26th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100168967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLE MOVEMENT BASED ON DRIVELINE TORQUE SENSOR - A system and method for detecting vehicle movement based on the measurement of the torque value on a vehicle drivetrain is disclosed. The system includes a torque sensor for measuring the torque on a vehicle drivetrain. This measured torque is utilized by a control module, with various other measured vehicle parameters, to determine if the conditions are such that vehicle movement may occur or has already begun. Possible vehicle movement is indicated when either the measured torque value exceeds a threshold value and changes towards zero, or big noise spikes are present in the torque sensor output signal. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168968 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ACTUATOR - The invention relates to a method for controlling an actuator ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100168969 | Control apparatus - A control apparatus includes a differential speed acquisition unit that acquires a differential speed representing a difference in speed between an input side drivingly connected to the input member of the fluid coupling and an output side drivingly connected to the transmission; a state determination unit that determines a shift speed in the transmission and an operating state of the direct connection clutch based on an accelerator opening and a vehicle speed of a vehicle; and a direct connection control unit that engages, if the differential speed is equal to or less than a predetermined engagement permitting threshold value when the state determination unit determines an upshift of the shift speed and a transition from a disengaged state to an engaged state of the direct connection clutch in a condition in which the accelerator opening is decreasing, the direct connection clutch regardless of an upshift operation of the shift speed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168970 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, PROGRAM FOR DIRECTING A COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH PROGRAM IS RECORDED - An ECU executes a program that outputs a shift command when a determination has been made to perform a power-on downshift (i.e., YES in S | 2010-07-01 |
20100168971 | Control of Multi-Speed Transmission - Apparatus and method for efficiently controlling an automatic transmission in an electric vehicle. The method may be implemented by selection of one of at least two belt clutches having different ratios. The timing for disengagement and engagement of each clutch and the proper sequencing of the disengagement and engagement of the clutches is determined to optimize the efficiency of the transmission. A direct drive motor is directly coupled to the transmission's output shaft to provide momentary power to maintain a nearly constant rate of acceleration during shifting. The method may further be applied for shifting an electric vehicle with a first motor coupled to an output shaft through a single belt clutch and a direct drive motor. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168972 | Control apparatus for automatic transmission - A control apparatus for an automatic transmission including an automatic speed change mechanism that has an input shaft connected to a drive source, an output shaft connected to driving wheels, and a plurality of friction engagement elements, and that performs a shifting operation among a plurality of shift speeds by changing engagement/disengagement states of the plurality of friction engagement elements. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168973 | System and Method for Controlling Lockup Clutch Engagement in a Torque Converter - A torque converter has a pump that is rotatably driven by an internal combustion engine and that is fluidly coupled to a turbine, and a lockup clutch connected between pump and the turbine. Controlling engagement of the lockup clutch may include controlling the lockup clutch to an initial lockup clutch activation value, determining rotational speed of the pump, determining rotational speed of the turbine, and if the rotational speed of the turbine is greater than the rotational speed of the pump, increasing rotational speed of the engine until the rotational speed of the pump is within a threshold value of the rotational speed of the turbine followed by controlling the lockup clutch to full engagement. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168974 | Hill start assist system - A hill start assist system for a tractor includes a pressure reduction valve receiving air from an air supply source, a solenoid valve having a supply port connected to a delivery port of the pressure reduction valve, a double check valve receiving air from a foot brake valve and from the solenoid valve, a tractor protection valve receiving air from the solenoid valve and from front and rear brake circuits of the tractor and an inversion valve having a control line connected to the solenoid, a supply port connected to the delivery line of the tractor protection valve, an exhaust port connected to the foot brake valve and a delivery line connected to a stop light switch. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168975 | MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A motion control system is applied to a vehicle, which has front wheel side suspensions with an anti-dive geometry and rear wheel side suspensions with an anti-lift geometry. A degree of an anti-lift effect of the anti-lift geometry is larger than a degree of an anti-dive effect of the anti-dive geometry. Normally, a controller controls a hydraulic unit such that a brake force distribution between front wheels and rear wheels during a braking-period is adjusted to a basic distribution. In contrast, in a state where abrupt application of brakes is started, the controller controls the hydraulic unit such that the brake force distribution is adjusted to a first distribution, at which a brake force respectively applied to the rear wheels is larger than that of the basic distribution only for a predetermined short time period upon starting of the application of the brakes. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168976 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE OVERSPEEDING VIA CONTROL OF ONE OR MORE EXHAUST BRAKE DEVICES - A method and system are provided for controlling overspeeding of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine having one or more exhaust brake devices controllable to apply braking torque to the engine. The system may be operable determine a desired speed of the vehicle, to determine a road speed of the vehicle, and if the road speed of the vehicle exceeds the desired speed of the vehicle by more than a threshold speed, to determine a target brake torque required to reduce the road speed of the vehicle speed to the desired speed of the vehicle, and to then control the one or more exhaust brake devices to apply the target brake torque to the engine to thereby control the road speed of the vehicle to the desired speed of the vehicle. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168977 | Vehicle motion control apparatus - A front/rear driving/braking force control unit | 2010-07-01 |
20100168978 | Vacuum Brake Booster and Method for the Operation Thereof - A vacuum brake booster and a method of operation of a vacuum brake booster of a vehicle brake system is disclosed. The vacuum brake booster includes a housing subdivided into at least one vacuum chamber and at least one working chamber. The vacuum chamber is connected to a vacuum source by way of a vacuum port. A sensor unit is associated with the vacuum chamber and is configured for sensing a pressure in the vacuum chamber and supplying a sensed pressure value to an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU includes an evaluating unit for evaluating the sensed pressure value and calculating the operating point of the vacuum brake booster solely on the basis of the sensed pressure in the vacuum chamber. Plausibilisation of the sensed pressure value is performed to monitor the overall system and identify defects of the sensor unit or the vacuum brake booster. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168979 | DETERMINATION OF THE AIR PLAY IN A BRAKE WITH TWO DIRECTIONS APPLICATION DEVICES - In a method for determining an electrical operating variable, in particular the air play (L) and/or zero position (N) of a brake ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100168980 | OPERATING A TURBINE AT BASELOAD ON COLD FUEL WITH HOT FUEL COMBUSTION HARDWARE - A method and algorithm are provided to operate a gas turbine at baseload in an emission compliant capable mode to avoid combustion dynamics while operating with cold fuel and hot fuel combustion hardware. The method includes performing a gas turbine operational sequence such as a startup to an emission compliant capable mode. A gas fuel temperature is measured. The gas turbine is operated in the emissions compliant capable mode according to a designated fuel split for avoiding combustion dynamics when a temperature for a gas fuel is below a designated value. A determination is made whether a modified wobbe index for the gas fuel is below an emissions compliant value. An alarm is activated if the modified wobbe index is below the emissions compliant value to notify the operator of a potential emissions shift. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168981 | Differential Focus Blade Clearance Probe and Methods for Using Same - An apparatus and a method for ascertaining a gap between a stationary member and a rotating member are disclosed. At least a reference beam and a signal beam, which have different focal lengths or which diverge/converge at different rates, are fixed to the stationary member and proximate to each other. The beams are projected across a gap between the stationary member and the rotating member toward the rotating member. The reference and signal beams are reflected by the translating member when it intersects the reference and signal beam, and the reflected reference and signal pulses are obtained. One or more features of the reflected reference pulse and the reflected signal pulse, such as a rise time of the pulses, a fall time of the pulses, a width of the pulses and a delay between the reflected reference pulse and the reflected signal pulse, among other factors, are obtained. The width of the gap is obtained using at least one of these factors. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE ACTUATOR FOR ACTUATING THE COWLINGS OF A THRUST INVERTER IN A TURBOJET ENGINE - The invention relates to a method for controlling at least one actuator for actuating the cowlings of a thrust inverter in a turbojet engine, the actuator being driven by an electric motor including a relative position sensor providing information on the evolution of the movement thereof, wherein the motor is controlled based on the instantaneous position of the cowling in at least one portion of the movement thereof between an open position and a closed position, the instantaneous position of the cowling being determined from at least one reference position absolute data and relative position data relative to said reference position provided by the relative position sensor of the motor, wherein in case the actuation is resumed after an interruption, a new determination of the reference position is initiated. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168983 | Internal combustion engine, control system and operating method for determining a fuel attribute - A method of operating a fuel injected multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes electronically storing a first value or reference value indicative of an engine speed response to a commanded fueling duration change during fueling the engine with a first fuel or reference fuel, such as a known type of diesel fuel. The method further includes operating the internal combustion engine in a fuel testing mode during fueling with a second fuel or test fuel, such as an unknown type of diesel fuel. The fuel testing mode includes determining a second value or test value indicative of an engine speed response to a commanded fueling duration change, comparing the test value with the reference value and outputting a fuel attribute signal which is based at least in part on comparing the reference value and the test value. If a difference between the reference value and the test value satisfies corrective action criteria, a corrective action such as adapting fuel injector control signal duration or shutting down the engine can be taken. An engine and control system whereby the operating method is executed are also provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168984 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING INJECTION, COMBUSTION AND/OR POST-TREATMENT PARAMETERS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH AUTO-IGNITION - The present invention relates to a method for adjusting injection, combustion and/or post-treatment parameters of an internal combustion engine with auto-ignition, characterized in that it comprises a step of determining the content and the type of biofuel present in the fuel feeding the injection system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168985 | STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A snowmobile includes an engine, an engine power controller, an operation portion, an operation input detector, an operation amount detector, and a control portion. The control portion does not control the engine power controller based on an amount detected by the operation amount detector in a preliminary zone in which the operation amount detected by the operation amount detector is not more than a first operation amount. The control portion controls the engine power controller based on an operation amount detected by the operation amount detector if the operation amount is greater than the first operation amount. A second operation amount smaller than the first operation amount is set in the preliminary zone and the control portion determines whether operation of the operation portion is carried out based on whether operation corresponding to the second operation amount is detected by the operation input detector. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168986 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL AIR-FUEL RATIO VARIATION AMONG CYLINDERS OF MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An apparatus for detecting abnormal air-fuel ratio variation among cylinders of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes: a catalyst element that oxidizes hydrogen contained in exhaust gas to remove the hydrogen; a first air-fuel ratio sensor that detects an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas that has not passed through the catalyst element; a second air-fuel ratio sensor that detects an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas that has passed through the catalyst element; and a unit that determines whether abnormal air-fuel ratio variation among the cylinders has occurred based on an amount by which a value detected by the second air-fuel ratio sensor is leaner than a value detected by the first air-fuel ratio sensor | 2010-07-01 |
20100168987 | INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH VARIABLE ACTUATION OF THE INTAKE VALVES AND SELF-ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF THE AIR-FUEL RATIO WITH SUPERVISION OF THE CONTROL FUNCTIONS - An internal-combustion engine for motor vehicles, for example a petrol-fuelled engine or a gas-fuelled engine, is provided with an electronically controlled hydraulic system for variable actuation of the intake valves. The system of variable actuation of the intake valves is governed by an electronic control unit that is programmed for performing at least once, at the start of the life of the engine, an activity of supervision of the functions of self-adaptive control of the air-fuel ratio. The supervision activity is based upon identification of a constant ratio between a delta in the value of the crank angle used by the electronic control unit and the error in the estimation of the air-fuel ratio by the electronic control unit when the system of actuation of the intake valves operates in late-opening mode. The activity of supervision envisages that the electronic control unit detects and stores the variation in the value of the crank angle (crank-angle delta) that must be applied to the value of the crank angle used by the electronic control unit in order to reach an estimated value of the mass of air taken in that basically coincides with the real value. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168988 | FUEL INJECTOR FLOW SHIFT COMPENSATION IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method of operating a fuel injected multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes establishing a flow shift compensation term by comparing a pre-flow shift value with a post-flow shift value. The pre-flow shift value is indicative of a pre-flow shift fueling signal duration linked with an engine test speed, and the post-flow shift value is indicative of a post-flow shift fueling signal duration linked with the engine test speed. The method further includes controlling an engine speed via outputting fueling signals from a digital engine speed governor to a plurality of fuel injectors of the internal combustion engine. The fueling signals have a fueling signal duration based at least in part on an electronically stored fueling signal value and the flow shift compensation term a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes a control system configured to control an engine speed via outputting fueling signals having fueling signal durations based at least in part on electronically stored fueling signal values modified according to the flow shift compensation term. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168989 | Control Method and Device For Engine - A control method and a control device of an engine are introduced. During the process of the engine controlling, the control unit does the adaptive learning for the actual target value of the feedback of different aims, and following the dynamic spectrogram generation strategy optimizing compares the adaptively learning parameter of the same working status and the same time with the basic spectrogram parameter. If the compared result doesn't meet the condition, then keep the basic spectrogram parameter. And if it meets the condition, then the engine generates the dynamic spectrogram parameter. Based on the dynamic spectrogram combination strategy, the engine combines the basic spectrogram parameter and the dynamic spectrogram parameter generated to the combined spectrogram parameter instead of the basic spectrogram parameter. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168990 | Method and System for Knock Detection - This invention relates to a method for knock detection in a combustion engine, in which combustion is controlled by a control unit ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100168991 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENGINE KNOCK SENSORS - An engine control system includes a digital signal processing (DSP) module that generates a fast Fourier transform (FFT) of an engine knock signal generated by an engine knock sensor. An intensity determination module determines an engine knock intensity based on one of a maximum of and an average of the FFT. A status determination module determines a status of the engine knock sensor based on the engine knock intensity, a plurality of predetermined knock intensity thresholds, and a rotational speed of an engine crankshaft. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168992 | IDLE STOP CONTROLLER - An idle stop controller includes an idle stop mechanism | 2010-07-01 |
