35th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140244108 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POWER DISTRIBUTION - A control system for controlling power distribution in a vehicle equipped with a work device comprising a first parasitic power request module configured to produce an operational value signal indicative of an operational characteristic of a first parasitic device; and a power distribution module configured to effect a distribution of constant net power to the work device, the power distribution module operable to receive the first operational value signal from the first parasitic power request module and to effect a distribution of power to the first parasitic device suitable for the operational characteristic while maintaining constant net power to the work device, wherein the power distribution module is configured to effect an uncontrolled power distribution to the work device when the first operational value signal of the first parasitic device reaches a predetermined level. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244109 | TURN SIGNAL CANCELLING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A turn signal cancelling device for a motorcycle includes turn signal cancellation control unit configured to automatically deactivate a second turn signal after a second predetermined time has passed or after the motorcycle has travelled a second predetermined distance since an activation the second turn signal. The turn signal cancellation control unit is configured to automatically deactivate the second turn signal in a case where the activation of the second turn signal is performed before a first predetermined time has passed or before the motorcycle has travelled a first predetermined distance since an activation of a first turn signal is performed when a vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244110 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE INTERACTIVE VEHICLE INFORMATION, TELEMETRY, MAPPING, AND TRIP PLANNING - An interactive system for use in connection with recreational vehicle usage includes a server system, including an off-road trail database containing trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information, as well as a trip mapping system accessible by any of a plurality of riders, allowing a rider to create a route based on the data in the off-road trip database. The server system further includes a trail maintenance interface accessible by users affiliated with an authorized group to edit the trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information associated with the authorized group. The server system includes a location data management system configured to receive location data, allowing a rider to publish location information to one or more other riders, and a user feedback interface configured to receive trip data from riders for publication, including information describing an actual route and user data associated with that route. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244111 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VEHICLE SPEED AND DRIVER NOTIFICATION - A vehicle speed monitoring system and method is provided that determines a speed threshold based on provided inputs from various vehicle systems and measures the speed threshold against the current driving speed. In the event the threshold speed is exceeded, the system notifies the driver and/or makes a recommendation depending on the present driving conditions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244112 | VALVE SWITCHING CONTROLS FOR ADJUSTABLE DAMPER - A damper system for a vehicle includes a shock absorber and a damper module. The shock absorber includes a plurality of digital valves. The shock absorber is operable at one of multiple damping states based on a valve state of the digital valves. The damper module is coupled to each of the digital valves and controls each of the digital valves to a desired state based on a damper setting. The damper module determines a target damping state, where the target state is one of the multiple damping states. The damper module performs a switch operation to control the valve state of the plurality of digital valves to a given desired state when the target damping state is different from a present damping state. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244113 | VELOCITY SIGNAL FILTER WITH REDUCED LAG - A method of calculating a motor velocity in an electric power steering system comprises receiving a plurality of motor position signals from a motor position sensor of the electronic power steering system, calculating a plurality of angle difference based on the motor position signals prior to performing any filtering operations on the motor position signals, performing a linear regression analysis on the angle differences to predict an angle difference, and calculating a motor velocity based on the predicted angle difference. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244114 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An object is to prevent a driving assistance system for a vehicle from causing a collision of the self-vehicle with a solid object by performing driving assistance. To achieve the object, when a solid object that can be an obstacle exists in the course of the self-vehicle, the driving assistance system according to the present invention determines a plurality of paths along which the self-vehicle can travel by changing the momentum thereof, designates an avoidance line along which the solid object can be avoided from among the plurality of paths, and changes the momentum of the self-vehicle in such a way that the self-vehicle travels along the selected avoidance line. If the plurality of path do not include a path along which the solid object can be avoided, the driving assistance system changes the momentum of the self-vehicle again in the middle of a path selected from among the aforementioned paths, thereby avoiding the solid object. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244115 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - A driving support apparatus includes an output unit installed in a steering wheel that outputs steer information about a rotation operation of the steering wheel to the driver through the output unit. By providing the driver with steer information from the output unit in the steering wheel, the driver may recognize the contents of the output of the steer information. Further, since the steer information has a high priority for the driver due to its direct relevance to movement and a travel direction of the vehicle, providing such high priority steer information in an easily-recognizable manner improves driver awareness or readiness to recognize lower-priority information. Thus, information overload by the driver caused by information from various driving support techniques is prevented. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244116 | System for Controlling Vehicle Overspeeding Via Control of One or More Exhaust Brake Devices - A method and system are provided for controlling overspeeding of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine having one or more exhaust brake devices controllable to apply braking torque to the engine. The system may be operable determine a desired speed of the vehicle, to determine a road speed of the vehicle, and if the road speed of the vehicle exceeds the desired speed of the vehicle by more than a threshold speed, to determine a target brake torque required to reduce the road speed of the vehicle speed to the desired speed of the vehicle, and to then control the one or more exhaust brake devices to apply the target brake torque to the engine to thereby control the road speed of the vehicle to the desired speed of the vehicle. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYDROSTATIC DRIVE UNIT OF A WORK VEHICLE - A method for controlling a hydrostatic drive unit of a work vehicle is disclosed. The method may generally include determining a reference swashplate position for a hydraulic pump of the hydrostatic drive unit, wherein the reference swashplate position is associated with an uncompensated current command, and monitoring an actual swashplate position of the hydraulic pump, wherein the actual swashplate position differs from the reference swashplate position due to a loading condition of the work vehicle. In addition, the method may include determining a current compensation based at least in part on the actual and reference swashplate positions and generating a compensated current command by adjusting the uncompensated current command based on the current compensation, wherein the compensated current command is associated with a compensated swashplate position for the hydraulic that differs from the reference swashplate position. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244118 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING LAND LEVELING WORK WHICH USES AN EXCAVATOR - A grading control system using an excavator is disclosed, which determines and controls an operation amount of an attachment by combining an estimated pose of the attachment and an operator's operation signal of a joystick when a working mode for grading the ground is selected. The grading control system using an excavator includes an actuator connected to a hydraulic pump, an attachment driven by the actuator, a control valve shifted to drive the actuator, an electric joystick, a pressure detection means, a means for setting a working mode, and a controller, and repeatedly performs receiving a joystick operation signal value, a pressure value of an arm cylinder, and information on whether to set the working mode, calculating an external force that is applied to the attachment by the pressure value generated in the arm cylinder if a grading mode is selected, estimating a pose of the arm by the calculated external force value, performing a signal process by filtering the pose of the arm, and calculating operation amounts of a boom and the arm by combining the estimated pose of the arm and a control signal value according to an operator's operation of the joystick and proceeding to an initial stage. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244119 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SPEEDS IN A MULTI-MODE TRANSMISSION - A multi-mode powertrain system includes a transmission configured to transfer torque among an internal combustion engine, torque machines and an output member. A method for controlling the powertrain system includes determining a desired acceleration profile for the internal combustion engine, determining a constrained acceleration profile by imposing prioritized constraints on the desired acceleration profile, integrating the constrained acceleration profile to determine a preferred speed profile, determining a preferred acceleration profile including a derivative of the preferred speed profile constrained by minimum and maximum hard acceleration constraints, and controlling operation of the internal combustion engine in response to the preferred acceleration profile and the preferred speed profile. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244120 | Vehicle Mass Computation - A vehicle having a drivetrain is controlled based on a difference between a torque transmitted by the drivetrain when the vehicle has constant non-zero speed and the torque transmitted by the drivetrain when the vehicle is accelerating. The drivetrain torque may be measured by a drivetrain torque sensor. The effective vehicle mass is computed from the torque difference. The computed mass of the vehicle is used to adjust the activation of a collision warning system or a collision avoidance system. A method of operating a vehicle where the activation of a collision avoidance system is adjusted based on a difference between a torque transmitted by a drivetrain when the vehicle has constant non-zero speed and the torque transmitted by the drivetrain when the vehicle is accelerating is disclosed. The torque difference is used to compute a vehicle mass that is used to adjust a collision warning distance. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244121 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission capable of improving stability and reliability of connection operation of a synchronization mechanism when pre-shift control is executed, thereby making it possible to prolong the service life of the mechanism and improve marketability thereof. To change the speed position of a vehicle, one of two power transmission paths from an internal combustion engine to drive wheels is switched to the other, and pre-shift control is executed before switching the path. In doing this, when conditions for executing the pre-shift control are satisfied, whether or not a motive power fluctuation state of the engine occurs after satisfaction of the execution conditions is determined. If the motive power fluctuation state occurs, delay control for delaying the start of the pre-shift control is executed, whereas if the same does not occur, the pre-shift control is executed without executing the delay control. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244122 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - A vehicle control device that includes a computer which controls an in-vehicle device provided in a vehicle. The control device can be configured with a main processing unit that performs a process for operating the in-vehicle device, and a safety function processing unit that performs a safety function process for detecting a dangerous state of the in-vehicle device which is operated according to the process performed by the main processing unit and bringing the in-vehicle device into a safe state. The safety function processing unit may include execution order monitoring means for monitoring whether an execution order of the safety function process is correct when the safety function process is performed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244123 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - A vehicle controller includes a first abrupt deceleration determining unit (a rotation change rate determining unit, an ABS determining unit) configured to determine an abrupt deceleration state of a vehicle, and a second abrupt deceleration determining unit (a brake determining unit) having a required time for determining an abrupt deceleration shorter in comparison with that of the first abrupt deceleration determining unit, wherein any one of the first abrupt deceleration determining unit and the second abrupt deceleration determining unit is used for determining the abrupt deceleration of the vehicle | 2014-08-28 |
20140244124 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A TIRE PRESSURE STATUS SIGNAL TO A VEHICLE ECU - A dash switch module for a vehicle includes a controller transmitting a parking brake control request message to a vehicle ECU, a signal receiving component receiving a transmitted status signal from a sensor on the vehicle indicating a status of a vehicle component, and a processor receiving the transmitted status signal from the signal receiving component. The processor generates a dash switch module signal based on the transmitted status signal. The processor transmits the dash switch module signal to the vehicle electronic control unit. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244125 | DRIVER BEHAVIOR FROM PROBE DATA FOR AUGMENTING A DATA MODEL - In one implementation, sets of probe data are collected by probe vehicles. The probe data describes the driving characteristics of the probe vehicles. The sets of probe data are sent to a server or a mobile device for analysis. A polycurve, including a piecewise function of map data, is modified based on the probe data. The polycurve may be a spline curve for an advanced driver assistance system. The modified polycurve may be used in the advanced driver assistance system for a vehicle traveling along the same path previously traversed by the probe vehicles. Based on the polycurve modified by the probe data, a driver assistance feature is provided to the vehicle. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244126 | ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE FOR A VEHICLE - An electronic parking brake for vehicle is provided that includes a movement detecting sensor that is configured to detect a movement of a vehicle once the vehicle is turned off. In particular, a controller is configure to determine whether the vehicle is on or off, and in response to determining that the vehicle is turned off, power is supplied to a sensor. Once the sensor is activated, the sensor then detects any movement of a vehicle while the vehicle is turned off. Upon detecting that the vehicle is moving, power is applied by a controller to a motor operator to engage the electronic parking brake and thereby automatically applies the parking brake. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244127 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - In a control device for a brake system of a vehicle, given an actuation of a brake actuating element, a buildup of brake pressure is prevented at least in a first wheel brake caliper of a first brake circuit, a first wheel inlet valve of the first wheel brake caliper being controlled to a partly open state, and a first wheel outlet valve of the first wheel brake caliper being kept in a partly open state, a second wheel inlet valve of a second wheel brake caliper of the first brake circuit being controlled to a partly open state, and a second wheel outlet valve of the second wheel brake caliper being controlled to a closed state, in such a way that a brake pressure can be built up in the second wheel brake caliper. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244128 | VEHICLE BRAKING CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle braking control device includes a braking force simultaneous control mode executing unit capable of executing a braking force simultaneous control mode for simultaneously controlling right/left wheels cylinders by a brake hydraulic pressure circuit according to slip ratios of right/left wheels, a braking force independent control mode executing unit capable of executing a braking force independent control mode for independently controlling the right/left wheels cylinders, and a switching controller capable of switching the braking force simultaneous control mode and the braking force independent control mode, wherein the switching controller switches to the braking force independent control mode at the time a slip ratio difference of the right/left rear wheels becomes equal to or less than a preset and predetermined value during switching from the braking force simultaneous control mode to the braking force independent control mode. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244129 | EFFICIENCY-BASED SPEED CONTROL WITH TRAFFIC-COMPATIBLE SPEED OFFSETS - Vehicle apparatus includes a speed control for adjusting a vehicle powertrain of the vehicle in response to a speed setpoint. A grade estimator determines a road grade of a roadway where the vehicle is traveling. A traffic density estimator determines a density of traffic traveling on the roadway in the vicinity of the vehicle. An optimizer executes a selected control policy to periodically generate speed adjustments for applying to the speed setpoint to operate the vehicle powertrain at increased efficiency. The control policy is based on a value function providing an optimized solution for a cost model responsive to the determined road grade to generate an initial speed offset. The optimizer reduces the initial speed offset in proportion to the determined traffic density to generate the speed adjustments. The system minimizes negative impacts to overall traffic flow as well as any negative contribution to reduced fuel efficiency of surrounding traffic. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244130 | ON-BOARD REAL-TIME SPEED CONTROL SETPOINT VARIATION USING STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION - Vehicle apparatus adjusts a vehicle powertrain of the vehicle in response to a speed setpoint. An optimizer selects a control policy to periodically generate speed adjustments for applying to the speed setpoint to operate at increased efficiency. The control policy is based on a value function providing an optimized solution for a cost model and a transition probability model. The transition probability model corresponds to a driving state defined according to a plurality of dimensions including a time-of-day dimension and a geographic region dimension. The transition probability model and the control policy have inputs based on road grade and speed. The optimizer collects road grade data during routine driving of the vehicle to construct a observed transition probability model and uses divergence between the observed transition probability model and a set of predetermined transition probability models to identify a control policy for use during the routine driving. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244131 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A COMBINED LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE GUIDANCE FUNCTION - Method for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle having a combined longitudinal and transverse guidance function, wherein, starting from the combined operation of the longitudinal and transverse guidance function, the longitudinal guidance function is disconnected in response to the presence of at least one determined first disconnection condition, whereas the transverse guidance function is maintained. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244132 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 0N-WING ENGINE TRIM VERIFICATION - Devices and methods relating to gas turbine engines and engine temperature trim verification are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises acquiring signals representing a plurality of engine parameters measured while the engine is operating and determining a recommended trim thermocouple resistance based at least partly on the measured parameters. The engine parameters may comprise at least an engine inlet temperature and an exhaust temperature. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244133 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING SAME - A device and a method for determining a residual life expectancy of a rotor of a gas turbine. The method includes receiving at a computer operating conditions of the gas turbine, receiving a gas turbine rotor inspection result, updating, based on the operating conditions of the gas turbine and the gas turbine rotor inspection result, a database for a fleet corresponding to the gas turbine, and calculating the residual life expectancy of the rotor of the gas turbine. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244134 | THROTTLE BEHAVIOUR - A controller for controlling a power source in response to a throttle input, the throttle input representing the status of a throttle control in a range from a minimum state to a maximum state, the controller being configured to control the power source in dependence on both the current status of the throttle control and the current direction of change of that status between the maximum state and the minimum state. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244135 | DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN EGR VALVE AND OXYGEN SENSOR DEGRADATION - A diagnostic method for an engine having a valve for controlling dilution of intake air. The method comprises, during engine fueling, indicating a degradation of the valve when the valve is commanded closed but sensor output corresponds to an oxygen level below that of air. The method further comprises, absent engine fueling, indicating degradation of the sensor when the valve is commanded closed but the sensor output corresponds to an oxygen level below that of air. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244136 | REDUCING ENGINE MISFIRE DUE TO CHARGE AIR COOLER CONDENSATE USING IN-CYLINDER ENRICHMENT AND A POSITIVE VALVE OVERLAP - Methods and systems are provided for adjusting combustion parameters to increase combustion stability during conditions when condensate formed in a charge air cooler may enter cylinders of an engine. In response to increased mass air flow and a condensate level in the charge air cooler, the engine may combust a rich air-fuel ratio while increasing a positive valve overlap. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244137 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When injecting fuel from a direct injector and a port injector such that a requested fuel injection amount is obtained in an internal combustion engine, the direct injector is driven in the following manner. After a target fuel injection amount for the fuel injection with the higher priority among fuel injection in the late stage of a compression stroke and fuel injection in the early stage of an intake stroke in the direct injector has been set on the basis of the engine operating condition, the target fuel injection amount for the fuel injection with the lower priority is set on the basis of the engine operating condition. Moreover, the direct injector is driven in such a manner that the target fuel injection amount for each of the abovementioned fuel injections set in this manner is obtained. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244138 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE DURING A RESTART - Various systems and methods are described for controlling an engine in a vehicle, the engine being coupled to a transmission. One example method comprises, under selected braking conditions, shutting-off the engine and spinning-down the engine to rest while the vehicle is traveling, and in response to a foot-off-brake event, restarting the engine by at least partially engaging the transmission and adjusting engine torque control actuators. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244139 | VEHICLE STOP CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle stop control system capable of finely and properly determining traveling of a vehicle in a traffic jam to permit or inhibit automatic stop according to the determination result to ensure the effect of fuel economy improvement by automatic stop and avoiding inconveniences caused by frequent execution of automatic stop and restart. The system sets a precondition vehicle speed satisfaction flag to 1 when a vehicle speed becomes not lower than a precondition speed after an internal combustion engine was automatically stopped to permit automatic stop. Further, time after the vehicle speed passed a jam determination speed and until the vehicle speed passes the same again is acquired as passing time. When the passing time is shorter than a predetermined time period, the system determines that the vehicle is traveling in a jam, and resets the flag to 0 to inhibit automatic stop. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244140 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device is applied to an internal combustion engine including an engine driving pump, circulates lubricant by use of a driving force of the internal combustion engine, and reduces that driving load of the pump which works on the internal combustion engine, by executing a low-pressure control to limit a circulation amount of the lubricant when demand for the lubricant is small. Further, when a predetermined automatic stop condition is established, an engine operation is stopped automatically, and when a predetermined restart condition is established during the automatic stop, the internal combustion engine is restarted. Further, the execution of the low-pressure control is prohibited at the time of starting the internal combustion engine along with an operation of an ignition switch, but the execution of the low-pressure control is allowed at the time of restarting the internal combustion engine. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244141 | USING CAMSHAFT TIMING DEVICE WITH HYDRAULIC LOCK IN AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION FOR VEHICLE RESTARTS - A method of using a mid-position lock VCT phaser in an engine with a stop-start mode of operation with the steps of: when the engine is in a stop mode of the stop-start mode: adjusting a duty cycle of an actuator coupled to the control valve of the phaser to command the control valve to the retard mode; maintaining the duty cycle of the actuator to command the control valve to remain in the retard mode until an automatic restart of the engine. If the key is detected in an off position either restarting the engine; commanding the phaser to the detent mode, such that the lock pin is moved to a locked position and the phaser is locked in an intermediate phase angle position; and shutting down the engine or commanding the phaser to detent mode during engine cranking during a next engine restart. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244142 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An object is to prevent a driving assistance system for a vehicle from causing a collision of the driver's own vehicle with a solid object by performing driving assistance. To achieve the object, when a solid object that can be an obstacle exists in the course of the driver's own vehicle, the driving assistance system for a vehicle according to the present invention determines a plurality of primary paths along which the driver's own vehicle can travel by changing the momentum thereof, designates an avoidance line along which the solid object can be avoided from among the primary paths, and changes the momentum of the driver's own vehicle in such a way that the driver's own vehicle travels along the selected avoidance line. If the plurality of primary lines do not include an avoidance line, the driving assistance system sets a divergent point in the middle of the primary paths and determines a plurality of secondary paths along which the driver's own vehicle can travel by changing the momentum of the driver's own vehicle at the diverging point. Then, the driving assistance system selects an avoidance line from among the plurality of secondary paths. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244143 | Method and Apparatus for Automatic Estimated Time of Arrival Calculation and Provision - A system includes a processor configured to receive information relating to a vehicle location. The processor is also configured to determine one or more filters, based on the received information, for filtering out a plurality of non-specified locations from varied location types. Further, the processor is configured to apply filters for each varied location type to select a plurality of non-specified locations. The processor is also configured to calculate an estimated time of arrival (ETA), for each of the selected locations, and deliver the selected locations and the calculated ETAs to a vehicle. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244144 | VEHICLE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PLATOON TRAVEL AND METHOD FOR SELECTING LEAD VEHICLE - A vehicle apparatus, a platoon travel control system and a method for selecting a lead vehicle using the vehicle apparatus and the platoon travel control system. Specifically, charges for platoon travel of surrounding vehicles is calculated based on input charge calculation conditions and the calculated charges are output by matching the conditions with images of surrounding vehicles. Additionally, a vehicle selected by the user is designated as a lead vehicle, thereby performing a platoon travel procedure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244145 | WIRELESS VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS HAVING ENHANCED RESPONSE TIME - Embodiments of the invention include a wireless vehicle detection systems and associated methods with extended range and battery life. The wireless vehicle detection system can include a plurality of sensor pods in communication with an access point without repeaters. Embodiments of the sensor pod can include a vehicle detector controller adapted to determine the presence of vehicles and a communication controller connected to the vehicle detector and adapted to transmit data 300 feet or more to an access point, which in turns communicates with the base station. To extend the battery life of the sensor pod, the sensor pod can be adapted to detect received communication signal strength and adjust transmitting power based upon said strength to thereby conserve power. Embodiments of the sensor pod can also include a battery connected in parallel to an HLC capacitor to further extend the life of the battery. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244146 | Vehicle Wrong-Way Travel Detection Device - A vehicle wrong-way travel detection device includes a map information storage unit where map information is stored, a decision-making point setting unit that sets, based upon the map information stored in the map information storage unit, the connecting point located ahead along a subject vehicle traveling direction as a decision-making point, a wrong-way travel decision-making area setting unit that sets wrong-way travel decision-making areas for at least one of a plurality of roads connected to the decision-making point, and a wrong-way travel decision-making unit that makes a decision, based upon the direction of traffic flow set for a unidirectional traffic road connected to the decision-making point and the subject vehicle traveling direction, as to whether or not the subject vehicle is traveling against the flow of traffic on the unidirectional traffic road. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244147 | System And Method For Using Cellular Network Components To Derive Traffic Information - A traffic reporting system and method for geographic area of interest. The system includes standard wireless telecommunication components configured to establish search criteria, determine a sample size, collect traffic information, calculate additional traffic information, and generate reports. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244148 | SELECTIVE EXCHANGE OF VEHICLE OPERATIONAL DATA - Velocity information can be beneficial to various entities including other vehicles and a central traffic monitoring and routing system. Vehicles with sensors can serve as velocity probes to update speeds that are shared via a more global service. However, individuals may be reluctant to provide location and velocity information given privacy preferences. Local policies about sharing personal data are described that can be harnessed to enhance privacy while minimizing communication costs. The local data-sharing policies allow devices to monitor their own speeds and locations and to employ models and analyses that determine the value of sharing flow information with a larger service in accordance with privacy preferences, and to make local decisions as to when to respond to broadcasted queries for specific information, while minimizing the redundancy of signals from multiple vehicles. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244149 | TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In an exemplary method, a mobile device provides mobile device attribute data to a traffic monitoring subsystem, receives traffic condition data generated by the traffic monitoring subsystem based at least in part on the mobile device attribute data, presents, by way of a user interface, the traffic condition data for consideration by a user of the mobile device, and provides an interface tool configured to be used by the user to report a traffic condition to the traffic monitoring subsystem. In certain embodiments, the mobile device receives, by way of the interface tool, user input indicating a user observance of the traffic condition and provides, in response to the receiving of the user input, a notification of the user observance of the traffic condition to the traffic monitoring subsystem. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244150 | DRIVER COACHING SYSTEM - A driver coaching system may have an input device generating an input signal indicative of a road condition. The system may also include an advisory device determining an output conveyed to a driver and indicative of a fuel efficiency rating based on an actual vehicle speed and an optimum fuel efficient speed. The advisory device may not decrease the fuel efficiency rating when the road condition does not warrant the optimum fuel efficient speed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244151 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - An object of the invention is to provide, in a vehicle driving assistance system that provides assistance to avoid a collision between a host vehicle and a three-dimensional object causing an obstruction, a technique for avoiding assistance in which the host vehicle is guided to a region where the presence of a three-dimensional object is unclear. To achieve this object, according to the invention, a grid map, by which an avoidance region in which a three-dimensional object exists, an unclear region in which the existence of a three-dimensional object is unclear, and a safe region in which no three-dimensional objects exist can he distinguished, is created. When the avoidance region exists on the advancement path of the host vehicle, a route that can avoid the avoidance region and passes through the unclear region for a distance not exceeding a threshold is specified, whereupon a steering angle is controlled to cause the host vehicle to travel along the specified route, | 2014-08-28 |
20140244152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND PROVIDING ROUTES - In one aspect, a system and method is provided whereby map-related requests from mobile devices are used to store and aggregate routes. The routes are then used to determine optimum directions in response to subsequent requests. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LOCATION-BASED IMAGING AND TRACE DATA - An approach is provided to process imaging data associated with location trace data of one or more links of a road. A processing platform may process and/or facilitate a processing of imaging data associated with location trace data of at least one link of a road to determine maneuvering information for at least one vehicle collecting the imaging data, the location trace data, or a combination thereof. Further, the processing platform may determine whether to cause, at least in part, an adjusting of at least a portion of the location trace data based, at least in part, on the maneuvering information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSIT MAPPING - A method, apparatus and computer program products are provided for collecting and analyzing route to determine the routes of a transit system. One example method includes receiving GPS data from a plurality of buses or uses from along a transit roué, the discreet GPS reports organized into a set, generating a plurality of clusters, each cluster is comprised of a first GPS point from a first set and one or more subsequent GPS points, each subsequent GPS point from a different set, and wherein each subsequent GPS point is located within a predetermined distance of the first GPS point. The clusters are then connected to form a route polylines. Outliers, inaccuracies, and/or route endpoints may be pruned to improve accuracy and efficiency of the method. The method may also order the aggregated clusters using spatial and temporal data of the GPS reports to improve accuracy. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244155 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a link information acquisition unit which acquires link information obtained by associating a reproduction location of contents with geographic information regarding geography associated with a story of the contents at the reproduction location; and a display control unit which performs control for displaying a geographic image based on the geographic information associated with the story of the contents being reproduced, based on the acquired link information and a reproduction location of the contents being reproduced. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244156 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - An approach is provided for providing mechanisms to minimize power consumption in a navigation system while allowing for various levels of functionality and accuracy. A device may process telematics information and/or sensor information associated with at least one vehicle to determine an estimated location of the vehicle. Then the device may cause a comparison of the estimated location against available mapping data. Further, the device may determine whether to determine a sensed location of the vehicle via one or more location sensors based, at least in part, on the comparison. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244157 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle navigation method comprises determining a present location of a host vehicle, including a road on which the host vehicle is traveling, determining a navigation route based on a destination and the present location of the vehicle, and determining a next navigation maneuver based on the navigation route and the present location of the host vehicle. The method further comprises capturing road information pertaining to the road, determining a present lane of the road in which the host vehicle is traveling based on the captured road information, determining a traffic condition on the road, and operating a computer to modify the next navigation maneuver based on the navigation route, the present lane and the traffic condition. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATIONAL GUIDANCE USING THE STATES OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for predicting traffic on a transportation network where real time data points are missing. In one embodiment, the missing data is estimated using a calibration model comprised of historical data that can be periodically updated, from select links constituting a relationship vector. The missing data can be estimated off-line whereafter it can be used to predict traffic for at least a part of the network, the traffic prediction being calculated by using a deviation from a historical traffic on the network. The invention further discloses a method for in-vehicle navigation; and a method for traffic prediction for a single lane. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244159 | Method of Operating a Navigation System Using Images - A navigation system comprises a processor, a geographic database and a guidance application executable on the processor. The guidance application obtains data from the geographic database and obtains a photographic image. The guidance application overlays an advertisement route highlight on said photographic image. The advertisement route highlight graphically illustrates a path corresponding to a route and a direction of travel for the route. The advertisement route highlight includes a series of advertisement decals. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244160 | Augmented reality financial institution branch locator - An augmented reality financial institution “FI”) branch locator uses the display screen of a mobile computing device (“MCD”) to show a customer that customer's real-world view of physical reality through the camera of the MCD on the MCD display screen (“camera image”), locations of FI branches for that customer's FI overlaid onto the camera image of the customer's physical location, locations of FI branches for competing FI's overlaid onto the same camera image, distances to the various FI branches overlaid onto the camera image, and directions to FI branches overlaid onto the camera image (together “augmented reality”) so that the user can navigate from the user's current location to a desired FI branch through the augmented reality image. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244161 | Method of Generating a Database for a Navigation Device, Method of Outputting a Three-Dimensional Map, and Navigation Device - In a method of generating a database for use in outputting three- dimensional maps, a projection of a two-dimensional road vector onto a three-dimensional surface defined by digital terrain model data is determined. At least one three-dimensional road vector ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140244162 | Data Mining in a Digital Map Database to Identify Insufficient Merge Lanes Along Roads and Enabling Precautionary Actions in a Vehicle - Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an intersection without traffic signals and without a sufficient merge lane. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where roads meet without a traffic signal and without a sufficient merge lane. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the location of the insufficient merge lane. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching a location of an insufficient merge lane. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244163 | Determining User Device's Starting Location - A user device is equipped with one or more sensors that collect data relating to a movement of a user having the user device. An estimated area within which a starting location of the user device is located is determined based on one or more signals received from adjacent signal sources. A plurality of candidate locations is identified within the estimated area as the potential starting location of the user device. Map information of surrounding area that covers the estimated area is also obtained. One or more candidate locations are filtered out depending on whether they could have experienced the movement based on the map information. When one or more re-starting conditions have met during the movement, a then starting location of the user device needs to be determined. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244164 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMULATING A POSITIONING EXTENT FOR MAP MATCHING - An approach is provided for formulating a positioning extent for map matching. The positioning extent platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of a plurality of position data points acquired by at least one positioning system to determine one or more variations in the plurality of position data points with respect to one or more thoroughfare segments. Next, the positioning extent platform determines one or more positioning extents associated with the one or more thoroughfare segments for the at least one positioning system based, at least in part, on the one or more variations. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244165 | REPOSITIONABLE GRAPHICAL CURRENT LOCATION INDICATOR - A computer-implemented method includes determining a current location of a mobile device, displaying in a map viewport a first map area surrounding the current location of the mobile device and displaying on the first map area a graphical current location indicator representing the current location of the mobile device. The method further entails repositioning the graphical current location indicator relative to the map viewport by shifting the first map area to a partially overlapping second map area that includes both a new map area and a portion of the first map area that contains the graphical current location indicator. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244166 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED GEO-LOCATION OF UTILITY EQUIPMENT - A system for geographically locating a component of utility equipment may comprise a geo-location interface (GLI) in communication with and in proximity to the component, the GLI having a navigation system that provides geo-location data, wherein the GLI receives an input relating to an operating state of the component and transmits an output containing the geo-location data and an alert relating to the operating state, and at least one remote station that receives a digital message based on the output from the GLI and generates a display based on the digital message. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244167 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING A LOCATION CORRECTION CACHE - An apparatus for correcting one or more detected locations may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including determining whether a detected location of a communication device was previously designated as an incorrect location. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable provision of an option to a user of the communication device to select a specified correct location corresponding to the incorrect location in response to determining that the detected location was previously designated as the incorrect location. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244168 | POSITIONING APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A positioning apparatus | 2014-08-28 |
