13th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100082236 | NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM WITH A GRAPHICAL SCRATCHPAD FILLER - A navigation system takes a graphical input and translates it into an alpha-numeric entry generally including latitude and longitude information. The system interprets the graphical entry, determines if a waypoint already exists or is depicted at the geographical location identified by the graphical entry and creates a new waypoint if no waypoint already exists or is depicted at the geographical location. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082237 | JOURNAL SERVICE - A journal service is described. In embodiment(s), a portable device includes position logic that can determine spatial data corresponding to a location of the portable device. Temporal data that corresponds to the spatial data can also be logged. A journal service can determine context information that is associated with the spatial data and/or the temporal data when the portable device is or was proximate the location. The journal service can then create a journal event that is defined by the spatial data, the temporal data, and the context information. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082238 | VEHICLE POSITIONING INFORMATION UPDATE DEVICE - Based on positioning accuracy of an own vehicle required for appropriately carrying out assistance control carried out according to a position of the own vehicle, an execution condition for map matching correcting the position of the own vehicle is set. Specifically, setting is made in such a manner that, as the positioning accuracy is higher and an error thereof is smaller, an execution frequency of map matching becomes higher. Then, map matching is carried out according to the thus-set execution condition. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082239 | METHOD OF SHARING EVENT INFORMATION AND MAP LOCATION INFORMATION - In a method of sharing location information between a map application and a calendar application, the map application pulls calendar event locations from a calendar event store and presents these calendar event locations as suggested locations for the map application. Likewise, the calendar application pulls map locations from a map location data store and presents these map locations as suggested locations for calendar events. By sharing location information between the map application and the calendar applications, these applications become significantly more useful. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082240 | System And Method For Running Stored Statistical Processes Using A Web-Based Graphical Information System - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for displaying analytic geography data in a zero-footprint client environment. Data indicative of a geographic focus area is received via a first user interface region that displays a geographical map from a geographical information system that is executable on a first server, the geographical information system configured to capture, store, analyze, and manage data and associated attributes that are spatially referenced to earth. Data indicative of a selected analytic routine is received via a second user interface region that displays a plurality of candidate analytic routines. The selected routine and data indicated by the selected analytic routine are accessed from a second server. The selected analytic routine is executed using the accessed data and the geographic focus area to produce analytic results, and the analytic results are provided to the user interface display for presentation with respect to the geographic map, wherein the candidate analytic routines are statistical models for generating analytic results. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082241 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATIONAL SERVICES - An approach is provided for a managed navigational service. Real-time positional information corresponding to a user is received over a communication network. An approaching point of interest is determined based on the positional information. The approaching point of interest is correlated with travel information and metadata associated with the approaching point of interest. Information about the approaching point of interest is transmitted over the communication network to the user. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTUITIVE POI (POINT OF INTERESTS) MAP SEARCH - An intuitive POI map search comprises steps of: presenting a graphical map; selecting an area portion of the graphical map; determining and storing geocodes for the selected portion; providing search keywords; performing a search on a database using the stored geocodes and the provided search keywords; and displaying the search results. An intuitive POI map search system includes a region selector, a geocode taker, an address extractor, a keyword provider, and a search engine. The region selector selects a second geographic region out of a first geographic region. The geocode taker obtains geocodes for points inside the second geographic region. The address extractor obtains addresses out of the corresponding geocodes. The keyword provider provides search keywords. The search engine performs searches on a database with the geocodes, the extracted address, and the search keywords. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082243 | Method and apparatus to select city name associated with street located on border of two cities - A method and apparatus for identifying correct city involving a street that borders on two or more cities for a navigation system. The navigation system identifies a correct city name associated with such a border street based on a direction of a vehicle travelling on the border street. In another aspect, the navigation system identifies a correct city name associated with such a border street based on a cursor point on the map image as to which side of the street and city is more proximate to the cursor point. Further, the navigation system identifies a correct city name associated with such a border street based on an address number as to whether it is an odd number or even number thereby determining the side of the street and city. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082244 | Mobile Object Support System - An apparatus mounted on a mobile object includes a first receiver for receiving a plurality of information regarding a move of the mobile object, a second receiver for receiving identification information determining a moving position of the mobile object, and a display for displaying indication information in the plurality of the information regarding the move of the mobile object received by the first receiver on the basis of the identification information received by the second receiver. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALLY UPDATING A LOCATION-BASED GEOMETRIC BOUNDARY OF A SUBSCRIBER VEHICLE - A system and method for individually updating a location-based geometric boundary of a subscriber vehicle that is one of many subscriber vehicles are disclosed herein. The method includes obtaining a garage address of the subscriber vehicle, and determining a location-based geometric boundary of the subscriber vehicle from at least the garage address. The method further includes monitoring at least one of a service event including at least a vehicle registration event, a driving distance, or a driving speed to determine a driving pattern of the subscriber vehicle. The location-based geometric boundary of the subscriber vehicle is dynamically updated based at least on the driving pattern of the subscriber vehicle. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082246 | Navigation Features for Obtaining Fuel Before Returning A Rental Vehicle - Systems, devices, features, and methods for routing to a fuel or gasoline station before returning a rental vehicle are disclosed. For example, one method comprises identifying a selected destination to be a rental service return location associated with a rental vehicle. An option to obtain gasoline before returning the rental vehicle to the rental service return location is offered. Upon selection of the option, a gasoline station along a route to the rental service return location is identified. Route guidance to the gasoline station is provided. Route guidance from the gasoline station to the rental service return location is also provided. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082247 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING USER LOCATION INFORMATION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided, which may provide activity user location information. An apparatus may include a processor configured to maintain data describing a first user's location timeline. The processor may be further configured to receive a request for the first user's current location. The first user's current location may define the first user's location at a current time. The processor may also be configured to estimate the first user's current location based at least in part upon the maintained data. The processor may additionally be configured to provide the first user's current location to a second user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082248 | Creating Geometry for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems - A method and system for creating geometry for ADAS are described. Link chains, which are a sequence of segments, are created. The link chains are used to create 2D splines. The link chains, the 2D splines, and height data are used to create 3D splines. The 3D splines and possibly the 2D splines are converted to Bezier curves, which can be used to create a 2D polyline. ADAS applications can use the Bezier curves and the 2D polylines to provide ADAS functions. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082249 | Navigation apparatus for motorcycle - Provided is a motorcycle navigation apparatus that receives broadcasts from a satellite radio mounted on a motorcycle. The motorcycle navigation apparatus includes a controller, monitor and a screen switching unit. The controller is configured to control the navigation apparatus. The a monitor configured to provide, when said satellite radio receives a warning, a notification that information has been received by said satellite radio. The screen switching unit configured to switch said navigation screen to a screen that corresponds to the received information when an operator executes a predetermined operation on the controller, wherein the predetermined operation is executed upon receipt of said notification. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082250 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR CORRECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A GPS measuring unit receives a signal from a GPS satellite and outputs GPS measurement data including at least orientation of an object. An angular velocity sensor outputs angular velocity of the object. An offset value computing unit estimates a running condition of the object on the basis of the measurement data and the angular velocity. The offset value computing unit sequentially derives a temporary offset value of the angular velocity sensor in accordance with the estimated running condition of the object. The offset value computing unit derives an offset value of the angular velocity sensor by executing statistical process on the temporary offset value of the angular velocity sensor. A forgetting factor in the statistical process is changed according to the running condition of the object. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082251 | VEHICLE DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM - A form of a travel path of an oncoming vehicle is recognized based on white-line data. A speed component of the oncoming vehicle with respect to the travel path (route) is calculated by weighting a lateral speed component orthogonal to the route and a lateral speed component following the route, with a speed correction coefficient which is set in accordance with a relative distance between a subject vehicle and the oncoming vehicle. A change in behavior of the oncoming vehicle is predicted, and a possibility of collision against the subject vehicle is determined. If it is determined that there is a possibility of collision, an alarm is output to alert a driver to the possibility of collision. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082252 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - This driving support apparatus for a motor vehicle of the present invention includes: a road information storage device for storing road information comprising a plurality of nodes, the road information storage device being mounted in a motor vehicle; a position detection device for detecting position information, including a height, on the motor vehicle from the road information stored in the road information storage device, the position detection device being mounted in the motor vehicle; a communications device capable of exchanging the position information between itself and a communications terminal mounted in a moving object, the communications device being mounted in the motor vehicle; a height difference calculation device for calculating a height difference between the motor vehicle and the moving object from the height of the vehicle detected by the position detection device and the height of the moving object obtained by the communications device, the height difference calculation device being mounted in the motor vehicle; and a control object determination device for determining whether or not to treat the moving object as a control object based on the position information detected by the position detection device and the position information on the moving object obtained by the communications device, the control object determination device being mounted in the motor vehicle. The control object determination device eliminates, from the control object, the moving object with the height difference, calculated by the height difference calculation device, by a predetermined value or more. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082253 | Strategic management system to stop the development of hurricanes and abate the intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes - The disclosure consists of a system made up of three state-of-the-art subsystems that (1) process historical and real-time data to establish the most likely path that a tropical storm will take, and track and predict the future path that it is taking or will take. These data and temperature readings of the tropic surface water are used to determine locations, timing, and quantity of cool water (many millions of gallons) to be dispersed from a second subsystem (2) which consists of cool-water producing, state-of-the-art equipment on platforms located at selected land sites, moored at sea or carried aboard slowly grazing barges or ships. Instructions for dispersion are managed by a system analyzer in the third (3) Communications subsystem, which sends them in a coordinated way to platforms where regular surface water temperature readings are made and reported regularly as additional data used in the decision-making process to determine where, when and how much cool water should be dispersed at each platform. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082254 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE AND TRACK FLUID MOVEMENT IN A RESERVOIR USING ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSMISSION - Systems and methods of enhancing crude oil recovery include radiating electromagnetic energy in the form of focused electromagnetic pulses into a permeable formation containing the crude oil and/or fluid via an array of antennae transmitting immediately in the far field. The electromagnetic pulses are focused at the depth of the fluid reservoir. Pulses will be reflected by the fluid according to the fluid material (e.g. oil vs. water) and/or the strata (e.g. rock, sand, etc.). An array of receiver antennae may be used to initially establish a reference of the reflected electromagnetic pattern, and then operated in conjunction with the transmit array to monitor the relative horizontal movement of oil and/or water within the subterranean reservoir. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082255 | METHOD FOR BOREHOLE CORRECTION, FORMATION DIP AND AZIMUTH DETERMINATION AND RESISTIVITY DETERMINATION USING MULTIAXIAL INDUCTION MEASUREMENTS - A method for determining electromagnetic induction properties of subsurface rock formations includes determining an eccentering angle of a well logging instrument disposed in a wellbore. The instrument includes at least one triaxial induction transmitter and at least one triaxial induction receiver. The eccentering angle is determined from symmetric cross component measurement differences. The triaxial induction measurements made from the at least one receiver are rotated to an apparent eccentering angle of zero. At least one electromagnetic induction property is determined from the rotated triaxial induction measurements. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082256 | Downhole Drilling Vibration Analysis - Downhole drilling vibration analysis uses acceleration data measured in three orthogonal axes downhole while drilling to determine whether drilling assembly's efficiency has fallen to a point where the assembly needs to be pulled. In real or near real time, a downhole tool calculates impulse in at least one direction using the measured acceleration data over an acquisition period and determines whether the calculated impulse exceeds a predetermined acceleration threshold for the acquisition period. If the impulse exceeds the threshold, the tool pulses the impulse data to the surface where the calculated impulse is correlated to efficiency of the assembly as the drillstring is used to drill in real time. Based on the correlation, operators can determine whether to pull the assembly if excessive impulse occurs continuously over a predetermined penetration depth. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082257 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACOUSTICALLY MONITORING FORMATIONS - Methods and systems for acoustically determining reservoir parameters of subterranean formations. A tool comprising a plurality of acoustic sources and configured for acoustic measurements is deployed within a wellhole. Acquired acoustic data are processed and utilized for deriving key parameters for the formations. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082258 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING FLUID FLOW PROFILES IN A WELLBORE - A system for measuring a fluid flow rate in a wellbore disposed in an earth formation is disclosed. The system includes: a wellbore assembly configured to be disposed along a length of a wellbore, the wellbore configured to receive a wellbore fluid therein; a distributed temperature sensor (DTS) assembly disposed along the length of the wellbore and configured to take a plurality of temperature measurements along the length of the wellbore; and a processor in operable communication with the fiber optic sensor, the processor configured to receive the temperature measurements and apply a fluid flow rate model of fluid flow rates to the temperature measurements to calculate a fluid flow profile of the wellbore. The model is based on a steady-state energy balance between the wellbore fluid and the earth formation and a Joule-Thomson coefficient including a liquid volume expansion factor and a fraction of gas in the wellbore fluid. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082259 | PERCOLATION TEST APPARATUS - The present invention includes a method and apparatus for determining the percolation rate of soil. The method includes providing a test assembly configured to be placed over the top of a test hole, the test assembly containing a remote sensor (such as an ultrasound sensor) positioned proximate the top of the hole. The depth to the bottom of the hole, as well as the elevation of water within the hole during the test process, is measured using the remote sensor and used to determine perc rate of the soil within which the hole is dug | 2010-04-01 |
