34th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130218273 | TENDON REPAIR - An assembly is described for repairing torn tendons by reattaching them to a bone, in particular although not exclusively for repairing a torn rotator cuff tendon, which allows for reduction of the gap between the tendon and the humerus by pushing the tendon onto its attachment site. Also described is a method of repairing a torn rotator cuff tendon by pushing it onto its attachment site and suturing through the humeral head. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218274 | SHREDDED TISSUE GRAFTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Described herein are shredded tissue grafts composed of one or more placental components. The compositions have numerous medical applications with respect to wound healing and complications associated with wound healing. Methods for making the shredded tissue graft compositions are also described herein. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218275 | ELASTOMERIC ARTIFICIAL JOINTS AND INTERVERTEBRAL PROSTHESIS SYSTEMS - An elastomeric artificial joint and prosthesis system combining motion preservation and shock absorption through the interaction of core and endplate components. The core is comprised of: a “hub” having congruent concavity with the endplate surface allowing for rotation, translation, flexion and extension, orbital, lateral bending, and compression motion similar to that of a joint or natural intervertebral disc; a “flange” attached to the hub and able to move congruently with the hub, and having negative spaces providing an internal structure for an elastomer; and a bio-compatible elastomer casted around and through the flange providing shock absorption. The endplate has a low-friction surface and engages the elastomer, and a structural component that engages the vertebral endplate or bone surface. The device has medical applications such as in total joint arthroplasty, disc replacement, and industrial applications such as in robotics that are modeled to move similar to human anatomical motion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218276 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT WITH IMPROVED FASTENING SYSTEM FOR THE FIXING PLATE - An Intervertebral implant ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218277 | INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE - Devices for fixing interbody fusion devices to bone by helically or corkscrew-shaped elements are provided. Methods for surgically implanting an interbody fusion device using helically-shaped fixation wire are provided. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218278 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPINAL INTERBODY FUSION - A system, device and method for performing a spinal interbody fusion is disclosed. The spinal fusion device may include a container that is placed in a prepared intervertebral cavity and then filled with a plurality of individual pieces or beads of PEEK or other biocompatible non-biologic material to provide mechanical support between the adjacent vertebra, and to distract the adjacent vertebrae and promote fusion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218279 | PUSH-IN INTERBODY SPINAL FUSION IMPLANTS FOR USE WITH SELF-LOCKING SCREWS - An apparatus including an interbody spinal fusion implant having a leading end, a trailing end, and a length therebetween, and opposed upper and lower portions adapted to contact each of the adjacent vertebral bodies. Each of the upper and lower portions having at least one opening adapted to communicate with one each of the adjacent vertebral bodies and to communicate with one another to permit for the growth of bone from vertebral body to adjacent vertebral body through the implant. Each of the upper and lower portions has at least one screw hole passing therethrough proximate the trailing end. The apparatus further includes bone screws adapted for placement through the screw holes of the upper and lower portions and into each of the adjacent vertebral bodies adjacent the disc space to be fused and into which the implant is adapted to be positioned. At least one lock may be used to prevent the bone screws from backing out of the vertebral bodies and implant. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218280 | COMPOSITE IMPLANT - A composite interbody vertebral implant for facilitating fusion of adjacent vertebrae. The implant includes a first endplate of a porous metal material and a second endplate of a porous metal material which are configured to allow bone in-growth. The implant also includes a polymeric body positioned between and bonded to the first and second endplates such that polymeric material of the polymeric body is impregnated into pores of the first and second endplates to bond the components together. The implant may include a cavity extending through the composite implant configured to receive bone growth material to facilitate fusion between a first vertebra and a second vertebra. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218281 | PRESSURE FORMING OF METAL AND CERAMIC POWDERS - A method of pressure forming a brown part from metal and/or ceramic particle feedstocks includes: introducing into a mold cavity or extruder a first feedstock and one or more additional feedstocks or a green or brown state insert made from a feedstock, wherein the different feedstocks correspond to the different portions of the part; pressurizing the mold cavity or extruder to produce a preform having a plurality of portions corresponding to the first and one or more additional feedstocks, and debinding the preform. Micro voids and interstitial paths from the interior of the preform part to the exterior allow the escape of decomposing or subliming backbone component substantially without creating macro voids due to internal pressure. The large brown preform may then be sintered and subsequently thermomechanically processed to produce a net wrought microstructure and properties that are substantially free the interstitial spaces. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218282 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT FOR BALL AND SOCKET JOINTS AND METHOD OF USE - A hip prosthesis includes an acetabular cup and a femoral component comprising a head and a stem, wherein the stem comprises a truss structure, the truss structure comprising a space truss comprising a plurality of planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes, wherein the web structure is configured to interface with bone tissue. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ASYMMETRICAL TIBIAL COMPONENT - Systems and methods for providing deeper knee flexion capabilities. In some instances, such systems and methods include a tibial component that has an asymmetrical articular plateau that includes a medial tibial condylar surface and a lateral tibial condylar surface. In some cases, at least one of the medial condylar surface and the lateral condylar surface includes a concave articulation surface having a lowest point that disposed from a posterior edge of the tibial component by between about 18% and less than about 35% of a total anteroposterior dimension of the tibial component. Other implementations are also discussed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218284 | TIBIAL BASEPLATE ASSEMBLY FOR KNEE JOINT PROSTHESIS - Apparatus for reconstructing a joint, the apparatus comprising:
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20130218285 | PARTIAL OR COMPLETE PROSTHETIC REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY OF THE DISTAL RADIOLULNAR JOINT - System, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for replacement of at least one surface region of a distal radioulnar joint using at least one prosthesis. In some embodiments, the system may provide restoration of normal, unconstrained biomechanics of the joint, which may preserve rotation and translation and ensure durability of the joint. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218286 | ARTIFICIAL JOINT - An artificial joint comprising a first base element and a second base element that are pivotally connected to an intermediate body. A first protrusion extends from the first base element and is configured to be press-fitted into a screw device that is anchored to a first bone member, and a second protrusion extends from the second base element and is configured to be press-fitted into a screw device that is anchored to a second bone member. A related kit-of-parts is also described. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218287 | Joint Socket and Method for Producing a Joint Socket - The present invention relates to a joint socket ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218288 | DYNAMIC POROUS COATING FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT - A dynamic porous coating for an orthopedic implant, wherein the dynamic porous coating is adapted to apply an expansive force against adjacent bone so as to fill gaps between the dynamic porous coating and adjacent bone and to create an interference fit between the orthopedic implant and the adjacent bone. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218289 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING PREPAREDNESS OF THE UTERUS FOR DELIVERY - The invention is directed to an endoluminal device ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218290 | REVISION HIP PROSTHESIS HAVING AN IMPLANTABLE DISTAL STEM COMPONENT - A modular femoral prosthesis for use during performance of a hip revision procedure includes a proximal body component, a distal stem component, and a locking bolt. Surgical instruments and methods for use in implanting such a modular femoral prosthesis are disclosed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218291 | PLGA/HA HYDROXYAPATITE COMPOSITE BONE GRAFTS AND METHOD OF MAKING - The present invention involves tissue engineering constructs made from a new composite bone graft material made from biocompatible poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and bioceramic particles exposed on its surface using a gas foaming particle leaching (GF/PL) method and infused with collagen. Methods and apparatus for of forming scaffolds are also disclosed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218292 | IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method for producing an implant and the implant itself, particularly an intraluminal endoprosthesis, wherein the implant is produced from a preferably hollow cylindrical semifinished article ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218293 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A medical instrument includes a handpiece, a tank portion configured to house a fluid, a suction/discharge unit configured to change a volume or pressure of an inside of the tank portion to suction the fluid into the tank portion or discharge the fluid from the tank portion, and an operating unit providing a member different from the suction/discharge unit and configured to operate the suction/discharge unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218294 | Plasticized Bone and Soft Tissue Grafts and Methods of Making and Using Same - The present invention provides a plasticized dehydrated or freeze-dried bone and/or soft tissue product that does not require special conditions of storage, for example refrigeration or freezing, exhibits materials properties that approximate those properties present in normal hydrated tissue, is not brittle, does not necessitate rehydration prior to clinical implantation and is not a potential source for disease transmission. The invention replaces water in the molecular structure of the bone or soft tissue matrix with one or more plasticizers allowing for dehydration of the tissue, yet not resulting in an increase in brittleness of the plasticized product, and resulting in compressive and/or tensile properties similar to those of normal hydrated bone. Replacement of the chemical plasticizers by water prior to implantation is not required and thus, the dehydrated bone or soft tissue plasticized product can be placed directly into an implant site without significant preparation in the operating room. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218295 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAIT DEVICES - Methods for controlling gait devices include measuring kinematic and/or loading states of limb or robotic segments; conditioning the resulting state measurement by any combination or order of integration, differentiation, filtering, and amplification; transforming conditioned state measurements by coordinate transformation; optionally conditioning the transformed state measurements a second time in a manner similar to the first conditioning step; and using the transformed or conditioned transformed state measurements as independent variables in a predetermined reference function to calculate a desired reference command for any number of actuators. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218296 | ADJUSTABLE PROSTHETIC SOCKET AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM - The present disclosure is directed towards a socket and suspension system that offers the user increased ease of donning the prosthesis, volume adjustability, and improved circulation. The prosthetic includes a socket and liner. The socket and liner can be custom made for the amputee or prefabricated. The liner acts as an interface between the custom socket and the amputee's residual limb. Moving fluid in or out of the area between the liner and the socket causes the liner to push away from the socket wall or pull into the socket wall thereby changing the volume inside the socket. Moving the liner closer to the socket wall enlarges the volume inside the socket making it easier for the patient to put on the prosthetic. The socket and suspension system can include a pump which can manually or automatically adjust the volume inside the socket and suspension of the prosthesis. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218297 | PROSTHETIC FOOT SHELL ENABLING RAPID CONVERSION BETWEEN SHOE AND BAREFOOT WALKING - An easily removable/rapidly replaceable foot shell device for a prosthetic leg, and method for using the device. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of foot shell devices, often with at least differing heel heights adjusted for barefoot walking, or for use with shoes with different heel heights, will be provided. The devices are designed to allow an average adult to remove a foot shell and replace a foot shell within a short span of time, such as under two minutes. Such a plurality of devices can help a prosthetic leg user avoid prosthetic leg mal-adjustment problems such as hyperextended knee pressure or prosthetic posterior lean. The devices can also adjust the height of the prosthetic foot to compensate for the missing elevation caused by a missing shoe when walking barefoot. The device may be further configured with one or more fasteners to facilitate rapid application and removal. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218298 | PROSTHETIC FOOT - The invention relates to a prosthetic foot with a base spring ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218299 | MCP Scheduling For Parallelization Of LAD/FBD Control Program In Multi-Core PLC - A compiler and method for parallelizing automatic control programs, wherein the method is applied to a Multi-Core Programmable Logic Controller (M-PLC) that includes multiple cores. The method includes the steps of dividing a serial automatic control program to be executed by the M-PLC into multiple program blocks, mapping the automatic control program to a parallelization model using the multiple program blocks, performing parallelization scheduling for the multiple program blocks according to the parallelization model to allocate respective multiple program blocks to the multiple cores of the M-PLC, converting each respective program block allocated to each core into respective machine codes, and downloading the machine codes to the multiple cores for their respective execution. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218300 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - In a method for operating an automation system having a first central unit and a second central unit connected with one another for communication and several automation devices connected for communication to the second central unit, information relating to a plurality of communication channels arranged between the second central unit and a respective automation device is compiled in a communication data record, and information relating to communication relationships with the plurality of communication channels and the respective automation device that can be accessed via the plurality of communication channels is automatically transmitted to the first central unit, based on a communication data record. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218301 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO APPLY MULTIPLE TRIP LIMITS TO A DEVICE IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus to apply multiple trip limits to a device in a process control system are disclosed. An example method involves monitoring a value of a parameter associated with the operation of the device and receiving an input indicative of an operational state of the device, where a first input indicates a first operational state and a second input indicates a second operational state. If the first input is received, comparing via a function block the value of the parameter to a first trip limit, and if the second input is received, comparing via the function block the value of the parameter to a second trip limit, and implementing a response based on the comparison. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218302 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONFIGUATION - A device including a controller; and a communication interface coupled to the controller and configured to be coupled to a control system including a plurality of control system components where each control system component configured to include an associated configuration. The controller is configured to identify a configuration of the control system through the communication interface, and the configuration of the control system includes the configurations associated with the control system components. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218303 | Methods and Systems for Machine-Related Information Delivery - Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for training, maintenance, trouble-shooting and repair of machinery and equipment. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218304 | ULTRA-PRECISION POSITION CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND ATTITUDE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A 6-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM STAGE THEREOF - A method of determining and controlling position and attitude information associated with a 6-degree-of-freedom stage includes: receiving, from a plurality of sensors associated with the 6-degree-of-freedom stage, displacement information associated with the 6-degree-of-freedom stage. A plurality of equations associated with the plurality of sensors are determined by a control unit based on the displacement information to represent an amount of change in position and attitude associated with each measurement axis of each of the plurality of sensors. The control unit determines position information and attitude information associated with the 6-degree-of-freedom stage using the equations. Movement of the 6-degree-of-freedom stage is caused, at least in part, to be controlled based on the position information, the attitude information, or both the position information and the attitude information. Three coordinate values associated with each valid measurement point of each of the plurality of sensors are associated with at least one degree of freedom. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218305 | Asynchronous Control of Machine Motion - A method of machine control can include providing at least a system master signal, selectively synchronizing at least sub-system master signal to the system master signal based on the value of the system master signal, and carrying out at least one operation based on the value of the other master signal. For example, a machine controller may provide a system virtual master signal and synchronize one or more module virtual master signals to the system virtual master based on the system virtual master count value. One or more components of the module may operate based on the count value of the module virtual master signal. The use of an asynchronous control method may advantageously increase the flexibility of the machine. Because the operation of the components of the machine may depend on respective virtual master signals, a machine using asynchronous control methods may advantageously continue operating one component or module in the event of a fault involving other components. Additionally, component operation can be redefined while other components of the machine continue to run. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218306 | Method and Automation System for Replacing an Existing Control Device in an Automation System with a New Control Device and Automation System Designed for this Purpose - In an automation system, a control device processes measured values received from automation components and generates control values for the, or for individual, automation components and/or other automation components. In order to shorten down times when replacing an existing control device, the new control device is tested during operation of the existing control device, for which purpose the measured values and control values are wirelessly transmitted to the new control device and the control values generated by the device are compared to the control values generated by the existing control device. After the test, the control values generated by the new control device are output to the automation components instead of the control values generated by the existing control device. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218307 | METHOD FOR DEBUGGING OF PROCESS OR MANUFACTURING PLANT SOLUTIONS COMPRISING MULTIPLE SUB-SYSTEMS - An exemplary method and a system for debugging a control system of an industrial plant where the system includes at least two different control sub-systems, of the same or different control equipment type, on plant or sub-system level, and has specific programmable controller units in devices like PLCs, DCSs, robots, drives, instruments and/or other process specific components whereas all specified parameters and signals of the control system across its sub-systems, devices, and technologies are extracted and visualized on a single sight and are utilized for the definition of system wide breakpoints, utilizing a subset of those signals or parameters, and related conditions, e.g. logical combinations of the signals or parameters. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218308 | Batting Simulator System - In response to detecting a user hitting a pitched ball, a batting simulator system is configured to provide data such as batting average, slugging percentage, and exit ball velocity and distance in real-time. Furthermore, the batting simulator system can both display a trajectory of the hit ball in a virtual stadium and provide the results of the ball hit (e.g., groundout, double, home run, etc.) in real-time. The batting simulator system can store and later output these results to the player to allow the player or a coach to identify hitting tendencies and optimize swing mechanics over the course of one hitting session or over an entire season. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218309 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING USER FITNESS BY TRACKING ACTIVITY TIME - The present invention is and includes an apparatus, system and method of providing a schedule for improving fitness of a user by tracking activity time. The apparatus, system and method may include at least one user interface suitable for accepting a plurality of user information regarding the user; at least one database including a plurality of exercise activities coded at least by time; a matching engine suitable for selecting a fitness program including ones of the plurality of exercise activities matched, correspondent to the respective coded times, to the plurality of user information; and an electronic calendar of the fitness program suitable for receiving updates from the user regarding completion of the coded times for each of the matched ones of the exercise activities of the fitness program. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218310 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - In one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for utilizing an athlete development system, the method comprises receiving an application to access the system from an athlete and storing the application in an athlete database; conducting an athlete evaluation, the athlete evaluation comprising at least one of a mental skills assessment of the athlete, an assessment of past performance of the athlete, or an evaluation of the marketability of the athlete; allowing an administrator to grant access to the system to the athlete based on the results of the athlete evaluation and the application; enabling a mentoring module for the athlete, the mentoring module comprising at least one of mental skill mentoring or life coach mentoring; and enabling a fan base forum module adapted to enable a fan to engage the athlete within the system. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218311 | DEVICE FOR RECORDING PARAMETERS OF A GOLF GAME - A hand held device ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218312 | BASEBALL EVENT OUTCOME PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A computer-implemented method of predicting outcomes of hypothetical events which can occur during a game of baseball, includes: accumulating and storing in a computer memory a statistical database of the cumulative effects of latency and engrams specific to an individual batter having individual batter capabilities and an individual pitcher having individual pitcher capabilities; selecting a pitch, by a user, from amongst pitches compatible with the individual pitcher capabilities; selecting a swing, by a user, from amongst swings compatible with the individual batter capabilities; computing in a computer processor a statistical performance of the individual pitcher of the selected pitch; computing in a computer processor a statistical performance of the individual batter of the selected swing; and matching in a computer processor the statistical performance of the individual pitcher with the statistical performance of the individual batter so as to compute an outcome. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218313 | WATERMARK DECODER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BINARY MESSAGE DATA - A watermark decoder includes a time-frequency-domain representation provider, a memory unit, a synchronization determiner and a watermark extractor. The time-frequency-domain representation provider provides a frequency-domain representation of the watermarked signal for a plurality of time blocks. The memory unit stores the frequency-domain representation of the watermarked signal for a plurality of time blocks. Further, the synchronization determiner identifies an alignment time block based on the frequency-domain representation of the watermarked signal of a plurality of time blocks. The watermark extractor provides binary message data based on stored frequency-domain representations of the watermarked signal of time blocks temporally preceding the identified alignment time block considering a distance to the identified alignment time block. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218314 | WATERMARK SIGNAL PROVISION AND WATERMARK EMBEDDING - A watermark signal provider provides a watermark signal suitable for being hidden in an audio signal when the watermark signal is added to the audio signal, such that the watermark signal represents watermark data. The watermark signal provider includes a psychoacoustical processor for determining a masking threshold of the audio signal; and a modulator for generating the watermark signal from a superposition of sample-shaping functions spaced apart from each other at a sample time interval of a time-discrete representation of the watermark data, each sample-shaping function being amplitude-weighted with a respective sample of the time-discrete representation, multiplied by a respective amplitude weight depending on the masking threshold, the modulator being configured such that the sample time interval is shorter than a time extension of the sample-shaping functions; and the respective amplitude weight also depends on samples of the time-discrete representation neighboring the respective sample in time. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218315 | METHOD FOR RECORDING AND REPLAYING OPERATIONS IN A COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT USING INITIAL CONDITIONS - A method for recording and replaying operations in a computer environment utilizes initial conditions of the computer environment at the start of a recording to configure a replay computer environment during replay. The initial conditions of the computer environment are saved prior to recording of user inputs to the computer environment. The saved initial conditions and the recorded user inputs can then be used to actively operate the replay computer environment from a state substantially identical to the initial state of the computer environment to replay the recorded operations in the replay computer environment. The method also includes a technique to synchronize the operations with accompanying audio during replay. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218316 | ENDPOINT DETECTOR FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING STATION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A semiconductor processing apparatus includes a semiconductor processing station for a semiconductor wafer, and an endpoint detector associated with the semiconductor processing station. The endpoint detector includes a non-contact probe configured to probe the semiconductor wafer, an optical transmitter configured to transmit an optical signal to the non-contact probe, and an optical receiver configured to receive a reflected optical signal from the non-contact probe. The controller controls the semiconductor processing station based on the reflected optical signal. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218317 | Monitoring acceptance criteria of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes - Methods of monitoring acceptance criteria of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes are disclosed herein. The methods described herein provide an ability to control and monitor pharmaceutical manufacturing processes (for example, finishing and packaging of pharmaceuticals) and can ensure data and product integrity and ultimately minimize overall manufacturing cost. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218318 | System for Creating Sports Themed Jigsaw Puzzles and Method of Manufacture - Disclosed is a sports themed jigsaw puzzle method of manufacture and system therefor, wherein a jigsaw puzzle is created relating to a chosen sports team, player, league, or event that is of interest to an end user or customer. The method involves choosing a sports theme, compiling sports data for the given theme, creating a layout using the data, and transferring the layout from a digital format to a physical medium for fabrication of a jigsaw puzzle board using suitable manufacturing processes. The system elements allow the method to be deployed by a designer working for a manufacturer, or alternatively accept input directly from the consumer over a web user interface, whereby the consumer chooses existing puzzle layouts, requests new or unique layouts, or creates a unique and personalized layout to be made by the manufacturer. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218319 | METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE - An electronic control system is programmed to control movement of a cutting tool relative to a rotating workpiece. After engagement of the stock, the tool is controlled to follow a curved path until the cutting surface of the tool reaches a predetermined depth of cut in the stock. The tool is then controlled to follow a straight/linear path, with the cutting surface of the tool engaged with the stock at said predetermined depth of cut. The control system varies the feed rate as the tool rolls into cut along a known path of curvature, to control the thickness of the material which is removed as the tool rolls into cut, e.g. to induce fracture as the material begins to coil. The feed rate as the tool rolls into cut is programmed to vary in relation to an arc of engagement between a cutting surface of the cutting tool and the stock into which the cutting tool is being moved. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING CUTTING QUALITY - Provided is a method for maintaining cutting quality in which a work surface can be reliably maintained at a predetermined hardness or less regardless of a disturbance during cutting. The method includes a data-acquiring step of acquiring, as a target cutting resistance, the cutting resistance of a machining tool ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218321 | LASER MACHINING APPARATUS AND LASER MACHINING CONTROL DEVICE - The laser machining apparatus includes a transmission fiber that transmits laser light emitted from a laser oscillator through the fiber, a machining head that emits the laser light, which is sent from the transmission fiber, vertically to a main surface of a machining object and sends reflected light, which is reflected coaxially with the laser light by the machining object, to the transmission fiber, a reflected light monitoring unit that detects a reflected light intensity of the reflected light sent from the transmission fiber, and a control device that controls the laser oscillator and the machining head, in which the control device includes a determining unit that, at a time when laser machining is started, determines whether the machining object corresponds to a machining condition or not in laser machining on the basis of the reflected light intensity. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218322 | ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR STEERING A MACHINE TOOL - The invention relates to systems for steering machine tools and in particular to systems that display information to an operator of the machine tool. Such a system comprises a manually controlled cutting tool. The system receives data that defines a model of a desired cut to be made on a workpiece by the cutting tool. The system receives further data related to the current position of the cutting tool in, at least, two dimensions. A processor generates from the received data a display. The display shows the desired cut to be made and a cutting tool icon at the current position of the cutting tool relative to the desired cut. The display also shows an indication of the current error between either the current position, or direction of travel, of the cutting tool and the desired cut. An operator does not need to look at the workpiece, a drawing and the Digital Read Out simultaneously as with existing systems. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218323 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER WITH MACHINING CURVE CREATING FUNCTION - Provided is a numerical controller having a machining curve creating function. A command point sequence is divided into a plurality of segments and a segment curve corresponding to each segment command point sequence is created. The segment curve is created so that a distance of the segment curve from the segment command point sequence is within a permissible value set in advance, and the maximum number of command points are included between a starting point and an ending point of the segment command point sequence. This process of segment curve creation is repetitively executed from the starting point to the ending point of the command point sequence to create a machining curve. Subsequently, the machining curve is interpolated and drive axes of a machine tool are moved to the interpolated positions on the machining curve. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218324 | ARTICLE ASSEMBLING DEVICE USING ROBOT - An assembling device which does not use a positioning device for articles to be assembled, nor a feeder mechanism and a pneumatic mechanism for a bolt for assembling. The article assembling device includes a first robot which takes out and aligns a bolt by using a detection result of a first camera; a second robot which grips a first article by using a detection result of a second camera and conveys the first article to a position where the first article can be attached to a second article; and a bolt holding and fastening section which fastens the articles by using the aligned bolt. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218325 | Integrated Systems Facilitating Wire And Cable Installations - Pulling eyes are provided with integrated wiring systems suitable for installing conductors or cables. The pulling eyes may include body portions that define interior cavities that are sized to snugly engage outside portions of the conductors or cables. The body portions are sized to be deformably crimped onto the outside portions of the conductors or cables. The pulling eyes may also include head portions joined to the body portions, with the head portions defining apertures for receiving a strength member for installing the conductors or cables. These apertures place the interior cavities in communication with the exteriors of the pulling eyes. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218326 | PHARMACY DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for filling a prescription order for a patient includes a plurality of trays each having an RFID tag for storing a unique identifier corresponding to the prescription order, and a plurality of workstations operatively linked to one another, each workstation having an antenna for detecting the unique identifier in one of the plurality of trays, where the detecting is operative to trigger displaying of a profile of at least one prescription item for the corresponding prescription order. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218327 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MAIL ITEMS DURING PROCESSING - The present application relates to a system and related method for processing a mailpiece through the steps associated with its manufacture and post processing. The present system and method allow for mailpiece item tracking data collection at each step in the mailpiece manufacturing and processing. The present system and method allow for the integration of mailpiece item data from a postage device by utilizing information based barcode data included as part of the postage evidence, together with the production and sorting processes. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A PERSONLIZED CONSUMER PRODUCT - A system and method for creating a personalized consumer product are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure enables a user, e.g., a consumer, to customize products containing solids and/or fluids by allowing a server communicating over the global computer network, e.g., the Internet, to provide product preferences of a user to a product or a mixing device, e.g., a product or beverage dispenser. The method for creating a product according to a user's preferences over a network includes the steps identifying a product to a server over the network; identifying a user to the server over the network; retrieving the user's product preferences from a database at the server based on the product's identity and user's identity; transmitting the user's product preferences to the product over the network; and mixing at least one element contained within the product based on the user's product preferences. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218329 | DYNAMIC CRITICAL ACCESS OVERRIDE FOR MEDICATION DISPENSING APPARATUSES - A critical access override list may be generated dynamically based on patient profile information for a single patient or a group of patients. A single patient or group of patients is initially identified. Patient profile information for the patient or group of patients is accessed. The patient profile information is analyzed, and medications are selected for critical access override. The selected medications are added to a critical access override list available to a medication dispensing apparatus to provide quicker access to the medications for emergency situation purposes via critical access override dispensing in which fewer steps are performed than normal medication dispensing events. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218330 | System and Apparatus for Item Management - Item-management systems, apparatus, and methods are described, preferably for management of items such as medicaments. In embodiments, an item-management system comprises a container defining plural cells, a docking station configured to receive the container, sources of visible information to indicate the cell(s) into which an item is to be loaded, and at least one controller operable to control the visible information sources to indicate the cell into which the item is to be received. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218331 | ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, ROBOT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot control device of a vertical articulated robot having seven axes and an offset structure includes: a storage unit which stores a condition of a status of the vertical articulated robot including a position of an elbow in the vertical articulated robot and control information for controlling the vertical articulated robot such that the condition is satisfied to match each other; an input unit to which the condition of the status of the vertical articulated robot including the position of the elbow is input; and a robot control unit which controls the vertical articulated robot such that the input condition is satisfied on the basis of the control information stored in the storage unit to match the same condition as the condition input to the input unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218332 | Method And Apparatus For Implementing A Manipulator Process - A method for executing a manipulator process with at least two manipulator poses with a manipulator, in particular a robot, wherein the manipulator comprises at least one drive means having a motor and a brake, comprising the steps of:
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20130218333 | CURRENT ALTERNATING ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRIC BUS - The system includes a robot body and a main robot control platform. The robot body includes a mechanical part and an electrical control part. The mechanical part includes a horizontal moving unit, an objective carrying platform unit and a bearing unit which are arranged in X, Y and Z cartesian coordinate directions. The objective carrying platform unit includes an objective carrying platform and a battery drive mechanism arranged on the objective carrying platform. A battery pushing mechanism is arranged on the battery drive mechanism. The electrical control part includes a data collection device connected with a main control computer system, a power drive mechanism, an I/O model and a wireless communication model I. The wireless communication model I, the wireless communication model II of a control backend and the wireless communication model III in the remote control device wirelessly communicate with each other. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218334 | Control Of A Robot - In addition to an automatic operating mode (“AUTOMATIC”), in which protective monitoring (1) is carried out, and a set-up operating mode (“SET-UP”), in which manual control input (3, 6) is provided, a method according to the invention for controlling a robot comprises a remote access operating mode (“REMOTE ACCESS”) in which the protective monitoring (1) is carried out and manual control input (3, 5, 7) is provided | 2013-08-22 |
20130218335 | PROCEDURAL MEMORY LEARNING AND ROBOT CONTROL - Methods and apparatus for procedural memory learning to control a robot by demonstrating a task action to the robot and having the robot learn the action according to a similarity matrix of correlated values, attributes, and parameters obtained from the robot as the robot performs the demonstrated action. Learning is done by an artificial neural network associated with the robot controller, so that the robot learns to perform the task associated with the similarity matrix. Extended similarity matrices can contain integrated and differentiated values of variables. Procedural memory learning reduces overhead in instructing robots to perform tasks. Continued learning improves performance and provides automatic compensation for changes in robot condition and environmental factors. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218336 | Method and System for Assisting in the Handling of Robotized Machines in a Congested Environment - A method for handling of a first robotized mobile machine moving in a congested working environment under the control of a second robotized mobile machine, providing the operator, in real time, with a relevant view of the working scene, even if an object intrudes into the field of view of the camera and thereby obscures the operator's view. This method is based on use of properties of a physics engine of the constraint resolution type. For each object in the scene, the physics engine has a physical representation of said object in the form of a mesh. The engine calculates a wrench on the basis of the respective positions and velocities of two objects. In case of a collision between the manipulator and a fixed object in the scene, the engine determines the wrench to be applied to the manipulator in order to make it avoid the object. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218337 | TRANSFER SYSTEM - A transfer system includes a substrate positioning device, robots having a first robot and a second robot; and robot control devices, the robot control devices including a first robot control device to which the first robot and the substrate positioning device are connected and a second robot control device to which the second robot is connected. The first robot control device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the substrate positioning device, at least an absolute deviation amount between the rotation center of the mounting table and a center position of the substrate positioned, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit correction information relying on the absolute deviation amount acquired by the acquiring unit, to the second robot control device to which the second robot is connected. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218338 | POSITION CONTROL METHOD AND ROBOT - A position control method for controlling a position of a movable portion, includes: performing control of allowing the movable portion to approach a predetermined position by moving the movable portion; and performing control of moving the movable portion to the predetermined position by moving the movable portion and detecting a relative position of the movable portion with respect to the predetermined position by using an imaging unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218339 | "HUMANOID ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH A NATURAL DIALOGUE INTERFACE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ROBOT AND CORRESPONDING PROGRAM" - A humanoid robot equipped with an interface for natural dialog with an interlocutor is provided. Previously, the modalities of dialog between humanoid robots equipped moreover with evolved displacement functionalities and human beings are limited notably by the capabilities for voice and visual recognition processing that can be embedded onboard said robots. The present disclosure provides robots are presently equipped with capabilities to resolve doubt on a several modalities of communication of the messages that they receive and for combining these various modalities which make it possible to greatly improve the quality and the natural character of dialogs with the robots' interlocutors. This affords simple and user-friendly means for carrying out the programming of the functions making it possible to ensure the fluidity of these multimodal dialogs. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218340 | HUMAN-MACHINE COLLABORATIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS - A semi-automatic, interactive robotic system for performing and/or simulating a multi-step task includes a user interface system, a recognition system adapted to communicate with the user interface system, a control system adapted to communicate with the recognition system, and a sensor-actuator system adapted to communicate with the control system. The recognition system is configured to recognize actions taken by a user while the user operates the user interface system and to selectively instruct the control system to cause the sensor-actuator system to perform, and/or simulate, one of an automatic step, a semi-automatic step or direct step of the multi-step task based on the recognized actions and a task model of the multi-step task. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218341 | CONTROL METHOD FOR CLEANING ROBOTS - An embodiment of the invention provides a control method of a cleaning robot with a non-omnidirectional light detector. The method includes the steps of: detecting a light beam via the non-omnidirectional light detector; stopping the cleaning robot and spinning the non-omnidirectional light detector when the non-omnidirectional light detector detects the light beam; stopping the spinning of the non-omnidirectional light detector and estimating a first spin angle when the non-omnidirectional light detector does not detect the light beam; and adjusting a moving direction of the cleaning robot according to the first spin angle. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218342 | CONTROL METHOD FOR CLEANING ROBOTS - An embodiment of the invention provides a control method of a cleaning robot. The method includes the steps of: forming a cleaning area according to at least three points which are selected from a light generating device, a charging station or an obstacle; moving the cleaning robot along an outer of the cleaning area from a first position; recording a first cleaning route when the cleaning robot returns back to the first position; moving the cleaning robot to a second position and planning a second cleaning route according to the first cleaning route; and moving the cleaning robot along the second cleaning route. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218343 | CONTROL METHOD FOR CLEANING ROBOTS - An embodiment of the invention provides a control method for a cleaning robot with a quasi-omnidirectional detector and a directional light detector. The method includes: rotating the non-omnidirectional light detector when the non-omnidirectional light detector detects a light beam; when the non-omnidirectional light detector does not detect the light beam, the non-omnidirectional light detector is stopped from being spun and a rotation angle is estimated; determining a rotation direction according to the rotation angle; rotating the cleaning robot according to the rotation direction; stopping the rotation of the cleaning robot when the directional light detector detects the light beam. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218344 | CONTROL METHOD FOR CLEANING ROBOTS - An embodiment of the invention provides a control method of a cleaning robot. The method includes steps of moving the cleaning robot according to a first direction; keeping moving the cleaning robot according to the first direction when a light detector of the cleaning robot detects a light beam; moving the cleaning robot for a predetermined distance and then stopping the cleaning robot when the light detector does not detect the light beam; and moving the cleaning robot in a second direction. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218345 | WALKING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A walking robot capable of implementing a balancing action to ensure a stable walking on uneven ground based on an FSM-based walking control method, and a control method thereof, is capable of implementing stable walking by controlling torques of the hip joint, the knee joint and the ankle joint by use of FSM without calculating complicated Dynamics Equations. The walking robot ensures stable walking on uneven ground through a simple calculation by use of the angle formed by the ground and the both feet The walking robot is made to be applied to a robot provided with joints having six degrees of freedom through a simple calculation of compensation angles. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218346 | METHOD & APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY OPERATING A ROBOTIC DEVICE LINKED TO A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A remote control device able to connect to a communications network generates robot control messages are used for the remote control of a robot also able to be connected to the communications network. The remote control device creates a robot control file and an indirect reference to the robot control file which a user can select for inclusion in a robot control message. Once selected, the indirect reference to a robot control file causes the indirectly referenced robot control file to be included in a message generated by the remote control device. The remote control device establishes a communications link with the communications network, and sends the message, with the robot control file, to the robot also connected to the communications network. The robot receives the robot control message and performs at least one action according to the instruction included in the robot control message. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218347 | BUILDING AUTOMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - There is disclosed herein a building automation and control system and a method for operating the same. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a building controller may process data using a plurality of protocols without using a BACnet gateway, thereby controlling devices in a building coexisting with two or more protocols. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, sub-systems having different their own protocols, respectively, may be integrated to establish a building automation and control system, and data may be processed using a single building controller, thereby enhancing the scalability and stability of the system. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218348 | PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION METHOD AND SCALE-UP METHOD FOR PARTICLE SIZE BREAKUP APPARATUS - A comprehensive mixer performance estimation method that can be applied to each of the mixers of the rotor-stator type having the various configurations and circulation modes is provided. In accordance with the mixer performance estimation method of the present invention, the total energy dissipation rate ε | 2013-08-22 |
