16th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140107923 | METHOD FOR CHOOSING A TRAFFIC ROUTE - A system for identifying a fastest possible travel route is disclosed. A traveler data processor collects traffic speed data and associates the traffic speed data with road segments. The road segments collectively represent one or more possible travel routes from a start point to an end point. A forecast engine determines a predicted travel time for each of the road segments based on, for example, the traffic speed data for each of the road segments. A routing engine determines the fastest possible travel route from the start point to the end point. The fastest possible travel route is the possible travel route from the one or more possible travel routes with the shortest predicted travel time. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107924 | Information Device and Information System for a Vehicle - A vehicle information system includes a determination unit configured to determine, as a function of a determined route, at least one stop of a public transport vehicle within a predefined maximal distance to the route, and to generate a signal for visually indicating at least a partial number of the determined stops on a display unit. A selection unit is configured to signal, as a function of, in each case, one predefined detected angle-of-rotation change of a rotationally movable input element, the determined stops corresponding to a predefined sequence, each individually as having been selected, and, as a function of a predefined user input, to generate a signal for visually indicating on the display unit of a respective travel route of at least one transport vehicle line which has a stopping point at the selected stop. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107925 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING A SET OF EXPERIMENTS - The present solution provides a new tool to facilitate the tracking of experiments and development of data-driven algorithms. The tool may obtain algorithms, parameters and data sets to execute one or more experiments to produce an outcome. The tool may identify differences between two or more experiments, such as differences in parameters, algorithms, or data sets to facilitate identifying the optimal combination of algorithms or parameters. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107926 | DISTANCE RELAY USING REAL TIME LIGHTNING DATA - A distance relay apparatus, a distance relay processing system and a method for processing a distance relay are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the distance relay processing system, which controls a distance relay, includes a lightning managing apparatus, which generates comprehensive lightning information by using lightning detection information and in which the lightning detection information is provided by a lightning detector, and a distance relay apparatus, which generates fault occurrence information by determining a fault location of a power transmission line and generates fault analysis information by using the fault occurrence information and the comprehensive lightning information. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107927 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PLANTED TREES WITH LIDAR DATA - Disclosed is a system and method for processing LiDAR return data prior to analyzing the data to detect planted trees. LiDAR return data for an area in question is filtered to remove data that are not within a predetermined area of where trees have been planted. Planting data such as GPS data that is collected by tractors or other equipment records the location of where trees are planted. The planting data is used to filter the LiDAR return data by eliminating or ignoring LiDAR return data that are not within a buffer zone around the location where the trees have been planted. Once filtered, the LiDAR return data can be analyzed to detect trees or other items of interest in the LiDAR return data. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107928 | Evaluation of Low Resistivity Low Contrast Productive Formations - A method for identifying low resistivity low contrast high temperature high pressure productive subsurface formations rich in acid gases penetrated by a wellbore includes obtaining dielectric permittivity measurements of selected formations adjacent at least part of the wellbore. Nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry measurements are obtained for the selected formations, the relaxometry measurements being calibrated to identify relaxation times corresponding to acid gases in high humidity at elevated pressure and temperature. Zones are identified for withdrawing formation fluid samples based on the dielectric permittivity and relaxometry measurements. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107929 | Electromagnetic Method For Obtaining Dip Azimuth Angle - An electromagnetic method for obtaining a dip azimuth angle from downhole electromagnetic measurements includes acquiring electromagnetic measurement data in a subterranean borehole from at least one measurement array. The electromagnetic measurement data is processed by a least squares method to obtain the dip azimuth angle. Related systems and apparatuses are also disclosed herein. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107930 | PLURAL DEPTH SEISMIC SOURCE SPREAD METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for acquiring and improving seismic data includes activating a first seismic source located below a geophysical surface at a first depth and a second seismic source located below the geophysical surface at a second depth, wherein the second depth is below the first depth, acquiring seismic data with a seismic receiver in conjunction with activating the first seismic source and the second seismic source, and aligning primary reflections within the seismic data to provide improved seismic data. The method may also include determining changes to the regions below the second depth by comparing improved seismic data corresponding to a first acquisition event with improved seismic data corresponding to a second acquisition event. A corresponding system is also disclosed herein. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107931 | Method and apparatus for approximating effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation to a brain - The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for determining one or more cumulative effects of an application of transcranial magnetic stimulation to the brain of a subject, as well as a method and apparatus of representing same. According to an aspect of certain embodiments of the invention there is provided a method for determining one or more cumulative effects of an application of transcranial stimulation to one or more locations in a brain of a subject comprising the steps of applying multiple transcranial magnetic stimulation pulses to the brain, determining a dose of each of said stimulation pulses, measuring a physical response of the user and determining or approximating an accumulation of said response of said brain for each of said one or more locations in the brain of said subject. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107932 | PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING WELLNESS ASSESSMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS USING SENSOR DATA - Techniques associated with a platform for providing wellness assessments and recommendations using sensor data are described, including collecting local sensor data using a wearable device having a communication facility configured to connect to a network, accessing environmental data from third party databases, generating a wellness assessment using a rules based engine configured to process the local sensor data, the environmental data and historical user data, and generating a wellness recommendation using the wellness assessment. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107933 | GENE EXPRESSION BARCODE FOR NORMAL AND DISEASED TISSUE CLASSIFICATION - A computer-based method of creating a gene expression barcode includes the steps of determining an intensity of expression for each gene in a set of genes in a plurality of samples for at least one type; selecting genes in the set of genes that have at least two expression modes, based on the intensity; and creating a gene expression reference barcode, wherein each barcode bar corresponds to a selected gene and wherein the bar value is coded according to whether an intensity value for a selected gene is below or above a threshold value. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107934 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE PROBABILITY OF A PREGNANCY AT A SELECTED POINT IN TIME - The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for determining the probability of a pregnancy at a selected point in time. Systems and methods of the invention employ an algorithm that has been trained on a reference set of data from a plurality of women for whom at least one of fertility-associated phenotypic traits, fertility-associated medical interventions, or pregnancy outcomes are known, in which the algorithm accounts for any woman who ceases pregnancy attempts prior to reaching a live birth outcome. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107935 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107936 | CROSS-MODAL APPLICATION OF COMBINATION SIGNATURES INDICATIVE OF A PHENOTYPE - The present invention relates to a method of adapting a composite signature of a phenotype. The method comprises the steps of providing for a composite signature of a phenotype with at least two different data types, which were respectively generated by two different modalities of measuring a specimen. Due to an adaption of one part of the signature of the phenotype the resulting adapted phenotype signature can be used as an input for a signature evaluation tool that was derived from data measured by a third modality of measurement. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107937 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENOTYPE ANALYSIS AND ENHANCED MONTE CARLO SIMULATION METHOD TO ESTIMATE MISCLASSIFICATION RATE IN AUTOMATED GENOTYPING - The present invention relates to methods and systems for the analysis of the dissociation behavior of nucleic acids. The present invention includes methods and systems for analyzing dynamic profiles of genotypes of nucleic acids, including the steps of using a computer, including a processor and a memory, to convert dynamic profiles of known genotypes of a nucleic acid to multi-dimensional data points, wherein the dynamic profiles each comprise measurements of a signal representing a physical change of a nucleic acid containing the known genotype relative to an independent variable; using the computer to reduce the multi-dimensional data points into reduced-dimensional data points; and generating a plot of the reduced-dimensional data points for each genotype. The present invention also relates to methods and systems for calculating error statistics for an assay for identifying a genotype in a biological sample using an enhanced Monte Carlo simulation method to generate a set of N random data points for each known genotype within a class of known genotypes, where each set of N random data points has the same mean data point and covariance matrix as a data set for each of the known genotypes. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107938 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM USING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE-RELATED INFORMATION - The present invention provides a highly-safe information processing system that is capable of effectively using nucleotide sequence information differences between individual organisms to offer semantic information useful for each individual organism while properly preventing leakage and illegal use of nucleotide sequence information. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107939 | PROCESSOR-BASED ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is directed to a processor-based analysis system and method. The technology includes a water analysis computer program, which may be an app for a smart device. Beneficially, an interactive visual display device is in communication with a sensing device. Advantageously, test parameter algorithms may be updated, and use of an auxiliary product with an intended test may be validated. Benefits further include improved accuracy of test results, user customization, and storage, management and output of associated data. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107940 | Apparatus and System for Determining, Optimizing or Monitoring at Least One Process Variable - An apparatus for determining or monitoring at least one process variable, comprising: a sensor element and a measuring electronics, which form a measuring unit; and at least one control/evaluating/calculating unit arranged removed from the measuring unit; and/or an in/output unit arranged removed from the measuring unit and the control/evaluating/calculating unit. The control/evaluating/calculating unit and the in/output unit are connected with the measuring unit via a first interface and a second interface. The measuring electronics operates the sensor element and forwards the measurement signals via the interfaces to the control/evaluating/calculating unit as unprocessed, raw, measured values. The control/evaluating/calculating unit arranged removed from the measuring unit determines, improves and/or monitors the process variable based on the raw, measured values and makes such available via the in/output unit. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107941 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE PROPERTIES OF PETROLEUM FUELS BY DISTILLATION - The method for measuring the properties of petroleum fuels by distillation relates to a measuring method for predicting the property values of complex hydrocarbon fuels, such as the property values of gasoline, by distillation. Compensation of boiling point distribution measurements used for the prediction of physical properties of hydrocarbons is further performed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107942 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CHIRALITY DETECTION - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods for detecting chiral properties of materials and separating materials based on their chiral properties. A chiral vector is constructed from anisotropy properties of a polarization-dependent output signal from a sample. Different types of molecules from the sample can be differentiated based on a magnitude of the chiral vector. Chiral properties of the sample can be detected based on an angle of the chiral vector. The output signal can be a fluorescent emission from the sample and can be used to detect chiral properties of a substantially opaque sample. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107943 | GAS INTENSITY CALIBRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An example method of calibrating a detected intensity of gas components includes measuring an intensity of a reference gas, measuring an intensity of a calibration gas, and calibrating a measurement of an intensity of a test gas using at least a measurement of the intensity of the reference gas and at least a measurement of the intensity of the calibration gas. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107944 | OPTICAL CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION - A method for measuring a sample to identify a chemical includes receiving respective spectra for each of a plurality of chemicals. Using a processor, a plurality of binary mathematical filters are computed using the received spectra. A spatial light modulator is adjusted according to a selected mathematical filter. Light that has interacted with the sample is dispersed over the surface of the spatial light modulator, so that the spatial light modulator provides light at wavelengths corresponding to the selected mathematical filter. The light provided by the spatial light modulator is measured to provide a score corresponding to the selected mathematical filter. Filter scores are combined to determine a chemical amount. The processor can operate detection apparatus having a light source, an objective for focusing source light onto the sample, a spatial light modulator, and a detector for detecting the modulator output. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107945 | METHOD FOR THE DYNAMIC QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE AGEING OF SOLID MATERIALS - A method, starting from acoustic emission signals of a material under examination, for determining parameters dynamically characterizing an ageing state of a material is described. The method focuses on solid material properties that are widely sub-microscopic and as such are non-observable by any other known experimental method. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107946 | System and Method for Determining the Mileage and Wear of a Tire - A system includes an acceleration sensor for detecting a centrifugal acceleration, and a processing unit, which is coupled to the acceleration sensor and which is configured to determine numerical values from measured values of the centrifugal acceleration. The determined numerical values are representative of a mileage of a tire and/or wear of the tire and/or an installation radius of the system in the tire. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107947 | AUTONOMOUS NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION - Autonomous non-destructive inspection equipment provides automatic and/or continuous inspection and evaluation of a material under inspection. The inspection equipment comprises at least one detection sensor and at least one detection sensor interface for a computer. The signals are communicated from the sensor to the computer. The signals are then conditioned and evaluated according to knowledge already inputted into the computer. The computer iterations are processed until an acceptable conclusion is made regarding the type of imperfection that is detected. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROBABILISTIC FATIGUE CRACK LIFE ESTIMATION - A probabilistic estimation of fatigue crack life of a component is provided. A plurality of representations of the component is defined from material property scatter data and flaw-size scatter data, wherein each representation is defined by one possible material condition and flaw-size condition associated with the component. For each representation, a component location is selected and a determination is made whether said individual representation fails after a given number of cycles N, based on the calculation of a crack growth in the selected location. The crack growth is calculated on the basis of the material condition and the flaw-size condition in the selected location. Failure of the individual representation is determined if the crack growth is determined to be unstable. The sum total of the number of the representations that failed after N cycles is determined. A probability of failure of the component after N cycles is then determined. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107949 | MECHANICAL MEASUREMENT OF STATE OF HEALTH AND STATE OF CHARGE FOR INTERCALATION BATTERIES - A battery management system for use with a battery under test is disclosed. The system includes a container configured to hold the battery. The system also includes a stress/strain sensor. The container is configured to hold the battery in fixed relationship with respect to the stress/strain sensor. A processor is coupled to the stress/strain sensor, the processor being configured to measure the stress/strain on the battery and determine the state of health (SOH) of the battery based on the measured stress/strain and previously stored SOH relationship data for the battery. The processor may be configured to determine a state of charge (SOC) of the battery based on the measured stress/strain, the SOH of the battery and previously stored SOC relationship data for the battery. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107950 | BANDPASS ADC SAMPLING FOR FLUID VELOCITY DETERMINATION - A method of calculating a time difference is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first ultrasonic signal (r | 2014-04-17 |
20140107951 | METHOD TO DETERMINE THE ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT IN TURBID MEDIA - The invention relates to a method to determine the wavelength dependent absorption coefficient of a turbid medium using overlapping illumination-detection areas comprising the steps of a) retrieving a calibration spectrum (CA) from a reference measurement using a reference sample; b) carrying out a measurement on an actual sample for determining the absolute reflection spectrum (R | 2014-04-17 |