20100082260 | Wavelet Maxima Curves of Surface Latent Heat Flux - The present invention introduces an innovative data mining technique to identify precursory signals associated with earthquakes. It involves a multistrategy approach that employs one-dimensional wavelet transformations to identify singularities in data, and analyzes the continuity of wavelet maxima in time and space to determine the singularities that could be precursory signals. Surface Latent Heat Flux (SLHF) data may be used. A single prominent SLHF anomaly may be found to be associated some days prior to a main earthquake event. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082261 | Genetic Diagnosis Using Multiple Sequence Variant Analysis - The present invention is in the field of nucleic acid-based genetic analysis. More particularly, it discloses novel insights into the overall structure of genetic variation in all living species. The structure can be revealed with the use of any data set of genetic variants from a particular locus. The invention is useful to define the subset of variations that are most suited as genetic markers to search for correlations with certain phenotypic traits. Additionally, the insights are useful for the development of algorithms and computer programs that convert genotype data into the constituent haplotypes that are laborious and costly to derive in an experimental way. The invention is useful in areas such as (i) genome-wide association studies, (ii) clinical in vitro diagnosis, (iii) plant and animal breeding, (iv) the identification of micro-organisms. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082262 | HAPLOTYPE ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - The present invention calculates a sum of the count numbers for each of the marker sites to obtain a maximum value of the sum of the count numbers, enumerates polymorphic identification characters up to the count numbers of the polymorphic nucleotides, permutates the enumerated polymorphic identification characters so as to create any character string that has copy units of which the number equals the maximum value, divides the character string into two by the copy unit to store the divided strings as a combination of the haplotype character strings, calculates the number of identical haplotype character strings in the group, obtains a frequency of the haplotype character string in the group, and estimates the combination of the haplotype character strings (representing haplotypes) of each individual of which frequency satisfying a predetermined condition. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082263 | CHROMATOGRAPH ANALYZING DEVICE - A chromatograph analyzing device for automatically executing a base line setting process on an unseparated peak using preset base line conditions. The chromatograph analyzing device comprises a separation unit for separating a component included in a sample, a data processing device for identifying the component of the sample and the quantity of the component in the sample by using a chromatogram obtained from the separation. The chromatograph analyzing device also includes a storage device for saving a plurality of sample waveforms having overlapped peaks of the chromatograph and methods for separating each of the sample wavefroms so that the plurality of sample waveforms are associated with the methods. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082264 | MLD-Modified Synthetic Ocean Profiles - A method for providing a more accurate synthetic profiles of temperature, salinity and sound speed of the ocean over an area of interest is provided by using a value of the mixed layer depth in addition to values of surface temperature and surface height in an ocean modeling system such as the Modular Ocean Data Assimilation System (MODAS) system developed for the U.S. Navy. The method of the present invention compares the predicted or observed mixed layer depth for the area of interest, for example, as obtained from remote sensing or upper ocean modeling, to a mixed layer depth estimated from an initial synthetic profile, and determines which is deeper, termed the reference mixed layer depth. The method then derives a modified temperature and salinity synthetic profile by setting the temperature and salinity equal to the surface values at depths less than or equal to the reference mixed layer depth and using an algorithm to estimate temperature and salinity at depths below the reference mixed layer depth. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082265 | Apparatus and Method for Measuring Optimum Water Quality and Informing Quality of Water - An apparatus for measuring optimum water-quality and informing quality of water | 2010-04-01 |
20100082266 | Method and System for Transferring Analyte Test Data - A system for transferring data includes an analyte test instrument (ATI) adapted to store data, a wirelessly enabled data management device (DMD) for comprehensively analyzing data, and an adaptor removably connected to the ATI for transferring data stored on the ATI to the DMD. The adaptor includes a data communication device capable of removable connection with the ATI, a microprocessor electrically connected to the data communication device, a wireless controller electrically connected to the microprocessor and a wireless transceiver electrically connected to the wireless controller. In use, data transfer is executed between the ATI and the DMD by electrically and mechanically connecting the adaptor to the ATI. Data stored on the ATI is then automatically downloaded into adaptor memory. Upon completion of the download, the user activates an externally accessible input device on the adaptor which, in turn, wirelessly transmits data from the adaptor memory to the DMD. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082267 | DATA DRIVEN METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING OPERATIONAL STATES OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS - There is provided an automated data driven method for predicting one or more operational states, such as wear or degradation, of a mechanical system over time. The method comprises the steps of collecting data on the mechanical system from a data recording device, preprocessing the collected data, selecting a training data set that represents a base condition for statistical comparison, fitting a statistical model to the training data set to relate a predicted response to nuisance variables at the base condition, and using an output model to predict what an observed response would have been at the base condition and calculating the difference between the observed response and the predicted response to predict the one or more operational states of the mechanical system. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A SWITCHING PROCESS AND RELAY MODULE - An apparatus for monitoring a switching process of a switching element for switching an electrical current for a consumer is provided. The apparatus includes a determination means for determining at least one individual consumption value of the consumer, a comparison means for comparing the at least one consumption value with a reference value, and a prediction means for predicting a maximum number of switching cycles as a function of the comparison result. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082269 | DETECTOR SYSTEM FOR FIXING TO A CAN BODYMAKER AND METHOD TO DYNAMICALLY MEASURING RAM ALIGNMENT IN A CAN BODYMAKER - A real time detector system for monitoring ram alignment in a can bodymaker measures ram ( | 2010-04-01 |
20100082270 | FORCE SENSOR FOR USE IN AN INPUT DEVICE AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND USING THE SENSOR - The disclosure addresses a force sensor that is scalable in size and adaptable to a variety of form factors, including those suitable for use in an input device for a computer or other processing system, and in some cases including those of the configuration normally referred to as a computer mouse. The force sensor will include at least two structural members that are cooperatively attached one another as to be displaced from one another in response to a force acting upon one of the structural members. In some examples, the engagement between the two structural members will be specifically configured to allow such displacement in response to forces acting laterally on the force sensor. The force sensor will also include one or more sensing mechanisms to provide a measurement of the sensed deflection. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082271 | FLUID LEVEL AND CONCENTRATION SENSOR - A sensor includes a first set of electrodes, a second set of electrodes, and at least one electrical circuit. The first set of electrodes is completely submergible in a fluid. The second set of electrodes is partially submergible in the fluid. The at least one electrical circuit is configured to measure resistance of the fluid between the first set of electrodes and configured to measure resistance of the fluid between the second set of electrodes. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082272 | USB VIBRATION DATA ACQUISITION - A system for collecting and analyzing vibration data is provided. The system includes: at least one sensor for sensing vibrations and producing an electrical signal corresponding to the sensed vibrations; a Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication device for receiving the electrical signal corresponding to the sensed vibrations from the at least one sensor and conditioning and sampling the electrical signal to produce a conditioned signal; and a data collector for receiving the conditioned signal and storing the conditioned signal in a data storage device. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082273 | MODULAR CONDITION MONITORING INTEGRATION FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS - A system, in one embodiment, includes a controller configured to receive sensor signals from a machine system and to control operation of the machine system via actuators. The embodiment also includes function blocks stored and operational in the controller and configured to receive machine condition monitoring information and to calculate vibration parameters based upon the machine condition monitoring information. In another embodiment, the system includes a controller that includes computer code configured to control operation of a machine system via actuators based upon sensor signals. Moreover, the embodiment includes computer code configured to perform vibration monitoring of the machine system, including function blocks configured to receive vibration data and to calculate vibration parameters based upon the vibration data. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082274 | Noise and Vibration Diagnosis Device for Vehicle and Control Method Thereof - A noise and vibration diagnosis device and control method thereof are provided for measuring noise and vibration generated in a vehicle. The device may include a measuring sensor configured to be attached at a predetermined position of a vehicle to measure noise and vibration thereof, a signal input portion to which the noise and vibration signal that is generated from the measuring sensor is inputted, and a control portion configured to receive the signal that is transferred from the signal input portion and compare it with a predetermined reference value to output a replacement signal by which it is determined whether the component on which the measuring device is attached is to be replaced or not in accordance with the comparison result. The noise and vibration causing a dissatisfaction that is expressed by a customer can be diagnosed in a short time, and an objective maintenance service is provided such that the mechanic can provide reliable service to the customer. Also, the diagnosis is performed through a standard process to reduce the maintenance time and the cost thereof, and a data base for the maintenance data can be established such that the maintenance data can be commonly used to provide uniform quality among maintenance centers through a network. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082275 | Method for the Detection of Errors in Pump Units - A method is provided for detecting faults in a pump assembly having an electric motor, or faults in an electric motor, having at least one rotating shaft. A vibration signal is detected, the detected vibration signal is processed in a manner such that the influence of the current rotational speed of the shaft is eliminated, periodic signals are filtered out of the processed vibration signal, and the vibrational operating condition, in particular possible faults, is recognized by way of the periodic signals. Further, a pump assembly having an electric motor or an electric motor is provided in which this method is applied. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082276 | PROCESS FOR MONITORING A DRIVE TRAIN COMPONENT OF A WIND POWER PLANT - A process for monitoring a drive train component ( | 2010-04-01 |
