21st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090132078 | CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A target value that serves as a control value with feed forward control is optimized. A TL performs a feed forward and a feedback control of a PM. A storage unit stores a plurality of recipes indicating different processing sequences, and a target value that serves as a control value when performing an etching process. A communication unit causes an IMM to measure a processing state of the wafer and receives measurement information. A computation unit computes a feedback value for the current wafer processed in the current cycle, based on pre-processing and post-processing measurement information for the wafer. An update unit updates the target value using the feedback value. A recipe adjustment unit changes the recipe to change the process performed in the same PM. When the process is performed after changing, the updated target value is used to perform feed forward control of the wafer in the same PM. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132079 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TOXIC WASTE IN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES - A system and method of optimizing a manufacturing process so as to reduce toxic waste in the process. In an embodiment, the method includes: describing the manufacturing process using a plurality of nodes, each node representing a component or a process; connecting the plurality of nodes with directed edges to form a directed graph, the directed graph representing possible manufacturing process flows from a begin node to an end node; assigning to each edge a value representative of a cost resulting from toxic waste generated by a component or process; and determining a shortest path from the begin node to the end node in the directed graph to identify manufacturing process flow having a minimum cost. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132080 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR POSITIONAL AND SHAPE DEVIATIONS - A method for compensating positional and/or shape deviations in NC-controlled cutting production machines, the method having the following steps: a) chucking a new workpiece; b) processing the workpiece using the nominal data of the NC program; c) acquisition of the set deviation; d) optimization of the NC program using the acquired data from c);and e) repetition of iterative steps a) to d) until the required positional and/or shape tolerances have been achieved. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132081 | Method and device for producing a three-dimensional object, and computer and data carrier useful therefor - The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional object by solidification of a material solidifiable under the action of electromagnetic radiation by means of energy input via an imaging unit comprising a predetermined number of discrete imaging elements (pixels), The method comprises performing solidification with exposure using bitmap mask. The bitmap mask may be formed from a stack of bitmap data provided by an overlap analysis of a three-dimensional volume completely or partially enclosing a three-dimensional model of at least a part of the three-dimensional object to be produced. Alternatively, bitmap mask may be formed from a two-dimensional data set comprising overlap information. Solidification may be performing with exposure using bitmap mask generated “on the fly”. The invention is also directed to devices, and a computer and a data carrier useful for performing or executing the method. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132082 | STRIPED ON-CHIP INDUCTOR - Sub-100 nanometer semiconductor devices and methods and program products for manufacturing devices are provided, in particular inductors comprising a plurality of spaced parallel metal lines disposed on a dielectric surface and each having width, heights, spacing and cross-sectional areas determined as a function of Design Rule Check rules. For one planarization process rule a metal density ratio of 80% metal to 20% dielectric surface is determined and produced. In one example a sum of metal line spacing gaps is less than a sum of metal line interior sidewall heights. In one aspect at least one of line height, width and line spacing dimensions is selected to optimize one or more chip yield, chip performance, chip manufacturability and inductor Q factor parameters. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132083 | AUTOMATED PRESCRIPTION FILLING SYSTEM/METHOD WITH AUTOMATED LABELING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM/METHOD AND AUTOMATED ORDER CONSOLIDATION SYSTEM/METHOD - Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated for any of the orders when the package was created and/or at least one literature pack optionally including patient specific information. The order consolidation station is further configured to combine automatically the received bottle and/or package and/or literature pack into a container to be sent to a recipient including, for example, mail order pharmacies, wholesalers and/or central fill dealers for subsequent distribution or sale including retailer distribution or sale. The bottle is specifically designated for the order, and the order generally includes at least one prescription for the package. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132084 | Method of preparing and providing a sticker - A method of preparing and providing a sticker is disclosed. In one implementation, a user provides information to a central computer system. The central computer system uses the customer-provided information to prepare an electronic document that is sent to a printer. The electronic document is printed on a mailer blank that includes a sticker. An optional second layer of ink may be applied to the sticker in order to improve legibility of the sticker when it is attached to a windshield. The printed mailer is folded and mailed to the customer. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132085 | Detection of condition changes in an industrial robot system - A method and an apparatus for detecting condition changes in a robot system. The method includes logging a work cycle representative signal at a first and a second occasion, logging, synchronously with the logging of the work cycle representative signal, a reference signal associated with work cycles at the first and second occasions, selecting the reference signal from signals having the following characteristics: a signal influenced by the path performed by the robot, a signal calculated by the robot system, and a signal that is identical at both the occasions if a manipulator of the robot performs a movement along exactly the same path at the first and second occasions, synchronizing the representative signals utilizing the logged reference signals, and comparing the synchronized signals to determine if any condition changes have occurred between the first and second occasions. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132086 | HOLDING APPARATUS AND HOLDING UNIT - A holding apparatus and a holding unit are disclosed. The holding apparatus ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090132087 | Learning Capture Points for Humanoid Push Recovery - A system and method is disclosed for controlling a robot having at least two legs, the robot subjected to an event such as a push that requires the robot to take a step to prevent a fall. In one embodiment, a current capture point is determined, where the current capture point indicates a location on a ground surface that is the current best estimate of a stepping location for avoiding a fall and for reaching a stopped state. The robot is controlled to take a step toward the current capture point. After taking the step, if the robot fails to reach a stopped state without taking any additional steps, an updated current capture point is determined based on the state of the robot after taking the step. The current capture points can be stored in a capture point memory and initialized based on a model of the robot. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132088 | TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE FROM A HUMAN SKILLED WORKER TO AN EXPERT MACHINE - THE LEARNING PROCESS - A learning environment and method which is a first milestone to an expert machine that implements the master-slave robotic concept. The present invention is of a learning environment and method for teaching the master expert machine by a skilled worker that transfers his professional knowledge to the master expert machine in the form of elementary motions and subdivided tasks. The present invention further provides a stand alone learning environment, where a human wearing one or two innovative gloves equipped with 3D feeling sensors transfers a task performing knowledge to a robot in a different learning process than the Master-Slave learning concept. The 3D force\torque, displacement, velocity\acceleration and joint forces are recorded during the knowledge transfer in the learning environment by a computerized processing unit that prepares the acquired data for mathematical transformations for transmitting commands to the motors of a robot. The objective of the new robotic learning method is a learning process that will pave the way to a robot with a “human-like” tactile sensitivity, to be applied to material handling, or man/machine interaction. