33rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100211052 | FORCED DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE - A fixed sequence activation handle is described that forces a predetermined activation sequence. Such handles are suitable for use in the delivery of medical devices or for other application that require a fixed sequence of activations. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211058 | HEATED TIP IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM - Bone substitute materials have been developed that become flowable upon heating. In order to use these new materials in the special environment of an operating room, methods and devices have been developed to conveniently and sterilely heat samples of the material as the material is being implanted into a patient. Inventive heating devices include cannulas with a heated tip and devices similar to a hot melt glue gun. Therefore, the material is heated for only a short time preventing the degradation of biological components of the material. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211059 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AN EFFECT USING MICROWAVE ENERGY TO SPECIFIED TISSUE - Systems, methods and devices for creating an effect using microwave energy to specified tissue are disclosed herein. A system for the application of microwave energy to a tissue can include, in some embodiments, a signal generator adapted to generate a microwave signal having predetermined characteristics, an applicator connected to the generator and adapted to apply microwave energy to tissue, the applicator comprising one or more microwave antennas and a tissue interface, a vacuum source connected to the tissue interface, a cooling source connected to said tissue interface, and a controller adapted to control the signal generator, the vacuum source, and the coolant source. The tissue may include a first layer and a second layer, the second layer below the first layer, and the controller is configured such that the system delivers energy such that a peak power loss density profile is created in the second layer. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211060 | RADIO FREQUENCY TREATMENT OF SUBCUTANEOUS FAT - A method for treating subcutaneous fat with RF energy is disclosed. The method includes determining a thickness of a layer of fat of a portion of tissue to be treated. Based on the determined thickness, an RF frequency is selected. In particular, lower frequencies are used for thicker layers of fat while higher frequencies are used for thinner layers of fat. RF heating is applied to the portion of the tissue by applying RF energy at the selected RF frequency. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211061 | Optimizing RF power spatial distribution using frequency control - An electro-surgical system actively maintains an optimal heating profile at the electrode-patient contact surface under varying load resistivity, thereby reducing the risk of burns and maximizing patient comfort at a given power level. A set of temperature sensors is integrated within the electrode assembly of the electrosurgical system. The sensors are located both at the center and the edges of the electrode. The sensors are thermally coupled to the electrode-patient contact surface and have a time response that is short compared to the thermal time constraints of the tissue. Some degree of signal processing may take place at the sensor, inside the transducer assembly. As RF power is applied, a control loop monitors the temperature at the center and edges of the electrode. If the edge temperature of the electrode is high compared to its center temperature, then the control loop increases the operating frequency, effectively driving heat towards the center of the electrode. Conversely, if the edge temperature of the electrode is low compared to its center temperature, then the control loop decreases the operating frequency, effectively driving heat towards the edges of the electrode. By actively adjusting the operating frequency in this way, the control loop maintains any chosen heating profile at the electrode-patient contact surface. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211065 | ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE - An electrosurgical assembly is disclosed, the assembly having two, three or more electrodes configured to provide advantageous tissue removal and precision for conducting electrosurgical procedures, including improved ablation and coagulation of tissue. The electrodes are configured and arranged so that energy can be applied in a highly uniform and precise fashion, depending upon the application. In addition, the electrosurgical assembly allows flexibility in use by, in some embodiments, allowing selective switching of the active and return electrodes, and also selective switching between ablation and coagulation modes. In certain embodiments the invention includes one or more electrodes having the ability to undergo changes in shape. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211071 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TREATING HALLUX VALGUS - The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to implantable devices for the treatment of hallux valgus. More specifically, the various embodiments include devices having dynamic tensioning components or heat shrinkable components configured to urge two metatarsals together to treat a bone deformity. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211072 | Composition for In Vivo Vessel Repair - The present invention relates to a biocompatible polymer composition, suitable for in vivo vessel repair, comprising a matrix pre-polymer, a filler and a curing agent, wherein said composition wherein said biocompatible polymer composition is curable in the presence of a curing catalyst at 37° C. to form a cured material with an elongation until rupture of at least 5% and an elastic modulus of at least 1 MPa. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211073 | INTRAMEDULLARY COMPRESSION ROD - A device and method of stabilizing a fracture of a bone is provided. The device includes an intramedullary rod having a shaped distal end, and an insertion jig detachably connectable to the proximal end of the rod and used with the rod to apply a compressive force to the fracture site. The jig may also be used to correctly place fixation screws in a proximal end of the rod. The device achieves both fixation of the rod to the bone regardless of rod or bone diameter and allows for compression at the fracture site. In addition, fixation of the rod to the bone is accomplished without requiring a precise alignment of a distal end fixation screw. The device uses headless fixation screws, which, when in place, are disposed below cortical surface of bone, reducing damage to overlying soft tissues. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211089 | Cutting Device for a Curved Corneal Channel - Device for cutting a curved channel into the cornea ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100211090 | Medical Instrument For Cutting Tissue - A medical instrument for cutting tissue has a tubular outer shaft having at least one outer shaft opening provided with at least one outer shaft blade. A tubular inner shaft is rotatable housed in the tubular outer shaft, the tubular inner shaft has at least one inner shaft opening provided with at least one inner shaft blade cooperating in a cutting action with said outer shaft blade. Said at least one inner shaft opening being curved and has a curved longitudinal central axis when viewed on a plane of projection running parallel to said rotation axis. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211093 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DILATING TISSUES - Described here are devices and methods for dilating tissues. In other variations, the dilatation device comprises a slotted or expandable tube that may expand to dilate tissue. In still other variations, the dilatation device comprises two or more hinged or movable plate members that separate to dilate tissue. In yet other variations, the dilation device may comprise one or more flexible members. One or more portions of the dilatation device may be detachable from the device in the body, and dilatation device may release one or more implants into the body. In some of these variations, the dilatation device may additionally be used to expand one or more implants or other devices within the body. In some variations the dilatation device may release one or more substances that may hold dilated tissue in a dilated configuration. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211094 | UMBRELLA DISTAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE - An embolic protection device for capturing emboli during treatment of a lesion in a blood vessel is presented. This embolic protection device generally comprises a core wire, a plurality of attachment cables and filter struts, and a filter member being configured to move between an expanded state for engagement with the blood vessel and a collapsed state for filter retrieval and delivery. The filter member is circumferentially attached to the attachment cables and filter struts and extends freely from its proximal end to a closed distal end. The core wire is rotated in a first direction to wrap the attachment cables, filter struts, and filter member around the core wire in the collapsed state and is rotated in a second or opposite direction to unwrap the attachment cables, filter struts, and filter member in the expanded state. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211097 | Compound Barb Medical Device and Method - Barbed medical devices include a crown interconnecting a pair of legs and at least one barb extending from each of the legs. The at least one barb may define an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the leg, a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis, and optionally, a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis of the leg. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211098 | Compound Barb Medical Device and Method - A compound barb medical device includes a body portion and at least one barb extending therefrom. The at least one barb defines an inner surface. The inner surface includes a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the body portion and a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. The at least one barb is made from a shape memory material which can be deformed into a temporary shape from a permanent shape. The barb projects from the body portion in a first position relative to the body portion when in the permanent shape and in a second position when in the temporary shape. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211100 | APPARATUS FOR SPINAL-COLUMN STABILIZATION - The invention relates to a device for stabilizing the spine, comprising a bone screw ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100211119 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF USE FOR INSERTING AN IMPLANT BETWEEN TWO BONES - The surgical instrument includes a handle and a housing member that has a first end that is fixed to the handle and a second end that is configured to receive an engagement member. The surgical instrument also has an implant holding mechanism that is operatively associated with the housing member and the handle. The surgical instrument further includes a length control mechanism that has a knob, a rod member and a toothed member. The toothed member is fixed to one end of the rod member and the knob is attached to the other end. The surgical instrument also has a locking mechanism that includes a knob and a rod member having a proximal end to which the knob is attached and a distal end that is configured to detachably couple to a locking device. A surgical method for using the surgical instrument and a bone spacing kit is also disclosed. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211120 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR UTILIZING BONDABLE MATERIALS - The invention primarily relates to fastening and stabilizing tissues, implants, and/or bondable materials, such as the fastening of a tissue and/or implant to a bondable material, the fastening of an implant to tissue, and/or the fastening of an implant to another implant. This may involve using an energy source to bond and/or mechanically to stabilize a tissue, an implant, a bondable material, and/or other biocompatible material. The invention may also relate to the use of an energy source to remove and/or install an implant and/or bondable material or to facilitate solidification and/or polymerization of bondable material. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211122 | HOLDER FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING A GEL PACK AND A TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE/MUSCLE STIMULATOR - A device for application to a body part for the treatment of symptoms of injury or pain, comprising a holder for simultaneously applying (1) a thermal device capable of retaining hot or cold, and (2) a transcutaneous electrical nerve/muscle stimulator, whereby to allow the simultaneous application to a body part of transcutaneous electrical nerve/muscle stimulation and either hot or cold therapy. The holder can have a pocket for receiving the thermal device and a front surface bearing the nerve/muscle stimulator, for example, by hook and loop material, or adhesive, enabling the activatable surface of the nerve/muscle stimulator to be applied to the body part simultaneously with the hot or cold therapy of the gel pack in the pocket. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211130 | Treatment of the Autonomic Nervous System - Systems and methods are provided for modulating the autonomic nervous system by the electrical stimulation of the neuro-muscular system of a patient, and include an implantable electrical system for gastrointestinal stimulation which incorporates a heart rate sensor to indicate the neurovegetative patient condition, to initiate and terminate stimulation at specific locations, and an algorithm to automatically control electrical stimulation frequency, interval, amplitude, or a combination of such parameters for adaptive treatment of obesity, anorexia, other eating disorders, diseases related with the so called “metabolic syndrome” (e.g., impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes type 2, GERD, systemic hypertension, early arterovascular degeneration, early senility, and the like), and disorders related to a pathologic inbalance of the autonomic nervous system. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211131 | INTRAVASCULAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL - An intravascular lead is used to deliver energy for stimulating nervous system targets using energy delivery elements (e.g. electrodes) that are in direct contact with the nervous system targets. The lead may be positioned within the internal jugular vein and the nervous system targets may include the carotid artery/carotid sinus bulb and/or associated baroreceptor afferents, and/or surrounding nervous system targets in the region of the internal jugular vein, such as the carotid sinus nerve and/or associated nerve branches and/or the vagus nerve and/or associated nerve branches. Stimulation energy travels along a conductive bridge that extends from the intravascular lead to the nervous system target, or is relayed from the intravascular lead to another device disposed within or surrounding the target structure. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211132 | Selectable Boost Converter and Charge Pump for Compliance Voltage Generation in an Implantable Stimulator Device - Improved compliance voltage generation circuitry for a medical device is disclosed. The improved circuitry in one embodiment comprises a boost converter and a charge pump, either of which is capable of generating an appropriate compliance voltage from the voltage of the battery in the device. A telemetry enable signal indicating whether the implant's transmitter, receiver, or both, have been enabled is received. A “boost” signal from compliance voltage monitor-and-adjust logic circuitry is processed with the telemetry enable signal and its inverse to selectively enable either the charge pump or the boost converter: if the telemetry enable signal is not active, the boost converter is used to generate the compliance voltage; if the telemetry enable signal is active, the charge pump is used. Because the charge pump circuitry does not produce a magnetic field, the charge pump will not interfere with magnetically-coupled telemetry between the implant and an external controller. By contrast, the boost converter is allowed to operate during periods of no telemetry, when magnetic interference is not a concern, while obtaining the advantage of higher power efficiency. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211138 | Full body split access blanket - A full body blanket has a central bonded strip that extends from a distal end of an upper portion of the blanket to the foot end of the blanket to divide the main body of the blanket into two longitudinal portions. A discontinuous slit or tearable line is provided along the length of the strip to enable the longitudinal portions to be separable from each other by a user applying a force along the tearable strip. The strip may be torn anywhere along its entire length so that the longitudinal portion to be removed from the patient may be folded back anywhere along the length of the strip to selectively expose particular body parts of the patient. The blanket is inflated by heated air, and the heated air is circulated by channels that extend longitudinally along each of the longitudinal portions. Rows of apertures provided along the channels at the layer of the blanket that makes contact with the patient output the heated air to warm the patient. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211139 | Combination underbody and overbody blanket - A combination underbody and overbody blanket has first and second portions sandwiching a middle portion. The first portion may be shorter than the second portion. An opening is provided at the middle portion, or at a location that overlaps the middle and first portions. The opening has a dimension sufficiently large to enable the head of a patient to pass through. At least one air inlet is provided at the middle portion to allow air to be input into the blanket. The blanket is configured in the shape of a poncho, with the first portion covering the front torso of the patient and the second portion covering the back of the patient. A tearable seal is provided at the first portion that allows the first portion to be separated into two halves to expose the front upper torso of the patient and/or to facilitate the placement of the middle portion about the neck and onto the shoulders of the patient. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211141 | Multi-access blanket - A convective warming blanket has a head portion and a plurality of peripheral sections extending orthogonally from each side of a central section that extends uninterrupted from a proximal end below the head portion to a distal foot end of the blanket. Each peripheral section is separable from its adjacent peripheral section by a frangible or tearable common seal. At least one through passage connects each peripheral section to the central section, so that the peripheral sections are inflated when heated air is input to the blanket. The multiple peripheral sections each are movable relative to the central section, so that different body parts of the patient may be selectively accessed. The head portion of the blanket is formed by two tubular sections that extend from the proximal portion of the blanket to encircle the head of the patient, when the blanket is placed over the patient. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211145 | BIOMEDICAL ELECTRO-STIMULATOR - A power efficient biomedical electro-stimulator circuit BSC is provided. The circuit BSC includes a charging circuit arranged to control charging of a storage capacitor C based on electric energy from an energy source ES, e.g. a battery. The charging circuit includes an energy converter EC that applies a charging current I to the storage capacitor C, this charging current I being substantially constant over a charging period T, thereby providing a power efficient charging. In preferred embodiments, the energy converter EC is an inductive energy converter, e.g. a DC-DC converter, with a control circuit serving to provide an almost constant charging current during the charging period. In another embodiment, the energy converter EC is an energy converter that charges the storage capacitor via a series resonator, e.g. a series connection of an inductor and a capacitor. The proposed biomedical electro-stimulator circuit is advantageous for devices such as pacemakers, and neural stimulation etc. which can benefit of increased battery lifetime due to an efficient charging scheme. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211147 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING MATERIALS, LEADS, AND CABLES FOR STIMULATION ELECTRODES - One aspect is a stranded wire containing numerous coils. The stranded wire is configured as an electrical connection between an electrical stimulation device that is connected to the proximal end of the stranded wire, and an electrode connected to the distal end of the stranded wire. At least one coil includes a tantalum or niobium-based metal. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211148 | IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR FOR MODULATING CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION - An implantable medical device includes an implantable capsule housing a circuit that delivers neurostimulation to modulate one or more cardiovascular functions. To limit displacement after implantation, a fixation device is coupled to the implantable capsule to fix the miniature implantable medical device to a position in the body of a patient. In various embodiments, the fixation device include one or more of a suture loop, a cuff to wrap around a cylindrical structure such as a nerve of a vessel, and a transmural fixation device anchoring on the interior surface of a wall defining a cavity in the body. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211152 | STENT HAVING HELICAL ELEMENTS - An expandable stent comprised of a plurality of helical segments is disclosed. In one embodiment, the stent is generally cylindrical in shape having a cylindrical axis, and comprises a first and second set of helical segments. The helical segments in the first set are substantially parallel and have a first pitch forming a first helical angle with respect to the cylindrical axis. The helical segments in the second set are also generally parallel to each other and form a second pitch that differs from the first pitch, thereby forming a second helical angle with respect to the cylindrical axis. In an alternative embodiment, the stent comprises one set of helical segments and a plurality of circumferential elements that are joined together by the helical segments to form a plurality of cylindrical elements which are joined together to form a stent body. The stent may also have endzones. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211159 | CIRCUMFERENTIALLY NESTED EXPANDABLE DEVICE - Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. These implants comprise a circumferentially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as rotating, translating, and/or slide and lock. One advantage of the circumferentially nested stent is that it maintains the expanded size, without significant recoil. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211160 | PROSTHESIS FOR PLACEMENT AT A LUMINAL OS - An embodiment of the invention provides a prosthesis delivery system comprising a delivery catheter having an expandable member and a prosthesis carried over the expandable member. The prosthesis includes a radially expandable scaffold section and at least two anchors extending axially from an end thereof; and means for capturing at least the anchors to prevent the anchors from divaricating from the expandable member as the catheter is advanced through a patient's vasculature. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211172 | Implantable Device For Communicating With Biological Tissue - Provided are implantable devices for communicating with biological tissue and methods and systems for using the devices. For example, the devices are implanted in a subject and used to communicate with regenerated neural tissue. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211176 | FIXATION DEVICE AND METHOD - An implantable orthopedic stability device is disclosed. The device can have a contracted and an expanded configuration. A method of using the device between adjacent vertebral body surfaces surfaces for support and/or fixation of either or both of the adjacent vertebrae is also disclosed. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211177 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INTER-VERTEBRAL ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE PLACEMENT - Disclosed are methods and devices for implanting an orthopedic device between skeletal segments, such as vertebrae, using limited surgical dissection. The implanted devices are used to adjust and maintain the spatial relationships of adjacent bones. The implanted device can be, for example, an artificial disc, a fusion cage or any other appropriate device for implantation between skeletal segments. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211179 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO A KNEE PROSTHESIS CAPABLE OF CONVERSION FROM A CRUCIATE RETAINING TYPE PROSTHESIS TO A POSTERIOR STABILIZNG TYPE PROSTHESIS - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system in which a knee prosthesis is capable of conversion from a cruciate retaining type prosthesis to a posterior stabilizing type prosthesis. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a system in which a knee prosthesis is converted from a cruciate retaining type prosthesis to a posterior stabilizing type prosthesis. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method in which a knee prosthesis is capable of conversion from a cruciate retaining type prosthesis to a posterior stabilizing type prosthesis. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method in which a knee prosthesis is converted from a cruciate retaining type prosthesis to a posterior stabilizing type prosthesis. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of making a knee prosthesis that is capable of conversion from a cruciate retaining type prosthesis to a posterior stabilizing type prosthesis. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of making a knee prosthesis that is converted from a cruciate retaining type prosthesis to a posterior stabilizing type prosthesis. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211180 | Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Coated Medical Devices - An orthopedic device having a protective coating bonded to the substrate material of the device. The protective coating includes a thin layer of tetrahedral bonded Carbon (ta-C). The substrate also optionally includes an interface layer to facilitate the initial bonding and retention of the ta-C layer. The ta-C layer has a concentration of sp | 2010-08-19 |