20100168993 | VEHICLE - The disclosed vehicle includes:
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20100168994 | Navigation System and Methods for Generating Enhanced Search Results - A navigation system and various methods of using the system are described herein. Search query results generated by the system are listed and prioritized based upon travel related information and contextual information. Intermediary locations can be accessed based upon prioritizing search queries. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168995 | LOCATION IMPORTATION DATA DELIVERY APPARATUS, LOCATION DATA IMPORTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPORTING LOCATION DATA - A location importation data delivery apparatus is disclosed, including a communications interface capable of receiving, when in use, a request to send location importation data for importation of at least part thereof into a navigation apparatus. The apparatus also includes a processing resource arranged to generate the location importation data. In at least one embodiment, the location importation data is organized in accordance with a data structure definition and the processing resource is arranged to provide the location importation data using a request/response communications protocol in response to the request to send the location importation data. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168996 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED SEARCH RESULTS - A navigation system and various methods of using the system are described herein. Search query results are refined by the system and are prioritized based at least in part upon sub-search categories selected during the searching process. Sub-searches can be represented by graphical icons displayed on the user interface. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168997 | MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM, MAP DISPLAY, AND MAP DISPLAY METHOD - Navigation-related information such as a road name or guidance is allowed to be dynamically displayed along a road on a map displayed on the display screen and the road displayed on the display screen, its road name, and the moving direction are also allowed to be made easy visual identification. A map display system for displaying the road name or the navigation-related information together with the road on a display means according to map data including data on the road and data on the road name comprises a display area determining means, a display direction determining means for determining the direction in which the display of a text displayed on a road image moves, a road-name extracting means, and a text data display control means. The road-name extracting means extracts the road and its road name which are to be displayed from the road data to display the road image in the display area determined by the display area determining means. The text data display control means moves the road name on to the road image at predetermined intervals to display it according to the display direction determined by the display direction determining means. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168998 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A driving assistance device includes an operation prediction unit and a travel trajectory generation unit. The operation prediction unit predicts that a driving operation is to be performed by a driver of a vehicle before the driver performs the driving operation. The travel trajectory generation unit generates a target travel trajectory of the vehicle based on a prediction result of the driving operation that has been predicted by the operation prediction unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100168999 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - A computer readable medium for storing information display programs causing a computer communicating with a communication apparatus provided at the entry or exit at an entrance/exit point where a user gets on or off a transportation system to perform a display method, the display method include: detecting that the user has left the exit of the current entrance/exit point through the communication between a communication apparatus; identifying the next entrance/exit point to the current entrance/exit point among the entrance/exit points within the route; acquiring map showing the route from the current entrance/exit point to the next entrance/exit point identified by the identifying the next entrance/exit point to the current entrance/exit point; and controlling a display screen of the computer so as to display the map showing the route from the current entrance/exit point to the next entrance/exit point acquired by the acquiring map. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169000 | ROUTE PREDICTION USING NETWORK HISTORY - A computer system may include a route reader configured to determine routes of a route database, the routes being associated with a combination of route characteristics including an origin, destination, and transported object type, the routes representing actual transportations of transported objects of the transported object type from the origin to the destination within a time period. The computer system also may include a route selector configured to determine a route set from among the routes, based on additional route characteristics, and a a route analyzer configured to determine a subset of routes from among the route set, based on a total transit time of each route within the route set, and configured to separate each of the subset of routes into route events of each route, each route event being associated with a route event completion time. The computer system also may include a route predictor configured to determine a predictive event completion time for each route event, based on the associated route event completion time, and further configured to use the predictive event completion time for each route event to compile a predictive route transit time and thereafter provide the predictive route transit time as a prediction for future transporting of transported objects of the transported object type between the origin and the destination. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169001 | POST-MISSION HIGH ACCURACY POSITION AND ORIENTATION SYSTEM - A method of generating post-mission position and orientation data comprises generating position and orientation data representing positions and orientations of a mobile platform, based on global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data and inertial navigation system (INS) data acquired during a data acquisition period by the mobile platform, using a network real-time kinematic (RTK) subsystem to generate correction data associated with the data acquisition period, and correcting the position and orientation data based on the correction data. The RTK subsystem may implement a virtual reference station (VRS) technique to generate the correction data. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169002 | METHOD OF ROUTING A FIRST PERSONAL NAVIGATION DEVICE AWAY FROM A SECOND PERSONAL NAVIGATION DEVICE - A method of routing a first personal navigation device (PND) away from a second PND, the method includes receiving a position or second route of the second PND, and generating a first route for the first PND that maintains at least a threshold distance from the position or second route of the second PND. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169003 | LOCATION DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF IMPORTING LOCATION INFORMATION - A location data processing apparatus includes a data enrichment module arranged to receive, when in use, content generated in response to a content request. The data enrichment module is arranged to embed location importation data in the content prior to presentation thereof. In at least one embodiment, the location importation data is organized in accordance with a data structure definition. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169004 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes an acquired information storage unit capable of storing acquired information that associates one or a plurality of pieces of mutually different position information and an acquisition count of each of one or the plurality of pieces of position information, an acquisition unit that acquires the position information indicating a position of a local apparatus, an acquisition count measuring unit that, when the acquisition unit acquires the position information, adds a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the acquired position information, and a control unit that sorts the acquired information stored in the acquired information storage unit in descending order of the acquisition count. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169005 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CONSOLIDATED POSITION OF A TRAVELING OBJECT, PARTICULARLY AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a method and device for determining a consolidated position of a travelling object, particularly an aircraft. The device ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100169006 | POSITIONING SYSTEM, POSITIONING METHOD AND CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A positioning system | 2010-07-01 |