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132089 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR END-TO-END CONTROL OF WATER QUALITY - A method of providing end-to-end water quality control from a water system operator to a point of delivery proximate a consumer, which may be at the point of entry, and/or between the point of entry and point of use, and/or at the point of use. The method includes treating the water and delivering the water to the consumer at the point of delivery, filtering/purifying the water at the point of delivery, monitoring water quality at the point of delivery, and reporting water quality at the point of delivery to the water system operator over a network. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132090 | FIELD RETROFITTABLE REFRIGERATOR LOCK WITH TEMPERATURE MONITORING, TEMPERATURE BASED ACCESS CONTROL AND ALARMING - Disclosed are apparatus and methodology subject matters for temperature monitoring and controlled access to refrigerated medications. An electronically controlled lock is installed on a refrigerator used for storage of temperature sensitive medications. Lock access is given to individuals having differing levels of access authorization so that user level authorization holders may have access to stored medications. Supervisor level authorization holders may have access to stored medications and may also effect changes in lock settings including setting alarm levels. Alarm levels may be adjusted to monitor temperatures within the refrigerated storage area so that in the case that temperature fall outside preset limits, access to the stored medicines may be had only by those individuals having supervisory access authorization. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132091 | Parameter Standardization - Included are embodiments for parameter standardization. At least one embodiment of a system includes a first determining component configured to determine at least one business rule associated with at least one environment and a second determining component configured to determine settings for a plurality of assets associated with the at least one environment to enforce the determined at least one business rule. Some embodiments include a sending component configured to send a signal to the plurality of assets to implement the business rule. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132092 | Demand Control - Included are embodiments for demand control. At least one embodiment of a method includes sending a first control signal, the first control signal configured to indicate a first supply for an environment, the first supply based on a first environmental factor and a control setting and determining a change in a second environmental factor. Some embodiments include calculating a second supply for the environment, based on the determined change and sending a second control signal, the second control signal configured to indicate the second supply for the environment. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132093 | Tactile Conforming Apparatus and Method for a Device | 2009-05-21 |
20090132094 | System and Method for a Variable Home Position Dispense System - Embodiments of the present, invention provide a system and method for reducing the hold-up volume of a pump. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for determining a home position to reduce hold-up volume at a dispense pump and/or a feed pump. The home position for the diaphragm can be selected such that the volume of the chamber at the dispense pump and/or feed pump contains sufficient fluid to perform the various steps of a dispense cycle while minimizing the hold-up volume. Additionally, the home position of the diaphragm can be selected to optimize the effective range of positive displacement. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132095 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR PLANT, CONTROL DEVICE FOR THERMAL POWER PLANT, AND GAS CONCENTRATION ESTIMATION DEVICE OF COAL-BURNING BOILER - A control device for a plant includes a manipulation signal generation section for generating the manipulation signal to the plant, a model adapted to simulate a characteristic of the plant, a learning section for generating an input signal of the model so that an output signal obtained by the model simulating the characteristic of the plant satisfies a predetermined target, a learning signal generation section for calculating a learning signal in accordance with a learning result in the learning section, a manipulation result evaluation section for calculating a first deviation as a deviation between a first measurement signal of the plant obtained as a result of application of a certain manipulation signal to the plant and a target value of the measurement signal, and a second deviation as a deviation between a second measurement signal of the plant obtained as a result of application of an updated manipulation signal to the plant and the target value, and a correction signal generation section for generating, when the second deviation calculated by the manipulation result evaluation section is greater than the first deviation, a correction signal of the manipulation signal to be generated by the manipulation signal generation section. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-LINE MONITORING AND BILLING OF POWER CONSUMPTION - The present invention comprises systems and methods related to monitoring of energy usage on a power line. In a preferred embodiment, this system comprises (a) an electronic microprocessor-controlled digital electricity metering device coupled to the power line and comprising a non-volatile non-battery-powered data-storage device, wherein the metering device is capable of interval metering and of receiving a data request and transmitting data in response to the request over the power line; and (b) a data collector (preferably, a transponder) coupled to the metering device via the power line. The data collector is preferably capable of (i) receiving data from and transmitting data to the metering device over the power line, (ii) storing data received from the metering device over the power line, and (iii) receiving data from and transmitting data to a remotely located computer (preferably, a billing computer). | 2009-05-21 |
20090132097 | VIRTUAL COOLING INFRASTRUCTURE - A virtual cooling infrastructure includes a demand manager having logical descriptions of a plurality of heat loads and the demand manager is configured to determine cooling load demands of the heat loads. The infrastructure also includes a capacity manager having logical descriptions of a plurality of cooling system components configured to supply cooling resources to cool the heat loads. The infrastructure further includes a service operator configured to map the cooling resources of the cooling system components to the cooling load demands of the heat loads. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132098 | Method and System for Deployed Shielding Against Ballistic Threats - A system shields field-deployable equipment from effects of nearby multi-directional threats, the equipment including or being mounted in association with a sensor unit having at least one sensor operable to detect the motion of an in-flight projectile and to generate a nearby impact point determination. Shields are mounted in spaced relationship with the equipment and adapted to be moved from first position wherein the equipment is fully exposed to a second position wherein the equipment is at least partially shielded, and a control unit is coupled to the shields and is responsive to detection of an in-flight projectile prior to nearby impact for moving at least one of the shields from the first position to the second position. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132099 | Vehicle with on-board overweight and obesity preventing system and method - A motor vehicle and a method of operating same, including an on-board vehicle microcomputer having a memory, and a display connected to the microcomputer. An on-board weighing apparatus located in the vehicle is adapted to weigh a person in the vehicle and provide an input to the on-board vehicle microcomputer of the weight of the person from time to time, whereby a weight trend can be analyzed for the person and overweight or obesity condition of the person that may develop in a short period of time, if any, will be forecasted and information of such weight trends provided to a health care professional to prevent it. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132100 | Flight Control System - An aircraft ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090132101 | SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR ENERGY EXTRACTING VESSEL NAVIGATION - A Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system guides navigation of a vessel enabled to extract energy from wind and/or water currents primarily in offshore marine environments. An exemplary SCADA system could embody server and client software applications running on microprocessor systems at a remote control central service logging and energy distribution facility, and the vessel itself. The remote control service facility runs Human Machine Interface (HMI) software in the form of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) allowing choices to maximize system performance. The central server accesses information to control vessel position based on transmitted Global Position Satellite (GPS) data from the vessel, and weather information from the Geographic Information System (GIS) provided by multiple spatial temporal data sources. A server-side optimization algorithm fed the parameters delivered from vessel aerodynamic/hydrodynamic performance simulation software models, the vessel onboard sensor data, and integrated real-time weather and environmental data determines an optimal navigation through weather systems and presents choices to the HMI. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132102 | ACTUATOR CONTROL REDUCING THE LEVEL OF VIBRATION OF AN ASSOCIATED FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE - The aim of the method of controlling at least one mechanical system exhibiting at least one flexible structure element and at least one actuator or group of actuators is to reduce the level of vibrations of said element while controlling the actuator or group of actuators in such a way as to achieve at least one objective assigned to the mechanical system. The control consists of increments having to be carried out at a sampling period T, each of the increments being constant in amplitude in a sampling time interval extending between two successive sampling instants and each of the increments being applied during a duration which is less than or equal to the sampling period T. In each sampling interval, at least one of the initial and final instants of application of the increment is modified by adding a variable, random or pseudo-random, temporal deviation dT. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132103 | SYSTEM FOR SECURING AN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PLAN - The system for securing an aircraft flight plan has a flight management system delivering: a flight plan and points comprising passage setpoints in terms of speed, altitude and time; an avionics computer; at least one resource for storing environmental data constituting a hazard for the aircraft; a performance model of the aircraft defining limiting flight conditions according to the performance capabilities of said aircraft; at least one resource for processing the aircraft's avoidance trajectories. It makes it possible, based on a sampling of points of the flight plan, to calculate a set of avoidance trajectories and correlate them with the environmental data in order to detect the engagement points requiring a corrective maneuver. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132104 | LONGITUDINAL AND VERTICAL GUST FEED FORWARD COMPENSATION USING LATERAL CONTROL SURFACES - In one embodiment of a method to reduce vertical position errors of an aircraft, a disturbance input acting on the aircraft may be determined. The magnitude of the disturbance may be converted into a delta lift command if the magnitude of the disturbance is outside a criteria. The delta lift command may be post processed. The delta lift command may be converted into symmetric lateral surface position commands for control surfaces. The symmetric lateral surface position commands may be communicated to lateral control surface actuators to move the control surfaces according to the symmetric lateral surface position commands. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132105 | Proximity Spacecraft Maneuvering - Provided is a method and system for maneuvering a first spacecraft relative to a nearby second spacecraft that occupies a finite volume of space including obstacles in the vicinity of the second from a measured present relative position to a desired ending relative position. A trajectory is computed for the first spacecraft from the present relative position to the ending relative position using the A* algorithm. One or more thrusters of the first spacecraft are then fired. The first spacecraft's relative position and velocity are then measured and compared to the computed trajectory. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132106 | Flight Management System For Generating Variable Thrust Cutback During Aircraft Departure - A flight management system is provided for generating a variable thrust cutback during aircraft departure. The flight management system includes memory storing a sound exposure level limit for a navigation flight and storing expected sound exposure levels for an aircraft, and one or more inputs for receiving sensed aircraft variables including altitude and airspeed. The system also includes a processor for processing the sensed altitude and airspeed and stored sound exposure levels. The processor further computes an engine thrust value that complies with the sound exposure level limit based on the altitude, airspeed and the sound exposure levels for controlling aircraft throttle during departure. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132107 | Method of Generating Variable Thrust Cutback During Aircraft Departure - A method of producing a variable thrust cutback of an aircraft during aircraft departure is provided. The method includes the steps of storing expected sound exposure levels for an aircraft in memory, and storing a sound exposure level limit for a navigation flight in memory. The method also includes the steps of determining aircraft altitude and determining aircraft airspeed. The method further includes the steps of computing an engine thrust value that complies with the sound exposure level limit based on the altitude, airspeed and the sound exposure levels, and outputting the computed engine thrust value for use in controlling the aircraft during departure. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132108 | METHOD FOR LIMITING SETPOINT TORQUES DURING ENGINE CONTROL - A method for controlling a motor vehicle drive, in particular a hybrid drive, is provided, the motor vehicle drive having at least two individual motors. In a first method step, at least one total setpoint torque is calculated. In a second step, the at least one total setpoint torque is split into at least two individual setpoint torques of the at least two individual motors. Subsequently, in a first individual torque comparison step, the sum of the at least two individual setpoint torques is compared with the total setpoint torque. In the event of a difference by more than a predefined tolerance value, a limitation step is initiated. In this limitation step, the at least two individual setpoint torques are each multiplied by a limiting factor to generate at least two limited individual setpoint torques. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132109 | Method and Control Device Recognising, Specific to a Driver, Inattentiveness of a Driver of a Vehicle - A method and a device are provided for detecting when the driver of a motor vehicle becomes inattentive. A steering inactivity phase and a subsequent steering action are detected in this context. A steering inactivity phase is detected if the absolute value of the steering wheel angle, of its change over time, or both, during a predefined time threshold value, does not exceed a first threshold value. A steering action is detected if the absolute value of the steering wheel angle, of its change over time, or both, exceeds a second threshold value. The first threshold value and the second threshold value are modified in a driver-specific fashion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132110 | Checking Of Repairs For Electronic Vehicle Systems - The solution is arrived at with a computer-based diagnostic tester which can exchange information with the control devices installed in the motor vehicle using a diagnostic program via a diagnostic interface and via data lines. The motor vehicle-mounted control devices have program routines for self-diagnostics of the control devices and are capable of storing identified faults in the form of fault codes in reserved memory areas. The diagnostic program which is implemented in the diagnostic tester reads the fault codes out from the reserved memory areas, interprets the fault codes and displays them on a display together with the interpretations. In order to check to what extent repairs which have been performed have been successfully concluded, status polling is carried out using the diagnostic program implemented in the diagnostic tester. During this status polling, the status information of all the fault codes known in the system is interrogated and evaluated. In the process, all the fault codes whose fault setting conditions have either been tested positively or whose test requirements were not present in order to be able to carry out a test are displayed. A method for improved checking of repairs is also presented with the diagnostic tester. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132111 | REAL-TIME AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TERMINAL - There is described a method for maintenance of an aircraft component, the method comprising: connecting electrically to the aircraft component via a maintenance terminal; retrieving maintenance data relating to the aircraft component using the maintenance terminal; performing maintenance operations on the aircraft component by entering data via a user interface on the maintenance terminal; and communicating in real time with a remote operator by transmitting and receiving at least one of voice signals and data signals wirelessly across a network via the maintenance terminal while performing the maintenance operations | 2009-05-21 |