20140107952 | CAVITATION EVALUATING DEVICE - A downstream side fluid pressure is a fluid pressure of a fluid stagnation portion within a flow path that is internal to a regulator valve. A pressure ratio that is internal to the regulator valve is calculated from an upstream side fluid pressure, the downstream side fluid pressure, and a saturated vapor pressure for the fluid, calculated from a fluid temperature. A pressure ratio table that establishes relationships between a threshold value and a relative flow coefficient of the regulator valve, where the pressure ratio that is internal to the regulator valve, at the time at which the occurrence of cavitation within the regulator valve begins, is defined as the threshold value, is created and stored in a storing portion. The pressure ratio table is used to evaluate whether or not there is cavitation. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107953 | CONTAINER FILL LEVEL DETECTION - Systems and methods for determining different fill levels of objects in the containers for disposable and consumable objects are disclosed. A sensor unit can detect presence of an object passing into a waste container and different levels of the objects in the waste container as the objects fill the waste container. When the waste container is full, a notification message may be generated to empty or replace the waste container. The sensor unit can also detect different levels of objects in a consumable container as the objects are removed from the consumable container. When the consumable container is empty, a notification message may be generated to refill or replace the consumable container. In embodiments of the invention, a notification message may also be generated for a predetermined level of objects in the container. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107954 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MONITORING CONDENSED WATER IN STEAM PIPES AT HIGH TEMPERATURE - A system and method for monitoring the properties of a fluid, such as water, in a steam pipe without mechanically penetrating the wall of the pipe. The system uses a piezoelectric transducer to launch an ultrasonic probe signal into the pipe. Reflected ultrasonic signals are captured in a transducer, which can be the same transducer that launched the probe signal. The reflected signals are subjected to data processing, which can include filtering, amplification, analog-to-digital conversion and autocorrelation analysis. A result is extracted which is indicative of a property of the fluid, such as a height of the condensed fluid, a cavitation of the condensed fluid, and a surface perturbation of the condensed fluid. The result can be recorded, displayed, and/or transmitted to another location. One embodiment of the system has been constructed and tested based on a general purpose programmable computer using instructions recorded in machine-readable non-volatile memory. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107955 | GENERATOR NEUTRAL GROUND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Fault analysis and detection involving a generator neutral ground includes monitoring a voltage waveform across a neutral grounding transformer of a generator. During monitoring of the voltage waveform a sample of the voltage waveform is acquired. Previously, a number of similar past samples of the monitored waveform were acquired and stored as well. The present sample is compared to one or more of these stored, past samples so that, based on a similarity between the present sample to the past samples, a generator fault indicated by the present sample can be identified. Identifying the generator fault can include recognizing that it is presently occurring or that it may occur in a predictable timeframe. Additionally, identifying a component of the generator that caused, or will cause, the generator fault can be identified as well. A diagnostic message or control signal based on the identified generator fault can then be generated. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107956 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING BATTERY LIFE, BATTERY LIFE ESTIMATION DEVICE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A method of estimating a battery life includes: for a secondary battery having a degradation rate R when X days have elapsed after initial charge of the secondary battery, calculating a degradation estimation value (X+Y) days after the initial charge from degradation master data, the degradation master data being identified with use of conditions of temperature T provided for the calculation and a battery state S provided for the calculation; and deriving number of elapsed days Xcorr giving the degradation rate R based on the identified degradation master data, and calculating the degradation estimation value (Xcorr+Y) days after the initial charge from the identified degradation master data. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107957 | Wide-area agricultural monitoring and prediction - Ground-based measurements of agricultural metrics such as NDVI are used to calibrate wide-area aerial measurements of the same metrics. Calibrated wide-area data may then be used as an input to a field prescription processor. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107958 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a calibration apparatus for calibrating an optical apparatus, which has a scanning member and scans light on an object by rotating the scanning member, including a target member including a region irradiated with light from the scanning member, an obtaining unit configured to obtain a light amount of light reflected by the region, and a processing unit configured to execute processing for calculating a calibration value required to calibrate a rotation angle of the scanning member, wherein the region is configured to be nonplanar so that a light amount obtained by the obtaining unit changes according to a light irradiation position. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107959 | ELECTRON BEAM APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING A PATTERN ON A SAMPLE USING MULTIPLE ELECTRON BEAMS - An electron beam apparatus for inspecting a pattern on a sample using multiple electron beams includes a plurality of primary electro-optical systems and a plurality of secondary electro-optical systems associated with the respective primary electro-optical systems. The primary electro-optical systems are for irradiating multiple primary electron beams on a surface of the sample, and each includes an electron gun having an anode and an objective lens. The secondary electro-optical systems are for inducing secondary electrons emitted from a surface of the sample by irradiation of the primary electron beams. Detectors are each for detecting the secondary electrons and generating electric signals corresponding to the detected electrons. The anodes of the electron guns of the primary electro-optical systems comprise an anode substrate in common having multiple holes corresponding to the axes of the respective primary electro-optical systems. The anode substrate has metal coatings around the respective holes. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107960 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AND CORRECTING THE SCANNING DISTORTION OF AN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - Method for calibrating and correcting the scanning distortion of any optical coherence tomography system by using reference patterns and obtaining mathematical relationships between the positions of the reference points in a reference pattern and the local coordinates of said reference points, said coordinates are obtained by means of said optical coherence tomography system. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107961 | TESTING METHOD AND TESTING SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - A testing method and testing system for a semiconductor element are provided. The method includes following steps. A level of a testing electrostatic discharge (ESD) voltage is determined. A plurality of sample components is provided. The testing ESD voltage is imposed on the sample components for testing ESD decay rates of the sample components. ESD withstand voltages of the sample components are detected. The relation between the ESD withstand voltages and the electrostatic discharge rates are recorded to a database. The testing ESD voltage is imposed on the semiconductor element for testing an ESD decay rate of the semiconductor element. The database is looked up according to the ESD decay rate of the semiconductor element to determine an ESD withstand voltage of the semiconductor element. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107962 | Method and systems for off-line control for simulation of coupled hybrid dynamic systems - Systems and methods are provided for controlling the simulation of a coupled hybrid dynamic system. A physical test rig configured to drive the physical structure component of the system and to generate a test rig response as a result of applying a test rig drive signal. A processor is configured with a virtual model of a complementary system to the physical structure component. The processor receives the test rig response and generates a response of the complementary system based on a received test rig response. The system can be driven with a random input. The processor compares the test rig response with the response of the complementary system, the difference being used to form a system dynamic response model. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107963 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED SLEEP MODE TIERING TO OPTIMIZE STANDBY TIME AND TEST YIELD - A method and apparatus for optimizing the yield of tested electronics devices is provided. A sample device is characterized to derive a specification for each device in the group. The sample size is chosen to provide reliable data and to minimize the effect of outlier devices on the characterization. After characterization, boundaries are set for the group of tested devices. Boundaries may be set based on voltages optimized for power consumption. The group of devices may be further subdivided into sub-groups based on the results of testing. The sub-groups are each assigned a unique code that reflects the results of the testing. This code is programmed into automated test equipment and is also stored in system software in order to ensure consistent values across the group of tested devices. The automated test equipment and system software are correlated using the same code to ensure higher test yield. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107964 | SENSOR NETWORK DESIGN AND INVERSE MODELING FOR REACTOR CONDITION MONITORING - Methods and systems for detecting a condition within a component of a process plant, including obtaining a first and second set of parameter measurements from a first and second plurality of sensor locations along a first dimension of an outside surface of a component, processing the first and second set of parameter measurements to develop a continuous surface condition profile of the component using a predetermined model. The predetermined model includes a forward solution to an equation describing the condition and is linearly separable in at least two dimensions corresponding to the first and second dimension. The model includes an inverse solution to the equation to provide a set of coefficients corresponding to a set of basis functions of the forward solution based on the first and second set of parameter measurements. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107965 | TESTING SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THERMAL PROPERTIES OF A MATERIAL - A testing system for use in measuring thermal properties of material is described herein. The testing system includes a testing apparatus and monitoring system coupled to the testing apparatus. The testing apparatus includes a housing assembly that is configured to receive a material. A heating assembly is coupled to the housing assembly to supply a heat to at least a portion of the material to increase the temperature of the material. A sensing assembly is coupled to the housing assembly and is configured to sense a temperature of the material. The monitoring system comprises a controller having a processor comprising computer-readable instructions for operating the heating assembly to apply a heat to the material volume, receiving signals from the sensing assembly indicative of a temperature of the material, and estimating at least one thermal property of the material utilizing the sensed temperature of the material volume. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107966 | FOOTCARE PRODUCT DISPENSING KIOSK - A kiosk apparatus that may select for a person a recommended footcare product based on pressure measurements collected from pressures sensors or calculated biomechanical data estimates. Pressure measurements and calculated biomechanical data estimates may be used to determine if a foot is unshod on the pressure sensor and also group a person into a classified subgroup. The pressure measurement and calculated biomechanical data estimates may also be used to select a recommended footcare product. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107967 | FOOTCARE PRODUCT DISPENSING KIOSK - A kiosk apparatus that may select for a person a recommended footcare product based on pressure measurements collected from pressures sensors or calculated biomechanical data estimates. Pressure measurements and calculated biomechanical data estimates may be used to determine if a foot is unshod on the pressure sensor and also group a person into a classified subgroup. The pressure measurement and calculated biomechanical data estimates may also be used to select a recommended footcare product. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107968 | FOOTCARE PRODUCT DISPENSING KIOSK - A kiosk apparatus that may select for a person a recommended footcare product based on pressure measurements collected from pressures sensors or calculated biomechanical data estimates. Pressure measurements and calculated biomechanical data estimates may be used to determine if a foot is unshod on the pressure sensor and also group a person into a classified subgroup. The pressure measurement and calculated biomechanical data estimates may also be used to select a recommended footcare product. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107969 | Frequency-Modulated Micro-Gyro Half-Period Signal Processing Method - A method for measuring the input rate Ω of an FM micro-gyro. The modulation frequency F | 2014-04-17 |
20140107970 | GEOLOCATION USING HIGH ORDER STATISTICS - A specific emitter identification (SEI) method and apparatus is capable of identifying and tracking objects within a geographical area of interest wherein the system and method has not been preprogrammed to look for particular signals. The system and method receives all of the emitted electromagnetic signals emitted from area of interest. The system and method next performs high order statistical analysis on the received signals and determines which signals emanate from possible targets of interest and which likely emanate from background clutter/noise by comparing the relative degrees of Gaussianness of the signals (for example using entropy measurements). The least Gaussian signals are deemed to likely be signals from potential targets of interest while those which are more Gaussian are deemed to be likely from background clutter or noise. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107971 | System, Device And Method For Tracking Position And Orientation Of Vehicle, Loading Device And Cargo In Loading Device Operations - The present invention generally relates to a system, device and a method for loading and/or unloading a cargo to and/or from a second vehicle where a loading device is mounted on a first vehicle. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for a sensor system (with sensor platform deployed at the crane tip) used for heave compensation and 3D positioning of cargo and second vehicle during loading and unloading process of cargo to/from a ship where a crane is mounted on an oil rig. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107972 | DISPLACEMENT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR TOWER AND MONITORING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a displacement monitoring system for a tower, the displacement monitoring system includes a tower displacement monitoring terminal and an underground displacement monitoring terminal electrically connected to the tower displacement monitoring terminal, the tower displacement monitoring terminal is arranged on the tower and includes a main control module, an overground tower displacement sensor, a power supply module and a communication module, wherein the overground tower displacement sensor, the power supply module and the communication module are electrically connected to the main control module respectively, the underground displacement monitoring terminal is arranged on an underground bedrock and includes a controlling module and an underground displacement sensor electrically connected to the controlling module. According the technical solution, displacement sensors are used to monitor the displacement values of the tower and the bedrock respectively, then the displacement value of the tower relative to the bedrock is computed based on the displacement values of the tower and the bedrock, this technical solution overcomes the one-sidedness of only monitoring the incline angle of the tower, and is a more comprehensive monitoring solution. Thus the displacement value of the tower can be accurately monitored on line, the actual state of the tower can be monitored, and therefore it is beneficial for further plan and build of national grid. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107973 | THREAD PROFILE MEASURING METHOD - A method includes: performing a scanning measurement of a female thread along first and second axes extending along a center axis of the thread and opposed to each other across the center axis; determining characteristic values of the thread from contour data of the thread obtained through the measurement; obtaining the contour data including first contour data associated with the first axis and second contour data associated with the second axis by performing the measurement; detecting a thread displacement along the center axis between a crest associated with the first axis and a crest associated with the second axis at each of first position and second position on the center axis; calculating inclination and deviation of the first and second axes from the thread displacements detected at the first and second positions; and adjusting an attitude of the thread for the measurement to eliminate the inclination and deviation. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107974 | Exercise Equipment Usage Monitoring Method and Apparatus - A method of monitoring the use of exercise equipment at an exercise facility having a plurality of items of exercise equipment, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of usage monitors, each associated with an item of exercise equipment, monitoring the usage of the plurality of items of exercise equipment concurrently using the usage monitors, and thereby calculating, for at least some of the items of exercise equipment, a measure of the proportion of the period of time during which respective items of exercise equipment are used. In some embodiments, the usage monitors can detect when an item of exercise equipment is occupied, even if it is not being operated, for example using a heat sensor. A graphical representation may be prepared of the usage of items of exercise equipment at each of a plurality of locations within the exercise facility. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING PULSES IN DETECTOR OUTPUT DATA - A method for locating a pulse in detector output data, comprising fitting one or more functions to the detector output data; and determining a location and an amplitude of a peak of said pulse from said one or more functions. The one or more functions may be are a function of time. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107976 | Tester for equipment, apparatus, or component with distributed processing function - A tester for equipment, apparatuses, or components with distributed measurement and analytical functions comprises a simplified test circuit for obtaining key data representative of the operational characteristics of said equipment, apparatus, or component and transmitting these to a sophisticated device capable of other uses, such as a smart phone or tablet computer. The latter analyzes the raw data with reference to values for nominal characteristics or operation of the equipment, apparatus, or component and provides a result indicative of the condition thereof. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107977 | CONDITION DIAGNOSING METHOD AND CONDITION DIAGNOSING DEVICE - A condition diagnosing method capable of executing condition diagnosis considering a secular change is provided. A condition diagnosing method includes a first diagnosing step of determining presence or absence of abnormality in diagnosis data by a latest one class support vector machine, and diagnosing the diagnosis data determined as abnormal as relating to a failure, and a second diagnosing step of determining presence or absence of abnormality in the diagnosis data determined as abnormal in the first diagnosing step by an initial one class support vector machine, diagnosing the diagnosis data determined as abnormal as relating to secular deterioration, and diagnosing the diagnosis data determined as not abnormal as normal. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107978 | Detecting Events of Interest using Quantum Resonance Interferometry - Incoming data from, for example, an array of detectors, may be received. A dynamical system may be initialized corresponding to a modality of the incoming data so that a measurement probe based on the initialized dynamical system may be generated. Such a measurement probe may be injected into a quantum mechanical system so that it may be determined whether the injection of the measurement probe into the quantum mechanical system results in a collapse of the quantum mechanical system. Thereafter, it may be determined that a signal is present within the incoming data if the quantum mechanical system collapses. Related methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-program products are also described. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107979 | PRECISE FERQUENCY-PATTERN ANALYSIS TO DECOMPOSE COMPLEX SYSTEMS INTO FUNCTIONALLY INVARIANT ENTITIES - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer readable media, for registering a multichannel time series from data collected from a plurality of channels. Each channel corresponds to one of one or more sensors. A precise Fourier transform of the data from all channels is done to transform the data in a frequency domain. Frequencies from the frequency domain are selected. The selected frequencies from all channels are inverse Fourier transformed. A restored time is selected, and activity for the selected frequencies at the restored time is localized. Coherence for the selected frequencies is estimated and coherent components are extracted. Partial spectrum is assembled comprising frequencies with similar patterns of the coherent components. Inverse transform of the partial spectrum is used to reconstruct a time series for functional entities producing the similar patterns of the coherent components. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107980 | LIGHT EMISSION ANALYZING DEVICE - The light emission analyzing device includes: a first light intensity calculation unit that performs polynomial approximation on a spectroscopic spectrum indicating a light intensity for each wavelength in a container as measured by a spectrometer so as to calculate the light intensity; a second light intensity calculation unit that subtracts, for each wavelength, the light intensity calculated by the first light intensity calculation unit from the light intensity indicated by the spectroscopic spectrum measured by the spectrometer so as to calculate a light intensity corresponding to a bright-line spectrum of a molecule; and a ratio calculation unit that calculates, by using the light intensity calculated by the second light intensity calculation unit, a ratio between (a) a peak value of a molecular spectrum of a first molecule and (b) a peak value of a molecular spectrum of a second molecule. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107981 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFACT ELIMINATION - Disclosed are apparatus and methods that provide the ability to electrical stimulate a physical system, and actively eliminate interference with signal acquisition (artifacts) that arises from the stimulation. The technique implemented in the circuits and methods for eliminating interference connects a discharge path to a physical interface to the system to remove charge that is built-up during stimulation. By placing the discharge path in a feedback loop that includes a recording preamplifier and AC-coupling circuitry, the physical interface is brought back to its pre-stimulation offset voltage. The disclosed apparatus and methods may be used with piezoelectric transducers, ultrasound devices, optical diodes, and polarizable and non-polarizable electrodes. The disclosed apparatus can be employed in implantable devices, in vitro or in vivo setups with vertebrate and invertebrate neural tissue, muscle fibers, pancreatic islet cells, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, bacteria, algae, fungi, protists, and plants. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107982 | DETERMINING THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD IN A COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN ENVIRONMENT - Examples of the invention include methods and apparatus for determining an electromagnetic field, such as a magnetic field, at a selected location within computer-aided design (CAD) data. An example approach may include selecting a location by clicking on, or otherwise selecting the location within a visual representation of the CAD data, selecting one or more electrical components within the CAD data, retrieving electrical current data and distance data for each of the selected electrical components, and determining the electromagnetic field at the selected location using electromagnetic theory. Examples of the invention allow rapid determination of potential electromagnetic noise problems in the CAD design stage, before prototyping and without the complexity of a full 3D electromagnetic simulation. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107983 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DESIGNING NUCLEIC ACIDS THAT FORM PREDETERMINED SECONDARY STRUCTURE - Described is a system and process for designing the equilibrium base-pairing properties of a test tube of interacting nucleic acid strands. A target test tube is specified as a set of desired ‘on-target’ complexes, each with a target secondary structure and target concentration, and a set of undesired ‘off-target’ complexes, each with vanishing target concentration. Sequence design is performed by optimizing the test tube ensemble defect, corresponding to the concentration of incorrectly paired nucleotides at equilibrium evaluated over the ensemble of the test tube. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107984 | GENERATION METHOD, DESIGN METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a generation method of generating, by a computer, initial data to be used when designing an optical system in which a plurality of lenses are arranged in an optical axis direction, wherein in an optical system model in which a thickness of each lens and intervals between the plurality of lenses are set to 0, letting m be the number of lenses, r | 2014-04-17 |
20140107985 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING THE LAYOUT OF TURBINES IN A WINDFARM - A method and system for designing a layout of turbines on a grid is provided. The method comprises receiving wind data for each possible location of placement of a turbine on said grid; calculating an energy yield for a given layout of turbines on said grid as a nonlinear objective function, said function constrained by said wind data; implementing a bounding heuristic, said bounding heuristic comparing said calculated energy yield for said given layout of turbines to a current lower bound, and if said calculated energy yield is greater than the current lower bound, replacing the current lower bound with the calculated energy yield; and repeating the above steps for different layouts of turbines on the grid. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107986 | Method and System for Improved Optical Modeling of Gemstones - A method of constructing a virtual model of a gemstone including the steps of performing measurements of the gemstone to construct a three-dimensional (3D) model of an exterior surface of the gemstone; identifying one or more visible inclusions within an interior volume of the gemstone; for each identified inclusion, performing the steps of determining a location and 3D shape of the inclusion within the interior volume of the gemstone; capturing at least one image of the inclusion; using the at least one image to determine relevant optical characteristics of the inclusion; and constructing a 3D virtual model of the inclusion, said model including the 3D shape of the inclusion and optical properties of the inclusion based upon said optical characteristics; constructing a 3D virtual model of the gemstone which includes the 3D virtual model of the exterior surface of the gemstone and the 3D virtual models of the one or more visible inclusions within the interior volume of the gemstone; and generating a dataset representing said 3D virtual model, wherein said dataset may be used in subseguent computer analysis to provide a user with information relating to a visual characteristic of the gemstone. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTATIONAL PLANNING IN A DATA-DEPENDENT CONSTRAINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method of determining a conditional computational plan for a data dependent constraint network represented by a bipartite graph containing input variable nodes, output variable nodes, and relation nodes, may include specifying, using a variable node specifier, at least one output variable node for which a plan is desired. The method may further include determining, using a plan determiner, a plan from the input variable nodes to the output variable node using a backward chaining search of the bipartite graph. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107988 | METHODS FOR SEARCHING FOR ARRANGEMENTS OF SHAPES SUBJECT TO BOUNDARY DISTANCE CONSTRAINTS AMONG THOSE SHAPES - This disclosure describes methods to manufacture one or more articles of manufacture that searches for an arrangement of shapes that satisfy exact or approximate analytical representations of boundary distance constraints. The disclosed methods include the execution of the following steps: step (a) constructing functions for one or more boundary distance constraints; step (b) constructing an analytical optimization problem which incorporates the constraint functions of step (a); step (c) selecting the initial values of one or more optimization variables; step (d) solving the optimization problem constructed in step (b) using one or more analytical optimization methods and one or more of the initial values of step (c). | 2014-04-17 |