20100082277 | DISTRIBUTED CAR CHARGING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A power control system positioned within a car is provided. In one example, the power control system includes an electrical system, a battery and a power interface coupled to the electrical system, a communication interface, a controller coupled to the electrical system and the communication interface, and a memory coupled to the controller. The memory contains instructions executable by the controller. The instructions include receiving at least one power consumption parameter from a power controller external to the car via the communication interface, actuating the electrical system to access an external power source via the power interface, and directing power from the power source to the battery via the electrical system in order to charge the battery. One or both of actuating the electrical system to access the external power source and an amount of power directed to the battery are based on the power consumption parameter. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082278 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF SYSTEMS HAVING TIME-VARYING OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS - An apparatus for evaluating a system. The apparatus can include a storage element for receiving at least one time-varying output characteristic of the system, the time-varying output characteristic comprising a plurality of raw data points representing a plurality of measurements at a plurality of times; and a processing element communicatively coupled to the storage element. The processing element can be configured for partitioning the plurality of raw data points into a plurality of segments, calculating a plurality of estimated data points based on a plurality of mathematical expressions, and characterizing the system based on at least one figure of merit (FOM) computed from the plurality of estimated data points. In the apparatus, at least one of the plurality of mathematical expressions is associated with each of the plurality of segments. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082279 | Method of Automated Calibration and Diagnosis of Laboratory Instruments - Method and system providing an automated workflow for installing and/or calibrating laboratory equipment. The workflow empowers an end user to perform installation and calibration thereby reducing the costs associated with such activities. The automated workflow taught herein, can greatly reduce the incidence of calibration error by providing for verification of certain events during the calibration process. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082280 | Systems and Methods for Compensating for Large Moving Objects in Magnetic-Tracking Environments - Methods for accurately tracking position and orientation of a magnetic-field sensor in a tracking volume when a large magnetic-field distorter is present in the tracking volume. In some of the methods, magnetic field data is collected from within the tracking volume both with and without the large magnetic-field distorter present in the tracking volume. This data is used to obtain correction information that is subsequently used during real-time operation of the magnetic-field sensor to correct the position and orientation solutions for the sensor for magnetic-field distortions caused by the presence of the large magnetic-field distorter in the tracking volume. Others of the methods involve modeling the large magnetic-field distorter using dipole and multipole modeling. Magnetic tracking systems for implementing the methods include hardware and software for carrying out the methods. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082281 | CALIBRATION DEVICE FOR ON-VEHICLE CAMERA - A calibration device for an on-vehicle camera includes an image receiving portion receiving an image of an area around a vehicle taken by an on-vehicle camera, a viewpoint transformation portion performing a viewpoint transformation on the image to obtain a transformed image, a region setting portion setting a recognition target region on the transformed image according to coordinates of the calibration index set in accordance with vehicle models, where the recognition target region includes therein the calibration index, a calibration point detecting portion detecting a calibration point positioned within the calibration index included in the recognition target region, and a calibration calculating portion calibrating the on-vehicle camera in accordance with coordinates of the calibration point in a reference coordinate system and in accordance with coordinates of the calibration point in a camera coordinate system. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082282 | REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF INTEROPERABILITY TEST CANDIDATES AND THE TIME FOR INTEROPERABILITY TESTING - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein a determination is made of a subset of all possible interoperable combinations of components of a computing system, wherein the components comprise selected elements of the computing system. One or more testing criteria are stored, wherein a testing criteria provides indications of characteristics of one or more of the components of the computing system. A selection is made of a number of interoperable combinations of the components from the subset of interoperable combinations of the components, based on the stored one or more testing criteria. The selected interoperable combinations are tested, wherein the selected interoperable combinations are fewer in number than the subset of interoperable combinations. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082283 | TESTING DEVICE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A testing device for portable electronic devices includes a processor storing test programs corresponding to various portable electronic devices, a control module connected to the processor, and a testing apparatus connected to the control module and connecting to tested portable electronic devices. The processor directs the control module and the testing apparatus to test portable electronic devices according to predetermined test programs in a main control mode, and the control module cooperates with the testing apparatus to test portable electronic devices and directs the processor to select test programs according to the tested portable electronic device in a subsidiary control mode. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082284 | TEST APPARATUS - Provided is a test apparatus | 2010-04-01 |
20100082285 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE TEMPERATURE IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method is provided for estimating the temperature in an internal combustion engine. The method includes, but is not limited to the steps of providing a sensor resistor (RTD) in the internal combustion engine, the sensor resistor (RTD) having a predetermined resistance-temperature characteristic, measuring a sensor voltage (V | 2010-04-01 |
20100082286 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an improved input device for a processing system, such as, for example a computer system; and an improved method for operating that input device. The system monitors at least one indicia, such as an operating parameter of the input device, where the operating parameter has a first characteristic when the input device is in one operating position or state, but where are the operating parameter has a second characteristic when the input device is in another position or state. In one example, the operating parameter includes generally vertical movement of the input device. In other embodiments, other operating parameters may be relied upon. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082287 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING SPECTROPHOTOMETER MISALIGNMENT - This application generally relates to methods and systems for detecting spectrophotometer misalignment. In particular, the application may characterize the noise of a spectral measurement relative to a reference substrate known to exhibit a generally linear (flat) spectral output over a known spectrum. From the spectral measurement, a linear regression may be performed on a portion of the spectral output to determine a best fit line and a correlation of determination (“R-squared value”) may be determined correlated the measured data to the best fit line. Finally, the R squared value may be compared to a predetermined threshold R squared value to determine if the sensor is misaligned beyond an acceptable amount. If so, an alert may be generated. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082288 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PATH OF AN OBJECT MOVING IN TWO DIMENSIONS - A method of reconstructing, in two dimensions, a path of a living being or of an object moving, by a repetitive movement, in a plane or a two-dimensional surface or along a plane or a two-dimensional surface, including: measuring at least two variable components of the projection of the terrestrial magnetic field on at least two axes of a biaxial or triaxial magnetometer connected to or situated on the living being or object, measuring the period, or frequency, of a signal corresponding to the measurement of at least one of the variable components along one of the axes of the magnetometer, measuring the heading, or direction, of the movement, from at least two field measurements along at least two axes of the magnetometer, and reconstituting the path from the measurements of period or frequency and of heading or direction. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082289 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING GEOMETRIC DATA OF A CONICAL MEASUREMENT OBJECT - Determining geometric data of a conical measurement object comprises determining spatial coordinates at a plurality of measurement points of the measurement object. At least six spatial coordinates are determined on at least six different measurement points. Element parameters of a tangential conical substitute element are determined by means of a system of equations which describes difference values between the spatial coordinates and the tangential conical substitute element. The difference values are modeled by means of at least two difference parameters whose sum represents a perpendicular spacing between the tangential conical substitute element and a spatial coordinate. Geometric data of the conical measurement object is determined using the substitute element. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082290 | DETECTING AN ERROR IN A PREDICTION OF RESOURCE USAGE OF AN APPLICATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Described herein is a method for detecting an error in a prediction of resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment, comprising: providing a plurality of benchmark sets, executing the plurality of benchmark sets in a native hardware system in which the application natively resides, executing the plurality of benchmark sets in the virtual environment, collecting first traces of first resource utilization metrics in the native hardware system based on the execution of each of the plurality of benchmark sets in the native hardware system, collecting second traces of second resource utilization metrics in the virtual environment based on the execution of each of the plurality of benchmark sets in the virtual environment, generating at least one initial prediction model that maps the first traces of first resource utilization metrics to the second traces of second resource utilization metrics, computing a plurality of mean squared errors (MSE's) based on the at least one initial prediction model, each of the MSE's is further based on and associated with the collected first and second traces for a different one of the plurality of benchmark sets, and determining whether to use the initial prediction model to predict a resource usage of the application running in the virtual environment based on the plurality of MSEs. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082291 | Monitoring All-Optical Network Performance - A method monitors a performance of an all-optical network by acquiring data from the network in a form of histograms. A dimensionality of the histograms is reduced by fitting Gaussian mixture models to the histograms to produce corresponding 4-dimensional quadruples (μ | 2010-04-01 |
20100082292 | ANALYTICAL GENERATOR OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR PIVOTING ON METRICS FOR COMPREHENSIVE VISUALIZATIONS - A process context analyzer of an industrial process allows the flexibility of a client to customize process data that is captured, which can allow data capture to encompass a larger hierarchy of an enterprise or lower subset of a hierarchy with a requisite need for customization to match its architecture. Although analytics can be readily accessed for fixed context for which key performance indicators (KPIs) visualizations are defined, an opportunity for addressing abnormal operation or non-optimal performance is addressed by brining enhanced analytics that benefit from recognizing attributes of the flexible context. Thereby, requested calculated tags can be supplied, as well as offering a return on investment increase by pattern recognition of time frame dependent or ambient condition dependent variations in the flexible context. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082293 | COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM MONITORING AND ANALYSIS - Techniques are disclosed for providing robust, comprehensive measurement and analysis for optimizing efficiency of compressed air systems. The techniques provided can be implemented, for example, in a network appliance local to the target compressed air system, and/or in a server configured to remotely monitor and evaluate the target system. On-site data logging as well as on-site or remote data analysis can be enabled, along with onboard data consolidation. Meters (e.g., airflow, air pressure, power, and/or acoustic) are deployed at the target system and provide data upon which the analysis is based. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082294 | COMMISSIONING AND USER SYSTEM FOR RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT DEVICES - This invention is generally directed to a method, system and computer program product for commissioning an RTD. The method comprises entering identification data and machine information for an RTD into a database, importing scan data measuring beam characteristics, entering additional data from measurement results generated by test equipment measuring aspects of the RTD's beam into the RTD database, creating a Data Book in the database comprising output factors, transmission factors and processed scan data; comparing information in the Data Book with information according to a predefined standard for commissioning the RTD, comparing a treatment plan MU based on a set of treatment parameters to the RTD MU calculated using the set of treatment parameters, and commissioning the RTD based at least in part on if the comparing meets the predefined standard and if the MU calculated by the RTD is within an acceptable range of the treatment plan MU. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082295 | Method and System of Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring - The invention relates to a method of condition monitoring of a wind turbine. Measurement data and operating condition parameters are captured. A subset of the operating condition parameters is selected. A set of n characterizing moments is calculated based on the subset of operating condition parameters. A finite n-dimensional space each representing possible values for one of the characterising moments is provided. The n-dimensional space is sub-divided into a number of bins each representing a n-dimensional interval defined by n one-dimensional intervals. Each one-dimensional intervals represents an interval in one of the n dimensions. Each bin defines an acceptable range for the set of n characterizing moments. The set of the characterising moments is determined if it belongs to one of the bins. The set of the characterising moments and measurement data are accepted if the set of the characterising moments belongs to one of the bins. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL CALIBRATION OF AN ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for three dimensional calibration of an on-board diagnostics system. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method for calibrating an on-board diagnostic system for an automobile including the steps of generating a three dimensional surface corresponding to an engine operating under a first condition, generating a three dimensional surface corresponding to the engine operating under a second condition, and generating a three dimensional threshold surface using the three dimensional surface corresponding to the engine operating under the first condition and the three dimensional surface corresponding to the engine operating under the second condition. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082297 | AIR/FUEL MIXTURE IMBALANCE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An air/fuel imbalance (AFIM) diagnostic system comprises a first module, an imbalance determination module, and an imbalance diagnostic module. The first module outputs imbalance data samples based on an oxygen signal provided by an oxygen sensor measuring oxygen in exhaust expelled from cylinders of a cylinder bank. The imbalance determination module determines an AFIM value based on the imbalance data samples. The imbalance diagnostic module selectively diagnoses an AFIM in the cylinder bank based on the AFIM value. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082298 | FAILURE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST PRESSURE SENSOR - A failure diagnosis apparatus for an exhaust pressure sensor for detecting the exhaust pressure in an exhaust gas recirculation passage which connects an exhaust passage and an intake passage of an internal combustion engine. A first preliminary determination that the exhaust pressure sensor is normal, is made when the engine is in a predetermined low load operating condition and a difference between the detected exhaust pressure and the atmospheric pressure is equal to or less than a first determination threshold value. A second preliminary determination that the exhaust pressure sensor is normal, is made when the engine is in a predetermined high load operating condition and the difference between the exhaust pressure detected by the exhaust pressure sensor and the atmospheric pressure is equal to or greater than a second determination threshold value. A final determination that the exhaust pressure sensor is normal, is made when both of the first and second preliminary determinations are made. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082299 | CHARACTERIZING A COMPUTER SYSTEM USING A PATTERN-RECOGNITION MODEL - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that characterizes a computer system using a pattern-recognition model. First, values for an environmental parameter are monitored from a set of sensors associated with the computer system. Then, a baseline for the environmental parameter is calculated based on the monitored values from a subset of the set of sensors. Next, the baseline is subtracted from the monitored values from sensors in the set of sensors to produce compensated values. Then, the compensated values are used as inputs to the pattern-recognition model, which produces estimates for the compensated values based on correlations between the compensated values learned during a training phase. Next, residuals are calculated by subtracting the estimates for the compensated values from the compensated values. Then, the residuals are analyzed to characterize the computer system. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082300 | STORAGE INPUT/OUTPUT UTILIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SOFTWARE APPLICATION - A method includes determining a total storage input/output capacity of a set of storage elements available for use by a software application located on an operating system volume of a computer system. The total storage input/output capacity is determined by evaluating storage input/output capacity of the storage elements at a physical device level and at a file level. The method includes measuring a number of input/output storage operations performed on behalf of the software application. The method also includes determining a storage input/output utilization of the software application based on the measured number of input/output storage operations as compared to the total storage input/output capacity of the set of storage elements. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082301 | Event Identification In Sensor Analytics - A method of detecting an event anomaly includes receiving one or more data points, in which each data point represents a spatial or temporal event, associating a unique identifier with each of the one or more data points to obtain one or more individualized data points, distributing the one or more individualized data points across a grid, in which the grid includes one or more cells, determining an event likelihood ratio for one or more of the grid cells, identifying one or more event clusters, in which each event cluster includes one or more of the grid cells, and storing in a data repository an event cluster having a significance level above a threshold significance level. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082302 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNDER-SAMPLED ACQUISITION AND TRANSMISSION OF PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPH (PPG) DATA AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FULL BAND PPG DATA AT THE RECEIVER - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for compressed sensing (CS). The CS is a signal processing concept wherein significantly fewer sensor measurements than that suggested by Shannon/Nyquist sampling theorem can be used to recover signals with arbitrarily fine resolution. In this disclosure, the CS framework is applied for sensor signal processing in order to support low power robust sensors and reliable communication in Body Area Networks (BANs) for healthcare and fitness applications. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082303 | FLEXIBLE EVALUATOR FOR VEHICLE PROPULSION SYSTEMS - A method for automatically generating a multi-component multilevel model for simulation of an automotive propulsion system and/or subsystem. The method comprises a capture component and a build component. The capture component operates to automatically parse all relevant information of an existing model and to generate one or more files indicative of the systems and subsystems of the model. The files are created such that they may be efficiently searched, manipulated, and applied for subsequent use in various user defined models created through the build component. The build component obtains the information in the one or more files and additional user defined files based on user selections to automatically create an executable model ready for analysis. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082304 | POWER SUPPLY NOISE ANALYSIS MODEL CREATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR POWER SUPPLY NOISE ANALYSIS MODEL CREATION - A power supply noise analysis model creation method comprising; obtaining a distance which appears most frequently, from among the distances from a vias judged to be the nearest to the vias, respectively, as a reference via pitch, generates four nodes for the via of target wherein the four nodes generates the middle point with the other four via that are near the via of the target, obtaining meshes which include the nodes, respectively, by dividing the power island structure and the power supply pair by dividing lines which pass between the generated nodes, and converting each of the meshes obtained to a circuit element equivalent to the mesh. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082305 | PROCESS FOR COMPUTING GEOMETRIC PERTURBATIONS FOR PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS - A method for computing geometric perturbations for probabilistic analysis. The probabilistic analysis is based on finite element modeling, in which uncertainties in the modeled system are represented by changes in the nominal geometry of the model, referred to as “perturbations”. These changes are accomplished using displacement vectors, which are computed for each node of a region of interest and are based on mean-value coordinate calculations. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082306 | System and method of computing the nature of atoms and molecules using classical physical laws - There is disclosed a method and system of physically solving the charge, mass, and current density functions of amino acids and peptide bonds with charged functional groups for proteins of any size and complexity by addition of the units, bases, 2-deoxyribose, ribose, phosphate backbone with charged functional groups for DNA of any size and complexity by addition of the units, organic ions, halobenzenes, phosphines, phosphates, phosphine oxides, phosphates, organogermanium and digermanium, organolead, organoarsenic, organoantimony, organobismuth, or any portion of these species using Maxwell's equations and computing and rendering the physical nature of the chemical bond using the solutions. The results can be displayed on visual or graphical media. The display can be static or dynamic such that electron motion and specie's vibrational, rotational, and translational motion can be displayed in an embodiment. The displayed information is useful to anticipate reactivity and physical properties. The insight into the nature of the chemical bond of at least one species can permit the solution and display of those of other species to provide utility to anticipate their reactivity and physical properties. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082307 | Bezier Curves for Advanced Driver Assistance System Applications - A method and system for using Bezier curves in vehicle positioning and electronic horizon applications for providing data to advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) applications are disclosed. The Bezier curves are obtained from B-splines. The obtained Bezier curves are subdivided in a manner that allows the vehicle positioning application to derive a polyline representation in real time. Using the Bezier and polyline geometry, the vehicle positioning application provides a vehicle position approximation to the ADAS applications. Using the Bezier curves, the electronic horizon application provides curvature, slope, and heading profiles to the ADAS applications. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082308 | Circuit simulation based on gate spacing from adjacent MOS transistors - A circuit simulation apparatus is provided with a parameter calculating tool and a circuit simulator. The parameter calculating tool is configured to extract gate spacings between gates of a target MOS transistor and adjacent MOS transistors integrated in an integrated circuit from layout data of the integrated circuit, and to calculate a transistor model parameter corresponding to a threshold voltage of the target MOS transistor based on the extracted gate spacings. The circuit simulator is configured to perform circuit simulation of the integrated circuit by using the calculated transistor model parameter. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MODELING DATA CENTER PARTITIONS - A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium having programming instructions operable to perform a thermal analysis of a data center and overlay the thermal analysis on a map of the data center to provide an overlaid thermal analysis. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to receive a user selection of at least one modeled partition location based on the overlaid thermal analysis and dynamically model a modeled partition for each of the at least one modeled partition location in the data center to create a modeled data center region. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082310 | LOAD CHARACTERIZATION IN SERVO DRIVE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods that characterizes a load as a function of position/movement of mechanical components—as induced by such load in the servo-drive system. By running a plurality of motion profiles, corresponding torque/forces that generate such motions can be calculated and readily represented (e.g., as a table) in form of a position dependent load. In addition, a parsing component can decompose or break up a load (which generates a desired motion) to its subparts or constituent values for further simulation analysis. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082311 | METHOD OF MODELING TRANSMISSIONS FOR REAL-TIME SIMULATION - A transmission modeling system includes an in-gear module that determines an in-gear acceleration when a vehicle is in gear. A shift module determines a shift acceleration based on a clutch torque when the vehicle is shifting between gears. A shaft acceleration determination module determines a shaft acceleration based on at least one of the in-gear acceleration and the shift acceleration. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082312 | OPTIMIZING PRODUCT DRYING THROUGH PARALLEL LINES OF CENTRIFUGES AND DRYER PROCESS UNITS - The present invention provides novel techniques for controlling flow rates through parallel distribution paths of centrifuges and dryers using model predictive control. In particular, the present techniques are presented in the context of biofuel production, wherein control of whole stillage flow rates through parallel distribution paths of centrifuges and dryers may be optimized. However, the present techniques may also be applied to other suitable applications, such as the production of agricultural products, where parallel distribution paths of centrifuges and dryers may be used to separate solids from liquids as well as to remove water from the solids and liquids. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082313 | Optical Lithographic Process Model Calibration - Various implementations of the invention provide methods and apparatus for calibrating models of an optical lithographic process. In various implementations, a complete model of an optical lithographic process may be formed by combining different physical ranges and components describing the optical lithographic process. With various implementations of the invention, an optical lithographic process model may be calibrated by generating and applying a set of test patterns to the optical lithographic process, identifying test patterns and associated measured results that correspond to the discrete components of the optical lithographic model, calibrating the discrete components of the optical lithographic model based on the identified test patterns and measured results, and combining the calibrated components into a complete model. In some implementations of the invention, the discrete components of the optical lithographic model represent different physical effects of the optical lithographic process. Alternately or additionally, with various implementations of the invention the generated test patterns may include test structures sensitive to proximity effects, long-range pattern density, and long-range process non-uniformity. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082314 | Simulation of tuning effects for a servo driven mechatronic system - A servo driven mechatronic system simulator and analyzer utilizing preconfigured motion equipment profile databases to predict the behavior of a motion system based on a user selected configuration. The user can adjust the parameters and rerun the simulation and analysis many times in an efficient manner until the optimum operating conditions of the desired system are reached. The user can then archive the system design and implement the system with a greater level of confidence in the ability of the design to meet the requirements of the application. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082315 | INTERFACE BETWEEN A VERIFICATION ENVIRONMENT AND A HARDWARE ACCELERATION ENGINE - The present invention allows a verification environment to be used to control and coordinate interaction with a design running on an accelerator or emulator without significant speed penalty. For example, an interface capable of communicating with test software running on an embedded processor is used to control and monitor the flow of data into the external interface of the design. Thus, a connection is made between the verification environment and the design under test running on the accelerator/emulator via a connection formed directly between the verification environment and embedded software running on the emulator for simulation and monitoring purpose at a very low frequency so that high-speed acceleration may still be achieved. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082316 | Virtualized Policy Tester - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to testing policy changes associated with a production network. A virtual network that represents at least a portion of the production network can be generated. A first transaction log based on a first execution of the virtual network using test traffic and a first set of policies that are implemented in the production network can be obtained. A second transaction log based on a second execution of the virtual network using the test traffic and a second set of policies to be implemented in the production network can be obtained. Based on a comparison of the first and second transaction logs, it can be determined whether the second set of policies has a desired effect in the virtual network. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082317 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION METHOD - A semiconductor device simulation apparatus includes a first module configured to compute a reciprocal of the momentum relaxation time with respect to a part which is processed as an anisotropic scattering process of a carrier, and to compute the free-flight time by using the reciprocal of the momentum relaxation time, a second module configured to compute a drift process of the carrier during the free-flight time, and a third module configured to compute a scattering process by regarding a scattering a after of the drift process as an isotropic scattering, and by an output of the second module. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082318 | SINGLE QUANTIFICATION METHOD OF EXTERNAL EVENT PSA MODEL CONTAINING MULTI-COMPARTMENT PROPAGATION SCENARIOS - Provided is a single quantification method of an external event PSA model containing multi-compartment scenarios, including: loading an internal event PSA logic model having core damage as a top event; constituting a mapping table comprising external events containing the multi-compartment scenarios in consideration of information regarding external event occurrence frequencies, external event-induced initiators, and equipments damaged by external events; reflecting the mapping table in the internal event PSA logic model to establish an external event PSA model; calculating a final minimum cut set (MCS) based on the external event PSA model; and calculating a core damage frequency (CDF) value according to the final MCS. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082319 | PREDICTING RESOURCE USAGE OF AN APPLICATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Described herein is a system for predicting resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment. The system comprises a first hardware platform implementing a native hardware system in which an application natively resides and executes, the native hardware system operating to execute a predetermined set of benchmarks that includes at least one of: a computation-intensive workload, a network-intensive workload, and a disk-intensive workload; a second hardware platform implementing a virtual environment therein, the virtual environment operating to execute the predetermined set of benchmarks; a third hardware platform operating to collect first resource usage traces from the first hardware platform and second resource usage traces from the second hardware platform; wherein the third hardware platform further operating to generate at least one prediction model that predicts a resource usage of the application executing in the virtual environment based on the collected first and second resource usage traces. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082320 | ACCURACY IN A PREDICTION OF RESOURCE USAGE OF AN APPLICATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Described herein is a system for improving accuracy in a prediction of resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment. The system comprises a first hardware platform implementing a native hardware system in which an application natively resides and executes, the native hardware system operating to execute a predetermined set of benchmarks that includes at least one of a network-intensive workload and a disk-intensive workload, a second hardware platform implementing a virtual environment therein, the virtual environment operating to execute the predetermined set of benchmarks, and a third hardware platform operating to collect first resource usage traces from the first hardware platform that result from the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the native hardware system and second resource usage traces from the second hardware platform that result from the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the virtual environment. The third hardware platform further operating to perform a linear regression computation to generate at least one prediction model that predicts a resource usage of the application executing in the virtual environment based on the collected first and second resource usage traces. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082321 | SCALING A PREDICTION MODEL OF RESOURCE USAGE OF AN APPLICATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Described herein is a method for scaling a prediction model of resource usage of an application in a virtual environment, comprising: providing a predetermined set of benchmarks, wherein the predetermined set of benchmarks includes at least one of: a computation-intensive workload, a network-intensive workload, and a disk-intensive workload; executing the predetermined set of benchmarks in a first native hardware system in which the application natively resides; executing the predetermined set of benchmarks in the virtual environment; generating at least one first prediction model that predicts a resource usage of the application running in the virtual environment based on the executions of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the first native hardware system and the virtual environment; determining a resource usage of the application running in a second native hardware system in which the application also natively resides; generating at least one second prediction model based on a scaling of the at least one first prediction model by a predetermined constant; and predicting a resource usage of the application running in the virtual environment based on the resource usage of the application running in the second native hardware system and the at least one second prediction model. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082322 | OPTIMIZING A PREDICTION OF RESOURCE USAGE OF AN APPLICATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Described herein is a method for optimizing a prediction of resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment, comprising: providing a predetermined set of benchmarks, wherein the predetermined set of benchmarks; executing the predetermined set of benchmarks in a native hardware system in which the application natively resides; executing the predetermined set of benchmarks in the virtual environment; collecting first traces of first resource utilization metrics in the native hardware system based on the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the native hardware system; collecting second traces of second resource utilization metrics in the virtual environment based on the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the virtual environment; generating a first prediction model and a second prediction model; generating a third prediction model that maps all of the first traces of the selected first metric to the second traces of resource utilization metrics; comparing the first and second prediction models against the third prediction model; and predicting a resource usage of the application running in the virtual environment with either a) a combination of the first and second prediction models or b) the third prediction model based on the comparing. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082323 | DETERMINISTIC REMOTE INTERFACE UNIT EMULATOR - Devices systems and methods are provided for providing a deterministic remote interface unit (RIU) based on a finite state machine. The RIU emulator uses a sequence controller that is configured to receive a synchronization input and to execute a fixed list of unconditional commands in an invariable order of execution based solely upon the synchronization input. The RIU emulator also uses pre-defined or pre-certified data structures that are specific to one or more interface devices to successfully execute the at least one unconditional command of the plurality when encountered in the invariable order. As such, peripheral devices may be added, removed or updated without recertification by merely inserting pre-certified data structures into memory or deleting them. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082324 | REPLACING TERMS IN MACHINE TRANSLATION - A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives an output translation from a machine translation system, wherein the output translation is in a target language and is based at least in part upon an input to the machine translation system in a source language, and wherein the input to the machine translation system includes a first term in the source language and the output translation includes a second term in the target language that corresponds to the first term. The system additionally includes a replacer component in communication with the receiver component that accesses a dictionary of term correspondences, wherein the dictionary of term correspondences includes an indication that the input first term in the source language is desirably translated to a third term in the target language, and wherein the replacer component is configured to automatically replace the second term with the third term to modify the output translation. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082325 | Automated phonetic language translation system using Human Brain Interface - A phonetic language translation system receives audio output from an electronic device presented to the user, so as to identify any speech signal contained within the audio output. The speech signals are broken down into recognizable phonemes which make up the most basic elements of speech in spoken languages. The sequentially generated phonemes are then regrouped to form recognizable words in one of native languages spoken around the world. While listening to the audible output of an electronic device, the activity of language area of user's brain is recorded using electrodes in the cap. The recorded “brain language area activity signals” are analyzed and compared with “brain language area activity knowledge base” to identify the native language of user. Sentences are formed using the grammatical rules of the native language. Each sentence is then translated into the identified native language and broadcast to the user using a voice synthesizer. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENRICHING SPOKEN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION WITH PROSODIC INFORMATION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for enriching spoken language translation with prosodic information in a statistical speech translation framework. The method includes receiving speech for translation to a target language, generating pitch accent labels representing segments of the received speech which are prosodically prominent, and injecting pitch accent labels with word tokens within the translation engine to create enriched target language output text. A further step may be added of synthesizing speech in the target language based on the prosody enriched target language output text. An automatic prosody labeler can generate pitch accent labels. An automatic prosody labeler can exploit lexical, syntactic, and prosodic information of the speech. A maximum entropy model may be used to determine which segments of the speech are prosodically prominent. A pitch accent label can include an indication of certainty that a respective segment of the speech is prosodically prominent and/or an indication of prosodic prominence of a respective segment of speech. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082327 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING PHONEMES FOR TEXT TO SPEECH SYNTHESIS - Algorithms for synthesizing speech used to identify media assets are provided. Speech may be selectively synthesized form text strings associated with media assets. A text string may be normalized and its native language determined for obtaining a target phoneme for providing human-sounding speech in a language (e.g., dialect or accent) that is familiar to a user. The algorithms may be implemented on a system including several dedicated render engines. The system may be part of a back end coupled to a front end including storage for media assets and associated synthesized speech, and a request processor for receiving and processing requests that result in providing the synthesized speech. The front end may communicate media assets and associated synthesized speech content over a network to host devices coupled to portable electronic devices on which the media assets and synthesized speech are played back. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEECH PREPROCESSING IN TEXT TO SPEECH SYNTHESIS - Algorithms for synthesizing speech used to identify media assets are provided. Speech may be selectively synthesized form text strings associated with media assets. A text string may be normalized and its native language determined for obtaining a target phoneme for providing human-sounding speech in a language (e.g., dialect or accent) that is familiar to a user. The algorithms may be implemented on a system including several dedicated render engines. The system may be part of a back end coupled to a front end including storage for media assets and associated synthesized speech, and a request processor for receiving and processing requests that result in providing the synthesized speech. The front end may communicate media assets and associated synthesized speech content over a network to host devices coupled to portable electronic devices on which the media assets and synthesized speech are played back. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING LANGUAGE AND NATURAL LANGUAGE STRINGS FOR TEXT TO SPEECH SYNTHESIS - Algorithms for synthesizing speech used to identify media assets are provided. Speech may be selectively synthesized form text strings associated with media assets. A text string may be normalized and its native language determined for obtaining a target phoneme for providing human-sounding speech in a language (e.g., dialect or accent) that is familiar to a user. The algorithms may be implemented on a system including several dedicated render engines. The system may be part of a back end coupled to a front end including storage for media assets and associated synthesized speech, and a request processor for receiving and processing requests that result in providing the synthesized speech. The front end may communicate media assets and associated synthesized speech content over a network to host devices coupled to portable electronic devices on which the media assets and synthesized speech are played back. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082330 | MULTI-LINGUAL MAPS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for supporting multi-lingual maps are disclosed. In one embodiment, a query indicating that a map is requested is received. A language in which the map is to be presented is determined. A set of map data for rendering the map is obtained, wherein the set of map data includes image data and text data. A translation of the text data in the set of map data is obtained such that the text data is translated to the language in which the map is to be presented. The image data and the translated text data are then provided. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082331 | SEMANTICALLY-DRIVEN EXTRACTION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN NAMED ENTITIES - A system and method of developing rules for text processing enable retrieval of instances of named entities in a predetermined semantic relation (such as the DATE and PLACE of an EVENT) by extracting patterns from text strings in which attested examples of named entities satisfying the semantic relation occur. The patterns are generalized to form rules which can be added to the existing rules of a syntactic parser and subsequently applied to text to find candidate instances of other named entities in the predetermined semantic relation. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082332 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING USERS FROM OBJECTIONABLE TEXT - Methods and apparatus are provided for protecting users from objectionable text. Users are protected from objectionable text, by obtaining a predefined acceptable word list containing a plurality of acceptable words; receiving a textual entry from at least one user; and limiting the textual entry to only the acceptable words. The acceptable word list may comprise a dictionary of the acceptable words, and can be maintained by a central server or by a client associated with at least one of the users. The textual entry can be limited by only allowing the user to enter a subsequent character following entry of one or more entered characters if the subsequent character following the one or more entered characters comprises at least a portion of one of the acceptable words. The acceptable word list can optionally be updated with one or more additional acceptable words. The acceptable word list optionally comprises a context sensitive word list or one or more context sensitive rules. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082333 | LEMMATIZING, STEMMING, AND QUERY EXPANSION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of stemming text and system therefore are described. The method comprises removing stop words from a document based on at least one stop word entry in an array of stop words and flagging as nouns words determined to be attached to definite articles and preceded by a noun array entry in an array of stop words preceding at least one noun; adding flagged nouns to a noun dictionary; flagging as verbs words determined to be preceded by an verb array entry in an array of stop words preceding at least one verb; adding flagged verbs to a verb dictionary; searching the document for nouns and verbs based on the flagged nouns and the flagged verbs; removing remaining stop words subsequent to searching the document; applying light stemming on the flagged nouns; applying a root-based stemming on the flagged verbs; and storing the stemmed document. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION - A Voice User Interface (VUI) or Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system utilizes three levels of navigation (e.g. Main Menu, Services, and Helper Commands) in presenting information units arranged in sets. The units are “spoken” by a system in a group to a human user and the group of information at each level is preceded by a tone that is unique to the level. When navigating the levels, the tones of the levels are in a musical progression, e.g. the three-note blues progression I, IV, V, for preceding the groups of information, respectively. The musical progression returns to the tonic of the musical key when the navigation returns to the level one of the first group of information. | 2010-04-01 |
20100082335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING WIDEBAND SPEECH SIGNALS - The system for transmitting and receiving a wideband speech signal includes an A/D converter for receiving an analog speech signal to convert it into a digital speech signal, a transmitter analysis filter for receiving the digital speech signal and dividing it into a baseband signal and an enhancement residual band signal, a standard baseband encoder for accepting the baseband signal and coding it using an ITU-T encoder, an additional baseband encoder for reducing standard coding distortion in the baseband signal, an enhancement residual band encoder for coding a signal obtained by removing the coded baseband signal from the original digital speech signal, and an IP network interface for multiplexing the coded standard and additional baseband signals and enhancement residual band signal. | 2010-04-01 |