20100169007 | Method and apparatus for navigation system for detecting and warning traffic rule violation - A method and apparatus for a navigation system is designed to avoid traffic rule violation. The method includes the steps of: evaluating requirements prescribed by local carpool lane regulation for using a carpool lane of a road; determining a number of occupants of a vehicle; determining whether the number of occupants of the vehicle satisfies the requirements; detecting a current location of the vehicle as to which lane the vehicle is running; detecting a lane change action for the carpool lane indicating that the vehicle enters the carpool lane or about to enter the carpool lane; and generating a warning for notifying violation of carpool lane regulation when the lane change action for the carpool lane is detected and the number of occupants fails to satisfy the requirements. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169008 | NAVIGATION DEVICE PRESENTING INFORMATION REGARDING CHARGING AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME DEVICE - An ECU executes a program including a step of detecting a present location using a GPS system (S | 2010-07-01 |
20100169009 | Accident Avoidance System - Accident avoidance system onboard a host vehicle includes a position determining system for determining position information for the host vehicle based on signals received from a plurality of satellites, a transmitter for broadcasting the position information for the host vehicle to locations remote from the host vehicle, a receiver for receiving a traffic information broadcast from an infrastructure system including vehicle position information received from position-reporting vehicles and vehicle position information received from an active position determining system that acquires position information for non-position-reporting vehicles. and an accident risk warning system. The risk warning system alerts an operator of the host vehicle of a risk of an accident involving the host vehicle based on the vehicle position information for the host vehicle and map data representing a roadway that the host vehicle is approaching or traveling on including edges or lane boundaries of the roadway. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169010 | MULTI-DEVICE MAPPING FUNCTIONALITY - Route information for a route from a departure location to a destination location is generated. The generated route information is displayed on a first display of a first device. User input based upon the route information displayed on the first display of the first device is received at the first device. Route media is generated at the first device in response to the received user input. The generated route media is different than the route information displayed on the display of the first device. The generated route media is transmitted from the first device to a second device. The second device includes a second display. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169011 | METHOD OF FOR GENERATING AND SEARCHING THROUGH TRAJECTORY CONTENT PERFORMED IN NAVIGATION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for searching and generating trajectory content in a navigation device are provided. The method includes establishing a predetermined search region from a current position; extracting information about first parcels included in the established search region and information about second parcels including information about links of specific trajectory content; and determining whether the specific trajectory content is included in the established search region by comparing the information about the first parcels with the information about the second parcels. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169012 | MAP DATA DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, MAP DATA DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A map data display control apparatus includes: a position information acquiring section acquiring position information; a latitude determining section determining whether a latitude identified by the acquired position information is in the excess of a predetermined latitude threshold or not; a display range calculating section calculating a display range for displaying a map with reference to a position identified by the acquired position information based on the result of the determination made by the latitude determining section; and a rendering section rendering a map associated with the reference position based on the calculated display range. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169013 | VEHICLE POSITIONING DEVICE - Setting a planimetric feature having a high frequency of appearance as a planimetric feature to be recognized necessary for an own-vehicle position correction by referring to arrangement patterns of planimetric features having a high frequency of appearance for each of a plurality of types of road in response to a target object for an assist control, for example, a characteristic planimetric feature in an area where the own-vehicle will travel hereafter from among planimetric features on a road of which information is stored in a map database. Then, recognizing the set planimetric feature, and correcting an own-vehicle position from one based on a GPS and a travel path in accordance with a recognition result thereof. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169014 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A RELIABLE POSITION OF AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a method and device for determining a reliable position of an aircraft. The device ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100169015 | BODY DETECTION APPARATUS, AND BODY DETECTION METHOD - A body detection apparatus includes: movement direction calculation portion that calculates a movement direction of each of acquisition points by using signals that show the acquisition points and that are obtained through detection of a body present around the vehicle; and determination portion that pre-sets a frame commensurate with a shape of a body as a detection object, and for pre-setting for the frame a reference traveling direction as an assumed traveling direction of the body, and for determining, among the acquisition points, acquisition points present within the frame whose reference traveling direction is aligned with the movement direction as being acquisition points of a single body. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169016 | SAFE SIDE-VIEW SYSTEM FOR THE DRIVER WHEN OVER-TAKING THE VEHICLE IN THE FRONT ON A SINGLE LANE SHARED ROAD - A safe viewing system for the drivers when over-taking the vehicle in the front with out going too much into the way on the road serving the traffic in the opposite direction, especially useful on a shared road serving to and fro traffic in single lane. Here, I assume that it is a left-hand driving system while this technology can be applied to the right-hand driving system also. If there is a large vehicle in the front and the driver behind wished to overtake that vehicle, the driver has to steer the vehicle towards the right to see the traffic coming from the opposite direction. If the vehicle in the opposite direction is in very close proximity, there would be a potential for a head-on collision as the driver has to back into his lane. Through this system, the driver needs to steer a tiny bit to see oncoming traffic. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169017 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PRECIPITATION - A precipitation gauge for measuring liquid and frozen precipitation is provided according to the present invention that includes a support structure having at least one light sensor, or pair of electrodes, and at least one light source disposed thereon so that the light sensor may receive light that is emitted from the light source. The light sensor or light sensors and the light source or light sources generally extend a substantial height of the support structure. The light sensor or light sensors generate an output signal in response to the amount of light received from the light source. A microprocessor receives the output signal or output signals from the light sensor or light sensors and determines whether precipitation is present between the light sensor or light sensors and the light source or light sources. Based on the output signal or output signals, the microprocessor determines and displays the level of precipitation. The microprocessor may also determine the density of frozen precipitation. A heating element is disposed on the support structure to melt frozen precipitation. The microprocessor determines the density of the frozen precipitation from the amount of frozen precipitation and the amount of liquid that results from melting the frozen precipitation. Alternatively, the microprocessor determines the density of frozen precipitation from the amount of frozen precipitation and the weight of the frozen precipitation. A temperature sensor, a moisture sensor, and/or a humidity sensor are located at or near the support structure and are connected to the microprocessor. A method for measuring the amount of precipitation and the