20140244169 | Verfahren zum Bestimmen von Lagedaten eines Fahrzeuges - A method for determining location data for a vehicle, a control apparatus for performing the method, and to a vehicle having the control apparatus. The method includes measuring the driving dynamics data for the vehicle, measuring at least one distance of the vehicle from a stationary object and recording a distance, and filtering the driving dynamics data on the basis of the recorded distance. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244170 | ADAPTIVE ROUTE PROPOSALS BASED ON PRIOR RIDES - User input including a start location and an end location of a desired ride may be received. A database may be searched for completed routes matching the user input. The completed routes may include location information and travel time information associated with the completed routes. Upon identifying one or more matched completed routes, a route proposal for the desired ride may be generated based on the one or more matched completed routes. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244171 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A navigation system and a navigation method are provided. The navigation method includes: receiving, by a receiving unit of a server, driving information according to a route from an electronic device; analyzing, by a feature-analysis unit of the server, the driving information and determining that the driving information belongs to a group in driver information corresponding to the route; and obtaining, by an optimization unit of the server, a best route from the group according to a starting point and a destination input by the electronic device, and transmitting the best route to the electronic device for navigation. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244172 | Guidance System For An Individual In An Unknown Environment And Method For Implementing Such A System - A guidance system (SG) for an individual (IND) moving in an unknown environment establishes a guidance loop (B) between a measurement module (MM) placed on the individual and a remote guidance platform (PG). In the measurement module, a means (CP) collects measurement data (DM) that are transmitted by another means (UC | 2014-08-28 |
20140244173 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING DOWNHOLE ASSETS - A method of monitoring downhole assets includes tracking a location of a downhole asset relative to a first environment. The configuration information for the downhole asset is acquired, where the configuration information comprises a measurement of one or more forces applied to the downhole asset during assembly of the downhole asset in the first environment. A service life of the downhole asset is determined from the configuration information. One or more parameters related to usage of the downhole environment in a second environment are measured. A remainder of the service life of the downhole asset is determined by reducing the service life by an amount proportional to usage of the downhole asset as indicated by the measurement related to usage of the downhole asset. The remaining service life may be used to automatically initiate an order for new parts. A system of monitoring downhole assets is also disclosed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGY FOR DETECTING A CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE - Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to detect and locate conductive structures below the earth's surface. Tools can be configured with receiving sensors arranged to receive signals generated from a conductive structure in response to a current flowing on the conductive structure. Magnetic-related values from the signals can be processed, relative to the tool, to determine a position of a conductive structure from which the signal was generated in response to current flowing on the conductive structure. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244175 | COMPENSATED CROSSWELL TOMOGRAPHY METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A method and system to compensate for inaccuracies in crosswell tomography is presented. The method includes obtaining data from at least two receivers in response to transmissions from at least two transmitters. Next, at least one compensated value is derived based on the responses of the receivers to the transmitters. Finally, an inversion is performed based at least in part on the compensated value derived. This method eliminates inaccuracies that can be caused by sensor gain and phase variations in the inversion process. Inversion results with gain and phase compensation produce better imaging results that can better help determine the shape and boundaries of the reservoir. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244176 | Method to Assess Uncertainties and Correlations Resulting From Multi-Station Analysis of Survey Data - A system, method and computer-readable medium for a drilling a borehole is disclosed. Errors associated with multi-station survey measurements are obtained and partitioned into a set of estimated errors and a set of considered errors. A post-fit covariance matrix is determined from the estimated errors and includes the effects of the considered errors on the estimated errors. A drilling parameter of a drill string in the borehole may be altered using the determined post-fit covariance matrix. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244177 | TIME LAPSE MARINE SEISMIC SURVEYING EMPLOYING INTERPOLATED MULTICOMPONENT STREAMER PRESSURE DATA - In a first aspect, a method for use in a time lapse, marine seismic survey includes accessing a set of acquired, multicomponent seismic data; and interpolating a set of time lapse seismic data from the acquired seismic data. In other aspects, a program storage medium is encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform the above method and a computing apparatus programmed to perform one or more of such methods. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244178 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING NEAR SURFACE STATICS BY USING INTERNAL MULTIPLES PREDICTION - Disclosed is a system and method for predicting internal multiples generators to correct near surface statics, by estimating a first timing or position associated with reflectors using internal multiple generators identified based on predictive deconvolution operators, estimating a second timing or position associated with the reflectors using the acquired seismic surface data, comparing the first timing or position with the second timing or position for each of the reflectors to determine a travel time delay associated with the reflectors, and correcting the acquired seismic surface data using the travel time delay. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244179 | CONSTRUCTION AND REMOVAL OF SCATTERED GROUND ROLL USING INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS - A data set can be corrected for the effects of interface waves by interferometrically measuring an interface wavefield between each of a plurality of planned locations within a survey area; and correcting survey data acquired in the survey area for the interface waves. The interface wavefield may be interferometrically measured by receiving a wavefield including interface waves propagating within a survey area, the survey area including a plurality of planned survey locations therein; generating interface wave data representative of the received interface wavefield; and constructing a Green's function between each of the planned survey positions from the interface wave data. Other aspects include an apparatus by which the interface wavefield may be interferometrically measured and a computer apparatus programmed to correct the seismic data using the interferometrically measured interface wave data. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244180 | SHAPE ANALYSIS AND MASS SPECTROMETRY OF INDIVIDUAL MOLECULES BY NANOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS - The spatial distribution of mass within an individual analyte can be imaged—in real time and with molecular-scale resolution—when it adsorbs onto a nanomechanical resonator. Each single-molecule adsorption event induces discrete, time-correlated perturbations to the modal frequencies of the device. By continuous monitoring of multiple vibrational modes, the spatial moments of mass distribution can be deduced for individual analytes, one-by-one, as they adsorb. This new method was validated for inertial imaging using both experimental multimode frequency-shift data and finite-element simulations—to analyze the inertial mass, position-of-adsorption, and the shape of individual analytes. Unlike conventional imaging, the spatial resolution of nanomechanical inertial imaging is not limited by wavelength-dependent diffraction phenomena; instead frequency fluctuation processes determine the ultimate attainable resolution. Advanced NEMS devices can provide atomic-scale resolution. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING GLUCOSE IN PLASMA - A plasma glucose estimation system is provided comprising a sensor which generates a signal from a glucose concentration measured in a medium, filtering means and a glycemic estimator. Also a method comprising: i) generating a signal which represents the glucose concentration measured in the medium; ii) filtering the signal generated; iii) applying a set of local estimation models, to the previous signal, obtaining a set of local plasma glucose estimates; iv) applying a weighting to each one of the local estimates previously obtained; v) estimating a plasma glucose concentration by the sum of the weighted local estimates obtained in the previous step; vi) correcting the signal obtained from the previous step from reference glycemia measurements and obtaining the final plasma glucose estimate. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244182 | MOLECULAR PROFILING OF TUMORS - Provided herein are methods and systems of molecular profiling of diseases, such as cancer. In some embodiments, the molecular profiling can be used to identify treatments for a disease, such as treatments that were not initially identified as a treatment for the disease or not expected to be a treatment for a particular disease. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244183 | MOLECULAR PROFILING OF TUMORS - Provided herein are methods and systems of molecular profiling of diseases, such as cancer. In some embodiments, the molecular profiling can be used to identify treatments for a disease, such as treatments that were not initially identified as a treatment for the disease or not expected to be a treatment for a particular disease. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244184 | System and Method for Biologic Particle Density Path Projection - A processing method is disclosed for projecting one or more biologic particle density paths and for defining at least one retesting time for a specific biologic particle density of a patient. The processor is programmed to process laboratory data from the patient or from a data repository. The processor identifies a pattern of a plurality of biologic particle densities and based on at least the pattern identifies a medical condition and calculates a potential worst case pattern or trajectory of the laboratory test value over time based on the pattern and/or the identified medical condition. The system may calculate or identify the retesting time based on at least the minimum change of the parameter which would have actionable clinical relevance. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244185 | CHROMATOGRAPH MASS SPECTROMETER - Sequential identification numbers are automatically provided and undisplayed, constant, unique numbers are assigned to each event registered in an analysis condition setting table 100. Since correspondence information between the identification numbers and the unique numbers changes due to the reassignment of identification numbers when an event is deleted from the table, event identification numbers for each compound are changed by referring to the correspondence information on a compound information table. As a result, it is possible to avoid the misalignment of event identification numbers between both tables. In addition, when an instruction is given to coordinate the time information or m/z information on both tables, the information on one table is reflected on the other table in accordance with the identification numbers. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244186 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE ROLLING RESISTANCE OF A VEHICLE WHEEL - A method for estimating rolling resistance of a wheel of a moving vehicle, the vehicle including at least two wheels fitted with tires, the method including: measuring or estimating a value of angular velocity Ω of rotation of at least one wheel; and measuring or estimating a value of torque T applied to the wheel; the method using an observer of dynamics of the wheel that is based on a sliding mode control theory, in which input signals are the value of the angular velocity Ω of the wheel and the value of the torque T applied to the wheel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244187 | Method for Detecting Islanding with Periodically Transmitted Sequence of Unsynchronized Signals - Conditions in a power grid are detected by sampling a voltage in the grid. A normal condition hypothesis is modeled as a sinusoid, and a transient condition hypothesis is modeled as a sum of damped sinusoids. The samples are used to construct a probability density function. A likelihood ratio based on the pdf and the hypotheses is compared to a threshold to determine whether the condition is normal or transient. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244188 | FORECASTING OUTPUT POWER OF WIND TURBINE IN WIND FARM - A method and apparatus for forecasting output power of wind turbine in a wind farm. The present invention provides a method for forecasting output power of a wind turbine in a wind farm, including: generating a corrected data set based on environmental data collected from at least one sensor in the wind farm; correcting a weather forecasting model by using the corrected data set; obtaining a forecast value of wind information at the wind turbine based on the corrected weather forecasting model; and forecasting the output power of the wind turbine based on the forecast value and a power forecasting model. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244189 | System For Achieving Real-Time Monitoring and State Estimation in Power Distribution Networks - A method of placing PMUs for distribution networks having a plurality of nodes, the network comprising: a feeder line attached to a source at a source node and at least one node with a lateral branching from the node on the feeder line, the method comprising the steps of: placing a VPMU and CPMU directly after the source node; locating a next node downstream along the feeder line; and for the located next node, determining a type of node located, a type of line between the source node and the located next node and whether the located next node is an end node of the feeder line; wherein if the located next node is branching node, placing a CPMU on all laterals between the branching node and an end of the lateral; determining if any of the located next nodes are attached to a dispersed generator and placing a CPMU. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244190 | POWER USAGE ANALYSIS - A user device is configured to receive information that a display screen, of the user device, is turned on; and receive information that an application is initiated or used on the user device during a time period that commences based on the display screen being turned on. The user device is configured to determine an amount of power used by the display screen; determine power usage information that identifies a portion of the amount of power that is attributable to the application based on the application being initiated during the time period; and store the power usage information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244191 | CURRENT USAGE ESTIMATION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Various embodiments are described herein for a system and method for estimating current consumption for an electronic device by obtaining log data comprising a record of at least some activities of the electronic device during a selected time period, parsing the log data into a plurality of component digests, estimating current consumption values for the component digests based on component signatures of the component digests, a current consumption model and a machine learning technique; and processing the estimated current consumption values to estimate current consumption data for the electronic device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MONITORING OF INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT - A system and method for providing monitoring of industrial equipment is disclosed. In such a system and method, one or more sensor units may be configured to generate output signals conveying information regarding power conducted to the industrial equipment. One or more power parameters may be determined based on the sensor output signals. Abnormal operations of the industrial equipment may be determined based on the power parameters and alerts responsive to the abnormal operations may be generated. In some embodiments, information regarding a present operation of the industrial equipment may be received from a control system and/or monitoring system. In those embodiments, a fault or a likelihood of fault of the control system and/or the monitoring system may be determined. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244193 | BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE TRACKING, EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT SELECTION AND BENCHMARKING - A method includes calculating a first estimated state of charge (SOC) of a battery at a first time, receiving a voltage value representing a measured voltage across the battery at a second time, calculating a filter gain at the second time, and calculating a second estimated SOC of the battery at the second time based on the first estimated SOC, the voltage value, and the filter gain. Another method includes storing, in a memory, a library of equivalent circuit models representing a battery, determining an operational mode of a battery based on a load associated with the battery, selecting one of the equivalent circuit models based on the determined operational mode, and calculating a state of charge of charge (SOC) of the battery using the selected equivalent circuit model. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244194 | TEST APPARATUS OF DISPLAY, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A test apparatus for a display includes an interface transmitting characteristic information including a resolution of the display unit and each equivalent model of a plurality of pixels, a reference voltage model including a plurality of reference voltages respectively corresponding to a plurality of pixels included in a unit region of the display unit, and pixel information including a position of a plurality of pixels to be tested among a plurality of pixels, a pixel model generator that schematizes a plurality of pixels into a plurality of test pixels and at least one equivalent load pixel according to the characteristic information and the pixel information to generate a pixel model, and a voltage mapper that maps the reference voltage model to the pixel model to calculate test voltages respectively corresponding to a plurality of test pixels and the equivalent load pixel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244195 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY PORT - A VGA port testing system includes an oscilloscope and a testing device. The oscilloscope is adapted to connect to a VGA port of a motherboard to capture and detect signals output from the VGA port. The testing device is connected to the oscilloscope and adapted to automatically adjust preset parameters of the oscilloscope and create a testing report according to signal waveforms detected by the oscilloscope. The testing device further displays testing results according to the testing reports. A VGA port testing method using the VGA port testing system is also provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244196 | MEASURING APPARATUS - Provided is a measuring apparatus that measures a position or a displacement of a target object by calculating a phase difference between a reference signal and a measuring signal. The measuring apparatus includes a demodulation unit configured to demodulate the measuring signal by the first frequency to thereby generate a demodulated signal including the component of the second frequency, a cyclic error component, and a harmonic component occurred due to demodulation; a decimation filter configured to remove the harmonic component from the demodulated signal to thereby output a signal including the component of the second frequency and the cyclic error component; and a measuring signal correcting unit configured to detect and remove the cyclic error component included in the output signal from the decimation filter. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244197 | Determining Most Relevant Data Measurement from Among Competing Data Points - Disclosed herein are techniques for determining a most relevant data measurement from among competing data points. Particular embodiments call for an evaluation engine to receive as input from an underlying database, a plurality of competing data points together with meta-data reflecting a provenance of those data points. The evaluation engine is configured to apply a precedence rule set to the input, and produce an output comprising a most relevant data measurement. Via application of the precedence rule set, the evaluation engine may consider expected reliability of the source of the data measurement. The precedence rule set may also reflect other factors, such as a number of alternative sources for the measurement, a freshness of the measurement, and/or a possibility of combining (e.g. averaging) a plurality of otherwise equally situated measurements. An example evaluates the statistics of pro football prospects (e.g. foot speed) available from different sources (e.g. scouting reports). | 2014-08-28 |
20140244198 | CALIBRATION OF A CHEMICAL SENSOR IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for calibrating a portable first electronic device ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140244199 | Method Of Determining Information Of A Test Sensor - A method of determining auto-calibrating information of a test sensor includes providing an optical read head that includes a light source, a light guide and a detector. The read head forms an opening that is sized to receive a test sensor. The detector includes a linear-detector array or single detector. A test sensor is provided having apertures formed therein. The test sensor is placed in the opening of the optical read head. Light is transmitted from the light source through the apertures. The light transmitted through the apertures using the detector or detecting the absence of light being transmitted through the test sensor using the detector is detected. The detected light or the absence of detected light information from the detector is used to determine the auto-calibration information of the test sensor. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244200 | Magnetometer Calibration - A real-time calibration system and method for a mobile device having an onboard magnetometer uses an estimator to estimate magnetometer calibration parameters and a magnetic field external to the mobile device (e.g., the earth magnetic field). The calibration parameters can be used to calibrate uncalibrated magnetometer readings output from the onboard magnetometer. The external magnetic field can be modeled as a weighted combination of a past estimate of the external magnetic field and the asymptotic mean of that magnetic field, perturbed by a random noise (e.g., Gaussian random noise). The weight can be adjusted based on a measure of the statistical uncertainty of the estimated calibration parameters and the estimated external magnetic field. The asymptotic mean of the external magnetic field can be modeled as a time average of the estimated external magnetic field. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244201 | METHODS FOR DETECTING FILM FORMATION POTENTIAL IN FOOD PRODUCTS - The present disclosure provides methods for determining the film forming potential of food products. In a general embodiment, a method for determining the film forming potential of a food product is provided and includes providing a temperature-control device having a processor and a computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to cycle an interior temperature of the temperature-control device between different temperatures in a predetermined amount of time. The methods further include placing a packaged food product in the temperature-control device, and causing the processor to execute the stored instructions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244202 | CHARACTERIZATION OF INTERFACE RESISTANCE IN A MULTI-LAYER CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a test structure that can be used to characterize a specific interface resistance within a multi-layer conductive structure, such as a multi-layer ohmic contact. In the test structure first and second transmission line model (TLM) structures both incorporate a row of essentially identical contact pads separated by spaces with progressively increasing lengths. Conductive mesas, also with progressively increasing lengths, are positioned within the spaces between all but the initial pair of adjacent contacts pads. The first and second TLM structures differ only with respect to the presence of a single conductive layer on each of the conductive mesas. System, method and computer program product embodiments are able to extract resistance parameters associated with the first and second TLM structures, including conductive mesa to conductive layer interface resistances, based current-voltage measurements acquired from both of the TLM structures. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244203 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTER-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BUS - A testing system configured to test real-time signals of an I | 2014-08-28 |
20140244204 | TESTER WITH ACCELERATION FOR PACKET BUILDING WITHIN A FPGA BLOCK - A method for testing using an automated test equipment is presented. The method comprises transmitting instructions for performing an automated test from a system controller to a tester processor, wherein the instructions comprise parameters for a descriptor module. The method also comprises programming a reconfigurable circuit for implementing the descriptor module onto an instantiated FPGA block coupled to the tester processor. Further, the method comprises interpreting the parameters from the descriptor module using the reconfigurable circuit, wherein the parameters control execution of a plurality of test operations on a DUT coupled to the instantiated FPGA block. Additionally, the method comprises constructing at least one packet in accordance with the parameters, wherein each one of the at least one packet comprises a command for executing a test operation on the DUT. Finally, the method comprises performing a handshake with the DUT to route the at least one packet to the DUT. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244205 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPH SIGNAL - A test unit may generate a pulse signal based on a pulsatile profile and a frequency modulation component of a respiratory profile. A respiration modulated signal may be generated from the pulse signal, an amplitude modulation component, and a baseline modulation component. A patient modulated signal may be generated based on the respiration modulated signal and a patient profile. The artificial PPG signal may be generated based on the patient modulated signal and an artifact profile. The artificial PPG signal may be output to an electronic device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244206 | Sensor Systems and Methods Having Emulated Line Adaptation - A measurement system includes a signal bus, an electronic control unit, and an emulated sensor. The electronic control unit is coupled to the signal bus. The sensor with emulated line adaptation is also coupled to the signal bus. The emulated sensor is configured to adapt current consumption according to a selected impedance and a selected frequency range. | 2014-08-28 |
20140244207 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE IN-AISLE LOCATIONS IN MONITORED ENVIRONMENTS - Apparatus and methods to determine in-aisle locations in monitored environments are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first and second sensors in communication with a location meter. The first sensor is to detect (1) a first sequence of position indicators when the location meter is moving along an aisle of a monitored environment in a first direction, or (2) a second sequence of the position indicators when the location meter is moving along the aisle in a second direction opposite the first direction. The second sensor is to detect (1) the second sequence of position indicators when the location meter is moving along the aisle in the first direction, or (2) the first sequence of the position indicators when the location meter is moving along the aisle in the second direction. An in-aisle position of the location meter is to be determined based on the first and second sequences of position indicators. | 2014-08-28 |