selectable temperature threshold value as well as a selectable temperature hysteresis value. In this way, temperature performance characteristics may be finely tuned. Furthermore, a method of testing the temperature sensing circuits is disclosed in which a current value may be monitored and temperature threshold values and temperature hysteresis values may be thereby determined. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046913 | SYNTHETIC VIBRATION ISOLATION SYSTEM FOR FREEFALL GRAVIMETER - A gravimeter is disclosed that comprises a base, a reference device coupled to the base and configured to move along a first axis, a falling device configured to free fall from a first position to a second position on a second axis that is parallel to the first axis, a measurement module coupled to the reference device and configured to provide a first signal of the displacement of the reference device relative to the base and provide a second signal of the displacement of the falling device relative to the reference device. A processing unit accepts the first and second signals and computes a displacement of the falling device in inertial space by processing the first and second signals and subtracting the processed first signal from the processed second signal. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046914 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING A PERCUSSION EVENT, AND ASSOCIATED MOBILE SYSTEM - The device for detecting percussion events (DISP) comprises at least one axial accelerometer sensor (ACC | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046915 | USE OF POSITIONING AIDING SYSTEM FOR INERTIAL MOTION CAPTURE - The invention provides robust real-time motion capture, using an inertial motion capture system, aided with a positioning system, of multiple closely interacting actors and to position the actor exactly in space with respect to a pre-defined reference frame. It is a further object of the invention to use such positioning systems to aid the inertial motion capture system that the known advantages of using inertial motion capture technology is not compromised to a great extent. Such positioning systems include pressure sensors, UWB positioning systems and GPS or other GNSS systems. It is a further object of the invention to avoid the use of the earth magnetic field as a reference direction as much as possible, due to the known problems of distortion thereof. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046916 | Pyrometer - A position sensitive pyrometer includes a sensor. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046917 | MEASURING METHOD FOR AN ARTICULATED-ARM COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE - The invention relates to a measuring method for determining a measurement position of a probe element | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046918 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A LIBRARY OF SPECTRA - A method of generating a library from a reference substrate for use in processing product wafers is described. The method includes measuring substrate characteristics at a plurality of well-defined points of a reference substrate, measuring spectra at plurality of measurement points of the reference substrate, there being more measurement points than well-defined points, and associating measured spectra with measured substrate characteristics. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046919 | Method for accurate measurement of enzyme activities - This invention relates to a novel method for the use of specialized equipment to significantly improve the accuracy with which enzyme activities are measured. The method establishes an internal standard mathematical curve for the measurement of relative values for each unit in a complex mixture. The novel feature of the method is that the control is an integral part of each and every sample, so that any variation in test conditions affects the control in exactly the same manner as the sample. Therefore, this novel method forces each measured sample to have a separate control internal to each sample that is exactly matched as to all possible variables. Although some prior methods claim an internal control, the prior methods provide only a rough calibration to an external control, which results in substantial deficiencies in accuracy, reliability, and efficiency. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046920 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THREAT ASSESSMENT, SAFETY MANAGEMENT, AND MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS - The disclosure generally relates to methods and systems anticipating a potentially threatening or dangerous incident, and providing varying levels of response to a user. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides varying levels of assistance to a user prior to, during, and after a threatening incident occurs. By providing assistance prior to a threatening incident occurring, the system may be able to thwart potential attacks, bodily harm, robberies, break-ins, and other criminal or dangerous activity. The assistance can be, for example, in the form of deterrents, alerting first responders to go to the scene, sending security personnel to the scene, remotely monitoring the scene, remotely interacting with the scene, providing information and advice to the user. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046921 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MONITOR HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE - A system which allows healthcare providers to monitor hand hygiene compliance includes a data reader adapted to be worn by a healthcare provider. The system includes a portal trigger disposed at each door portal of a patient room which activates the reader to record an entrance event when the provider enters the patient room. The system includes a dispenser trigger disposed at each cleaning dispenser having cleanser in or at the entrance of each patient room which activates the reader to record a dispensing event when the provider causes the dispenser to dispense cleanser, the reader having a display which displays a number of dispensing events and a number of entrance events. A method which allows healthcare providers to monitor hand hygiene compliance. A system which allows a person to monitor hand hygiene compliance. A method for allowing a person to monitor hand hygiene compliance. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046922 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING A LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - The present disclosure relates to a method for designing a light guide plate. A raw light guide plate having a light input surface and light output surface opposite to the light input surface is provided. An illuminating surface having a shape and area same to that of the light output surface is built. The illuminating surface is divided into n×m illuminating areas, and the light input surface is divided into n×m scattering dots distributing areas corresponding to n×m illuminating areas. A number of original scattering dots are distributed on each scattering dots distributing areas. The original scattering dots are optimized. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046923 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOW-COMPLEXITY THREE-DIMENSIONAL MESH COMPRESSION - An apparatus for compressing low-complexity 3D mesh, includes: a data analyzing unit for decomposing data of an input 3D mesh model into vertices information, property information representing property of the 3D mesh model, and connectivity information between vertices constituting the 3D mesh model; a mesh model quantizing unit for producing quantized vertices, property and connectivity information of the 3D mesh model by using the vertices, property and connectivity information; and a sharable vertex analysis unit for analyzing sharing information between shared vertices of the 3D mesh model. Further, the apparatus includes a data modulation unit for performing a circular DPCM prediction by using quantized values of the consecutive connectivity information of the 3D mesh model; and an entropy encoding unit for outputting coded data of the quantized vertices and property information, and differential pulse-code modulated connectivity information as a bitstream. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046924 | METHOD FOR JOINT MODELING OF MEAN AND DISPERSION - The present invention describes a method and system for joint modeling of a mean and dispersion of data. A computing system derives a loss function taking into account distributional requirements over the data. The computing system represents separate regression functions for the mean and the dispersion as stagewise expansion forms. At this time, the stagewise expansion forms include undetermined scalar coefficients and undetermined basis functions. Then, the computing system chooses the basis functions that maximally correlate with a corresponding steepest-descent gradient direction of the loss function. The computing system obtains the scalar coefficients based on a single step of Newton iteration. The computing system completes the regression functions based on the chosen basis functions and obtained scalar coefficients. | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046925 | Process for Calibrating the Position of a Multiply Articulated System Such as a Robot - The present invention relates to a method of calibrating the position of a multiply-articulated system, notably a robot. The multiply-articulated system consisting of a chain of N segments interlinked by an articulated link, the calibration minimizing the difference between the measured position X | 2011-02-24 |
| 20110046926 | METHOD OF DETERMINING A STIFF VALUE OF AN AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENT - The invention relates to a method for determination of a rigid value of an aerodynamic coefficient of an aircraft, in which measurements are made in a wind tunnel on a model of the said aircraft and, on the basis of these measurements, at least one value, known as flexible model value, of this aerodynamic coefficient is determined, characterized in that a rigid value of the aerodynamic coefficient is calculated on the basis of the said flexible model value(s) and a correction taking into account the flexibility of the model. A plurality of flexible model values is determined on the basis of measurements made by varying the parameter q/E and maintaining the angle of incidence at a constant value, and the correction consists in an extrapolation operation providing a value of the aerodynamic coefficient corresponding to q/E=0. As a variant, a single flexible model is determined and the correction consists in adjusting the said value with the aid of a correction factor. | 2011-02-24 |