20140107989 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING IF BOUNDARY DISTANCE CONSTRAINTS BETWEEN SHAPES ARE SATISFIED - This disclosure describes methods for determining if arrangements of shapes satisfy exact or approximate analytical function representations of boundary distance constraints among those shapes. The first embodiment includes the following steps: (a) constructing a function which is an exact or approximate analytical representation of the constraint between two shapes; and (b) evaluating the function of step (a) to determine if the constraint between the two shapes is exactly or approximately satisfied. The second embodiment includes the following steps: (a) constructing a function which is an exact or approximate analytical representation of the constraint between two shapes; (b) assigning values to variables and/or parameters of the function constructed in step (a); and (c) evaluating the function of step (a) using the assignments of step (b) to determine if the constraint between the two shapes is exactly or approximately satisfied. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107990 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FRICTION COEFFICIENT .mu. FOR AN AIRCRAFT LANDING EVENT - Method and system of determining ground-to-tyre friction coefficient for an aircraft landing event. The method uses an aircraft computational model to repeatedly model the landing event, varying one or more initial conditions of the aircraft model until a best match between a modelled value and a provided value of aircraft vertical acceleration is determined. The method uses initial conditions associated with the best match of modelled and provided vertical acceleration values and a strain value from a sensor on the aircraft landing gear, with the ground-to-tyre friction coefficient is a variable. The method models the landing gear to generate a modelled strain value and compares this with the measured strain value, and repeats the landing gear modelling step with a different value for the ground-to-tyre friction coefficient until a best match between the modelled strain value and the measured strain value is determined and outputting the respective friction coefficient value. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107991 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE PROBABILITY OF A PREGNANCY AT A SELECTED POINT IN TIME - The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for determining the probability of a pregnancy at a selected point in time. Systems and methods of the invention employ an algorithm that has been trained on a reference set of data from a plurality of women for whom at least one of fertility-associated phenotypic traits, fertility-associated medical interventions, or pregnancy outcomes are known, in which the algorithm accounts for any woman who ceases pregnancy attempts prior to reaching a live birth outcome. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107992 | DISTRIBUTOR OF NEURONS IN A NEOCORTICAL COLUMN - Computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for determining a distribution of neuronal cells across a portion of a brain are described. One computer-implemented method for determining a target distribution of one or more neuronal cells across a portion of a brain, comprising: constraining, by one or more computers, a start distribution of the one or more neuronal cells by expression of one or more marker genes and by protein stain of the one or more marker genes across the portion of the brain to obtain the target distribution. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107993 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND TUNING PROCESS CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS USING A SIMULATION SYSTEM - A process characteristic parameter determination system uses a process model and a tuning module to accurately determine a value for a process characteristic parameter within a plant without measuring the process characteristic parameter directly, and may operate on-line or while the process is running to automatically determine a correct value of the process characteristic parameter at any time during on-going operation of the process. The process characteristic parameter value, which may be a heat transfer coefficient value for a heat exchanger, can then be used to enable the determination of a more accurate simulation result and/or to make other on-line process decisions, such as process control decisions, process operational mode decisions, process maintenance decisions such as implementing a soot blowing operation, etc. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107994 | ENABLING REUSE OF UNIT-SPECIFIC SIMULATION IRRITATION IN MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTS - In the verification of an electronic design such as a microprocessor, a set of generic transaction types is applied to a unit in a unit simulation environment and then the same set of generic transaction types is applied to the unit in a larger (e.g., element) simulation environment using an abstraction layer which can interface with both a unit translation layer of the unit simulation environment and an element translation layer of the element simulation environment. The abstraction layer may comprise a generic driver interface which issues generic commands having command parameters including a command type, an address, and operand data. The invention can be extended to multiple units which make up the element, or to multiple elements in the element environment. The invention can further be extended in a hierarchical fashion to other levels of simulation environments, e.g., unit-element-system. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107995 | PARTITIONING AND PARALLEL PROCESSING OF A VIRTUAL PROTOTYPE SIMULATION OF A HARDWARE DESIGN - A method including accessing a first virtual prototype configured to perform a first simulation of a hardware design, identifying checkpoints within the first virtual prototype, each checkpoint including a storage state and/or behavioral state, and determining breakpoints for dividing execution of a second virtual prototype into a series of execution segments, where the second virtual prototype is configured to perform a second simulation of the hardware design, the second virtual prototype includes virtual models representing a separate portion of the hardware design, each virtual model representing a same portion of the hardware design as a corresponding virtual model of the first virtual prototype. The method may include mapping the storage state and/or behavioral state of each checkpoint to a respective execution segment, executing the second simulation while collecting respective data regarding execution of each execution segment, where two or more execution segments are executed concurrently, and aggregating the respective data. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107996 | ENABLING REUSE OF UNIT-SPECIFIC SIMULATION IRRITATION IN MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTS - In the verification of an electronic design such as a microprocessor, a set of generic transaction types is applied to a unit in a unit simulation environment and then the same set of generic transaction types is applied to the unit in a larger (e.g., element) simulation environment using an abstraction layer which can interface with both a unit translation layer of the unit simulation environment and an element translation layer of the element simulation environment. The abstraction layer may comprise a generic driver interface which issues generic commands having command parameters including a command type, an address, and operand data. The invention can be extended to multiple units which make up the element, or to multiple elements in the element environment. The invention can further be extended in a hierarchical fashion to other levels of simulation environments, e.g., unit-element-system. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107997 | Simulation Tool for High-Speed Communications Links - A link simulation tool for simulating high-speed communications link systems is provided. Communications links may include link subsystems such as transmit (TX) circuitry, receive (TX) circuitry, oscillator circuits that provide reference clock signals to the TX and RX circuitry, and channels that link the TX and RX circuitry. The link simulation tool may model each of the subsystems using behavioral models. The behavioral models may include characteristic functions such as transfer functions, probability density functions, and eye characteristics. The link simulation tool may have a link analysis engine that is capable of performing two-dimensional (two-variable) convolution operations and in applying dual-domain (frequency-time) transformations on the characteristic functions provided by the behavioral models to simulate the performance of the link system. The link simulation tool may have an input screen that allows a user to specify desired link parameters and a data display screen that display simulated results. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107998 | System and Method to Emulate Finite Element Model Based Prediction of In-Plane Distortions Due to Semiconductor Wafer Chucking - Systems and methods for prediction of in-plane distortions (IPD) due to wafer shape in semiconductor wafer chucking process is disclosed. A process to emulate the non-linear finite element (FE) contact mechanics model based IPD prediction is utilized in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure. The emulated FE model based prediction process is substantially more efficient and provides accuracy comparable to the FE model based IPD prediction that utilizes full-scale 3-D wafer and chuck geometry information and requires computation intensive simulations. Furthermore, an enhanced HOS IPD/OPD prediction process based on a series of Zernike basis wafer shape images is also disclosed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140107999 | MULTI-LEVEL ABSTRACT POWER MODELING METHOD - Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for utilizing a single model of event-based energies at multiple hierarchical levels of a design. The event-based energy model contains multiple interfaces that access or reference lower level power data, such as pin-based power data. The power of a transaction level definition of a design is estimated using the event-based energy model. The transaction-level definition of the design uses indirect references to access the event-based energy model. Other abstraction levels of the design may have their power estimated using the same low-level event-based energy model. Overall, a consistent power estimation of a design is performed using the same event-based energy model at different levels of abstraction of the design flow. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108000 | Generate, Edit, and Automated Use of a Machine-Readable Cable Specification to Audit Cabling of a Converged Infrastructure - A human-readable cable specification for a model converged infrastructure (CI) is converted to a machine-readable cable specification specifying model port mappings between model components of the model CI. The machine-readable cable specification is imported into a controller, which is in communication with an actual CI that includes operating components and actual connections between input/output (I/O) signal ports of the components. Port configurations are collected from the operating components, and actual port mappings are generated that identify the connections between the actual ports. The actual port mappings are compared against the model port mappings. A compliance report is generated indicating port mapping mismatches, if any, between the model and actual port mappings based on the comparing. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108001 | EMULATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF A TARGET DATABASE SYSTEM - A test system receives environment information of a target database system, where the environment information includes information relating to hardware and software components of the target database system, and one or more of: definitions of workloads in the target database system, and settings of a scheduler in the target database system. The test system emulates an environment of the target database system using the received environment information, and database software is executed in the emulated environment in the test system. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108002 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING DISPLAY INFORMATION BASED ON DETECTED LANGUAGE OF A RECEIVED MESSAGE - Systems and methods are provided for processing electronic messages for display in electronic devices. The method comprises receiving a message, detecting a language of the message, and based on the detected language updating local-language parameters. Thereafter, when the received message is displayed, additionally displayed information is updated based on the local-language parameters. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108003 | MULTIPLE DEVICE INTELLIGENT LANGUAGE MODEL SYNCHRONIZATION - Systems and methods for intelligent language models that can be used across multiple devices are provided. Some embodiments provide for a client-server system for integrating change events from each device running a local language processing system into a master language model. The change events can be integrated, not only into the master model, but also into each of the other local language models. As a result, some embodiments enable restoration to new devices as well as synchronization of usage across multiple devices. In addition, real-time messaging can be used on selected messages to ensure that high priority change events are updated quickly across all active devices. Using a subscription model driven by a server infrastructure, utilization logic on the client side can also drive selective language model updates. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108004 | TEXT/CHARACTER INPUT SYSTEM, SUCH AS FOR USE WITH TOUCH SCREENS ON MOBILE PHONES - A system and method for receiving character input from a user includes a programmed processor that receives inputs from the user and disambiguates the inputs to present character sequence choices corresponding to the input characters. In one embodiment, a first character input is received and a corresponding first recognized character is stored in a temporary storage buffer and displayed to the user for editing. After a predetermined number of subsequent input characters and/or predetermined amount of time without being edited, the system determines that the first recognized character is the intended character input by the user and removes the first recognized character from the buffer, thereby inhibiting future editing. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108005 | Universal Language Classification Devices, Systems, and Methods - A computer-implemented method, implemented, at least in part, by hardware in combination with software, the method includes (A) obtaining text from a document; (B) parsing said text using at least one parallel sentence parsing process to obtain sentence data from said text; (C) parsing said sentence data using at least one parallel noun parsing process to obtain text data from said sentence data; (D) scoring said text data using at least one term scorer process and a known word list to obtain scored terms corresponding to said text data; and (E) determining known word scores corresponding to said text data, using said known word list, wherein said known word scores comprise base scores and category penetration scores; wherein steps (B), (C), (D), and (E) operate in parallel for at least some of the text from the document. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108006 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND MAPPING SEMIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS TO ENHANCE CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS - A system and method described in this disclosure seeks to create new ways of defining and mapping relationships between content items in order to create more relevant content recommendations. Semiotic analysis, unlike semantic analysis, looks at how words mean rather than what words mean. Semiotics can define an emotional context for content items, which may be leveraged into content recommendations to users, creating more personalized and meaningful recommendations. The system and method analyze the semiotic context by analyzing the semiotic nature of the content itself through analysis of the writing style or genre of the content item, and the tone in which the content item is written; by analyzing the semiotic nature of the entities extracted from content items; and by analyzing the semiotic nature of the publisher or author who created the content item. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108007 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW BIT RATE VOICE ENCODING AND DECODING APPLICABLE FOR ANY REDUCED BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING WIRELESS - A voice encoder/decoder (vocoder) may provide receiving a voice sample and generating zero crossings of the voice sample in response to voice excitation in a first formant and creating a corresponding output signal. Additional operations may include dividing the output signal by two, and sampling the output signal at a predefined frequency such that a resulting combination uses half of a bit rate for an excitation and a remainder for short term spectrum analysis. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108008 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO/SPEECH SIGNAL - Provided is a method of encoding an audio/speech signal, the method including determining a variable length of a frame, that is, a processing unit of an input signal in accordance with a position of an attack in the input signal; transforming each frame of the input signal to a frequency domain and dividing the frame into a plurality of sub frequency bands; and, if a signal of a sub frequency band is determined to be encoded in the frequency domain, encoding the signal of the sub frequency band in the frequency domain, and if the signal of the sub frequency band is determined to be encoded in a time domain, inverse transforming the signal of the sub frequency band to the time domain and encoding the inverse transformed signal in the time domain. According to the present invention, the audio/speech signal may be efficiently encoded by controlling time resolution and frequency resolution. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108009 | Multimedia Search Application for a Mobile Device - In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method selects a program from a library of programs. A user selection is determined based upon a voice command, and the program is presented at a display device in accordance with the voice command. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a system selects a program from a library of programs. The system includes a processor that determines a user selection based upon a voice command, and also includes a display device that presents the program in accordance with the voice command. In accordance with yet another embodiment of the present invention, a computer-readable medium contains a set of instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to determine a user selection based upon a voice command and to command a display device to present the program, in accordance with the voice command. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108010 | VOICE-ENABLED DOCUMENTS FOR FACILITATING OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES - A voice-enabled document system facilitates execution of service delivery operations by eliminating the need for manual or visual interaction during information retrieval by an operator. Access to voice-enabled documents can facilitate operations for mobile vendors, on-site or field-service repairs, medical service providers, food service providers, and the like. Service providers can access the voice-enabled documents by using a client device to retrieve the document, display it on a screen, and, via voice commands initiate playback of selected audio files containing information derived from text data objects selected from the document. Data structures that are components of a voice-enabled document include audio playback files and a logical association that links the audio playback files to user-selectable fields, and to a set of voice commands. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108011 | SOUND ANALYSIS APPARATUS, SOUND ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A sound analysis apparatus includes a sound information obtaining section chat obtains information relating to a sound acquired by a sound acquiring section that acquires the sound and distinguishes a spoken voice of a wearer from a spoken voice of another person, a phase difference deriving section that derives a relationship between a frequency and a phase difference with respect to the sound acquired by the plural sound acquiring sections, a dispersion deriving section that derives a dispersion that is the level of irregularity of the derived phase difference, and a distance deriving section that derives a distance between the wearer and the other person using a first dispersion derived in a case where the sound is distinguished as the spoken voice of the other person and a second dispersion derived in a case where the sound is distinguished as the spoken voice of the wearer. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108012 | USER SPEECH INTERFACES FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - A user speech interface for interactive media guidance applications, such as television program guides, guides for audio services, guides for video-on-demand (VOD) services, guides for personal video recorders (PVRs), or other suitable guidance applications is provided. Voice commands may be received from a user and guidance activities may be performed in response to the voice commands. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108013 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING ADAPTIVE MISRECOGNITION IN CONVERSATIONAL SPEECH - A system and method are provided for receiving speech and/or non-speech communications of natural language questions and/or commands and executing the questions and/or commands. The invention provides a conversational human-machine interface that includes a conversational speech analyzer, a general cognitive model, an environmental model, and a personalized cognitive model to determine context, domain knowledge, and invoke prior information to interpret a spoken utterance or a received non-spoken message. The system and method creates, stores, and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context of the speech or non-speech communication and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention is configured to display a screen that includes a voice output position with a simple operation, even when another text that does not include the voice output position is displayed by manipulation during output of a text as voice. Therefore, when an input unit 101 detects an operation by a user while outputting a text as voice, a display control unit executes processing that corresponds to this operation such as scrolling, and displays the designated part of the text. Thereafter, when the input unit 101 further detects an operation and if the detected operation and the immediately previous operation are opposite operations to each other, a text that includes a current voice output position is displayed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108015 | VOICE CONVERTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING USER VOICE THEREOF - A voice converting apparatus and a voice converting method are provided. The method of converting a voice using a voice converting apparatus including receiving a voice from a counterpart, analyzing the voice and determining whether the voice abnormal, converting the voice into a normal voice by adjusting a harmonic signal of the voice in response to determining that the voice is abnormal, and transmitting the normal voice. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108016 | PICTURES FROM SKETCHES - A graphical sketch can be received, the sketch including one or more representations of text. A query can be automatically generated from the sketch. The generation of the query can include automatically recognizing the text and automatically representing the text in the query. The query can be run to identify a picture in response to the query, with the text describing one or more non-textual features of the picture. The picture can be returned, such as in response to the receipt of the graphical sketch. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108017 | Multi-Tiered Voice Feedback in an Electronic Device - This invention is directed to providing voice feedback to a user of an electronic device. Because each electronic device display may include several speakable elements (i.e., elements for which voice feedback is provided), the elements may be ordered. To do so, the electronic device may associate a tier with the display of each speakable element. The electronic device may then provide voice feedback for displayed speakable elements based on the associated tier. To reduce the complexity in designing the voice feedback system, the voice feedback features may be integrated in a Model View Controller (MVC) design used for displaying content to a user. For example, the model and view of the MVC design may include additional variables associated with speakable properties. The electronic device may receive audio files for each speakable element using any suitable approach, including for example by providing a host device with a list of speakable elements and directing a text to speech engine of the host device to generate and provide the audio files. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108018 | SUBSCRIPTION UPDATES IN MULTIPLE DEVICE LANGUAGE MODELS - Systems and methods for intelligent language models that can be used across multiple devices are provided. Some embodiments provide for a client-server system for integrating change events from each device running a local language processing system into a master language model. The change events can be integrated, not only into the master model, but also into each of the other local language models. As a result, some embodiments enable restoration to new devices as well as synchronization of usage across multiple devices. In addition, real-time messaging can be used on selected messages to ensure that high priority change events are updated quickly across all active devices. Using a subscription model driven by a server infrastructure, utilization logic on the client side can also drive selective language model updates. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108019 | Smart Home Automation Systems and Methods - A smart home interaction system is presented. It is built on a multi-modal, multithreaded conversational dialog engine. The system provides a natural language user interface for the control of household devices, appliances or household functionality. The smart home automation agent can receive input from users through sensing devices such as a smart phone, a tablet computer or a laptop computer. Users interact with the system from within the household or from remote locations. The smart home system can receive input from sensors or any other machines with which it is interfaced. The system employs interaction guide rules for processing reaction to both user and sensor input and driving the conversational interactions that result from such input. The system adaptively learns based on both user and sensor input and can learn the preferences and practices of its users. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108020 | MULTI-MODE AUDIO RECOGNITION AND AUXILIARY DATA ENCODING AND DECODING - Audio signal processing enhances audio watermark embedding and detecting processes. Audio signal processes include audio classification and adapting watermark embedding and detecting based on classification. Advances in audio watermark design include adaptive watermark signal structure data protocols, perceptual models, and insertion methods. Perceptual and robustness evaluation is integrated into audio watermark embedding to optimize audio quality relative the original signal, and to optimize robustness or data capacity. These methods are applied to audio segments in audio embedder and detector configurations to support real time operation. Feature extraction and matching are also used to adapt audio watermark embedding and detecting. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108021 | Method and apparatus for encoding audio data - A method for processing audio data includes determining a first common scalefactor value for representing quantized audio data in a frame. A second common scalefactor value is determined for representing the quantized audio data in the frame. A line equation common scalefactor value is determined from the first and second common scalefactor values. | 2014-04-17 |
20140108022 | Brokerage System Employing Minimal Criteria Matching and Availability Queuing - Techniques are disclosed for connecting consumers of services with providers of services. The techniques include receiving from a device used by a consumer a request to engage in a consultation with a service provider, retrieving current availability information for a plurality of service providers that indicate the service providers' current availability to engage a consumer, analyzing by the one or more computers the current availability of the service providers and causing the one or more computers to select one of the service providers that according to the analysis has the least number of consumers currently in that service provider's virtual waiting room. | 2014-04-17 |