20090132112 | Plausibilization of Sensor Signals in the Event of a Collision - A method for plausibilizing sensor signals of a vehicle system, the sensor signals being monitored with regard to compliance with one plausibility criterion or a plurality of plausibility criteria with the aid of a plausibilization algorithm. The function of the vehicle system is able to be maintained even in critical driving situations, in particular following a collision, if the driving status of the vehicle is monitored with regard to a collision and the plausibilization algorithm is modified if a collision was detected. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132113 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MOBILE ASSET - A system includes a location determination unit for determining a geographic location of a mobile asset having an engine that produces one or more emissions during use; a memory for storing a plurality of predetermined characteristic profiles, the characteristic profiles including information regarding geographic location and at least one of engine emission levels, noise emission levels, fuel usage levels, power output, load manifest, or speed level; a processor in communication with the memory for accessing the characteristic profile for the determined location of the mobile asset and generating a control command responsive to a selected characteristic profile; and a control unit on board the mobile asset controlling an operation of the mobile asset responsive to the control command. Associated methods are provided. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132114 | Control Device and Adjusting Mechanism of a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a control device for an adjustment mechanism of a motor vehicle, wherein the control device includes an arithmetic unit that is configured to control a function unit of the motor vehicle, a volatile memory for storing control data, a non-volatile memory, and a circuit. The volatile memory is connected to the arithmetic unit for storing the control data, and the circuit is designed to transmit the control data from the volatile memory into the nonvolatile memory in a sleep mode or in a switched-off state of the arithmetic unit. The invention further relates to a method for controlling a functional unit of a motor vehicle. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132115 | Wiper Control Method and Wiper Control System - When a wiper is started, a wiper arm is moved at first in the backward path direction (S | 2009-05-21 |
20090132116 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN DUMP TRUCK - A drive system of an electrically driven dump truck that
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20090132117 | VEHICULAR MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - When a non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM has a trouble code storage area and a status information area, status information is stored in the status information area after completion of storage of a trouble code in the trouble code storage area. Even when storage of the trouble code in a second storage area is interrupted due to a power fault with a result of three area discrepancy, the storage of the trouble code in the storage area is determined as not complete based on the status information, thereby leading to an appropriate data recovery of the trouble code in the trouble code storage area for an improvement of storage reliability of a vehicular memory management apparatus. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132118 | COMMON CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A common control unit in an intra box performs common control that is independent from behavior control for controlled objects extracted from function domain controllers. A control condition management unit manages control conditions that are commonly used by the function domain controllers for performing the behavior control. An inspection unit inspects abnormality of the behavior control by the function domain controllers. A resource management unit manages distribution as well as residue amount, storage, and use restriction of commonly owned resource. A plug and play management unit manages system configuration of a vehicle control system. By using the above units, the vehicle control system reduces processing load of function domain controllers for performing the behavior control in respective function domains as well as adaptation operation of the function domain controllers to the system configuration. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132119 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, PROVIDED FOR THE TOWING AWAY OF THE SAME - A suitable electrical system for a motor vehicle is provided, which system requires a voltage supply during a possible towing-away operation. A voltage-supply control device recognizes the provision of an external voltage supply, in particular by way of a towing vehicle for the motor vehicle, and controls the voltage supply in the motor vehicle in such a manner that only one or more subsystems of the entire electrical system of the motor vehicle are supplied with voltage. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132120 | System and method of detecting a rough road condition - A system and method of detecting a rough road condition is provided. The system includes a shaft, a wheel connected to the shaft, wherein as the shaft rotates, the wheel rotates. The system further includes a sensor in communication with the wheel, wherein the sensor monitors the rotation of the wheel, and a processor in communication with the sensor. The processor performs the steps of receiving sensor monitoring data from the sensor, wherein the sensor monitoring data includes at least one predetermined point of the wheel sensed by the sensor, and the sensor monitoring data is timestamped by one of the sensor and the processor. The processor further performs the steps of forming a representative signal, and processing the representative signal to analyze the harmonics of the wheel rotation, such that a rough road condition can be detected based upon the harmonic analysis. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132121 | SPRUNG MASS VELOCITY ESTIMATING APPARATUS - A sprung mass velocity estimating apparatus used in a four-wheeled vehicle to estimate a sprung mass velocity for each wheel of the vehicle, comprises a state quantity detecting unit for detecting a state quantity of the vehicle, a base value calculating unit for calculating a sprung mass velocity base value for each of the four wheels based on a detection result of the state quantity detecting unit by using a prescribed oscillation model, and a sprung mass velocity calculating unit for calculating the sprung mass velocity for each wheel by mutually adjusting the sprung mass velocity base values for the four wheels. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132122 | SHOCK ABSORBER FOR CONTROLLING DAMPING FORCE CHARACTERISTICS - Disclosed herein is a shock absorber capable of controlling damping force characteristics. The shock absorber includes a cylinder filled with an operating fluid, a piston valve disposed inside the cylinder to divide an interior of the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber, a piston rod having one end extending outside the cylinder and the other end coupled to the piston valve inside the cylinder, a hollow chamber formed inside the piston rod to communicate with the first and second chambers, a free piston disposed within the hollow chamber to move up and down and to divide the hollow chamber into upper and lower chambers, and a variable part configured to control the damping force characteristics by adjusting a vertical displacement of the free piston. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132123 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE WHEEL SPIN - The present invention provides a vehicle wheel spin control apparatus that, when it is determined that a wheel spin occurs, reduces engine torque to prevent the wheel spin, including: detecting driving control information and information on the state of a vehicle and determining whether basic conditions required to perform engine torque limit control to prevent the wheel spin are satisfied; when the basic conditions are satisfied, calculating a speed variation and the speed gradient value, and comparing the speed gradient value with a predetermined speed gradient value to determine whether a spin occurs; when it is determined that the spin occurs, using a torque gradient map set according to the current engine torque to perform the engine torque limit control; and when the vehicle speed is reduced by the engine torque limit control and cancellation conditions are satisfied, canceling the engine torque limit control and returning to normal control. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132124 | INTELLIGENT POWERED MOBILITY FOR INFANTS AND SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN - A powered mobility device for advancing cognitive, perceptual and motor abilities of a child lacking natural mobility is disclosed. The device includes a seat sized for the child to be secured therein and a motorized drive assembly coupled to the seat. A local operating instrument is operably coupled to the drive assembly for operating and steering the drive assembly. The local operating instrument is positioned to allow manipulation by the child seated in the seat. A processor is operatively coupled to the motorized drive assembly and to a local steering instrument. The processor is adapted to transmit a signal to the motorized drive assembly and the local steering instrument to control the mobility device. A method for advancing cognitive, perceptual and motor abilities of a child by using the device is also disclosed. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132125 | LANE DEVIATION PREVENTION DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are embodiments of controllers and methods of control to enable prevention of departure of vehicle even when the degree of the tendency of the vehicle to depart from the travel lane is low. One such controller comprises a lane departure tendency determining device configured to determine a departure tendency of the vehicle to depart from a travel lane, a yaw moment computing device configured to compute a reference yaw moment based on the departure tendency, a yaw moment correction device configured to compute a target yaw moment based on at least the reference yaw moment and a controller configured to apply the target yaw moment to the vehicle. When the reference yaw moment is lower than a prescribed threshold, the yaw moment correction device gradually increases the target yaw moment over time until the target yaw moment is greater than the prescribed threshold. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132126 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - When an electrification failure occurs in any of the phase of a motor, a control device of an electric power steering device executes current control for generating, in each of two electrification phases other than a phase with the electrification failure, a phase current that changes in the form of a secant curve or a cosecant curve based on an asymptotic line, which is a predetermined rotational angle corresponding to the phase with the electrification failure, to thereby continuously output a motor control signal. The control device of the electric power steering device executes current restriction for restricting the phase current within a predetermined range. The control device of the electric power steering device further executes control for accelerating rotation of the motor during two phase drive, in order to prevent the occurrence of a stuck steering wheel during low-speed steering, which is caused as a result of the execution of the current restriction. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132127 | CONTROL MODULE FOR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AND SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - A control module for seat belt retractor capable of controlling a winding torque of a seat belt within a predetermined range, and such a seat belt retractor are provided. The seat belt retractor includes a spool | 2009-05-21 |
20090132128 | Occupant monitoring and restraint status system - An occupant monitoring and restraint status system is provided. The system includes an occupant boarding and de-boarding system. The occupant boarding and de-boarding system detects boarding and de-boarding of occupants. The system also includes a bench type seat that has a plurality of seat locations. Each of these seat locations includes a seat belt system which has a status sensor to detect a state of the seat belt system. Each seat location also includes an occupant sensing system. The occupant sensing system detects the presence and identity of an occupant at the seat location. The system further includes a display which includes a seat status indicator for each of the plurality of seat locations. The seat status indicators include information regarding a presence of an occupant, an occupant identity, and a state of a seat belt system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132129 | Side Impact Sensor Systems - Vehicle including an occupant protection apparatus for protecting an occupant in the event of an impact into a side of the vehicle and an electronic side impact crash sensor for detecting the side impact and which includes a sensor housing positioned to cause lateral movement of the sensor housing responsive to the side impact, a movable sensing mass within the sensor housing and move laterally relative to the sensor housing in response to the side impact, and a control unit connected to the crash sensor for activating the occupant protection apparatus. The crash sensor generates a signal representative of the movement of the sensing mass. The control unit includes a micro-processor and an algorithm processed by the micro-processor and configured to analyze the signal representative of the movement of the sensing mass and generate a deployment signal based thereon to initiate deployment of the occupant protection apparatus. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132130 | Vehicle Display Apparatus - A vehicle display apparatus includes an image display device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090132131 | WORKING MACHINE - A working machine control device is provided which can surely determine whether working equipment attached to a working machine is in an operation state. The working machine control device is configured to control a vibration generating device that is supplied with pressure oil from a hydraulic pump to generate vibration to operate working equipment attached to a working machine. The working machine control device includes a controller that is configured to obtain frequency characteristic of the pump pressure based on a pump pressure value that is detected by a pressure sensing section, and to determine whether said working equipment is in an operation state or not based on said frequency characteristic. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132132 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING HERBICIDE APPLICATION TO NON-TOLERANT CROPS - A method controlling an agricultural sprayer includes identifying an herbicide to be sprayed using the agricultural sprayer, determining a geoposition associated with the agricultural sprayer within a field, determining if crop planted at the geoposition is tolerant to the herbicide using as-planted data, and if the crop is not tolerant of the herbicide, preventing herbicide spraying operations while the agricultural sprayer is at the geoposition. An agricultural sprayer adapted for performing the method is also provided. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132133 | CLUTCH CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TRANSMISSION - A clutch control system for a transmission for detecting if hydraulic control during shifting is not executed. A first clutch and a second clutch are switched from a disengagement state to an engagement state by receiving a predetermined pressure generated by a hydraulic pump. A transmission executes shifting to an adjacent gear step by operation of switching the engagement state of the first clutch and of the second clutch from one side to the other side. If an elapse time t from the start of clutch switching operation reaches a predetermined time and an input-output speed ratio which is a ratio between engine speed and counter shaft rotational number falls within a predetermined range corresponding to a gear step before shifting, the transmission control unit discontinues the clutch switching operation by stopping the supply of hydraulic pressure to the other side clutch to bring it into the disengagement state. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132134 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE INCH/BRAKE OVERLAP FOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION CONTROL - A motorized vehicle includes a transmission system and an inch/brake device providing at least two ranges of motion. An engagement force of the transmission system is provided in a first range of motion of the inch/brake device, and a braking force of the motorized vehicle is provided in a second range of motion of the inch/brake device. An accelerator device moves between two or more positions, wherein moving the accelerator device from one position to another position causes an amount of overlap between the first and second ranges of motion of the inch/brake device to vary. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132135 | CONTROLLER FOR VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - An electronic controller for a variable ratio transmission and an electronically controllable variable ratio transmission including a variator or other CVT are described herein. The electronic controller can be configured to receive input signals indicative of parameters associated with an engine coupled to the transmission. The electronic controller can also receive one or more control inputs. The electronic controller can determine an active range and an active variator mode based on the input signals and control inputs. The electronic controller can control a final drive ratio of the variable ratio transmission by controlling one or more electronic solenoids that control the ratios of one or more portions of the variable ratio transmission. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132136 | Method and Device for Controlling a Fluid-Actuated Control System - A method and device for controlling a fluid-actuated control system, to optimize post-switching times for actuation of control elements in such systems. The system includes at least one pressure medium source, at least one hydraulically controlled control element and a device for controlling the fluid-actuated control system. The optimum post-switching time after hydraulic actuation of the control element, depends on a number of different factors such as a control-element-specific parameter, a specific mounting location of the control element, at least one operating parameter of the fluid-actuated control system and/or of the vehicle. A post-switching time control device controls and/or regulates at least the duration of a post-switching time of the at least one control element and with the above factors determines the post-switching time. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132137 | CONTROLLER OF VEHICLE - A driving/braking force manipulation control input of a k-th wheel, which denotes one or more specific wheels among a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, is determined such that a required condition concerning a relationship among a road surface reaction force that may act from a road surface on the k-th wheel on the basis of the detected values or estimated values of a road surface reaction force and a friction characteristic of the k-th wheel, a feedback control input related to the driving/braking force of the k-th wheel for bringing a difference between a state amount of the vehicle and a reference state amount close to zero, a driving/braking force feedforward control input based on a drive manipulated variable supplied by a driver of the vehicle, and a k-th wheel driving/braking force manipulation control input is satisfied. This arrangement makes it possible to properly control a motion of an actual vehicle to a desired motion while properly considering the characteristics of a road surface reaction force acting from a road surface on a wheel. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132138 | VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle drive control device includes a target driving torque value control means, a target braking torque value control means, and an automatic drive control means for controlling the target driving torque value control means and the target braking torque value control means through a control signal, for executing an automatic drive control by sending the control signal to the target driving torque value control means and the target braking torque value control means in order to execute a feedback control on a present vehicle speed and for continuously executing the automatic drive control, wherein the target driving torque value control means controls the target value of an actual driving torque to be smaller than an presumed target value of the driving torque calculated by presuming the target value of the braking torque to be zero, for a predetermined time after the cancellation of the braking operation. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132139 | Vehicle controller, control method, and computer program - A deceleration start point where a driver performs a deceleration operation of a vehicle before entering a curve when the vehicle is to travel on a curve is identified from a vehicle operation history in the past, and an acceleration start point where the driver performs an acceleration operation of the vehicle when exiting a curve is identified from the vehicle operation history in the past. While these items are comprehended as driving tendencies of the driver, deceleration control and acceleration limit control to a target limiting vehicle speed are performed when the vehicle reaches the deceleration start point. Thereafter, when the vehicle reaches the acceleration start point, acceleration permission control to release the acceleration limit is performed. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132140 | ANTISKID CONTROL UNIT AND DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM - A wheel speed transducer including a magnetic device associated with a wheel and a sensor device associated with the axle of the wheel provides data indicative of the velocity of the wheel. A processor located at the axle receives the wheel speed data and processes it to perform antiskid control functions. The velocity data is stored in a data concentrator also associated with the axle. A tire pressure sensor, a brake temperature sensor and a brake torque sensor, each associated with the wheel, send data to the processor at the axle, for storage in the data concentrator. A transmitting antenna associated with the axle and in communication with the data concentrator transmits stored data to a receiving antenna associated with the wheel. A data port at the wheel and in communication with the receiving antenna provides an interface to an external device for receiving the data. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132141 | TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE - A system for a vehicle, comprising of a traction control system for adjusting powertrain output to reduce wheel slip; an input device located in said vehicle configured to identify an environmental condition; and a powertrain controller to control powertrain output based on actuation of a pedal of the vehicle by the driver, where a relationship between powertrain output and pedal actuation is adjusted in response to said input device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132142 | ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL FOR HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES - An adaptive cruise control system and a method for controlling the speed of a vehicle are disclosed. The system generally includes a controller which determines a torque instruction associated with a limit speed of the vehicle which is less than a selected speed. The method generally includes determining a distance between the vehicle and an object detected in the path of the vehicles determining a torque instruction which is associated with a limit speed which is less than a selected speed from at least the distances and transmitting the torque instruction to an engine controller of the vehicle. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132143 | Parking Support Control Apparatus and Parking Support Control System - An initial value θ | 2009-05-21 |
20090132144 | Apparatus and Method for Calculating Work Load of Engine - Work done by an engine can be accurately calculated regardless of the part in an observation section where the cylinder internal pressure signal is detected. The apparatus for calculating the work done by an engine establishes in advance correlation of phase between the cylinder internal pressure of the engine and a reference signal composed of a predetermined frequency component as a reference phase relation. A means for detecting the cylinder internal pressure of the engine for a predetermined observation section is provided. A reference signal corresponding to the detected cylinder internal pressure of the engine is calculated so that the reference phase relation is satisfied. A correlation coefficient of the detected cylinder internal pressure of the engine and the calculated reference signal is calculated for the observation section and the work done by the engine is calculated in accordance with the correlation coefficient. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132145 | Method for the estimation of combustion parameters - Method for combustion engine control comprising an engine, at least one sensor and at least one engine control unit ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090132146 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR VALVE ACTUATION MECHANISM - A diagnostic system for an engine includes a pressure monitoring module that determines a plurality of first average pressure values and a plurality of second average pressure values of a fluid supply provided to a camshaft phaser. A diagnostic module identifies one of a plurality of cylinders associated with a failed variable valve lift mechanism based on the first and said second average pressure values. Each of the first and the second average pressure values respectively correspond to each of the plurality of cylinders. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132147 | Evaporative emission canister purge actuation monitoring system having an integrated fresh air filter - An evaporative emission canister purge actuation monitoring system includes an integrated valve body having a main flow passage, and an air filter assembly disposed adjacent the valve body and providing fluid communication between the main flow passage and the ambient air. A first one-way umbrella valve mounted to the valve body that is responsive to predetermined positive pressure in the main flow passage to control flow of fluid from a vapor canister to ambient air as well as a second one-way umbrella valve that is responsive to a predetermined negative pressure in the main flow passage to control the flow of ambient air through a fresh air port. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132148 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE AMBIENT PRESSURE BY MEANS OF A CHARGE PRESSURE SENSOR IN A TURBOCHARGED ENGINE - In turbocharged engines, there is the problem that, in particular under load, the ambient pressure (AMP) cannot be determined directly from the measurement values of a charge-pressure sensor ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090132149 | Ejector system for a vehicle and ejector system controller - A vehicle ejector system ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090132150 | ENGINE STOP CONTROL DEVICE - An engine stop control device, which is capable of performing a stop operation of an engine without imparting an unpleasant sensation to the driver, is provided. An engine stop control device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090132151 | Fuel injection control method of engine and fuel injection control device for same - In a method of permitting an electronic control device | 2009-05-21 |
