31st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130197770 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a brake control device for a brake device including a basic fluid pressure generating unit which generates a basic fluid pressure according to an operation to a brake operating member, a hydraulic pump which generates a fluid pressure to generate a differential pressure, a pressure regulating valve which regulates the differential pressure, and a friction brake mechanism which applies a fluid pressure obtained by adding the differential pressure to the basic fluid pressure, to a wheel cylinder. The control device includes a regulating unit which regulates the differential pressure according to an operating amount correlated value and which decreases the differential pressure according to an increase of the basic fluid pressure due to an increase of the operating amount correlated value when the vehicle is stopped and the differential pressure is regulated to a value larger than 0 by an operation to the brake operating member. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197771 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS - In a brake control apparatus for generating a brake hydraulic pressure using an electric motor, in order to restrain changes in vehicle deceleration with respect to an operation amount of a brake pedal when a hydraulic pressure sensor is abnormal, a controller ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130197772 | Hydrostatic Drive System - A hydrostatic drive system includes an anti-slip control unit having a hydraulic pump which supplies a plurality of hydraulic motors of a plurality of axles with pressure medium. Based on a detected slip, a control device switches over between a two-wheel and a multiple-wheel drive and controls the driving torque. Optimal distribution of driving torque and traction between the axles or wheels of the drive system is set in the drive system. A method for anti-slip control of a hydrostatic drive system includes reacting to a slip situation by activating a hydraulic motor for axles or wheels which until then were not driven, or driven only with low driving torque or by increasing the driving torque of wheels which until then did not slip. The capacity of the hydraulic motor of the axles or wheels is raised to enable the activation/increase. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197773 | DESCENT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SPEED - The present disclosure provides a method of automatically controlling ground speed of a vehicle in which the vehicle includes a control system having a controller, a throttle, a brake sensor, and a braking mechanism. The method includes enabling a descent control function in the controller, detecting a change in a vehicle operating condition, determining current vehicle ground speed, establishing a desired vehicle speed based on the current vehicle ground speed, and controlling the braking mechanism to maintain vehicle ground speed at or below the desired vehicle speed. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NON-EVENT PROFILES - A system for identifying non-events comprising an event capture device and one or more processors in communication with the event capture device. The event capture device is associated with a vehicle that captures driving event data. The one or more processors is configured to receive the captured driving event data; classify the captured driving event data as a non-event or driving event by comparing the captured driving event data to a non-event profile; in the event that the captured driving event data is classified as a non-event, store an abbreviated record of the captured driving event data. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197775 | ENGINE RESPONSE ADJUSTMENT - Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an engine output delivered in response to an operator pedal actuation based at least on a grade of vehicle travel. During uphill travel, in the presence of headwinds, and/or in the presence of a vehicle payload, the output may be increased while during downhill travel or in the presence of tailwinds, the output may be decreased. In this way, driver fatigue during travel over varying elevations, varying ambient conditions, and varying loads can be reduced. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197776 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING TELEMATICS DATA TO IMPROVE FLEET MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS - According to various embodiments, a fleet management system is provided for capturing, storing, and analyzing telematics data to improve fleet management operations. The fleet management system may be used, for example, by a shipping entity (e.g., a common carrier) to capture telematics data from a plurality of vehicle sensors located on various delivery vehicles and to analyze the captured telematics data. In particular, various embodiments of the fleet management system are configured to analyze engine idle data in relation to other telematics data in order to identify inefficiencies, safety hazards, and theft hazards in a driver's delivery process. The fleet management system may also be configured to assess various aspects of vehicle performance, such as vehicle travel delays and vehicle speeds. These analytical capabilities allow the fleet management system to assist fleet managing entities, or other entities, in analyzing driver performance, reducing fuel and maintenance costs, and improving route planning. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197777 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING FUEL SYSTEMS - Systems and methods may be provided for monitoring a fuel level of a vehicle. The fuel may be a gaseous fuel, such as natural gas. An electronic control unit may be able to receive a signal from one or more sensors. The electronic control unit may provide a command to drive a fuel gauge to display the fuel level. The electronic control unit may determine the gauge command based on the received signal and a filling compensation scheme. The electronic control unit may be initialized through a user interface. A filling compensation scheme may be selected during initialization. The electronic control unit may be capable of communicating various sensors, gauges, devices, controls and/or other ECUs of varying specifications. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197778 | SOOT ACCUMULATION MODEL FOR SETPOINT MODIFICATION - A method controlling operation of an engine utilizing a number of preset operating parameters is provided. An operating mode of the engine is determined. An operating state of the engine is determined. A first plurality of engine parameter settings are retrieved from a memory in response to the determined operating mode and the determined operating state of the engine. The first plurality of engine parameter settings are applied to at least one control algorithm of the engine. A rate of soot accumulation from the engine is monitored. The rate of soot accumulation is compared to a predetermined soot accumulation rate threshold. A second plurality of engine parameter settings are retrieved from a memory in response to the monitored rate of soot accumulation exceeding the predetermined soot accumulation rate threshold. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197779 | Setpoint Bank Control Architecture - A method of controlling operation of an engine is provided that utilizes a number of preset operating parameters. The method determines an operating mode of the engine. The method determines an operating state of the engine. A plurality of engine parameter settings is retrieved from a memory in response to the determined operating mode and the determined operating state of the engine. The plurality of engine parameter settings are applied to at least one control algorithm of the engine. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197780 | SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SERIES TYPE HYBRID-ELECTRIC POWERTRAINS - A method of operating a series type hybrid-electric powertrain having an internal combustion engine, a generator, and a battery is provided. A state of charge level of a battery is estimated. The state of charge level estimate is compared to a first threshold. An internal combustion engine operates at a first engine speed setpoint and a first engine torque output setpoint when the state of charge level estimate is below the first threshold. The state of charge level estimate is compared to a second threshold. The second threshold is a lower state of charge level than the first threshold. The internal combustion engine operates at a second engine speed setpoint and a second engine torque output setpoint when the state of charge level estimate is below the second threshold. The internal combustion engine generates more torque at the second torque output setpoint. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197781 | METHOD TO COMPLETE A LEARNING CYCLE OF A RECURSIVE LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATION - A method to control a non-linear system includes operating a learning cycle to approximate characteristics of the system and, once the learning cycle is complete, operating the system based upon the characteristics. The learning cycle includes monitoring operation of the system, approximating the characteristics of the system with a recursive least squares approximation based upon the monitored operation, comparing variance of the operation to a threshold variance, and completing the learning cycle based upon the variance exceeding the threshold variance. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197782 | AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINATION METHOD - An air-fuel ratio imbalance determination apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes an air-fuel ratio sensor with a catalyst layer disposed in an exhaust passage of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine; and a control unit configured: to perform determination regarding an air-fuel ratio imbalance state among cylinders of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine based on an amount of change per unit time in an air-fuel ratio detected by the air-fuel ratio sensor; to execute an air-fuel ratio enrichment control using an air-fuel ratio enrichment amount; and to correct a learned imbalance value when the air-fuel ratio enrichment amount is smaller than a predetermined determination threshold value in a case where an engine operation state is in an imbalance learning range during execution of the air-fuel ratio enrichment control. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197783 | AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETECTING DEVICE AND AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETECTING METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air-fuel ratio imbalance detecting device for an internal combustion engine, which detects a rich imbalance in air-fuel ratio among a plurality of cylinders on the basis of a variation per unit time in air-fuel ratio that is detected by an air-fuel ratio sensor provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, includes an electronic control unit that normalizes the variation per unit time in air-fuel ratio with a constant associated with a rotation speed and load factor of the internal combustion engine and that, when the normalized value is smaller than a predetermined threshold, determines that a rich imbalance in air-fuel ratio has been detected among the cylinders. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197784 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR GENERAL PURPOSE ENGINE - A general purpose engine control apparatus can detect misfire occurrence with high accuracy, while reducing adaptation man hours of misfire determination. The apparatus includes a first air/fuel ratio determiner to make a rich/lean determination, an injection amount corrector to calculate a corrected injection amount corresponding to a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio, an injection controller to supply fuel to the engine so as to match the corrected injection amount, a second air/fuel ratio determiner to make a rich/lean determination based on a comparison of the O2 sensor output with a rich and a lean determination voltage, a rich/lean period calculator to calculate a rich/lean period according to the determination of the second air/fuel ratio determiner, and a misfire determiner to determine the presence or absence of a misfire based on the rich/lean period. The injection controller stops fuel injection to the engine in the presence of a misfire. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197785 | NOX CONTROL - A method of controlling an engine based upon airflow is provided. A request for a desired torque output of the engine is received. A first amount of fuel required to generate the desired torque is retrieving from a memory. An amount of airflow required to combust the fuel required to generate the desired torque at a predefined air/fuel ratio is calculated. A first amount of EGR required to produce a predefined amount of NOx emissions is calculated. The amount of airflow required to the first amount of EGR required is added. The total of the airflow and the first amount of EGR are compared to a volume available in a cylinder. At least one of the first amount of fuel delivered and the first amount of EGR provided is modified when the total of the airflow and the EGR exceeds the total volume available in the cylinder. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197786 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus is provided for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine that includes a plurality of cylinders, an exhaust passage, and an exhaust gas recirculation device including passages through which a part of exhaust gas discharged into the exhaust passage is recirculated individually to the respective cylinders. The control apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute an air-fuel ratio feedback control for controlling an exhaust gas air-fuel ratio to a target air-fuel ratio through feedback using a feedback correction amount. The control unit is configured to identify the cylinder corresponding to the passage in which a clogging occurs, among the plurality of passages, in a case where the clogging occurs in the passage among the plurality of passages, and to set the target air-fuel ratio according to a deviation of the feedback correction amount, the deviation corresponding to the identified cylinder. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197787 | ENGINE RESTART CONTROL DEVICE - There is provided an engine restart control device. A controller is configured to stop an engine which is adapted to generate a driving force for running a vehicle when a predetermined stop condition is met and configured to restart the engine when a predetermined restart condition is met after stopping the engine. A steering torque detector is configured to detect a steering torque of a steering wheel which is adapted to be operated by a driver. The controller includes an origin torque setting unit configured to set the steering torque detected by the steering torque detector when the predetermined stop condition is met and the engine is stopped as an origin torque. The controller restarts the engine when the steering torque detected by the steering torque detector exceeds a predetermined threshold with reference to the origin torque set by the origin torque setting unit. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197788 | METHOD OF SETTING A CONTROL PARAMETER FOR EMISSIONS ROBUSTNESS - A method of verifying a default state of a control parameter in an automobile engine includes checking engine controller performance with the control parameter in both a default state and an alternate state. The results of the tests are then compared to verify which state is the appropriate state for the particular engine being tested. A third engine controller performance check can be made to ensure that the controller and engine perform in a repeatable manner prior to setting the state of the control parameter. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197789 | TRAVEL MANAGEMENT - A travel management system may include a client module to generate a request to update and/or search for data related to a trip. A database module may receive the request and communicate with a database. The database may include data organized in a trip data store table including unique keys respectively identifying trips. The database may further include index tables related to attributes of the trips and identified by the unique keys. The database module may obtain data related to the request from an index table corresponding to a unique key and forward a response to the client module. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197790 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, NETWORK RECONFIGURATION, AND REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MONITORING - A method and system for traffic performance analysis, network reconfiguration, and real-time traffic monitoring and surveillance is described. Traffic performance analysis and congestion detection is achieved through discrete event simulation. The road network is translated to a graph. The translation is the result of the processing of a high resolution satellite or aerial image consisting of road extraction. In the resulting graph, road intersections are represented by vertices and road sections by edges. Edges have several properties such as the capacity of the section, presence of traffic signs and traffic lights, rate of generation (vehicles leaving parking), and rate of absorption (vehicles going to parking) Temporal simulation allows detecting congestions as well as congestion propagation. Real-time traffic monitoring consists of detecting abnormal traffic slowdowns. This is achieved by observing traffic with a camera. The video is processed to compute the optical flow which allows the computation of the traffic speed. Individual vehicle speed is also computed to detect speeding vehicles by comparing their speed to the nominal speed limit in the road section. The whole system can be grouped in a traffic control room or a traffic information system. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197791 | AIRCRAFT FUEL OPTIMIZATION FOR MULTI-STOP ROUTES - Computer-implemented systems, methods, and computer-readable media for reducing operational costs relating to fuel burn of aircraft include receiving trip data specifying an origin, an intermediate destination, and a final destination from a client device; receiving operational data from one or more computing device; performing optimization logic to determine an optimized route having a minimized fuel cost, the optimized route specifying how much fuel to purchase at each of an origin airport, an intermediate destination airport, and a final destination airport; and transmitting the optimized route to the client device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197792 | Determination of the center of gravity - A device for determining the actual center of gravity of a vehicle, having a control command input interface, a movement modeling unit, a sensor interface, and a computation unit. The control command input interface determines control command inputs for controlling the movement of the vehicle. The movement modeling unit calculates reference acceleration data at a model reference point of the vehicle on the basis of movements of the vehicle, which are derived from a vehicle movement model, with respect to the control command inputs. The sensor interface determines sensor acceleration data which are measured at a sensor reference point of the vehicle and relate to the vehicle's actual movements resulting from the command inputs. The computation unit determines the actual center of gravity of the vehicle on the basis of an assumed center of gravity and the difference between the reference acceleration data and the sensor acceleration data. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197793 | CALIBRATED HARDWARE SENSORS FOR ESTIMATING REAL-WORLD DISTANCES - In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for assisting a user in determining a real-world distance. Hardware-based sensors (e.g., present in a mobile electronic device) may allow for a fast low-power determination of distances. In one embodiment, one or more telemetry-related sensors may be incorporated into a device. For example, data detected by a frequently-calibrated integrated accelerometer may be used to determine a tilt of the device. A device height may be estimated based on empirical data or based on a time difference between a signal (e.g., a sonar signal) emitted towards the ground and a corresponding detected signal. A triangulation technique may use the estimated tilt and height to estimate other real-world distances (e.g., from the device to an endpoint or between endpoints). | 2013-08-01 |