20130218349 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING BUILDING AUTOMATION OBJECTS FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION WITHIN A BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A system is provided for communicating common data associated with building automation objects between building automation devices across a network. The common data corresponds to a group of one or more building automation objects representing points associated with a plurality of field devices controlled or monitored in a building by the building automation devices. The system comprises a first building automation device having a group master object that includes a group identifier. A second building automation device includes a group member object having the same group identifier as the group master object. The group master object exchanges the common data to each of the building automation devices having a group member object that has the same group identifier as the group master object. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218350 | System and Method for Real-Time Controls of Energy Consuming Devices Including Tiered Architecture - A system for operating a plurality of energy consuming devices is provided that includes a plurality of device drivers coupled to respective device controllers. Each device controller is associated with a corresponding one of the energy consuming devices, and each device controller includes at least one sensor and is adapted to modulate an output setting of the corresponding energy consuming device. The system also includes a processor coupled to the plurality of device drivers and adapted to cause each of the plurality of device drivers to periodically receive data from the respective one of the device controllers. The system further includes a display interface coupled to the processor and to a display. The display interface is adapted to transmit data to the display. A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program is provided. An apparatus for analyzing data from a plurality of energy consuming devices is provided. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218351 | INSTALLATION OF THERMOSTAT POWERED BY RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A thermostat is described that includes a rechargeable battery, a graphical user interface and a wireless network communication capabilities. During installation, in cases where the rechargeable battery is below a first threshold, the installation procedure is limited so as to avoid energy intensive installation steps which may not be supported by the low battery level. An example of an installation step that is avoided due to low battery level is set up of wireless communication. According to some embodiments, if the battery level is very low during initial installation, the installation process is halted while the battery is charged. An indication such as a flashing LED may be displayed so as to indicate to the user that the battery is being charged. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218352 | MODULAR AUTOMATED CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM - Valves, pumps, detectors, sample loops, fraction collectors and the like are individually incorporated into modules that are mountable in interchangeable manner at individual mounting sites on a base unit which also supports one or more chromatography columns. Each module includes fluid connections to other modules and a microcontroller joining the module to a computed and monitor through an electronic connector at each mounting site. The fluid connections between the modules and the column(s) are removed from the electronic connections and accessible to the user. A software platform recognizes the modules and their locations, coordinates fluid connections between the modules, and provides a variety of control, monitoring, data generating and data processing functions to generate chromatographic data. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218353 | POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK EVENT ANALYSIS - A method for power distribution network analysis includes receiving power distribution network event data from a plurality of data sources, filtering the power distribution network event data, normalizing the power distribution network event data, storing the power distribution network event data in an event database and retrieving, in a querying engine, the power distribution network event data. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218354 | POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK EVENT CORRELATION AND ANALYSIS - A method for power distribution network correlation and analysis includes receiving event data from a plurality of data sources, identifying an event of interest, retrieving, in a querying engine, the event data, correlating the event data and the event of interest and identifying one or more root causes of the event of interest. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218355 | ELECTRICITY GRID DATA ANALYTICS AS A MODULED SERVICE FOR PRODUCTION, DELIVERY, AND DISTRIBUTION OF POWER AS A DYNAMIC DEMAND RESPONSE WITHIN A RENEWABLE ENERGY-BASED ELECTRICITY GRID INFRASTRUCTURE - A renewable energy-based electricity grid infrastructure utilizes distributed data analytics to enable modeling and delivery of an appropriate, time-sensitive, dynamic demand response from multiple renewable energy components to an intelligent power distribution network. Data processing resources are identified and aggregated within a distributed computing infrastructure to provide dynamic demand response as a service of a dedicated grid data analytics module. Aggregation of processing resources for grid data analytics also enables the electricity grid infrastructure to virtually, optimally and adaptively make decisions about power production, distribution, and consumption so that a demand response is a moduled service of the electricity grid infrastructure, and enables distributed energy generation from multiple renewable energy resources that is responsive to various types of grid demand situations, such as customer demand, direct current-specific demand, and security issues, and so that power production is substantially balanced with power consumption. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218356 | ENERGY CONTROL METHOD FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An energy control method for an energy management system provides an operation plan for the energy management system for monitoring and controlling an energy charging and discharging state according to an energy storage type, since energy self-sufficiency at home is enabled through association between an energy storage system (ESS) such as an electric vehicle charging station and home as a renewable energy power supply in the form of a distributed energy resource (DER) is constructed at home. The energy control method adds functions of a home energy management system (HEMS) managing and controlling a renewable energy power supply, the ESS, and the electric vehicle charging station that may be constructed at home afterwards, thereby providing consumers with a control order of various facilities not considered before. Therefore, information on settlements caused by energy supply and demand procedures and energy trading details and management evaluation functions may be provided. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218357 | REGENERATING ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SWITCHING PLANS BASED ON CHANGING POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK CONDITIONS - A method for regenerating switching plans based on changing power distribution network conditions includes updating a power distribution network model in response to a power distribution network event, identifying areas of the power distribution network affected by the power distribution network event, identifying switching plans that are impacted by the power distribution network event and regenerating the switching plans that are impacted by the power distribution network event. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218358 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A power management system is configured to comprise: a plurality of power management units ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218359 | POWER TRANSMISSION FAULT ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - Systems configured to analyze and/or respond to faults detected during the operation of a power transmission system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: at least one computing device adapted to monitor operation of a power transmission system by performing actions comprising: processing operational data from a set of line phases in the power transmission system to detect a faulted line phase; opening a circuit breaker for the faulted line phase in response to detecting the fault; determining whether the fault is transient or permanent; and determining if an arc associated with the fault has been extinguished. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218360 | AGGREGATE LOAD MANAGEMENT AT A SYSTEM LEVEL - A method for aggregate load management includes determining whether a load capacity limit within a utility power network will be exceeded, selecting an aggregated demand reduction target to remain within capacity bounds if the load capacity limit is to be exceeded, selecting a demand reduction strategy, and sending a control signal that includes a randomized PWM level, based on the strategy, to a controller in a load component of the utility system based on the reduction target. A method for component load management includes receiving a control signal from a utility system based on a utility demand reduction strategy, converting the signal into randomized PWM control of the load component in accordance therewith, receiving an updated control signal based on utility system monitoring of an aggregate load of a component of the utility system, and converting the updated signal into randomized PWM control of the load component in accordance therewith. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218361 | METHOD OF STORING PERSONALIZED ENERGY - An Identifiable Energy Storage Device (IESD) includes a representation of an object and a battery connected to the representation, the device having stored energy collected from the object. The IESD may also include a playback module connected to the device to highlight the representation of the object using energy identified and stored in the device. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218362 | CONTROLLING SYSTEM FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION - A controlling system has a computer having a controlling interface, a PDU linking to the computer and multiple electric apparatus connected and linking to the PDU and the computer. The PDU has multiple outlets, a turn-off time for each outlet. The controlling interface of the computer presets that the turn-off time for each outlet and has a shut-down option. The shut-down option has outlet numbers, a main time axis, and multiple variable time axes. Each variable time axis has a start time and an end time. A total period of each variable time axis between the start time and the end time is determined according to the shut-down period of the corresponding electric apparatus. The start time and the end time of each variable time axis are adjustable, but the total time thereof is fixed. Once the start times and the end times are determined finally, the turn-off times for the outlet numbers are calculated and further sent to the PDU. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218363 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a power supply control device capable of reducing power consumption even when the amount of time the electrical equipment is used is indeterminate. This power supply control device ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A CONDITION AND RELATIVE LOCATION OF AN INNER TIRE AND AN OUTER TIRE OF A TIRE PAIR - An apparatus determines a condition and relative location of an inner tire and an outer tire of a tire pair. Each tire has an associated tire-based sensor assembly that senses a tire condition, senses acceleration, and transmits, in response to its associated acceleration signal, having a unique tire identification and associated sensed tire condition. A tire rotation sensor senses rotation of the tire pair during vehicle movement and provides a tire rotation signal indicative thereof. A vehicle-based controller associates each of the unique identification signals with one of the inner tire location and the outer tire location responsive to a phase relationship between the received transmitted signals from the tire-based sensor assemblies and the tire rotation signal. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218365 | VEHICULAR PLATOONING USING DISTRIBUTED RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL - This disclosure relates to distributed control of a platoon of vehicles with nonlinear dynamics. Distributed receding horizon control algorithms are presented to derive sufficient conditions that guarantee asymptotic stability, leader-follower string stability, and predecessor-follower string stability, following a step speed change in the platoon. Vehicles compute their own control in parallel, and receive communicated position and velocity error trajectories from their immediate predecessor. Leader-follower string stability requires additional communication from the lead car at each update, in the form of a position error trajectory. Communication from the lead car is required only once at initialization. Provided an initially feasible solution can be found, subsequent feasibility of the algorithms are guaranteed at every update. The theory is generalized for nonlinear decoupled dynamics, and is thus applicable to fleets of planes, robots, or boats, in addition to cars. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218366 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON POWER CONSUMPTION AMOUNT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A high-speed calculation of power consumption provided to a driver to figure out whether an electric vehicle is able to reach a destination can be implemented. Solution: A system for providing information on power consumption amount of an electric vehicle includes receiving means for receiving a departure point of the electric vehicle and a destination of the electric vehicle from a terminal device; a database which stores a plurality of power consumption amounts required to move between respective two sections, corresponding to a plurality of combinations of two sections, the combinations including a combination of a first section in a predetermined area including the departure point and the destination, and a second section including a second point in the predetermined area; extracting means which retrieves the database to thereby extract a power consumption amount required to travel from the departure point to the destination; and transmitting means for transmitting information on the power consumption amount extracted by the extracting means to the terminal device. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218367 | ROAD INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A road information providing apparatus includes a position detection unit, a matching unit, a reference point ranking unit, a calculation unit, a weighting unit, and a transmit unit. The position detection unit detects a present position of a vehicle. The matching unit specifies reference points based on the present position and map data. The reference point ranking unit defines a ranking of each reference point. The calculation unit calculates a priority value of each forward road link corresponding to one of the reference points. The weighting unit recalculates a weighted priority value of each forward road link based on the priority value of corresponding forward road link and the ranking of corresponding reference point. The transmit unit transmits the weighted priority value of each forward road link in order of increasing weighted priority value to an in-vehicle device. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218368 | Method for Selecting a Motor Vehicle - A method for selecting or configuring a motor vehicle from a plurality of selectable motor vehicles involves providing a motor vehicle database containing a plurality of selectable motor vehicles, each having an associated first load collective data record describing properties of the motor vehicle which can be detected by a sensor system. Technical properties in a comparison vehicle are detected by a sensor system. A second load collective data record is formed by conditioning of the detected technical properties of the comparison vehicle and the two load collective data records are compared. The first load collective data record from the motor vehicle database having the smallest discrepancy from the second load collective data record is determined and the motor vehicle associated with the first load collective data record having the smallest discrepancy is selected. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218369 | COURSE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - A course determining system of a vehicle determines, when two or more objects that are present around the vehicle are detected, whether a passable road which the vehicle can enter is present between the two or more objects, recognizes the two or more objects as a single object when it is determined that there is no passable road between the two or more objects, and determines a running course based on at least one road including the passable road when it is determined that the passable road is present between the objects. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218370 | METHOD FOR SAMPLING MONITORING DATA OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - A method of sampling monitoring data of construction equipment according to the present disclosure includes: setting a sampling cycle of the monitoring data of the construction equipment when the construction equipment enters into an operation; sampling the monitoring data of the construction equipment according to the sampling cycle when a sampling start is input; and storing the sampled data and transmitting consecutive sampling data to a remote management server when a total sampling time elapses. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218371 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT OF A VEHICLE - An add-on device and method for managing an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle is disclosed. The add-on device includes a transceiver adapted for communicating with the communication network of a vehicle. The add-on device further includes a controller being communicatively connected to the transceiver, and adapted to generate a user-interface control signal addressed to the user interface of the vehicle, in order to manipulate the user interface of the vehicle and to present thereon command options prompting a user to enter a command selection in response to the command options presented. The controller is further adapted to receive the command selection from the user interface, and to generate in response thereto, an ECU control signal to be sent to the communication network for executing an operation with respect to a targeted ECU, in order to manage the targeted ECU from the user interface of the vehicle. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218372 | Weapons Stores Processor Panel For Aircraft - An aircraft weapons control system including a weapons stores processor panel for receiving input signals from a weapons input; a weapons interface for receiving fire signals from the weapons stores processor panel to control firing of aircraft weapons; and a flight management system in communication with the weapons stores processor panel and the weapons interface, the flight management system providing control signals to the weapons interface; wherein the weapons stores processor panel implements safety interlocks to prevent or enable firing of the aircraft weapons | 2013-08-22 |