20100211184 | Magnetic implants and methods for treating an oropharyngeal condition - Magnetic devices and implantation methods are provided for use in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. The devices include a sheet-like element having ferromagnetic qualities. The device may also include a permanent magnet attached to the sheet-like element by magnetic forces. The devices are implanted in soft tissue surrounding the airway and in tissue space beneath the pharyngeal wall to exert forces on and/or change the shape of the soft tissue. The magnetic devices may also include a bladder containing a magnetorheological fluid that stiffens soft tissue when exposed to a magnetic field. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211196 | COMMUNICATION MODULE FOR AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A communication module includes a processing unit; at least one memory unit cooperating with the processing unit and configured to store a user program; at least two serial interfaces configurable by the user program; and a programming access connectable to a central control unit of an automation system of modular construction and configured to transmit and program the user program. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211197 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONFIGURE A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM USING AN ELECTRONIC DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE SCRIPT - Example methods and apparatus to configure a process control system using an electronic description language (EDL) script are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises loading a first script representative of a process plant, the first script comprising an interpretive system-level script structured in accordance with an electronic description language, and compiling the first script to form a second script, the second script structured in accordance with a vendor-specific configuration language associated with a particular process control system for the process plant. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211198 | Tools and Methods for Collecting and Analyzing Sports Statistics - An application executed on a computer running Windows or Vista, for example, allows the coach to take whatever sports statistics his heart desires and then provides the coach with the tools to analyze those statistics. Data entry of statistics is easy and specific embodiments contemplate voice recognition data entry and analysis and tagged video associated with one or more statistical event. The application runs as a desktop application but also synchs with an online database on a server for online access and synchs a particular statistic to a video clip of the event that created the statistic. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211203 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD - The substrate processing system includes a controller that transfers the substrate by using a transfer apparatus or controls processing of the substrate in a processing apparatus. A recipe setter of the controller sets a processing recipe. A memory stores an initial reference location of a transfer arm, a first correlation between the processing recipe and a sidewall temperature of a processing chamber, and a second correlation between the sidewall temperature of the processing chamber and a compensated value of a reference location. A compensator compensates a reference location of the transfer arm based on the processing recipe set in the recipe setter and the initial reference location, the first correlation, and the second correlation stored in the memory. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211204 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION - A method and system to optimize the parameters of a robot used in an assembly process. The assembly process is categorized based on its nature which may be cylindrical, radial and multi-stage insertion. The search pattern and search parameters are specified. The parameters are optimized and the optimized parameter set are verified and when a predetermined criteria such as assembly cycle time set and/or success rate is met the optimization process stops. When the optimization stops the verified parameters are used to cause the robot to perform the categorized assembly process. If the parameters do not meet the predetermined criteria, another round of optimization using the same or other parameters can be performed. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211215 | Substrate transfer apparatus and substrate treatment system - The present invention is a transfer apparatus for a substrate, including a substrate housing container housing a substrate therein and having a transfer-in/out port for the substrate formed in a side surface thereof; a gas jet unit jetting a predetermined gas toward a rear surface of the substrate in the substrate housing container; and a control unit regulating a supply amount of the predetermined gas supplied from the gas jet unit to control the substrate in the substrate housing container to a predetermined height. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211217 | Digital Content Distribution System - This invention provides an improved method to deliver large amounts of digital content to portable electronic devices at low cost, without requiring the users of such devices to download such content from the Internet. Neither do the users have to purchase or manipulate data storage media such as CDs, DVDs, or memory cards. Moreover, the digital content delivery system of this invention can facilitate digital rights management, a major concern of content publishers. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211218 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR STABLISHING MULTI-TRANSACTION RELATIONSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS OF VENDING MACHINES - Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for improving the establishment and management of vending machine subscriptions, including systems and methods for constructing, communicating, and registering subscriptions, as well as various methods for processing the redemption of vending machine subscription items. Several additional embodiments are disclosed, including various alternate methods of promoting longitudinal machine-customer relationships. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211231 | Operating Electrical Machines from a DC Link - A drive system has a number of electrical machines. One machine operates as a generator supplying an output to a DC link, which in turn supplies one or more machines operating as motors to drive loads. The motors are supplied through power converters. The total capacitance of the DC link is minimized and the link kept in a stable condition by preventing it falling to a hazardous level. One embodiment prevents the phase currents adding in such a manner as to reduce the DC link voltage. Another embodiment employs freewheeling in the phase currents to prevent the DC link voltage falling below a predetermined threshold. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211232 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER LOAD MANAGEMENT - A method for power load management is provided in the present invention, wherein two different standard values are determined to be a basis for regulating power consumption. When power consumption exceeds a first standard value, a monitoring procedure is started to monitor consumption status. If the power consumption exceeds a second standard value, an unloading procedure is processed to reduce the power consumption of electrical devices under operation. In another embodiment, the present invention also provides a system for power load management comprising a control unit coupled to at least one electrical device and a power meter. By means of real-time recording of power consumption in the power meter, the control unit is capable of determining the power consumption status and determining whether it is necessary to unload or reload the at least one electrical device. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211236 | WIRELESS ENGINE MONITORING SYSTEM - A wireless engine monitoring system (WEMS) includes an engine monitoring module that is mounted directly on an aircraft engine and records, stores, encrypts and transmits full flight engine data. The system preferably interfaces to the Full Authority Digital Engine Controller/Engine Control Unit (FADEC/ECU) and can record hundreds of engine parameters with a preferred sampling frequency of about one second. The engine monitoring module is preferably formed as a miniaturized module directly mounted on the aircraft engine within its cowling and has a conformal antenna. The engine monitoring module can also upload data for onboard processing. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211239 | Towrope Winch Dead Start - A system for starting from a dead start position may comprise a towrope winch, and a computing device configured to send and receive data to and from the towrope winch, in which the computing device is configured to operate the towrope winch and watercraft based on data inputted by the user to the computing device. A computer program product for operating a towrope winch from a dead start position may comprise a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising computer usable program code configured to prompt a user to enter data regarding the operation of the towrope winch from a dead start, and computer usable program code configured to operate the towrope winch based on data inputted by the user. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN INSTANTANEOUS FUEL ECONOMY OF A VEHICLE - An information display system and method are provided for displaying an energy efficiency of a vehicle. The vehicle may include an engine and an electric machine that operates to provide torque to propel the vehicle. The vehicle may also include an energy source that provides energy to the electric machine. The information display system may comprise an information display configured to display an efficiency indicator, the efficiency indicator being configured to indicate an efficiency of the vehicle. The information display system may further comprise a controller configured to receive information related to the braking system of the vehicle. The controller further being configured to determine an energy efficiency value based upon the braking system information. The controller may also be configured to transmit the energy efficiency value so that the information display displays the efficiency indicator based upon the energy efficiency value. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211242 | OPERATION OF A RANGE EXTENDED ELECTRIC VEHICLE - One embodiment includes a method that includes monitoring a battery state of charge circuit that is coupled to a vehicle battery, calculating an averaged value of the state of charge over a time period, charging the vehicle battery by powering a generator with a fuel burning engine that powered on and powered off according to one of a first operational mode and a second operational mode, wherein in the first operational mode the engine is powered on when the battery state of charge drops below a first state of charge and continues until the averaged value of the state of charge increases to a first preprogrammed value. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211246 | Vehicle Control Method and Vehicle Control Apparatus - A calculation load of a vehicle control apparatus is reduced. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211254 | DRIVING MODE CHANGING DEVICE - The present invention provides a driving mode changing device. The driving mode changing device includes a storage unit for storing three or more driving modes including a normal mode and other modes, an input unit for selecting and inputting an arbitrary one from among the driving modes, and a control unit for changing setup of a plurality of driving control devices installed in a vehicle according to the driving mode input from the input unit. The input unit includes one operating member. The operating member is biased from a stationary position when no operation is performed so as to enable a push operation, and simultaneously biased from the stationary position to a predetermined turned position so as to enable a turn operation. The control unit switches the drive mode from the normal mode to a predetermined driving mode, which is different from the normal mode, among the driving modes when detecting that the operating member is pushed at the stationary position, and switches to the other driving mode different from the normal mode and the predetermined driving mode when detecting that the operating member is continuously held at the turned position for a predetermined time in the state where the predetermined driving mode is selected. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211261 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL SYSTEM - Provide is a vehicle behavior control system that can achieve a rear wheel steering control demonstrating a high rate of response at all times without requiring the actuator for the rear wheels to be steered to be unduly increased. A control unit ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100211262 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering device which reduces the variation of viscous feeling due to the change of steering velocity and presents better steering feeling than conventional power steering devices. A basic assist torque Tab and the like are calculated; filter parameters such as time constant T | 2010-08-19 |
20100211264 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A STEERING SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - A method for controlling a vehicle steering system having a plurality of subsystems that generate steering requests for the steering system comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of steering requests at an electronic control unit, receiving a plurality of vehicle parameter signals at the electronic control unit, the vehicle parameter signals being representative of a driving situation for each subsystem in the plurality of subsystems, setting an order of priority for application of the steering requests by the electronic control unit as a function of the driving situation for each subsystem, and controlling the application of the steering requests to the vehicle steering system in the set order of priority and within a predetermined overall torque limit. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211266 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - In an electric power steering apparatus including a charge-discharge circuit | 2010-08-19 |
20100211271 | MOTION CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A motion control device of a vehicle comprises: a steering angle controller which controls a steering angle of a steered wheel so that an actual turning controlling variable becomes a target turning controlling variable; and a braking force controller which controls a vehicle braking force so that the actual turning controlling variable becomes the target turning controlling variable. The control of the steering angle controller is stopped by detecting a timing with which the braking force controller detects an oversteering state of the vehicle to start a braking force control. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211275 | CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICULAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control device of a vehicular automatic transmission determines, during shifting to a first target gear position, whether the transmission should be shifted to a second target gear position that is remote from the current gear position than the first target gear position, and determines whether a gearshift to the first target gear position was executed during shifting to a third target gear position. If it is determined that the transmission should be shifted to the second target gear position during a multiple gearshift to the first target gear position which is started during shifting to the third target gear position, a multiple gearshift to the second target gear position is inhibited. If it is determined that the transmission should be shifted to the second target gear position during a single gearshift to the first target gear position, the multiple gearshift to the second target gear position is permitted. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211276 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In order to realize favorable transmission characteristics in power-off upshift in clutch-to-clutch shift, an ECU detects an upshift request in a power-off state (request of clutch-to-clutch shift), and then outputs a control signal to a hydraulic circuit such that an on-coming clutch is engaged. When the on-coming clutch torque capacity becomes larger than 0 to have transmission torque, a sweep-down control signal is output to the hydraulic circuit such that an off-going clutch is released. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211289 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEGRADATION OF FUEL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A transmittance sensor that detects the optical transmittance of biofuel is provided on a fuel tank that stores biofuel to be supplied to an internal combustion engine. An ECU periodically acquires the optical transmittance detected by the transmittance sensor, and calculates the amount of change from the previous value. In addition, the ECU calculates a degradation index value indicating the degree of degradation of the biofuel by accumulating the amount of change. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211290 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR MULTICYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection amount from fuel injection valves is actively controlled and an input air-fuel ratio is caused forcibly to oscillate. A system from the fuel injection valves to the air-fuel ratio sensor is simulated by a first order delay system, and a gain and time constant are identified on the basis of the input air-fuel ratio relating to the model and an output air-fuel ratio obtained from the air-fuel ratio sensor. The presence of an air-fuel ratio abnormal variation is diagnosed on the basis of whether or not the identified values of the gain and the time constant are less than a first and second predetermined values respectively. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211293 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An internal combustion engine exhaust gas system includes a filter arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, a fuel adding valve which is arranged upstream of the filter and supplies fuel into the exhaust passage, and a low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation apparatus that removes some of the exhaust gas from downstream of the filter as EGR gas. An EGR rate is controlled taking into account the amount of fuel supplied by the fuel adding valve such that an oxygen concentration of intake gas, which is drawn into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine in a state in which the EGR gas that is introduced by the low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation apparatus is mixed with air introduced into an intake passage, is constant before and after fuel is supplied by the fuel adding valve. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211294 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention provides a control device that is used with an internal combustion engine and capable of achieving a target torque with high accuracy and without being affected by EGR. A target torque setup device sets a target torque for the internal combustion engine. A target EGR rate setup device sets a target EGR rate. A target torque correction device and calculates a correction factor for correcting the influence of EGR on torque in accordance with the target EGR rate and an air amount, and corrects the target torque with the correction factor. A target air amount calculation device calculates a target air amount from the corrected target torque. A controller controls the operations of a plurality of actuators for adjusting an in-cylinder air amount and EGR rate in accordance with the target air amount calculated from the corrected target torque and with the target EGR rate. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211297 | COORDINATION OF VARIABLE CAM TIMING AND VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT ENGINE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for operating an internal combustion engine including a variable cam timing (VCT) mechanism in cooperation with a plurality of deactivatable cylinders, each cylinder with a plurality of cylinder valves. One example method comprises, operating at a first cylinder valve timing before a transition of reactivating deactivated cylinders, and, before the transition, advancing cylinder valve timing from the first valve timing, where after the transition the cylinder valve timing remains at a second valve timing, the second valve timing advanced relative to the first valve timing. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211307 | Method of Storing the Position of a Parked Vehicle and Navigation Device Arranged for That - The present invention relates to a navigation device comprising a processor unit ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100211308 | IDENTIFYING INTERESTING LOCATIONS - Interesting location identification embodiments are presented that generally involve identifying and providing the interesting locations found in a given geospatial region. This is accomplished by modeling the location histories of multiple individuals who traveled through the region of interest, and identifying interesting locations in the region based on the number of individuals visiting a location weighted in terms of the travel experience of those individuals. A prescribed number of the top most interesting locations in a specified region can be provided upon request. In addition, prescribed numbers of the top most popular travel sequences through the interesting locations and the top most experienced travelers in the specified region can be provided as well. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211311 | Method for Updating Map Data of a Navigation Device and Related Device - A method for updating map data of a navigation device includes forming a keypad, and recording information of a current position of the navigation device when the keypad is triggered. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211312 | Routing Optimization System and Method - A system and method for flight planning determines an optimal route by considering a region of operation for an aircraft in a flight segment, dividing the region into subregions; estimating a minimum cost to traverse each subregion, determining the optimal route based on the sum of the estimates. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211316 | HIGHLY INTEGRATED GPS, GALILEO AND INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The navigation system described here utilizes GPS and Galileo satellite signals combined with Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), where a Coupled Antenna (CAN) provides both GNSS and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) data to a Highly Integrated GNSS-Inertial (Hi-Gi) receiver. Such receiver makes use of a high fidelity relation between GNSS unprocessed Correlator Output (COUT) I and Q data and the user trajectory, and inertial sensor data, which in turn are combined within a Kalman Filter (KF). The KF determines the navigation solution that is also used to provide feedback to the receiver demodulation signal processing stage, thus eliminating the need of dedicated structures such as Delayed Locked Loops (DLL) and Phase Locked Loops (PLL), allowing a significant improvement in navigation performance. The improvement allows this system to provide high quality measurements and operate in circumstances where usual techniques are not usable; for example during satellite signal interruption due to obstruction, or in very high dynamics or even in attenuated signal environments, due to, for example, the canopy of trees. The KF also makes use of particular Galileo signal characteristics, lock detectors and Coupled Antenna that allow the system to operate in such environments. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211322 | INTERPOLATING A PRESSURE WAVEFIELD ALONG AN UNDERSAMPLED DIRECTION - A technique includes receiving seismic data acquired in a seismic survey. The survey has an associated undersampled direction, and the seismic data contains samples, which are indicative of a pressure wavefield and a directional derivative of the pressure wavefield that contains information related to vertical variations. The technique includes relating the samples to the pressure wavefield or to the directional derivative of the pressure wavefield using at least one linear filter and based on the relationship, constructing a substantially unaliased continuous representation of the pressure wavefield or the directional derivative of the pressure wavefield along the undersampled direction. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211327 | Methods and Systems for Viral Diagnosis - Methods, apparatus, and software for identifying sets of genomic oligonucleotides that identify a viral family and for determining sets of probes and primers that can be used to identify members of viral families in a sample are provided. In one embodiment, the method of the present invention includes normalizing viral genomic oligonucleotide sequence data from at least one viral family, and identifying at least one oligonucleotide sequence that is unique to each viral family. An array of the identified oligonucleotide sequences is made. Primers provided by the present invention are used to amplify viral family genomic sequences in a biological sample of interest, and probes provided using the present invention, e.g., attached to an array or biochip, are then used to detect the presence of the corresponding virus(es) present in the sample by hybridization. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211335 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus of the present invention includes an HDD status monitoring part | 2010-08-19 |
20100211341 | BATTERY PACK AND DETECTION METHOD - A battery pack includes: a plurality of batteries; a detection section to measure a voltage of each of the plurality of batteries to obtain a voltage variation of each of the plurality of batteries at different lapse times and compare the obtained voltage variations to thus detect whether at least one of the plurality of batteries has been replaced; and a controller to disable, when a result of the detection by the detection section indicates that at least one of the plurality of batteries has been replaced, a use of the plurality of batteries. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211342 | Current Generating Device for the Generation and Simultaneous Monitoring of a Measuring Current - The generation and monitoring of a load-independent output current for a level meter, pressure gauge, flowmeter or evaluation device are described. A current that is equal or unequal to the measuring current, but inverted relative thereto, can be generated continuously or within certain time intervals in a switching circuit that is realized independently of the network generating the measuring current. The generated current can be fed into the measuring circuit at a comparison point and added. The compensation principle makes it possible to determine whether the measuring current corresponds to the nominal value, wherein a testing current is fed into the first electric circuit by means of a second switching circuit that contains a second current source. A certain expectancy value of a voltage to be tapped can be calculated in dependence on the testing current being fed in and the nominal value. If the measured voltage deviates from the expectancy value, a deviation of the measuring current from the nominal value is detected and can be output for a user. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211344 | Method for calibrating and/or correcting a display device having a needle, the needle being able to move in rotation about an axis of rotation - The present invention relates to a method and/or for correcting a display device having a needle, the needle being able to move in rotation about an axis of rotation and the needle being driven by means of a stepping motor, the calibration method comprising several measurements of differences between a value displayed and a value to be displayed, and a computation of a correction value as a function of the differences. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211348 | Method and apparatus for locating a fault in an electrical conductor, with interference compensation - A voltage pulse is transmitted into a test object, and returned reflection pulses are evaluated to determine the location of a fault in the test object. The return signal includes a reflection from the fault and undesired interfering reflection pulses, which are removed or compensated-out from the return signal to produce a corrected pulse diagram. A circuit arrangement for this includes a bi-directional coupler, a separation filter, a measured signal detection circuit with two input channels, a memory storing a database, a computer processor, and a measured signal evaluation unit. A method in this regard includes a first step of measuring the input impedance of the test object, and a second step of measuring the return signal pulses, transforming the return signal to the frequency domain, compensating the frequency domain data to remove interference, transforming the data back to the time domain, and representing or evaluating the pulse diagram. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211353 | REGISTERING UNIT FOR RECORDING INPUT SIGNALS CAUSED BY MECHANICAL ACTION ON SAID UNIT, AND METHOD FOR RECORDING MEASURED VALUES AND PROCESSING SIGNALS - The object of the invention of developing a three-dimensional flexible registering unit which can measure mechanical operations in the region at any desired positions over a defined length is achieved by virtue of the fact that said registering unit is in the form of a cable and comprises, in the three-dimensional extent, a flexible protective sleeve and two coaxially arranged conductor tracks, wherein one conductor track surrounds the other conductor track, and one of the conductor tracks is used as a measuring electrode and the other conductor track is in the form of an electrical resistor and has a voltage gradient, and a dielectric which electrically separates the two conductor tracks from one another in the quiescent state and enables punctiform or areal contact between the two conductor tracks when a mechanical force acts from the outside is situated between the two conductor tracks, and a measured value recording and evaluation unit which is suitable for determining a change in voltage or resistance triggered by operating the registering unit with a contact-pressure force vector is provided. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211359 | Transmit Power Scaling Method and System to Detect Occurrences Using Geographically Distributed Sensors - Sensors within sensor node networks may communicate bio-event or other types of measurement results/decisions between each other using signal transmission variations. Each sensor node within a network and between networks may transmit and receive signals. A sensor node may scale a signal transmission power in a manner that is proportional to a confidence level of a decision or measurement about an event being detected. Each sensor node will receive transmissions from neighboring nodes, and can refine an estimate about an occurrence of the event at its location based on received signal strengths, for example. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211360 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE GEOMETRY OF A LAST FOR CUSTOMISED FOOTWEAR - A method for calculating the geometry of a last for customised footwear includes the following steps: collection in a data base of 3D models of lasts, creation of a grid of lasts having different measurements in terms of length and of fitting, acquisition of a 3D model of a foot, identification of a sub-set of at least two lasts having measurement parameters close to those of the foot, deformation of the 3D model of the foot to follow the course of the 3D last model, identification of some areas of interest of the 3D model of the foot, deformation of the 3D model of each of the lasts selected in the areas of interest so as to compensate for differences between the 3D model of the last and the 3D model of the foot and selection, on the basis of the residual errors, of the final last to be reproduced. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTEGRATING SUBTERRANEAN COMPUTER MODELS FOR OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION - The invention provides a system and method for integrating petroleum system and geomechanical computer models for use in oil and gas exploration. In one embodiment, the invention provides a petroleum system model capable of analyzing data relating to a subterranean formation and calculating the geometry and geochemistry of each layer of the formation through geologic time. The present invention also provides a geomechanical model in communication with the petroleum system model such that information concerning each layer of the subterranean formation may be shared and cross-referenced as an iterative operation prior to the analysis of subsequent layers. At each step of the iterative operation, results are calculated, validated, and cross-referenced in order to produce improved reliability estimates of petroleum charge and mechanical seal integrity for the subterranean formation. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211368 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND MEDIA FOR SIMULATING CONTACT SCENARIOS - Embodiments of the invention provide methods enabling reliable simulation of objects in contact scenarios. Embodiments of the invention utilize methods providing three parameter-independent guarantees. According to embodiments of the invention, simulations of well-posed problems: have no interpenetrations; obey causality, momentum and energy conservation laws; and complete in finite time. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211369 | SIMPLIFIED DATA SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR DIAGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT LANGUAGES - A computer-implemented method may include defining an input bus signal in a graphical block diagram model by associating the input bus signal with a first group of signals, at least two of the first group of signals having a different data type; defining an output bus signal in the graphical block diagram model by associating the second bus signal with a second group of signals, each of the second group of signals corresponding to one of the first group of signals; defining an input to a non-virtual operation block in the graphical block diagram model as the input bus signal; defining an output to the non-virtual operation block in the graphical block diagram as the output bus signal; and simulating an operation performed on the input bus signal by the non-virtual operation block, the operation being performed on each of the first group of signals and output to each of the second group of signals. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211374 | SIMPLIFIED DATA SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR DIAGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT LANGUAGES - A computer-implemented method may include defining an input bus signal in a graphical block diagram model by associating the input bus signal with a first group of signals, at least two of the first group of signals having a different data type; defining an output bus signal in the graphical block diagram model by associating the second bus signal with a second group of signals, each of the second group of signals corresponding to one of the first group of signals; defining an input to a non-virtual operation block in the graphical block diagram model as the input bus signal; defining an output to the non-virtual operation block in the graphical block diagram as the output bus signal; and simulating an operation performed on the input bus signal by the non-virtual operation block, the operation being performed on each of the first group of signals and output to each of the second group of signals. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211380 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit acquiring text data as data associated with plural contents; a separating unit separating the text data acquired by the acquiring means into words of a predetermined unit in accordance with attributes; a comparing unit calculating a correspondence length indicating the number of words which continuously correspond to each other in order of the attributes between the text data, by comparing the words, which are separated by the separating means, between the text data of the plural contents; a calculating unit calculating a similarity degree score indicating a similarity degree between the contents corresponding to the text data on the basis of the correspondence length obtained by the comparing means; and a display controlling unit controlling displaying outlines of the plural contents on the basis of the similarity degree score between a predetermined content and another content among the plural contents. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211381 | System and Method of Creating and Using Compact Linguistic Data - A system and method of creating and using compact linguistic data are provided. Frequencies of words appearing in a corpus are calculated. Each unique character in the words is mapped to a character index, and characters in the words are replaced with the character indexes. Sequences of characters are mapped to substitution indexes, and the sequences of characters in the words are replaced with the substitution indexes. The words are grouped by common prefixes, and each prefix is mapped to location information for the group of words which start with the prefix. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211384 | Pitch detection method and apparatus - A pitch detection method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: performing pitch detection on an input signal in a signal domain, and obtaining a candidate pitch; performing linear prediction (LP) on the input signal, and obtaining an LP residual signal; setting a candidate pitch range that includes the candidate pitch; searching the candidate pitch range for the LP residual signal, and obtaining a selected pitch. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211395 | Method and System for Speech Intelligibility Measurement of an Audio Transmission System - Method and processing system for measuring the intelligibility of a degraded output signal (Y(t)) from an audio transmission system ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100211397 | FACIAL EXPRESSION REPRESENTATION APPARATUS - An avatar facial expression representation technology is provided. The avatar facial expression representation technology estimates changes in emotion and emphasis in a user's voice from vocal information, and changes in mouth shape of the user from pronunciation information of the voice. The avatar facial expression technology tracks a user's facial movements and changes in facial expression from image information and may represent avatar facial expressions based on the result of the these operations. Accordingly, the avatar facial expressions can be obtained which are similar to actual facial expressions of the user. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211398 | VECTOR QUANTIZER, VECTOR INVERSE QUANTIZER, AND THE METHODS - A vector quantizer which improves the accuracy of vector quantization in switching over a vector quantization codebook on a first stage depending on the type of feature having the correlation with a quantization target vector. In the vector quantizer, a classifier ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100211399 | Spectral Translation/Folding in the Subband Domain - The present invention relates to a new method and apparatus for improvement of High Frequency Reconstruction (HFR) techniques using frequency translation or folding or a combination thereof. The proposed invention is applicable to audio source coding systems, and offers significantly reduced computational complexity. This is accomplished by means of frequency translation or folding in the subband domain, preferably integrated with spectral envelope adjustment in the same domain. The concept of dissonance guard-band filtering is further presented. The proposed invention offers a low-complexity, intermediate quality HFR method useful in speech and natural audio coding applications. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211404 | Methods and Systems for Real-Time RRi Values PD2i of Heartbeat Intervals - Biological outcomes are detected and/or predicted by analyzing biological data containing R-R intervals (RRi). The biological data can be analyzed by performing nonlinear analysis. The biological data can be analyzed when there is minimal noise in the data. The noise in the biological data is minimal before the data is converted to real-time or after the data has been manipulated. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING USERS WITH A SERVICE PROVIDER, PROGRAM, OR PROGRAM SITE BASED ON DETAILED ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA - A system and method for matching a user with service providers, at least one program offered by a service provider, and/or a program site for a program is provided. A user is prequalified if the user's profile satisfies acceptance criteria established for the service providers, at least one program offered by a service provider, and/or a program site. Once the user is prequalified, the user is given information to allow them to inform themselves about available service providers, programs offered by the service providers, or program sites and connect with the service provider, program, or program site. The present invention also envisions providing information about a user to at least one service provider, program offered by a service provider, or program site when the user satisfies specific acceptance criteria. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211419 | Systems and Methods to Present Travel Options - Systems and methods to present travel options in response to a search request. In one aspect, after a computer system receives a search request from a user, the computer system determines a plurality of travel options in response to the search request. The computer system then presents the travel options using a chart having a dimension graphically representing travel times of the travel options, such as in a Gantt chart with a graphical timescale, which may have a representation of an analog clock. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211420 | CONVERTING COMMAND UNITS INTO WORKFLOW ACTIVITIES - One or more available command units can be represented with a computer output device. The available command units can be command units from one or more snapins, such as one or more snapins that include command units to be run with a shell application. User input can be received from an input device, the user input selecting one or more selected command units of the available command units. In response to the user input, source code can be automatically generated from the one or more command units, and the source code can be automatically compiled to generate one or more workflow activities. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211428 | Automated Customer Service Matching Methodology - Described herein is a method and apparatus for providing an automated customer service matching system. The customer service system matches customer services requests with employee profiles. The customer service system provides a graphical user interface for monitor the management of customer service requests. The customer service system also includes a process for registering employees and creating employee profiles, as well as a system for registering customers and creating or matching a customer with the customer profile. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND MAINTAINING ABRASIVE BLASTING MACHINES - A system and method for managing abrasive blasting may include timing duration of blast media being blown in performing abrasive blasting using an abrasive blasting machine. Time duration that an operator worked in association with the duration of the blast media being blown may be received. A blasting efficiency ratio may be computed based on the duration of the blasting media being blown and duration of that the operator worked. The blasting efficiency ratio may be displayed to a user. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211430 | MONITORING OF VEHICLE CONDITIONS UTILIZING CELLULAR BROADCASTS - This document describes, among other things, a systems and methods for monitoring vehicle conditions via cellular networks. | 2010-08-19 |
20100211437 | Method and Device for Determining a Contact Point in Time for Contacting a Money Transfer System - The invention relates to devices and methods for determining a contact point in time for contacting a money transfer system, which comprise a data processing system to which data with information on the variation with time of the demand for supplying money to the money transfer system ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100211438 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYBACK OF AN ELECTRONIC FILE - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for facilitating online storage of files (e.g., audio tracks, video, etc.) for playback/access or sale/exchange by the owners of the files without violating copyrights that copyright holders have in the files. For example, by providing a playback service that does not store additional versions of an audio file when the file is transmitted to, and immediately played on, a user device without buffering, the present invention avoids violating copyright laws by not making copies of the file. Numerous other aspects are disclosed. | 2010-08-19 |