20130197794 | TRANSIT ROUTING SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TRIP PLANNING - A public transit travel planning system and methodology that uses an extensive pre-processing approach of transit information prior to query time on order to determine optimal public transit routes for journeys. At query time, since the transit information has already been processed by the system, very little computation is needed in order to fulfill the query. The system then provides users with public transit directions in response to the queries for public transit journeys. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197795 | Estimation of Vehicle Location - A method for estimating the position of a telematics-equipped vehicle during navigation includes: receiving a partial map corresponding to a route; receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) data corresponding to a current position of the vehicle; performing a closest street (CS) mapping based on the GPS data and the partial map so as to provide an estimation for a vehicle position on a street of the partial map; performing speed sum (SS) mapping based on the estimated vehicle position and speed readings corresponding to vehicle speed so as to provide an estimation of distance traveled with reference to a previous vehicle position; and presenting a map matched vehicle position to a user based on the CS mapping and the SS mapping. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197796 | TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVE NAVIGATION BASED ON USER PREFERENCES - In a navigation device in accordance with the invention, user profiles may be stored and used to navigate a user who may be driving in a vehicle, on foot, or in other mode of transportation. Each user profile corresponds to one of the user's personae. For example, the user business profile corresponding to the user's business persona may be different from the user personal profile corresponding to the user's personal persona. For instance, the user business profile may include fine-dining type restaurants for business meetings while the user personal profile may instead include fast-food type restaurants for personal dining. The inventive navigation device provides the user with a navigated route, together with information concerning the favorite facilities and events surrounding the navigated route, which satisfy the preferences in a selected user profile. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, blockages may also be established using the device to avoid selected areas, e.g., high crime areas, in the navigated route, or to block transmission of selected information concerning, e.g., uninteresting facilities and events, to the inventive navigation device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197797 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTE PLANNING - The present disclosure includes systems and methods for route planning. As an example, a computer implemented method for route planning can include generating a first portion of a planned route between a first location and a second location by assembling a set of previously traversed route segments each corresponding to one or more of a number of previously traversed routes, aggregating the set of previously traversed route segments with a number of route segments determined by a model-based route planning subsystem and corresponding to a second portion of the planned route, and causing the planned route to be provided to a display of a computing device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197798 | Natural Navigational Guidance - Natural navigational guidance, provides enhanced guidance instructions that take advantage of unique geographic features along a navigated route to specify maneuver points. Guidance points are clearly visible, unambiguous, and locally unique features in the geography of the maneuver area that can be used to aid the user in discovering the place where the maneuver point is. Within a guidance point selection area, a specific guidance point type has a more strict area within which it can be used. A natural guidance point selection area for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is determined, and a unique geographic feature within the determined natural guidance point selection area is selected as a natural guidance point for navigation of the upcoming maneuver. A turn-type natural guidance point for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is generated when the user device is within the natural guidance point selection area. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197799 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INDOOR COLLECTION POINTS AND COLLECTING HETEROGENEOUS INFRASTRUCTURE MEASUREMENT INFORMATION - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for determining indoor collection points and collecting heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information. The apparatus includes a sensor module unit for sensing a motion and a location. An indoor map DB includes attribute information of an indoor space and an indoor map. A collection route generation unit generates a collection route on the indoor map depending on collection conditions. A collection point determination unit determines a collection point from which the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information is to be collected on the collection route while moving, based on information of the sensor module unit and the indoor map DB. A heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information collection unit collects heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information from the collection point. An information combination unit generates results of collection by combining the collection point with the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information at the collection point. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197800 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GPS AUGMENTATION USING COOPERATIVE ALTITUDE LEARNING - A method for GPS augmentation in a local vehicle located in a particular road section comprises cooperatively learning an averaged external altitude for the particular road section, obtaining an internal altitude for the particular road section, and using the averaged external altitude and the internal altitude to obtain an augmented local altitude for the particular road section. The augmented local altitude is then used to provide an augmented position for the particular road section. The averaged external altitude is learned cooperatively, using external altitudes obtained for the particular road section and transmitted by other vehicles which previously passed through that section. Only reliable external altitude values, as determined from respective VDOP parameters, are used in the cooperative altitude learning. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197801 | Device with Camera-Info - The present application relates to a device, such as a navigation device, for vehicular and non-vehicular use, e.g. by pedestrians. The device is arranged to receive a feed from a camera. The navigation device is further arranged to display a combination of a camera image from the feed from the camera and virtual signage on the display. The virtual signage relating to roads, buildings, points of interest and the like. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197802 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a position detecting unit detecting a position, an explanation information storage unit storing explanation position information and explanation information, a generation unit extracting the explanation information corresponding to a first explanation position from the explanation information storage unit and generating the extracted explanation information with a sound when the first explanation position is detected within a first distance from the detected position, and a group determining unit determining whether or not the first explanation position belongs to the same group as a second explanation position when the second explanation position is detected within the first distance from the detected position after the generation unit starts the generating of the explanation information corresponding to the first explanation position with a sound, wherein the generation unit continues to reproduce the explanation information with a sound when both explanation positions belong to the same group. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197803 | ELECTRIC BUS AND ELECTRIC BUS BATTERY EXCHANGE SYSTEM - Provided is an electric bus and an electric bus battery exchange system. The electric bus according to the present invention includes: a battery exchange hole disposed on top of the electric bus for exchanging a discharged battery for a charged battery; a front camera unit taking front images in the process of entering the battery exchange station for battery exchange; a communication unit for receiving position information of the battery exchange unit from the battery exchange station; a route output unit outputting a predicted driving route for reaching a swapping point below the battery exchange unit based on the front images taken by the front camera unit and the position information of the battery exchange unit; and a display unit displaying the predicted driving route outputted by the route output unit, superimposed on the front images taken by the front camera unit. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197804 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VIRTUAL VEHICLE CORRIDOR - A method for assisting a vehicle driver, wherein a sensor for covering the surroundings covers a pavement in front of the vehicle in order to determine a virtual vehicle corridor for a road vehicle in a complex traffic situation and the virtual vehicle corridor is determined depending on identified traffic lines and raised pavement boundaries. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197805 | Method and Sysem for Using Routine Driving Information in Mobile Interactive Services - A method and an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a controller to process a criterion for selecting a point-of-interest (POI). The criterion can be based on historical trip data. Data related to a POI, including a community-of-interest rating, for example, can be accessed through a satellite and terrestrial mobile communication network. Multiple POIs can be graphically represented for user selection based on the criterion and/or other data. Once a POI is selected, data related to the selected POI, including navigation data, can be displayed. In another embodiment, the controller can access navigation data to a specified destination. The navigation data can be based on historical trip data such as route segments and destination areas. The navigation data can be accessed from an in-vehicle system or from a navigation service provider and can be displayed to assist a user in reaching the specified destination. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197806 | AUTOMATED LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION RECALL - A geoposition is determined at a point using a geoposition determining mobile communication device. A crop management zone is identified based on one or more predetermined crop management boundaries and the geoposition of the point. Information about the field is wirelessly communicated between the geoposition determining mobile communications device and a remote site. Analysis may be performed at the remote site with the results of the analysis communicated to the mobile communication device at the growing point. Information may be collected at the point which is stored or analyzed at the remote site. Information may include digital images of plant conditions which may be analyzed to determine conditions such as disease or pest infestation. Contextual information from a number of different types of sources may be used to provide meaningful analysis and feedback to the producer. The producer may define crop management zones using the geoposition determining mobile communication device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197807 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR QUANTIFYING HAZARD RISK - A system, method and computer program product cooperate to quantify a hazard risk, such as a flood risk, for a property. A mobile device, with a GPS module, to record specific locations on a property, each of which may be used in identifying a flood risk score (FRS). Using multiple specific locations on a property are valuable in that better resolution and assessment of potential damage to an improvement, such as a building, on that parcel, as opposed to using only a single parcel centroid for assessing the risk for the entire parcel. Moreover, if only a single point, such as the centroid of a parcel, is used for assessing the flood risk of the entire parcel, the risk assessment may be overlooking the possibility of more vulnerable (and valuable) portions of the parcel to flood damage. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197808 | Methods And Apparatus For Characterization Of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs - A methodology performs downhole fluid analysis at multiple measurement stations within a wellbore traversing a reservoir to determine gradients of compositional components and other fluid properties. A model is used to predict concentrations of a plurality of high molecular weight solute part class-types at varying reservoir locations. Such predictions are compared against downhole measurements to identify the best matching solute part class-type. If the best-matching class type corresponds to at least one predetermined asphaltene component, phase stability of asphaltene in the reservoir fluid at a given depth is evaluated using equilibrium criteria involving an oil rich phase and an asphaltene rich phase of respective components of the reservoir fluid at the given depth. The result of the evaluation of asphaltene rich phase stability is used for reservoir analysis. The computational analysis that evaluates asphaltene rich phase stability can also be used in other reservoir understanding workflows and in reservoir simulation. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197809 | RECONSTRUCTING DEAD OIL - A computer accepts dead-oil properties of a reservoir fluid sampled from a well. The dead-oil properties are the measured composition of the reservoir fluid after volatile components of the reservoir have substantially vaporized. The computer analyzes the dead-oil properties and a constraint to produce estimated live-oil properties of the reservoir fluid. The live-oil properties are the composition of the reservoir before the volatile components have substantially vaporized. The computer uses the estimated live-oil properties to make a decision regarding the well. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197810 | MONITORING OF DRINKING WATER AQUIFERS DURING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OPERATIONS - A method and system for monitoring the integrity of a water aquifer is provided. The method and system generally monitors an aquifer for subsurface fractures, fluid intrusion, or water contamination. In one embodiment, the method and system may be utilized before, during, and after contaminating operations to monitor a water aquifer and generate reports detailing the effect of the contaminating operations on the water aquifer. The reports, and associated raw data, may be used as legal documents. For example, in one embodiment, an independent company is responsible for monitoring the aquifer and generating reports, which are then submitted to all interested parties, including the state for regulatory purposes. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197811 | Method for Diagnosis of an Infectious Disease Stage and Determination of Treatment - The present invention relates to a means for determining if mammals within a group of mammals is affected by an infection that induces or could induce inflammation, if the mammal is likely to recover or not and if infected whether the mammal should be treated or let to recover untreated. By differentiating infected mammals in a group into different subsets representing differing stages of the progress of the disease the present invention teaches how to prognosticate with continuous data the outcome of a treatment/no treatment decision. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197812 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF CHROMOSOMAL GAINS AND LOSSES - A modified principal component analysis technique is described herein for analysis of relatively small data sets for the detection of chromosomal aneuploidies and/or microdeletions. Unlike analysis techniques for microarray studies, the present technique uses a modified principal component analysis that does not involve performing a covariance analysis. The methods, systems, and apparatus described herein allow for significant reduction of data noise in tests for the detection of chromosomal aneuploidies and/or microdeletions, leading to fewer inconclusive results. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197813 | SIMILARITY EVALUATING METHOD, SIMILARITY EVALUATING PROGRAM, AND SIMILARITY EVALUATING DEVICE FOR COLLECTIVE DATA - Provided is a similarity evaluating device for collective data to evaluate similarity between collective data sets in which a plurality of pieces of data are collected. The device includes a patterning part patterning each data of collective data with a selected scale, a matching number extraction part comparing each patterned data in a round-robin to find numbers of matches, and a matching degree determination part finding a degree of matching on the basis of the found numbers of matches with the use of Tanimoto coefficient, thereby evaluating similarity of the collective data simply and quickly. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197814 | METHOD OF QUANTIFYING SOIL CARBON - One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of quantifying soil carbon in a unit of land. The method generally comprises the steps of (i) obtaining an estimated spatial distribution of carbon content in the unit of land, (ii) stratifying the unit of land into a plurality of strata based at least partly on the spatial distribution of carbon content, (iii) selecting one or more locations from each of one or more of the plurality of strata, the one or more locations being selected with randomness, (iv) determining sample carbon content associated with the one or more first locations and (v) determining total carbon content in the unit of land based at least partly on the sample carbon content. In another aspect, this method may be used to quantify soil carbon sequestered in a unit of land by repeating steps (iv) and (v) at a second time and thereafter determining the amount of carbon sequestered. Furthermore, in quantifying the soil carbon sequestered, steps (ii) and (iii) may also be repeated at the second time after re-stratification of the unit of land based on sample carbon determined at the first time. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197815 | MANAGEMENT OF REFERENCE SPECTRAL INFORMATION AND SEARCHING - A processing application receives peak information associated with multiple known references samples. The processing application partitions a spectrum into multiple different sized range bins such that a substantially equal number of the peaks associated with the known reference samples reside into each of the multiple different sized range bins. To identify a set of candidate reference samples in a library of reference samples that potentially are a good match an unknown sample under test, the processing application compares peaks associated with the unknown sample to the multiple different sized range bins. The greater the number of range bin matches based on peaks in the unknown sample and peaks in a corresponding reference sample, the greater the likelihood that the unknown sample matches the corresponding reference sample. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197816 | CALIBRATION CURVE CREATION METHOD, CALIBRATION CURVE CREATION DEVICE AND TARGET COMPONENT DETERMINATION DEVICE - A method sequentially obtains observation data with respect to a plurality of samples for a test subject and obtains content of a target component contained in each of the plurality of samples. The method subsequently estimates a plurality of independent components, which are separated from the observation data with respect to each of the samples, and calculates a mixing coefficient corresponding to the target component with respect to each of the samples, based on the estimated plurality of independent components. The method then determines a regression equation of a calibration curve, based on the obtained contents of the target component contained in the plurality of samples and the mixing coefficients of the respective samples. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197817 | METHOD OF ASSESSING STABILITY OF A CHEMICAL SAMPLE AND IDENTIFYING POSITIONAL VARIATIONS IN A CHEMICAL STRUCTURE - Methods of characterizing a chemical sample, and in particular, assessing stability of a sample, identifying trace amounts of an amorphous phase in a sample, and identifying structural variations in the internal structure of a sample. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197818 | Measuring Arrangement for Registering Chemical and/or Physical, Measured Variables, as well as Measuring Device therefor - A measuring arrangement of the invention includes: At least one measuring device, which generates, repeatedly during operation, measured values, especially digital, measured values, representing the at least one measured variable to be registered; as well as an electronic data processing system superordinated to the at least one measuring device, especially a data processing system which is spatially distributed and/or spatially remote from the measuring device. Measuring device and data processing system are connected together by means of at least two line-pairs, through each of which an electrical current flows, at least at times, during operation. According to the invention, the measuring device transmits the internally generated, measured values to the data processing system via both line-pairs. In this way, it is then possible to transmit a plurality of measured values simultaneously, when each of the two line-pairs is embodied as part of a two-conductor current-loop. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197819 | Deformable Apparatus, Method and Computer Program - An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to: obtain an input signal indicative of a deformation of a housing of the apparatus; and provide, in response to the obtained input signal, an output signal to control further deformation of the housing of the apparatus. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197820 | Method For Determining The Wear State - This invention relates to a method for determining a wear state of a chisel, a chisel holder, and/or a chisel holder replacement system equipped with a chisel and chisel holder. For this method to give the user qualitative and quantitative information about the wear, according to one embodiment of this invention, a position of at least one point of the chisel and/or the chisel holder is determined by a contactless measurement method and a corresponding measurement result is compared in a switching unit to a reference value stored in a memory device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197821 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - Provided is a rotating electrical machine, including: temperature information acquisition means for acquiring information on a temperature of a brush; rotation information acquisition means for acquiring information on a rotation angle of a rotation shaft; and a wear amount calculation section for acquiring the temperature of the brush based on temperature information including output information of the temperature information acquisition means, and for calculating a total wear amount of the brush by integrating a product of a value corresponding to the temperature of the brush, the value being a wear amount function defined as a wear amount per unit sliding distance of the brush with the temperature of the brush used as a variable, and a value including an rotational speed of a rotor, with respect to time from immediately after start of use of the brush to a current time. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197822 | PHASED ARRAY SCANNING INTO A CURVATURE - A system for use in determining a location of a defect in an object is provided. The system includes an ultrasonic phased array configured to provide a sector scan of the object, a display, and a processor. The processor is programmed to provide a volume-corrected view of a sector of an ultrasonic inspection of the object on the display, wherein the object has a first surface defined by a first radius and a second surface defined by a second radius that is shorter than the first radius, receive gate parameters of a gate used to measure a location of a reflection of a beam emitted from the ultrasonic phased array, wherein the reflection is indicative of a defect on the first surface or the second surface, and calculate a location of the defect using the gate. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197823 | METHOD OF AGGREGATING DATA COLLECTED BY NON-DESTRUCTIVE ULTRASONIC ANALYSIS OF CRIMP QUALITY - An ultrasonic pulse is transmitted through a crimping tool that compresses a ferule circumscribing a braided multiple strand wire, thereby forming a crimp therebetween. A first received pulse is received from the first transmitted pulse after passage through the crimp. Data is collected from a first transmit window divided into a series of user-defined time periods that include the first transmitted pulse, a delay period following the first transmitted pulse, the first received pulse, and a lag period that extends from the end of the first received pulse to a second transmitted pulse that initiates a second transmit window. The lag period includes a second received pulse generated by delayed signals received from the first transmitted pulse and dead periods that occur before and after the second received pulse, the dead periods substantially lacking signal information from the first transmitted pulse. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197824 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC TESTING - An apparatus and a method for ultrasonic testing obtains high-resolution and high-S/N ratio testing results by driving a number of piezoelectric elements using fewer pulsers and receivers in comparison with the number of elements composing an array transducer. A sensor information setter sets a plurality of piezoelectric element groups used for transmission and a plurality of piezoelectric element groups used for reception among the plurality of piezoelectric elements composing an ultrasonic array transducer. A computer transmits an ultrasonic wave from the element cluster set for transmission, and stores an ultrasonic wave received by the element cluster set for reception. The procedure is repeated including different element cluster sets for transmission and reception to obtain first receive signals. The first receive signals are summed to obtain a second receive signal; and the second receive signal is displayed with reference to the sensor center position on a display unit. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197825 | SURFACE-MOUNTED MONITORING SYSTEM - A surface mounted monitoring system is disclosed that is useful for detecting the presence of both ordinary and excessive loads on a surface, and for providing real-time or near real-time trending data. The system includes an array of force transducers disposed on the exterior surface of a structural member such as a roof. In an exemplary embodiment, transducers may be placed on an interior surface, such as embedded within insulation. The force transducers detect the magnitude of a load force acting on the surface. A data analysis module (DAM) may record force readings in a circular memory buffer, so that recent data can be recovered in the event of a catastrophic collapse. The DAM may also communicate with a monitoring device that can display real-time loading data to a user and perform other analysis. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AIR FILTER CONDITION - A method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring accumulation of dirt on an air filter of a ventilation system including the filter and a fan controlled by a frequency converter. An initial value for an operating parameter is determined. A present operating point is determined based on a characteristic curves, and the mechanical power and rotational speed of the fan. A present value for the operating parameter is determined based on the present operating point, and accumulation of dirt is determined on the air filter based on the initial and present values of the operating parameter. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197827 | MONITORING HOT WATER USAGE IN A GAS WATER HEATER - An apparatus and method for determining the volume of hot water dispensed during a given timeframe from a hydrocarbon fueled water heater based on the volume of fuel consumed by the water heater during the timeframe and the average temperature difference between the inlet water temperature and the outlet water temperature during the timeframe. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197828 | FLUID MASS FLOW MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A meter controller comprises a first input, a second input, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive first and second volumetric flow measurements and to calculate a quasi fluid density value required to cause the first volumetric flow measurement to equal the second volumetric flow measurement. The processor is further configured to subtract a first fluid density value from the quasi fluid density value for calculating a density correction factor. The density correction factor is subtracted from the first fluid density value to calculate a corrected second density value. The corrected second density value is applied to at least one of the first volumetric flow measurement and the second volumetric flow measurement for calculating a mass flow rate measurement. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197829 | Filter clog sensing system and method for compensating in response to blower speed changes - A sensing system and method for use with a gas filter in a gas conduit attached to a gas blower, having a motor for producing a first gas flow blower speed, discards readings taken when the blower is off or during blower startup and shutdown, and recalculates a clog threshold in response to changes in the fan speed of a multi-speed blower. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LUBRICANT DISCARD INTERVAL - A system, a method and a computer program to determine the usability of a lubricant such as, e.g., engine oil, and when to replace the lubricant in a particular engine. The system, method, and computer program are further configured to generate a lubricant discard interval for each engine in, e.g., a company's fleet of vehicles. The system, method, and computer program are configured to generate lubricant discard interval schedule for each of the vehicles in the company's fleet based on the lubricant discard intervals. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197831 | FLUID FLOW RATE MEASURING DEVICE AND WATER METER - A water meter that requires neither a smoothing capacitor of large capacitance nor a high frequency reference clock is offered. A rotation detection unit is formed to include a first coil, a first capacitor, a charging transistor, a power supply line, an activation transistor, an output buffer circuit, a DA converter, a comparator and a counter. A first LC resonant circuit is provided with the activation transistor connected in series with the first coil, the first capacitor connected in parallel with the first coil and the charging transistor for charging the first capacitor. The first LC resonant circuit is activated by turning on the activation transistor after the first capacitor is charged by turning on the charging transistor. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197832 | LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM FOR UNIFORM VACUUM PACKAGED PRODUCTS - A leak detection system and method are characterized by scanning a surface of a vacuum package, generating a contour signal corresponding with the contour of the scanned surface, and comparing the contour signal with a stored contour signal of a similar package which is known to be free of leaks. The system includes a sensor such as a scanning device which scans a surface of the package and generates the contour signal. A signal processor connected with the scanning device processes the signal to generate a profile of the package surface. This profile is compared with a stored profile corresponding to a normal configuration for the package surface. When the scanned profile deviates from the stored profile, a leak within the scanned package is indicated. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197833 | LEAK DETECTION IN A FLUID DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - Systems and methods for detecting leaks in a fluid distribution network are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes calculating value of non-revenue fluid. Further, the method includes receiving data corresponding to pressure from pressure sensors in the fluid distribution network and receiving data corresponding to flow from flow sensors in the fluid distribution network. Furthermore, the method includes estimating pressure values at the pressure sensors and estimating flow values at the flow sensors. The received data and estimated values of respective sensors for corresponding time periods are compared. Existence of leak in the fluid distribution network is detected if the value of non-revenue fluid is non-zero. One or more leak spots are located, if a leak is detected, by solving an optimization problem. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197834 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATOR COMPOSED OF SERIES-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES - A method and an arrangement are provided in connection with a photovoltaic power generator composed of series-connected photovoltaic modules. The method includes determining a maximum power point voltage (U | 2013-08-01 |
20130197835 | CIRCUIT BREAKER METERING SYSTEM - A system of using electrical detection and reporting devices in conjunction with existing electrical protection devices by an electrical installation, wherein the said measuring devices are used by existing circuit breakers and terminal blocks to measure and identify electrical load and residual current in said electrical installation. The system measures residual current, current and voltage and displays information on said measurements by LEDs wherein the system consists of using a dedicated CPU for collecting, analysing and transmitting the data of the system through wireless and Ethernet/internet connections. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197836 | VOLTAGE AND CURRENT MEASURING DEVICE - A voltage and current measuring device includes a plurality of voltage measuring modules, a plurality of one-way current measuring modules, a plurality of two-way current measuring modules, a voltage transformation module, a communication interface module, and a processor. The modules are integrated to provide different ways of measuring voltage and current concurrently, enable peripheral expansion, and facilitate power supply. Hence, the device features integration and versatility, speeds up a measurement process, and cuts production costs. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197837 | Ascertaining the Ballistic Trajectory of an Electromagnetically Driven Armature of a Coil Actuator - A method for determining the movement time curve of an electromagnetically driven armature of an actuator that has a coil may include: (a) applying to the coil a control signal dimensioned such that the armature undergoes only a partial deviation from the armature starting position without reaching an end position defined by a stop, and reaches, the armature starting position again after reaching a turnaround position, wherein the deviation of the armature over time is described at least approximately by a section of a parabola at least between the turnaround position and the starting position, (b) determining the time at which the armature reaches the armature starting position again, (c) determining the speed with which the armature reaches the armature starting position again, and (d) ascertaining the movement time curve of the armature using a mathematical equation that describes the parabola based on the detected time and the detected speed. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197838 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING COIL SYSTEMS FOR GENERATION OF MAGNETIC FIELDS OF DESIRED GEOMETRY, A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OR MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY APPARATUS WITH A COIL ASSEMBLY AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention introduces a method, apparatus and computer program for magnetic resonance imaging or magnetoencephalography applications in order to control currents of a coil assembly ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130197839 | THREE PHASE POWER QUALITY MEASUREMENT USING ASYNCHRONOUS, ISOLATED SINGLE PHASE CIRCUITS - A system and method utilize multiple, asynchronous, voltage isolated integrated power data circuits (IPDCs) to respectively determine one or more power parameters of a multi-phase power distribution system. In at least one embodiment, the power parameters represent differences between voltage phases of a multi-phase power distribution system. In at least one embodiment, the IPDCs each sense a voltage or current from a single phase of a three-phase power distribution system. Additionally, the IPDCs are electrically isolated from each other and, thus, in at least one embodiment, can utilize voltage divider or shunt resistor sensing without being subject to high voltages representative of the difference between voltage phases. Additionally, in at least one embodiment, each of the IPDCs utilizes a separate clock signal to determine phase sequence and phase angle deltas of one or more three phase voltages of the three-phase power distribution system. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197840 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING LENGTH OF CARBON GROUNDING ELECTRODE MODULE BASED ON TWO-LAYERED DISTRIBUTED CONSTANT CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for calculating a length of a carbon grounding electrode module, which calculates a grounding electrode module length with the smallest grounding impedance variation depending on frequency variation, with respect to the grounding electrode module having a coaxial structure and being filled therein with a carbon-containing filler, wherein the present invention comprises: configuring two distributed constant circuits into two layers to configure a grounding electrode circuit; receiving the resistivity and relative dielectric constant of ground, the resistivity and relative dielectric constant of the filler, and the inside and outside diameters of the grounding electrode module, as dummy variables; selecting a plurality of frequencies within a frequency variation range; simulating a grounding electrode circuit with the dummy variables with respect to each selected frequency to calculate grounding impedances corresponding to lengths of a grounding electrode; and obtaining the grounding electrode length that is the minimum difference between the grounding impedances of respective frequencies. Through this, a grounding electrode module is implemented in which the variation of a grounding impedance is small even during frequency variations, thereby making it possible to develop a grounding system having a stable performance even with high-frequency fault currents, such as stroke currents or the like. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197841 | METHOD AND A DEVICE OF PHASED ARRAY INSPECTION WITH PULSE RATE OPTIMIZATION - Disclosed is a method and a phased array inspection device enabling calibration of the device with an optimized pulse rate, the pulse rate is derived based on the true adaptive value of the impedance of the specific phased array probe circuit or the pulser circuit and the circuit energy consumption limitations. The energy consumption limitations include the total energy made available by the power supply to the pulser and probe circuit and the pulser energy consumption with limitation due to pulser circuit's physical limit such as thermal limitation. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197842 | STREAMLINED PARTS APPROVAL PROCESS - A method for streamlining a production parts approval process is disclosed. The method includes receiving a master file. The master file includes nominals and tolerances of a production part for a plurality of dimensions of the production part. The method further includes receiving a measurement results file containing results of measurements taken on the production part. The method also includes creating a verification report. The verification report includes a summary of a comparison of the measurement results file with the master file. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197843 | LIVING SPECIMEN MEASURING DEVICE - This biological sample measuring device has a finger groove ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130197844 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus includes a mount configured to mount an object, a probe configured to move with respect to the object so as to measure a shape of the object, an interferometer configured to measure a position of the probe with respect to a reference mirror, and a calculator configured to calculate the shape of the object using a measured value relating to the shape of the object that is obtained based on the position of the probe measured by the interferometer and a relative displacement between the object and the reference mirror that is obtained based on a signal from a sensor for the object and the reference mirror while the probe is moved. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197845 | N-USE AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION METHODOLOGY FOR SENSORS IN MOBILE DEVICES - A method, system and computer readable medium for calibrating an accelerometer in a portable device is disclosed. The method, system and computer readable medium comprises receiving data from the accelerometer, and providing accelerometer samples from the data based upon one or more selection rules that adaptively selects data that satisfy certain criteria. The method system and computer readable medium also includes fitting the accelerometer samples to a mathematical mode. The method system and computer readable medium further includes providing a bias of the accelerometer based upon a center of the mathematical model. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197846 | THICKNESS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A thickness measurement apparatus and method thereof being possible to measure an object to be inspected with required sensitivity stability and accuracy is provided. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197847 | Analysis Apparatus, Analysis Method and Analysis System - Provided is an analysis apparatus capable of acquiring a measurement result with high reliability that includes: a signal detection unit; a measuring unit; a first temperature detection unit; a second temperature detection unit; and a calculation unit. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197848 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING RESIDUAL PHASE NOISE - A system for measuring residual phase noise of a device under test (DUT) includes first and second signal sources, first and second receivers, and a processor. The first signal source generates a first signal to be input to the DUT as a stimulus signal and provides a second signal that is phase coherent with the first signal. The second signal source receives the second signal and generates a reference signal based on the second signal, which is phase coherent with the stimulus signal. The first receiver measures an output signal from the DUT responsive to the stimulus signal, and the second receiver measures the reference signal from the second signal source. The processor mathematically suppresses a carrier of the output signal by determining a difference between the measured output signal and the measured reference signal, and determines the residual phase noise of the DUT based on the difference. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197849 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING IRREGULAR SENSOR SIGNAL NOISE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting irregular sensor signal noise. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for determining reliability of a sensor. The method may include receiving signal samples associated with a sensor; receiving an expected standard deviation value ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130197850 | Methods for Testing Wireless Electronic Devices Using Automatic Self-Test Mode - A device under test (DUT) may be tested using a radio-frequency test station. The DUT may include at least one antenna, wireless communications circuitry associated with the antenna, and other peripheral components such as a camera module, a display module, and audio circuitry. The test station may include a shielded enclosure in which the DUT is placed during testing. The DUT need not be electrically wired to any test equipment. The DUT may be configured to operate in self test mode. The DUT may be configured to obtain baseline noise floor measurements while all the peripheral components are deactivated and may be configured to obtain elevated noise floor measurements while selectively activating desired subsets of the peripheral components. The difference between the elevated and baseline noise floor measurements may be computed to determine whether at least some of the peripheral components negatively impact the antenna performance by an excessive amount. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197851 | TEST CONTROLLER FOR 3D STACKED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Stacked IC devices (or 3D semiconductor devices) have two or more semiconductor devices stacked so they occupy less space than two or more conventionally arranged semiconductor devices. Access to test infrastructures of stacked ICs is provided, regardless of configuration, while using a reduced number of interface pins. A master test controller is provided in a base die and at least one slave test controller is provided in another die. The master test controller is coupled to a test data control (TDC) bus and is configured to broadcast test instructions, test data, and an ID of a slave test controller. The slave test controller is also coupled to the TDC bus, is configured to recognize the broadcast test instructions and test data addressed to the slave test controller, and responds to the instructions when the instructions are addressed to the slave test controller. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197852 | MEASUREMENT MACHINE UTILIZING A BARCODE TO IDENTIFY AN INSPECTION PLAN FOR AN OBJECT - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a measurement machine for measuring an object, and more particularly to a measurement machine such as a portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine or a laser tracker that measures an object according to a measurement or inspection plan that is identified by a machine readable information symbol located on the object to be measured or on a drawing (e.g., a CAD drawing) of the object. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197853 | THERMAL ACTIVITY DETECTION AND RESPONSE - A device may receive thermal event data corresponding to thermal activity. The thermal event data may be received from a sensor device corresponding to a detection zone. The device may determine whether the thermal event data exceeds a detection threshold. The device may create a response to the thermal event data when the thermal event data exceeds the detection threshold. When the thermal event data does not exceed the detection threshold, the device may disregard the thermal event data. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING MACHINE TOOL COMPONENT FAULTS - A machine tool system is diagnosed by identifying a fault class to which an input measurement vector belongs. The fault class corresponds to a group of weight vectors in a code book of a self organized map that describes the machine tool system based on training data. Probabilities that the input measurement vector belongs to a given class are estimated based on the posterior probability of the weight vectors of the code book corresponding to the given class given the input measurement vector. Training data to create the code book may be collected under a first operating condition while the input measurement vector is collected under a second operating condition. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE TEMPERATURE OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method for determining a location of a temperature measurement at a flow plane of a gas turbine engine. The method may include using a camera to capture at least one image of a temperature sensor disposed in the flow plane. The method may further include analyzing the image in a processing unit to obtain location data indicating a location of the temperature sensor. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197856 | Method and system for discerning a false positive in a fall detection signal - Methods reduce the likelihood of an MPERS device falsely reporting a high acceleration event as a fall impact. The device stores acceleration data acquired before the high acceleration and afterward. If a number of samples of magnitude values from accelerometer sensors in the device acquired during as interval before the high acceleration that approach 0G exceeds a predetermined number, the high acceleration is deemed from a non-fall. Acceleration sensors can also indicate an orientation change before/after the high acceleration, and a barometric pressure sensor can do the same, to further characterize an event as a non-fall. A method compares current event data to composite data sets that have been determined from a plurality of empirically derived data sets of fall and non-fall events. High correlations can indicate falls, or non-falls, respectively. Further statistical analysis of data acquired after an event reduces the likelihood of falsely indicating a fall. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197857 | GPS-CALIBRATED PEDOMETER - A system is provided that is configured to be transported, carried or worn by a user, such as a portable personal training device or sports watch. The system comprises a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver arranged to obtain the location and/or speed of the user and a pedometer for counting steps made by the user. Data from the GNSS receiver is used to calibrate the pedometer each time the user is determined to travel a distance greater than a predefined distance value during a period of time in which signals obtained by the GNSS receiver meet the one or more accuracy and/or reliability criteria. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197858 | METHOD FOR THE DECOUPLED CONTROL OF THE QUADRATURE AND THE RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF A MICRO-MECHANICAL ROTATION RATE SENSOR BY MEANS OF SIGMA-DELTA-MODULATION - A method for the precise measuring operating of a micro-mechanical rotation rate sensor, including at least one seismic mass, at least one drive device for driving the seismic mass in the primary mode (q | 2013-08-01 |
20130197859 | Tracking Entities by Means of Hash Values - Mechanisms for tracking an entity are provided. A time is determined by a sensor having a clock, the time being within a time slot in a series of time slots. First data of the time slot is provided and shared between a plurality of sensors. The sensor receives data from the movable entity. The sensor calculates identifying data from the received data for identifying the entity. Derivative identifying data is calculated by applying a modifying function using the provided first data for modifying the identifying data. The sensor calculates a hash value by taking the derivative identifying data as input. The sensor sends a message to a central server for determining the position of the entity, the message comprising the hash value and an identifier of the sensor. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197860 | Acquisition Channel Geolocation - A method and system are disclosed for providing an estimate of a location of a user receiver device. The method involves emitting, from at least one vehicle, at least one spot beam on Earth; and receiving, with the user receiver device, at least one spot beam. The method further involves calculating, with the user receiver device, the estimate of the location of the user receiver device according to the user receiver device's location within at least one spot beam. Each spot beam contains at least one acquisition signal, which may comprise at least one ring channel. Each ring channel comprises a frame count; a space vehicle identification (SVID); a spot beam identification (ID); and/or X, Y, Z coordinates of the vehicle emitting the spot beam relative to an Earth coordinate system. In one or more embodiments, at least one vehicle may be a satellite and/or a pseudolite. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197861 | Method for spectrometric analysis and related device - A method for analyzing spectrometric measurements, said measurements C={c | 2013-08-01 |
20130197862 | LATENCY MEASUREMENT - Panning latency measurement techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a test apparatus includes one or more motors configured to move one or more contacts at least proximal to one or more sensors of a device to be detectable as a movement. The test apparatus also includes one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware to measure latency of the device to recognize the movement of the one or more contacts. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197863 | PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY ANALYSIS OF COMPUTING SYSTEMS - The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for assessing performance and capacity of computing systems. In one implementation, the method comprises identifying at least one gap in a plurality of benchmark data sets of the computing systems; ascertaining at least one of a maximum ratio, a minimum ratio, and an average ratio of values present in the plurality of benchmark data sets; and generating at least one value to fill the at least one gap based in part on the ascertaining. The method further comprises defining a normalized benchmark data sheet based in part on the generating; and determining a performance and capacity score (P/C score), indicative of performance and capacity of the computing systems, based in part on the normalized benchmark data sheet. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197864 | EXPLOSIVES AND CONTRABAND DETECTION SYSTEM - A non-invasive system for detection of explosives and contraband in a vehicle includes at least one laser vibrometer for measuring vehicle vibrations at one or more points on the vehicle while the vehicle is operating. One laser vibrometer can be sequentially directed to various points on the vehicle according to a predetermined single point or pattern. Or, a plurality of laser vibrometers could be used to simultaneously illuminate the vehicle. After measurement, the vehicle vibrations are compared to a database of reference vibrations, which that were taken of similar vehicles that were known to be contraband-free. The measured vibrations are compared to the vibrations pattern for the same type of vehicle. If the vibration patterns exhibit differences in frequency peaks that exceed predetermined parameters, the system alerts the operator. A more detailed inspection of the vehicle can then be accomplished. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197865 | MEASURING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR THE DECIMATION OF A DATASTREAM - A measuring device for an oscilloscope provides a decimation unit. The decimation unit provides at least one input, which receives a datastream with a plurality of sampled values from at least one data source. The decimation unit also has at least one output, at which a reduced datastream is output. The reduced datastream is formed from a root-mean-squared value of respectively at least two sampled values calculated by the decimation unit. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197866 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING A BONE MORPHOLOGY BASED HIP SYSTEM - A method of designing a group of femoral implants from three-dimensional images of femurs from a patient population greater than 100. A boundary between cortical and cancellous bone is defined in each of the images. A longitudinal axis of the femur is defined centered within the boundary. The width of the boundary is measured in a direction perpendicular to the axis at multiple cross-sections along the longitudinal axis spaced less than 20 mm. At least five (5) different size implants for implantation in a noncortical bone area of the femur are designed based on the measured widths. At least one area of the proximal femoral component boundary is designed where the implant outer surface is sized to be within 2 mm of the cortical bone. The proximal dimensions of the at least five implants are sized to provide the fit within 2 mm in 95% of the femurs from the population. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197867 | GRID ARTHITECTURE FOR POWERTRAIN PACKAGING - A method to improve design efficiency by reducing power plant complexity and engineering costs by minimizing power plant changes when installing into new powertrain groups. A three-dimensional grid is defined for the powertrain group with power plant and transmission zones to define projections for attaching selected components to a powertrain version. The zones correspond to matrices dividing each of a width, length, and height of a respective plant and of a transmission into specified proportions. A respective zone is designated for attaching each of the selected components within the group. Each powertrain version is designed to place each selected component for a powertrain version within a predetermined tolerance margin of its respective designated zone. The grid organization is also applied to placement of components and placement of the powertrain itself within the underhood environment of a vehicle, a vehicle platform, or a group of vehicle models. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197868 | Building Envelope Determination - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining a building envelope. In one aspect, a method includes generating two-dimensional analytical faces; generating a three-dimensional shell bounding box that encompasses the analytical faces; determining, for each analytical face, one or more sample points; performing a flood-fill algorithm from a reference grid cell through other grid cells in the shell bounding box; casting one or more primary rays from each grid cell encountered by the flood-fill algorithm that does not contain any of the sample points but that directly neighbors a grid cell that does contain a sample point; for each ray, identifying as an exterior face the first analytical face within a vicinity of the grid cell from which the ray is cast that is intersected by the ray; and generating a building envelope based on the identified exterior faces. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197869 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE MAXIMAL PACKING DENSITY OF SHIFTING-TILES AUTOMATED WAREHOUSES - A warehouse management system including a layout module which determines a layout of the automated warehouse, the layout including at least one occupied cell and at least one blank cell and an analysis module which analyzes the layout of the automated warehouse to determine a minimum number of blank cells required to retrieve an object from all of the occupied cells in the warehouse. | 2013-08-01 |