20090132152 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROLLER AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A fuel injector performs a main injection and a pilot injection prior to the main injection. A fuel injection controller detects an ignition timing of a fuel injected at the main injection, detects a driving condition of the internal combustion engine, and varies a pilot injection quantity of the pilot injection when the driving condition is stable. Furthermore, the controller detects a variation in ignition timing due to a variation in the pilot injection quantity, and learns the pilot injection quantity based on the variation in ignition timing due to the variation in the pilot injection quantity. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132153 | CONTROLLING EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION IN A TURBOCHARGED COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINE SYSTEM - A method of controlling exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) in a turbocharged compression-ignition engine system including an engine, an induction subsystem in upstream communication with the engine, an exhaust subsystem in downstream communication with the engine, a high pressure EGR path between the exhaust and induction subsystems upstream of a turbocharger turbine and downstream of a turbocharger compressor, and a low pressure EGR path between the exhaust and induction subsystems downstream of the turbocharger turbine and upstream of the turbocharger compressor. A target total EGR fraction for compliance with exhaust emissions criteria is determined, then a target HP/LP EGR ratio is determined to optimize other engine system criteria within the constraints of the determined target total EGR fraction. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132154 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An electronic control unit | 2009-05-21 |
20090132155 | Starting system and method of internal combustion engine - In a starting system of an internal combustion engine, an injector for injecting fuel directly into a combustion chamber and an ignition plug for igniting an air/fuel mixture in the combustion chamber are provided, and a throttle device is provided in an intake pipe. During stopping of the engine, the starting system operates the throttle device to open a throttle valve to a predetermined throttle opening at a throttle opening speed that is set based on the intake pressure. Upon a start of the engine, the starting system actuates the injector to inject the fuel into a cylinder that is in the expansion stroke, and actuates the ignition plug to ignite the mixture in the combustion chamber. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132156 | Apparatus for Monitoring Traffic - A personal traffic congestion avoidance system for drivers of motor vehicles traveling on roadways in motor vehicles with GPS-based navigational systems. The system includes a GPS-based navigational system that includes a GPS receiver connected to a visual display, a map database and a wireless communication device for communicating with a remote computer over a wireless communication network. The GPS-based navigation system continuously determines the motor vehicle exact physical location in a region that is intermittently or continuously uploaded to a remote computer via the wireless communication network. The remote computer is connected to a traffic monitoring service that provides current traffic congestion information thereto. When a traffic congestion event is in the designated vicinity of the current location of the motor vehicle or on a roadway that may affect the traffic on the roadway on which the motor vehicle is traveling, a warning is generated and delivered to the GPS-based navigational system. The driver may ignore the warning or take an alternative route to avoid the traffic congestion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132157 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING VARIABLE OFFSET PATHS - A method is provided for constructing an offset, and includes constructing the capture path, which includes selecting a capture path start point on a first leg of the flight path and selecting a first capture path angle; determining whether a first capture path segment extending from the capture path start point at the first capture path angle intersects a) a first bisector or b) a first bisector backcourse; establishing, if the first capture path segment intersects the first bisector backcourse, the first capture path segment as the capture path; establishing, if the first capture path segment intersects the first bisector, the intersection as a first point; determining one or more subsequent capture path segments until the one or more subsequent capture path segments intersect a subsequent bisector; and establishing the first capture path segment and the one or more subsequent capture path segments as the capture path. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132158 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR DISABLED PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS - A navigation system for disabled persons, in particular visually impaired persons. The navigation system comprises a plurality of transponders ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090132159 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus is provided for performing navigation functions with self-generated power from light from the sun. The navigation apparatus includes a main body and a solar panel. The main body is mainly for performing the navigation functions. The solar panel is pivotally connected to the main body. The solar panel is configured for receiving light, transforming light energy of the light into electric power, and supplying the electric power to the main body. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132160 | Map Information Processing Apparatus, Navigation System, and Program - Conventional map information processing apparatuses have the problem of not being able to automatically provide appropriate information according to map browse operations. The present invention provides a map information processing apparatus, comprising: a map information storage portion in which map information, which is information of a map, can be stored; an accepting portion that accepts a map browse operation, which is an operation to browse the map; an operation information sequence acquiring portion that acquires operation information, which is information of an operation corresponding to the map browse operation; a keyword acquiring portion that acquires at least one keyword from the map information using the operation information; a retrieving portion that retrieves information using the at least one keyword; and an information output portion that outputs the information retrieved by the retrieving portion. With this map information processing apparatus, it is possible to automatically provide appropriate information according to map browse operations. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132161 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND ITS METHOD - In a navigation device for providing a guide from an origin to a destination, a display section ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090132162 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND VEHICLE - A navigation device is provided, which at a junction such as an intersection point, and the like, offers to a driver an appropriate image of the vicinity of the junction which is required in turning right or left, and the like. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132163 | CONFIGURING AND USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ZONES - A method to define a three-dimensional geographical zone that is utilized with a movable entity having at least one attached transponder is disclosed. The method comprises allowing a user to enter at least one waypoint, and loading at least one waypoint on at least one transponder. In one or more embodiments, a waypoint is defined by a geographical coordinate and a radius. The geographical coordinate is represented by a latitude value, a longitude value, and an elevation value. And, the radius is represented by a distance magnitude. In some embodiments, the method further comprises regulating the movable entity by monitoring, controlling, and/or visualizing the movement, non-movement, or position of the movable entity. The transponder determines whether the transponder is located inside the three-dimensional geographical zone by obtaining global positioning coordinates, and calculating whether or not the global positioning coordinates are located inside at least one waypoint. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132164 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT TURNING OF KALMAN FILTERS FOR INS/GPS NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS - Disclosed is a reinforcement learning technique for online tuning of integration filters of navigation systems needing a priori tuning parameters, such as Kalman Filters and the like. The method includes receiving GNSS measurements from the GNSS unit of the navigation system; and IMU measurements from IMU of the navigation system. The method further includes providing a priori tuning parameters to tune the integration filter of the navigation system. The method further includes processing the GNSS and IMU measurements using the tuned integration filter to compute a position estimate and updating the a priori turning parameters based on the computer position estimate. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132165 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF VEHICLES RELATIVE EACH OTHER - A relative positioning system, an arrangement, and a method. A method for determining a position of a second vehicle relative to a first vehicle. At least an image of a field of view wherein the second vehicle is positioned within the field of view is recorded using an optical device mounted on the first. Image data is processed in a processor to determine a position of the second vehicle relative the first vehicle measuring at least one marker arranged on the second vehicle in the image. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132166 | Processing Measurement Data in a Deep Water Application - To process subterranean survey data, measurement data is collected by a receiver positioned in deep water, where the collected measurement data is responsive to signals emitted by at least one signal source located at or near an air-water interface of the body of water. The measurement data is processed to reduce a predetermined signal component. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132167 | METHOD OF GENERATION AND METEOROLOGICAL SYSTEM WITH PROGRESSIVE PREDICTION OF METEOROLOGICAL SITUATIONS AROUND A CARRIER - The invention relates to a method of generation with progressive prediction of data relating to the meteorological situation around a carrier. It comprises the steps of reading data relating to the speed of the carrier and to the cloud formations, steps of calculating for each cloud formation the geographical position and the vector of voluminal parameters predicted at a given time horizon. The time horizon is dependent for each cloud formation on the speed of the carrier and the distance separating the cloud formation from the carrier. The method also comprises a step of generating a mapping comprising a representation corresponding to the calculated geographical position and to the calculated topology of each cloud formation. The subject of the invention is also an onboard meteorological system with progressive prediction of meteorological situations around a carrier. In particular, the invention applies to meteorological systems onboard aircraft comprising a meteorological radar allowing the prediction of the evolution of cloud formations. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132168 | GENERATING AND UPDATING TRUE VERTICAL DEPTH INDEXED DATA AND LOG IN REAL TIME DATA ACQUISITION - An invention for dynamically determining a trajectory of a drilled wellbore is provided. A method may include: receiving a piece of information including data converted from a measured physical characteristic of at least one of the wellbore or drilling the wellbore, the piece of information being relevant to determining a trajectory of the wellbore; and updating only a portion of the determined trajectory, a calculation of the portion of the determined trajectory being affected by the received data. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132169 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING FLUID MOVEMENT RELATED RESERVOIR PROPERTIES VIA CORRELATION OF LOW-FREQUENCY PART OF SEISMIC DATA WITH BOREHOLE MEASUREMENTS - A method for identifying a nature of formation contrasts that cause changes in seismic or sonic wave properties in a low-frequency range includes obtaining a selected property of a formation surrounding a borehole, wherein the selected property is at least one selected from the group consisting of a permeability and a fracture density; decomposing seismic signals into a set of instant amplitudes and frequency fields; calculating a plurality of low-frequency attributes characterizing the low-frequency range of the seismic signals; and establishing a correlation between at least one of the plurality of the low-frequency attributes and the selected property of the formation. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132170 | SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION - A method of processing seismic data includes storing in a single file structure a first type of data representing an inline location, a second type of data representing a crossline location, and a third type of data representing at least one of a depth and time, said first, second and third type of data each being associated with a horizon of a poststack seismic trace at a location defined by said inline location and said crossline location; and storing in said single file structure at least a fourth type of data representing an attribute associated with said horizon of said poststack seismic trace at said location. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132171 | Screening Method for Specific Protein in Proteome Comprehensive Analysis - A screening method for a specific protein in a proteome analysis comprises: (a) obtaining samples containing a protein or protein digest from a cell or tissue in a specific group and a control group; (b) analyzing the samples obtained in the step (a) with a mass spectrometer, thereby obtaining mass spectrometry data; (c) analyzing the mass spectrometry data obtained in the step (b) using an arbitrary database searching software, thereby acquiring a protein list containing items for specifying proteins and indexes for identifying the proteins, for each of the samples; (d) averaging values of the indexes for each of the items in all of the protein lists acquired in the step (c), and acquiring protein list models of the specific group and the control group, containing the average values of the indexes; (e) calculating a difference between the average values for each of the items, between the protein list models of the specific group and the control group obtained in the step (d), and acquiring one protein list in which the items are rearranged in the order of the difference between the average values; and (f) selecting a protein with a large difference between the average values, from the protein list acquired in the step (e). | 2009-05-21 |
20090132172 | METHODS FOR DETECTING AND DIAGNOSING LOW BONE MASS DENSITY - The invention encompasses methods of detecting and diagnosing low bone mass density. The method comprises, in part, obtaining nucleic acid expression data from a plurality of nucleic acid sequences, wherein at least one nucleic acid sequence is selected from the group consisting of ESR1, MAPK3, MECP2, PSTPIP1, SLA, STKL1, WNK1, and ZNF446. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132173 | COMPUTING LIKELIHOOD RATIOS USING PEAK HEIGHTS - Methods for comparing a first DNA profile with a second DNA profile are provided. The likelihood ratio for one hypothesis relative to another, as to the sources of the DNA, is conditioned on quantity of DNA in the test sample providing the first DNA profile and/or another sample providing the second DNA profile. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132174 | SEAFOOD PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for estimating a physical characteristic of a seafood product are provided. In one system, the estimate is based on a slope defined by a ratio of changes in peak resonant amplitude and frequency of an electromagnetic resonant circuit in loaded and unloaded states. In another system, a first probe of a plurality of probes is driven with a test signal when the plurality of probes is loaded by a seafood product and the estimate is based on received test signals at one or more of the other probes. In another system, the estimate is based on the loading effect of a seafood product on an electromagnetic resonant circuit, which is also used to read an ID from an RFID associated with the seafood product. The systems and methods may be used for individual specimens, or to determine an average estimate for multiple specimens at one time. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132175 | REPLENISHMENT METHOD FOR AN ADVANCED COATING REMOVAL STRIPPING SOLUTION - A method for calculating the amount of solution components to add to an advanced coating removal (ACR) stripping solution in a coating removal stripping bath to replenish and recover stripping potential. The stripping effectiveness may be restored by the addition of only the primary acid of the composition of acids of the stripping bath and fresh water, in an amount necessary to restore the stripping solution to its original density. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132176 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND MANAGING DESTRUCTION, RECONSTITUTION, OR RECLAMATION OF REGULATED SUBSTANCES - Various embodiments of methods and systems described herein relate to tracking and/or managing the destruction, reconstitution, or reclamation of regulated substances, including, in certain embodiments, tracking the associated GHG emissions and carbon valuation. | 2009-05-21 |
20090132177 | Detection Arrangements and Systems - A detection system has several conventional computers ( | 2009-05-21 |