density of frozen precipitation is also disclosed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169018 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE PROBABILITY OF COLLISION BETWEEN WELLS - A method for drilling a well, the method including: identifying another well proximate to the well being drilled; collecting spatial information for at least a portion of the another well and the well being drilled; estimating a trajectory for at least a portion of the well being drilled and the another well; estimating an uncertainty in spatial information for each trajectory; estimating a probability of a collision with the another well during the drilling of the well by integrating a probability density function using the uncertainties and the trajectories; and performing the drilling in a manner that limits the probability of collision. A system and another method are provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169019 | FORMATION EVALUATION USING LOCAL DYNAMIC UNDER-BALANCE IN PERFORATING - Methods for estimating an unknown value for a dynamic under-balance condition are herein disclosed. The unknown value may be a well property value, or may be a transient pressure characteristic. Embodiments of the method include selecting at least one transient pressure characteristic and selecting at least one well property value. A correlation between the at least one transient pressure characteristic and at least one well property value is obtained. The unknown value is estimated by applying at least one known transient pressure characteristic or at least one known well property value to the obtained correlation. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169020 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL TIME OIL BASED MUD CONTAMINATION MONITORING - The present invention is a method and apparatus for determining oil based mud contamination of a hydrocarbon fluid obtained from a wellbore during a formation testing. The invention includes receiving a model for simulating the contamination and receiving an empirical equation for computing the contamination. At a given pumping time, a simulated contamination is generated based on the model and an empirically computed contamination is generated based on the first empirical equation. The simulated contamination and empirically computed contamination are compared and a determination as to which is more reliable is made. Revision of the first model or first empirical equation based is then performed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169021 | Earthquake detection apparatus, system, and method - An apparatus, system, and method for a communication network that includes a wireless terminal and a central unit. The wireless terminal is configured to receive potential seismic data, analyze the potential seismic data, determine whether an occurrence of an actual seismic event is sufficiently probable, and generate a potential seismic event message configured to indicate a potential occurrence of a seismic event. The central unit is configured to receive the potential seismic event message from the wireless terminal, analyze the potential seismic event message, determine whether a seismic event has occurred, and generate a seismic event message. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169022 | Computational methods and systems for treatment in relation to modulation of CYP450 enzyme activity - Methods and systems such as those described herein include accepting input, identifying CYP450-family enzymes, identifying at least one modulator of an enzyme, and communicating one or more treatments to a system user. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169023 | Computational methods and systems for suggesting modulators of CYP450 as treatment options - Computational methods and systems are described which accept input, identify one or more CYP450-family enzymes, identify one or more modulators of the CYP450-family enzymes, and communicate treatments to at least one system user, wherein the treatments include one or more of the identified at least one modulator. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169024 | DEFINING QUANTITATIVE SIGNATURES FOR DIFFERENT GLEASON GRADES OF PROSTATE CANCER USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY - A method for classifying a possible cancer from a magnetic resonance spectrographic (MRS) dataset includes extracting at least one feature from the MRS dataset as being identified with the possible cancer and embedding the extracted feature into a low dimensional space to form an embedded space. The method then clusters the embedded space into clusters representing a plurality of predetermined classes and spectrally decomposing the clusters to identify substantially significant independent metabolic signatures. The method then classifies the possible cancer as belong to one of at least two cancer classes based on the identified independent metabolic signatures. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169025 | METHODS AND GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURE FOR WNT/B-CATENIN SIGNALING PATHWAY - Methods, biomarkers, and expression signatures are disclosed for assessing the regulation status of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in a cell sample or subject. More specifically, several aspects of the invention provide a set of genes which can be used as biomarkers and gene signatures for evaluating Wnt/β-catenin pathway deregulation status in a sample; classifying a cell sample as having a deregulated or regulated Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway; determining whether an agent modulates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in sample; predicting response of a subject to an agent that modulates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway; assigning treatment to a subject; and evaluating the pharmacodynamic effects of therapies designed to regulate Wnt/β-catenin pathway signaling. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169026 | Algorithms for sequence determination - The present invention is generally directed to powerful and flexible methods and systems for consensus sequence determination from replicate biomolecule sequence data. It is an object of the present invention to improve the accuracy of consensus biomolecule sequence determination from replicate sequence data by providing methods for assimilating replicate sequence into a final consensus sequence more accurately than any one-pass sequence analysis system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169027 | Analytical Equipment Enclosure Incorporating Phase Changing Materials - Thermally controlled enclosures that can be used with gas analyzers are described. The enclosures incorporate one or more phase changing materials that buffer ambient and internal heat loads to reduce the power consumption demand of mechanical or electronic heating apparatus. Maintenance of gas analyzer equipment at a consistent temperature can be important to achieving stable and reproducible results. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169028 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION CIRCUIT AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR DEVICE - An analog-to-digital conversion circuit converts a monitor signal and a sensor signal from a physical quantity sensor to a digital monitor signal and a digital sensor signal, respectively. A correction circuit generates a digital correction signal by adjusting the amplitude of the digital monitor signal and the phase difference between the digital monitor signal and the digital sensor signal, and corrects the digital sensor signal using the digital correction signal. A detector circuit detects a physical quantity signal corresponding to the physical quantity given to the physical quantity sensor from the digital sensor signal corrected by the correction circuit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169029 | DIAGNOSIS AND POSITION IDENTIFICATION FOR REMOTE CAPACITOR BANKS - A method of evaluating one or more capacitor banks in an electrical power system includes: (a) acquiring data representing a signal of interest of the power system, where the data describes a plurality of power system events; and (b) based on one or more patterns contained in the data, identifying at least one of the power system events as being associated with capacitor operation. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169030 | MACHINE CONDITION ASSESSMENT THROUGH POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - A device, which is preferably embedded in a power distribution enclosure, enables analysis of conditions of electromechanical machines and, alternatively, also their driven or driver devices. The analysis uses operating voltages and currents supplied to or from the electromechanical machines. Since these voltages and currents are available at the enclosure, wiring or any other communication means to any sensors on the electromechanical machines or on the driver or driven devices are not necessary. The embedded device may optionally transmit its results to a computing or monitoring device remote from the enclosure, preferably wirelessly. The embedded device may receive all its power from an existing, conventional potential transformer in the enclosure, so that the embedded device may be retrofitted to the enclosure without the addition of any wiring external to the enclosure. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169031 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRECISE EARLY DETECTION OF AC POWER LOSS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for determining power source failure. A sampling module samples an alternating current power waveform as input to a power supply, at a sampling frequency which is a multiple of a predetermined frequency, to obtain a sampled amplitude at a known point within the predetermined period. A comparison module compares the sampled amplitude to a stored threshold amplitude to obtain a comparison result, corresponding to the known point. An accumulation module accumulates most recent comparison results. A warning module asserts an early power off warning signal if a predetermined number of the most recent comparison results each indicate that the sampled amplitude is smaller in absolute value than the stored threshold amplitude. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169032 | WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK SYSTEMS, METHOD FOR PLACING A PLURALITY OF SENSOR NODES IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK SYSTEM, AND METHODS FOR COMPUTING SENSING ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER AREA OF A PLURALITY OF SENSOR NODES - A wireless sensor network system, a method for placing a plurality of sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network, and a method for computing sensing energy consumption per area of a plurality of sensor node are disclosed. The wireless sensor network system includes a plurality of sensor nodes which are deployed at the same distance in a two-dimensional plane and have sensing areas of the same size, and an extra sensor node which has a sensing area of a smaller size than the size of the sensor nodes to sense a gap area which is not covered by the sensing areas of the sensor nodes. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169033 | State Of Charge Determination - A method, device and computer program product for determining the state of charge of at least one battery as well as to a power compensator for an electric power transmission line including such a device. The device includes an internal states prediction unit and a state of charge determining unit. The internal states prediction unit makes an internal states prediction of a battery based on a model for the battery, where each internal state is related to the charge distribution in the battery, adjusts the internal states prediction with measured properties of the battery and applies the adjusted internal states prediction in the making of following internal state predictions. The state of charge determining unit provides the estimated state of charge (SOC) as a function of the predicted internal states. The invention allows the provision of improved state of charge estimates. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169034 | Apparatus and Method for Measuring Load Current Using a Ground Fault Sensing Transformer - A circuit that includes a single grounded fault sensing transformer coupled to a resonant circuit that produces an output signal used by a microcontroller to determine a load current flowing through at least two conductors passing through the center of the sensing transformer. The microcontroller pings the resonant circuit, causing an impulse disturbance at the output signal, and the microcontroller calculates the inductance component of the resonant circuit based on the frequency of the decaying output signal. The microcontroller calculates the resistive core loss as a function of a known resistance of the resonant circuit, a known capacitance of the resonant circuit, the calculated inductance, and the determined rate of decay of the output signal. The calculated resistive core loss is compared to a table or to a polynomial function that characterizes known resistive core losses with known load currents to determine the load current corresponding to the calculated resistive core loss. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169035 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBSERVING SENSOR PARAMETERS - The invention disclosed herein provides methods and materials for observing the state of a sensor, for example those used by diabetic patients to monitor blood glucose levels. Typically a voltage such as a voltage pulse is applied to the sensor in order to solicit a current response from which for example, factors such as impedance values can be derived. Such values can then be used as indicators of a sensor's state, for example the state of sensor hydration, sensor noise, sensor offset, sensor drift or the like. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169036 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO ALIGN WAFER SIGNATURES - One embodiment relates to a computer method for aligning wafers processed in a semiconductor fabrication facility. In the method, a first arrangement of dies having a common functionality level is identified on a first wafer. A first alignment signature is assigned to the first wafer based on the first arrangement. A second arrangement of dies having the common functionality level is identified on a second wafer. A second alignment signature is assigned to the second wafer based on the second arrangement. The first alignment signature is compared to the second alignment signature, and the first and second wafers are selectively aligned based on a result of the comparison. Other systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169037 | FLASH MEMORY THRESHOLD VOLTAGE CHARACTERIZATION - In an embodiment, the invention provides a method for characterizing a threshold voltage of a flash memory cell. The method comprises generating a pulse train signal on flash memory IC, applying the pulse train signal to an external low-pass filter, and applying an output of the low-pass filter to the input of an external gain stage. An analog signal from the output of the gain stage is directed to a control gate of the flash memory cell. An electrical parameter of the flash memory cell is measured by an external tester. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169038 | METHODS FOR CALCULATING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION - The present invention provides processes employing algorithms and methods for calculating particle size distribution. In particular, the present invention provides processes employing algorithms and methods for calculating particle size distribution of different particle shapes from chord length distributions. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169039 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND COOLING PERFORMANCE DETERMINATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a heat generator on the printed-circuit board in the housing, a heat radiator in the housing configured to radiate heat of the heat generator to the outside of the housing, a first thermometer configure to sense a first temperature at a first position on the board, a second thermometer on the board configured to sense a second temperature at a second position away from the heat generator than the first position, a cooling performance determination module configured to monitor whether a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature is above a threshold, and to determine whether performance of the heat radiator is deteriorated based on a result of the monitoring. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169040 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE LONGITUDINAL SPEED OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for estimating longitudinal speed of a motor vehicle, including two drive wheels and at least one central electronic unit, based on rotational speeds of the four wheels two of which are drive wheels, such that, after arranging the rotational speeds in descending order: in an acceleration phase, the vehicle longitudinal speed is compared with the speed of the third fastest wheel, and its acceleration should not exceed that of the slowest wheel; in a deceleration phase, the longitudinal speed is compared with the speed of the fastest wheel and its acceleration in absolute value should not exceed that of the second fastest wheel; when the longitudinal speed ranges between the speed of the third fastest wheel and that of the fastest wheel, its value remains constant. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ILLUSTRATIVE INFORMATION OF MEASURED DATA - A method for dynamically displaying illustrative information of measured data of a manufactured part, obtained by a coordinate measuring machine, defines measured characteristics of the measured data. Graphical aides are created. Each of the defined measured characteristics is related to one of the graphical aides. If one of the defined measured characteristics is to be illustrated, the related graphical aide is retrieved and displayed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169042 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A SHAPE, METHOD FOR MEASURING A SHAPE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A system for measuring a shape, includes an external storage unit storing tolerances of first and second shape factors defining a design shape of a measuring object; a first measuring tool measuring the first shape factor of the measuring object to obtain measurement data; and a measurement processing unit determining a shape of the measuring object. The measurement processing unit includes; a comparison module comparing the measurement data of the first shape factor with the tolerance of the first shape factor; a verification module composing a predicted shape using the measurement data and verifying whether the predicted shape is formed as a figure; a calculation module calculating predicted data of the second shape factor from the predicted shape; and a determination module determining a measurement shape by comparing the predicted data with the tolerance of the second shape factor. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169043 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE THICKNESS MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention generally relates to improved non-destructive thickness measurement systems and methods. Embodiments of the present invention utilize quarter wave resonant frequency to measure the thickness of high-temperature pipe walls. In one embodiment, an improved non-destructive thickness measurement system is provided that utilizes Gaussian white noise to produce maximum mechanical resonance in the pipe wall and laser vibrometers to detect the pipe wall's maximum displacement. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169044 | Method of Determining Weight Of Segments Of An Item - A method of measuring the weight of mass of incremental sections of an item using protraction of radiation through each section and measuring the intensity of radiation after passing through the item. The weight can be summed to determine the weight of any segment of the item. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169045 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF STANDARD CELL LIBRARY - Disclosed herein is a measurement apparatus for improving performances of standard cells in a standard cell library when verifying performance of the standard cell library through a ring oscillator among various test element groups (TEGs). The measurement apparatus includes a ring oscillator block activated in response to an enable signal externally inputted thereto for outputting measurement result values, a decoder for selectively outputting one or more of the measurement result values from the ring oscillator block, and a statistics assistor for receiving output values from the decoder for a predetermined period and outputting a maximum value, a minimum value and an average value of the received values. The ring oscillator block includes a pulse generator for generating a pulse in response to the enable signal, a pulse stable unit for synchronizing the pulse generated by the pulse generator with a system clock pulse, a clock enable unit for outputting the system clock pulse according to a state of the pulse outputted from the pulse stable unit, a counter operating at any one of a rising edge and falling edge of the system clock pulse outputted from the clock enable unit, and a captured data storage unit responsive to the enable signal for receiving an output of the counter and storing a final count value or outputting it to the decoder. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169046 | HEAT SINK BLOCKAGE DETECTOR - A method, a data processing system, and a computer program product identify blockages in a heat sink of a data processing system. An electromagnetic emitter and an electromagnetic detector are positioned on opposite sides of the heat sink. An intensity of a stream of electromagnetic radiation directed from the electromagnetic emitter is measured by the electromagnetic detector. Based on the measured intensity of the stream of electromagnetic radiation as measured by the electromagnetic detector, a blockage level of the heat sink is determined. If the blockage level of the heat sink exceeds a blockage threshold, an alert is generated. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169047 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM - An apparatus for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft, comprising: at least one input for receiving measurement data from a sensor for surveying a measuring point of the machine, the measurement data being dependent on rotation of the shaft; a data processor for processing condition data dependent on the measurement data; the data processor performing a plurality of condition monitoring functions (F | 2010-07-01 |
20100169048 | MAINTENANCE PLANNING METHOD - A maintenance planning method for turbomachines, especially for gas turbine aircraft engines, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes: a) data obtained from the previous maintenance of turbomachines is stored in a database in a structured manner, where the data especially correlates maintenance work carried out with operating loads of a serviced turbomachine; b) in order to pre-plan the maintenance of a turbomachine undergoing further maintenance, the maintenance work to be carried out is planned in terms of type and sequence on the basis of the database; and c) the turbomachine undergoing further maintenance is inspected for the final planning of the maintenance, and the type and/or sequence of the maintenance work to be carried out, which was specified during the pre-planning of the maintenance, is adapted and/or supplemented on the basis of the inspection. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169049 | ACTION MODULE FOR STATUS-DEPENDENT MAINTENANCE WORK - The aim of the invention is to achieve a process monitoring system structured such that it is easily configured in an application-specific fashion. This aim is attained according to the invention by a process monitoring system comprising a first action module ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100169050 | SENSOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A system is disclosed that essentially eliminates the delay in measurement of temperature by a sensor due to exponential response of the sensor. The system finds the rate of change of the sensor signal, multiplies it by the time constant of the sensor signal and adds the result to the instantaneous value of the sensor signal to predict the final value of the sensor signal or the actual value of the temperature. When the sensor is permanently attached to an object, the final temperature of the object is predicted in a similar manner using the combined time constant value of the sensor and the object. The system can be software, analog hardware or digital hardware. The system also allows more accurate temperature control without undershoot or overshoot by providing a control signal proportional to the difference between a desired value and the predicted final value of the sensor signal. The system similarly eliminates the time delay in measurement and control of flow in thermal flow meters. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169051 | Optimized Stochastic Resonance Signal Detection Method - Apparatus and method for detecting micro-calcifications in mammograms using novel algorithms and stochastic resonance noise is provided, where a suitable dose of noise is added to the abnormal mammograms such that the performance of a suboptimal lesion detector is improved without altering the detector's parameters. A stochastic resonance noise-based detection approach is presented to improve suboptimal detectors which suffer from model mismatch due to the Gaussian assumption. Furthermore, a stochastic resonance noise-based detection enhancement framework is presented to deal with more general model mismatch cases. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169052 | Apparatus And Method For High Resolution Measurements For Downhole Tools - An apparatus and a method for reducing phase noise in measurement signals from a sensor are provided. The apparatus and method, in one aspect, may use a multiphase counter to obtain a count for each sensor signals time cycle and a filter to reduce noise from the obtained counts. A suitable reference frequency, including the reference frequency of the sensor, may be utilized by the multiphase counter. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169053 | Method for creating weldment inspection documents - A method for creating a weldment inspection document for identifying a plurality of weldment zones in a part accesses a representation of the part and selects weld zones in the representation of the part. The weld zones are marked with indicia concerning the location of and other information regarding weldments in the weld zone. A plurality of these representations are stored in a document depicting a weldment inspection sequence for the part. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169054 | METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF VARIATIONS OF DESIGN VARIABLES ON THE WEIGHT OF AN AIRCRAFT COMPONENT - A method of designing an aircraft component formed by a number of elements (j), that includes a phase to estimate the effect of a variation of a design variable on the component weight comprising the following steps: a) providing the main primary structure basic data of the aircraft component and the Reserve Factors (RFij) associated to its design criteria (i); b) obtaining a breakdown of the component weight by said design criteria (i) using a fictitious weight (mefRFij) calculated taking into account the relative importance of their critical design criteria; c) obtaining the weight effect of a design variable variation, recalculating firstly the new Reserve Factors (RFij) using suitable functions for the variation of said Reserve Factors (RFij) vs. the variation of said design variable and, secondly, recalculating the component weight using suitable functions for the variation of the element (j) dimensions vs. the variation of said Reserve Factors (RFij). | 2010-07-01 |
20100169055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONALLY REPRESENTING A HAIRCUT, AND ELEMENT FOR SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTING A HAIR LENGTH - The invention relates to a system for three-dimensional representation of a haircut including a model head ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100169056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF ELECTRONIC MODEL IMAGES - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide a distributed computing system delivering and manipulating electronic model images to end users. One aspect of the present invention includes a method for providing electronic delivery of electronic model images. The method generates one or more electronic model images, a portion of the electronic model images being generated from scanned electronic data of a physical object, stores the electronic model images within computer readable memory of a server-based computing system, delivers the electronic model images to a remote client computer over a distributed communications network, manipulates the electronic model images upon the remote client computer, and performs analysis and a course of action using the manipulated electronic model images. The electronic model images comprise in part a polygonal mesh representation of the physical object. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169057 | DENTAL MODELING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for simulating tooth movement utilizes electronic modeling to represent the teeth. Instant centers of rotation are determined and projected paths of movement are plotted. The electronic model provides improved precision and provides a method for simulating movement in three dimensions. The movement from growth and/or correction is shown with the electronic model. The simulation provides for improved correction. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169058 | MODELING STRUCTURE FOR SIMULATION OF TRAPEZOIDAL METAL LINE - Embodiments relate to a semiconductor technology, and more particularly, to a modeling structure for simulation of a trapezoidal metal line. The modeling structure for simulation of a trapezoidal metal line includes a top step with a width A, a bottom step with a width B, a middle step with a width equal to an average of the width A and the width B, and a total height C, wherein the middle step has a height equal to a value obtainable by subtracting both a height of the top step and a height of the bottom step from the total height C. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169059 | Layered Personalization - A computer system includes a three-dimensional model of an object such as a piece of jewelry. The model is divided into multiple layers, each of which contains one or more components of the object. Each layer is associated with one or more attribute types, each of which is associated with a corresponding plurality of possible attribute values. The system pre-renders each layer with each possible attribute type and each possible attribute value for that type and layer. The resulting layer renderings may be combined with each other to produce personalized renderings of the entire object without the need to pre-render all possible combinations of attribute values. Responsibility for rendering the layers and the final complete object personalization may be divided between client and server in a variety of ways to increase efficiency. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169060 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODCUT FOR LITHOGRAPHY SIMULATION IN ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION - Disclosed are improved methods, systems, and computer program products for lithographic simulation of an electronic circuit design. Various embodiments of the present invention identifies a mask pattern, performs offline precharacterization for the mask pattern by solving an equation which models a solution for the mask pattern and an interaction between the mask pattern and one or more effects, performs online evaluation based at least upon a parameterized form of the equation, determines a field around the mask pattern based at least upon the act of performing the online evaluation, and stores a result of the act of determining an electromagnetic field around the mask pattern in a tangible computer readable or usable medium | 2010-07-01 |
20100169061 | SIMULATION APPARATUS FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A simulation apparatus of semiconductor device includes a first calculator, a second calculator, a third calculator, a fourth calculator, and a controller. The first calculator applies a voltage to an area which functions as a virtual electrode, and setting a pseudo-Fermi level of a first carrier in the area functioning as the virtual electrode to calculate a first carrier density. The second calculator analyzes continuous equation of a second carrier to calculate a second carrier density. The third calculator uses the first carrier density as a function of an electrostatic potential, and solving a first equation of the function and a Poisson's equation to calculate an electrostatic potential and the first carrier density expressed by the function. The fourth calculator calculates a current density of the first carrier to calculate a current flowing. The controller controls the voltage applied to the virtual electrode. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169062 | Method and Apparatus for Describing the Statistical Orientation Distribution of Particles in a Simulation of a Mould Filling Process - A method and apparatus for describing the statistical orientation distribution of nonspherical particles in a simulation of a process wherein a mold cavity is filled with a suspension that contains a large number of nonspherical particles. The method and apparatus may be applied to the analysis of an injection molding process for producing a fiber reinforced molded polymer component or of a metal casting process for producing a fiber reinforced metal product. The results of these analyses may be used to determine tension and warping aspects of the component, and to optimize the process conditions used in the production process. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169063 | System and Method of Modeling the Pharmacodynamic Effect to Drugs Delivered to a Patient - A system and method of modeling the pharmacodynamic effect of drugs delivered to a patient. The system includes a model database comprising a first drug interaction model and a second drug interaction model. A processing unit determines a first pharmacodynamic effect and a second pharmacodynamic effect and using a dominance rule to compare the first pharmacodynamic effect and a second pharmacodynamic effect to determine a dominant interaction model. A graphical display connected to the processing unit presents the determined dominant interaction model. The method includes the steps of obtaining first, second, and third drug concentrations, applying a first model that models a first pharmacodynamic effect, applying a second model that models a second pharmacodynamic effect and comparing the first pharmacodynamic effect to the second pharmacodynamic effect to determine which of the first model and the second model is the dominant pharmacodynamic model, and presenting the determined dominant pharmacodynamic model on a graphic display. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169064 | SYSTEM, AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR PERFORMING CHIP-LEVEL ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE SIMULATIONS - A modeler for components of an IC under ESD conditions, a method of simulating ESD behavior of an IC and an ESD simulation system. In one embodiment, the modeler includes: (1) a circuit analyzer configured to provide identified ESD cells and circuitry of the IC by comparing component information of the IC with predefined ESD protection elements and predefined circuit topologies and (2) a model generator configured to create linearized models of the identified ESD cells and the identified circuitry based on physical attributes associated with the identified ESD cells and the identified circuitry, wherein a combination of the linearized models represent operation of the IC component under ESD conditions. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169065 | SIMULATING LOSS OF LOGIC POWER STATE DUE TO PROCESSOR POWER CONSERVATION STATE - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes creation of a randomization list that includes only a subset of the logic states of an integrated circuit (IC). The subset being selectable by signal so as to define logic states that can be randomized for specific events. The randomization list is during simulation to randomize the logic states defined therein to simulate a specific event occurring during operation of the IC. For example, the randomization list may include those signals that can be randomized upon exiting from a powered down state (e.g., deep power down, C6). The signals that can be randomized may be defined by excluding the signals that cannot be randomized (those still receiving power in the C6 mode). The contents of registers of the IC can be confirmed after the randomization and exit from the C6 mode. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169066 | General Framework to Predict Parametric Costs - A method of simulating an information technology (IT) system to produce parametric data includes translating specifications of the IT system from a first modeling language to a second modeling language; incorporating component constraints into the translated specifications; simulating operation of the IT system based on the translated specifications and the component constraints; and generating a report of parametric data based on the simulation. | 2010-07-01 |