| 39th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 81 |
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| 20100250146 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PORTABLE GAS CHROMATOGRAPH SYSTEM - A portable multi-dimensional gas chromatograph, the gas chromatograph including a carrier gas container, a regulator fluidly connected to the carrier gas container, a dopant chamber containing a reference chemical, at least one pre-concentrator which is fluidly connected to the regulator and the dopant chamber, a first separation column fluidly connected to the at least one pre-concentrator, a second separation column fluidly connected to the at least one pre-concentrator, a first detector fluidly connected to the first separation column, and a second detector fluidly connected to the second separation column. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250147 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION FOR DERIVING SURROGATE RESPONSE DATA - The present invention provides a system and method for automatically deriving unique surrogate response data from experiment results in which inherent data loss occurs in a sufficient number of the samples to disallow quantitative effects estimation at the experimenter's desired level of confidence for statistical significance. In part, the unique surrogate response data sets of the present invention have one or more of four primary characteristics including: each is numerically analyzable; each may be readily or directly obtained when inherent data loss occurs; each provides a response value for an experiment trial; and each provides information on the effect of a change made to the process or system that would have been obtainable if the experiment samples had had no inherent data loss. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250148 | DETERMINISTIC NDE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR - A deterministic non-destructive evaluation system for composite damage assessment and repair includes structure of interest, non-destructive evaluation data and strength test data obtained on the structure of interest, finite element analysis performed on a structural model modified by the non-destructive data and the strength test data, a strength-to-indication correlation based on the finite element analysis and deterministic non-destructive evaluation predictions and recommendations based on the strength-to-indication correlation. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250149 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD - A dummy junction which will break earlier than a target junction is arranged on a board. A history of load applied to the dummy junction until the dummy junction actually breaks is recorded, and an estimated lifetime of the target junction is calibrated when a lifetime of the dummy junction estimated by the history of the load is largely different from an actual lifetime of the dummy junction. The calibration is performed by subtracting a value of an unmeasurable load from the estimated lifetime of the target junction based on load ever applied to the target junction, and the unmeasurable load is calculated based on the difference of the actual lifetime and estimated lifetime of the dummy junction. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250150 | METHOD FOR MEASURING SHAFTING MECHANICAL FATIGUE OF TURBINE GENERATOR SET - A method for measuring mechanical fatigue in shafts forming part of a turbine generator set, which involves determining a lumped mass model of a turbine generator set and its parameters; calculating a model frequency and a mode shape of the turbine generator set; acquiring an angular velocity change at a machine end; calculating a torque at a calculating section of shafting based on the model frequency, a mode shape curve and an equivalent rigidity of the lumped mass model, so as to obtain a torque-time history curve at the calculating section of the shafting; calculating a fatigue damage accumulative value for a dangerous section of a set shafting under a certain malfunction or disturbance, that is, the shafting mechanical fatigue of the turbine generator set. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250151 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC WEDGE IDENTIFICATION FOR AN ULTRASONIC INSPECTION SYSTEM - The invention disclosed herein provides a method and system for automatic wedge identification for an ultrasonic inspection system and includes the steps of coupling a given probe wedge to a phased array system. Ultrasonic pulses are applied from the phased array system to the given probe wedge and, thereafter, time of flight of the ultrasonic pulses through the given probe wedge are measured. By calculating at least one of several parameters such as a wedge angle, a height of a first probe element and a wedge acoustic velocity the given probe wedge may be identified. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250152 | Providing Constant Counterbalance Throughout Predetermined Range of Motion - An apparatus includes a lever arm that couples to a pivot point on one end and a display on the other end. The lever arm rotates around the pivot point through a lever arm range of motion, and the weight of the display produces a display torque around the pivot point that varies as the lever arm rotates through the lever arm range of motion. The apparatus also includes a spring that couples to the lever arm using a cable. The spring produces, through the lever arm, a spring torque around the pivot point that is equally opposite of the display torque throughout the lever arm range of motion. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250153 | Method for Determining the Load Capacity of Cranes - The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the admissible load capacity of a crane, in which the load capacity is determined in dependence on at least one first and one second parameter and which comprises a first step, in which the load capacity for the value of the first parameter with different values of the second parameter is determined by calculation or by interpolation or extrapolation on the basis of known values of the load capacity with specific values of the first parameter, and which comprises a second step, in which the determination of the load capacity for the second parameter is performed on the basis of the values of the load capacity determined in the first step for different values of the second parameter by calculation or by interpolation or extrapolation. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250154 | MEMBRANOUS FILTRATION PREDICTION METHOD, PREDICTION APPARATUS, AND MEMBRANOUS FILTRATION PREDICTION PROGRAM - A method is provided for precisely predicting the temporal variation of a membranous filtration resistance, the temporal variation of a transmembrane pressure, the temporal variation of a membranous filtration flux, or the temporal variation of a membranous filtration flowrate as occurs in filtrating a liquid to-be-filtrated with a membrane, in a membranous filtration method wherein the liquid to-be-filtrated is filtrated by the separation membrane with the transmembrane pressure as a driving force. The variation of the membranous filtration resistance, the transmembrane pressure or the membranous filtration flowrate (flux) with time is predicted in a case where the membranous filtration is continued while controlling the membranous filtration flowrate (flux) or the transmembrane pressure to a set value. The method includes a computation step 1 | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250155 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING HOLE FLOW RATES IN FILM COOLED PARTS - A method for measuring a flow rate through a cooling hole of a film cooled part includes the steps of 1) measuring a transient thermal response of an internal surface temperature corresponding solely to an inside portion of a cooling hole for a film cooled part resulting from a flow of fluid through the part, the fluid having an initial temperature that is different from an initial temperature of the film cooled part, 2) mathematically characterizing the transient thermal response, and 3) determining the cooling hole flow rate from the mathematical characterization. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250156 | DETERMINATION OF END OF LIFE OF OIL BY ELECTRICAL MEANS - Electrical measures of resistivity and permittivity of engine lubricating oil are gathered continuously under normal vehicle engine operating conditions and combined into a composite parameter, the aggregated electrical measure, which, is indicative of engine oil condition and when plotted over the useful life of the oil displays a first linear slope anticipatory of the end of oil life followed by a second, steeper slope indicative of the end of oil life. An algorithm, implementable in an on-vehicle computer, to reliably detect these features is described. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250157 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS OF A CRYOGENIC TANK, IN PARTICULAR THE GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF THE TANK - (EN) The invention relates to a method for estimating the characteristic parameters of a cryogenic tank ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250158 | ENHANCED CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEGRADATION - One embodiment provides a system that analyzes an electrical connection in a computer system. During operation, the system monitors a reflection coefficient associated with the electrical connection and applies a sequential-analysis technique to the reflection coefficient to determine a statistical deviation of the reflection coefficient. Next, the system assesses the integrity of the electrical connection based on the statistical deviation of the reflection coefficient. Finally, the system uses the assessed integrity to maintain the electrical connection. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250159 | SYNCHRONIZER FOR A DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A data acquisition system is provided that in one example comprises a sensor electrically coupled to a data acquisition unit via a signal splitter. In use, the sensor senses one or more signals transmitted over a “live” power cable carrying, for example, 50 Hz or 60 Hz, medium voltage power. The one or more signals are then transmitted to the data acquisition unit to be stored, displayed, and/or analyzed. The data acquisition system includes a synchronizer that allows the data acquisition unit to synchronize the storage of the sensed signals to the frequency of the power transmitted over the tested power cable or system. In one embodiment, the synchronizer provides an accurate phase angle reference or trigger signal for accurate phase resolved data acquisition and testing. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250160 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GATHERING INFORMATION USING A POWER DEVICE - A power device, such as a UPS, and a method for gathering system information using the power device are provided. In one aspect, a UPS receives system information associated with at least one other device, the system information including configuration management information, stores, in data storage, the system information associated with the at least one other device and provides the system information to an external entity. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250161 | Monitoring system for collection and distribution of a power consumption information - A monitoring system for collection and distribution of power consumption information. It comprises a first monitoring device that is employed between, and electrically coupled to, a power socket and a first electrical appliance. The monitoring system also comprises a collector device that collects an energy consumption data from the first monitoring device and communicates it to a remote server. The collector device receives monitoring data from a number of electrical appliances with which it is communicatively coupled. Communication between the collector device that receives monitoring data from a number of electrical appliances and the monitoring devices occurs over a power line. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250162 | BATTERY LIFE ESTIMATION - A method of estimating battery lifetime includes monitoring a charge characteristic of a battery during a first time period, monitoring an operating condition of the battery, determining a first battery life value for the first time period based on the operating condition of the battery, the charge characteristic, and a duration of the first time period, determining an overall battery life value using the first battery life value and a second battery life value for a second time period, and estimating a remaining battery lifetime for the battery based on the overall battery life value. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250163 | CONTROL DEVICE OF SECONDARY BATTERY AND MAP CORRECTION METHOD - A two-dimensional map for calculating an SOC of a secondary battery is corrected. A battery ECU obtains a voltage index of a secondary battery. The voltage index is, for example, a no-load voltage of the secondary battery. When an amount of change of the calculated no-load voltage from an initial state falls outside a predefined range, the battery ECU corrects the two-dimensional map of initial state which is stored in advance in a storage unit using data obtained by statistically processing a plurality of two-dimensional maps obtained from a plurality of vehicles. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250164 | Battery End of Life Determination - A method for determining an end of life of a battery includes determining a discharge capacity of the battery at a given moment in time, determining a discharge capacity at a functional endpoint of the battery, and determining a fuel remaining in the battery at the given moment in time as a function of both the discharge capacity at the given moment in time and the discharge capacity of the battery at the functional endpoint of the battery. The determined fuel remaining is indicative of an end of life of the battery. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250165 | Control of Delivery of Current Through One or More Discharge Lamps - Control of delivery of current through one or more discharge lamps. Methods include alternately switching on and off switching elements that control a fluorescent lamp, in response to receiving input, until the brightness of the lamp decreases to a threshold. Further, methods include providing control signals at complementary duty cycles to further decrease the brightness and alternating the duty cycles of the signals applied to the filaments of the fluorescent lamp. Methods include digitally comparing voltage signals supplied to a fluorescent lamp and the current drawn by the fluorescent lamp. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250166 | Methods And Devices For Evaluating The Operating Characteristics Of A DBR Laser Diode - In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of evaluating the operating characteristics of a DBR laser diode is provided. According to the method, a diagnostic electrical current is injected into the wavelength tuning section of the DBR laser to generate amplified spontaneous emission of light in the wavelength tuning section. Light emitted from the wavelength tuning section is absorbed by the gain section and photo current generated by the light absorbed in the gain section is measured. The photo current measured in the gain section can be correlated with an evaluation of the operating characteristics of the DBR laser diode. For example, the measured photo current can be correlated with a substandard operating characteristic when it departs from a given photo current metric by more than an acceptable amount. Alternatively, the measured photo current can be correlated with a certified operating characteristic when it departs from the given photo current metric by an acceptable amount. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250167 | NEAR FIELD REMOTE MEASUREMENT ARCHITECTURE FOR REMOTE PASSIVE TYPE SENSOR - A reader device ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250168 | Accurate Magnetic Field Sensor and Method for Wireless Phasor Measurement Unit - A phasor measurement unit and method including a transducer for transduction measurement of an electrical characteristic of a current carrying element in electrical power generation or distribution systems, the transducer generating a transducer output signal representative of the electrical characteristic; an amplifier receiving the transducer output signal and generating an amplifier output signal; a filter receiving the amplifier output signal, low pass filtering the amplifier output signal. and generating a filter output signal; a digital to analog converter receiving the filter output signal and generating a digital output signal; and a processor receiving the digital output signal, calculating phasor data from the digital output signal and generating a data output signal, wherein the calculated phasor data is at least as accurate as phasor data from a phasor measurement unit or a frequency data recorder having a transducer for nontransduction measurement of the same electrical characteristic. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250169 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING DATA REPRESENTING A PLURALITY OF EXCITATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF SENSORS - A method for evaluating data representing a plurality of excitations of a plurality of sensors; the method comprising: (a) storing the data as a plurality of entries in an information store; each respective sensor-excitation pair being a respective entry; (b) exercising a fit relationship employing at least one first sine value to determine a fit value substantially simultaneously for at least a portion of the plurality of entries; (c) ascertaining a measure of fit error between the data and the fit value for the portion of entries; (d) employing the measure of fit error to estimate at least one next sine value; (e) employing the at least one next sine value to perform a fit optimization operation with the data substantially simultaneously for the portion of entries; and (f) repeating steps (c) through (e) until a desired number of the sine values has been exercised. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250170 | INTERROGATION METHOD FOR PASSIVE WIRELESS SENSOR INTERROGATION SYSTEM - A method of wirelessly interrogating a sensing device comprising a plurality of passive sensors, to determine a measurement parameter, comprises the steps of repeatedly interrogating the sensing device using a predetermined transmission signal and detecting the response; estimating the measurement parameter for each sensor by means of an analysis of the data accumulated as a result of the interrogation step, and determining the average of the parameters derived from the estimating step for each sensor, using a weighted average, in which the weightings depend on the amplitude of the sensor response. The measurement parameter may be a resonant frequency where the passive sensors are resonant devices, and the sensors may be SAW devices. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250171 | LENS EVALUATION METHOD, LENS EVALUATION DEVICE, LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND LENS CHARACTERISTIC DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention is to provide a lens evaluation method capable of easily evaluating whether there is a difference which greatly changes locally in a lens, and evaluating the degree of the difference. According to the lens evaluation method of the present invention, first, power a distribution of a plurality of measurement point in an arbitrary direction. Next, a calculation power distribution (a design power distribution) is created. Further, a difference distribution between an actually measured power distribution, which indicates an actual power distribution, and a calculation power distribution is obtained. Further, the difference distribution is differentiated to obtain a difference index, and an evaluation is performed based on the difference index to evaluate whether there is a difference which greatly changes locally in a lens, and evaluate the degree of the difference. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250172 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING WAFER ACCEPTANCE TEST ("WAT") ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL ("APC") WITH ROUTING MODEL - System and method for implementing wafer acceptance test (“WAT”) advanced process control (“APC”) are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing an inter-metal (“IM”) WAT on a plurality of processed wafer lots; selecting a subset of the plurality of wafer lots using a lot sampling process; and selecting a sample wafer group using the wafer lot subset, wherein IM WAT is performed on wafers of the sample wafer group to obtain IM WAT data therefore. The method further comprises estimating final WAT data for all wafers in the processed wafer lots from IM WAT data obtained for the sample wafer group and providing the estimated final WAT data to a WAT APC process for controlling processes. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250173 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING GRADUATED REFRACTION POWER LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRADUATED REFRACTION POWER LENS - The present invention is to provide a method for easily evaluating whether or not a relative positional shift generated between both surfaces of a bi-aspherical type lens is within an allowance during the manufacturing process of the bi-aspherical type lens. According to the evaluation method of the progressive-addition lens of the present invention, first, powers of the progressive-addition lens at a plurality of are measured to obtain an actually measured power distribution. Next, a comparison power distribution created based on the actually measured power distribution and a defective power distribution prepared in advance are compared with each other to perform similarity search between the both. Thereafter, whether or not the comparison power distribution and the similar to each other is determined based on the result of the similarity search step, and if it is determined that the comparison power distribution and the defective power distribution are similar to each other, then the progressive-addition lens is evaluated as defective. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250174 | SAMPLE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT SERVER THEREOF - A management server of a sample inspection system includes sample processing information generated on the basis of inspection request data, facility data, a simulation execution portion and a window generation portion for generating a monitor window. The inspection request data contains a priority, an order time, a required time and inspection items and the sample processing information contains an inspection start time and an inspection estimate finish time. The monitor window has a work area in which the samples represented by sample bars parallel to the abscissa are arranged in a vertical direction and a past record and a future schedule are allocated to this abscissa with the present time as the base. The sample bars display a simulation execution portion for executing simulation on the basis of the inspection start time, the inspection estimate finish time and a delay time. The management server displays the simulation result. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250175 | SMART PROBE - The present system, method, article of manufacture, software, and apparatus is an “intelligent” probe system and components thereof and may openly encompass, in at least an embodiment, an embedded IC chip located in an interchangeable probe(s) which offers repeatable, fast, easy, and error free probe swapping on a CCM. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250176 | COMPASS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE FIELD STRENGTH - A compass system comprises a magnetic field sensor for measuring an ambient magnetic field and a magnetic field generator, corresponding to the magnetic field sensor, configured to generate a reference magnetic field. The magnetic field sensor is configured to measure the reference magnetic field. The compass system further comprises a control circuit operably connected to the magnetic field sensor and magnetic field generator, wherein the control circuit is configured to process the ambient magnetic field and the reference magnetic field measurements to determine an absolute reference field strength for use in calibrating the compass system. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250177 | ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT OF AN OBJECT - There is provided an object orientation measurement system for improving the accuracy of a first estimate of the orientation of an object to which the system is attached, the system comprising an accelerometer for measuring a first acceleration of the object; and an estimation unit for providing a position or velocity of the object; processing means for comparing the first acceleration and output of the estimation unit to form a correction signal, and for applying the correction signal to the first estimate of the orientation of the object to produce a second estimate of the orientation of the object. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250178 | CORRECTED BALL DIAMETER CALCULATING METHOD AND FORM MEASURING INSTRUMENT - A corrected ball diameter calculating method includes: preparing a reference gauge that has at least one reference peripheral surface of an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface; valuing of diameter values of the reference peripheral surface at a plurality of different height positions from a bottom surface of the reference gauge; calculating calibrated diameter values per each of the height positions; placing the reference gauge on the rotary table and causing the stylus tip to touch a plurality of measurement sites on the reference peripheral surface at each of the height positions to calculate measured diameter values that are diameter values of a circle passing through the neighborhood of center points of the stylus tip; and calculating the corrected ball diameters per each of the height positions from the calibrated diameter values and the measured diameter values that are calculated per each of the height positions. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250179 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND ESTIMATING SUBJECT MOTION IN VARIABLE SIGNAL RECEPTION ENVIRONMENTS - A dynamic motion and distance measuring device for estimating and measuring speed and distance covered by a subject engaged in an athletic endeavor and more particularly to measuring and estimating the speed and distance and providing a relative indication of a measured speed and distance to an optimal speed and distance and/or time including finish time of the subject engaged in an athletic event, even where the event is occurring in changing environment or terrain conditions where remote data collection and signal reception is inconsistent and variable. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250180 | COMPENSATION METHOD FOR TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM - A compensation method devoid of operating voltage calibration, establishing fundamental linearity calibration table and inputting, and detecting the actual operating voltage is disclosed. The compensation method comprises the steps of: a) turning off a switch in a touch sensor system; b) initializing the touch sensor system and measuring a reference frequency outputted from a oscillator in the touch sensor system; c) turning on the switch and measuring a first frequency outputted from the oscillator; and d) deducting the first frequency from the reference frequency so as to obtain a frequency difference; and e) comparing the difference with a predetermined value, and judging based upon the difference if the touch sensor system is touched by a foreign object. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250181 | Information management system for drive apparatus and method of manufacturing drive apparatus - An information management system includes a storage medium storing position error information of the rotation sensor obtained based on information of the back electromotive force and output information from the rotation sensor in an inspection process in which a back electromotive force is measured by mechanically driving the rotary electrical machine after the rotary electrical machine and the rotation sensor are assembled, wherein the storage medium is provided in a state capable of being read via communication when a control device controlling the rotary electrical machine is assembled with the rotary electrical machine. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250182 | SPECTRAL IMAGING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SPECTRAL TRANSMITTANCE VARIABLE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING SPECTRAL TRANSMITTANCE VARIABLE ELEMENT IN SPECTRAL IMAGING APPARATUS - A spectral imaging apparatus includes: a spectral transmittance variable element having a spectral transmittance characteristics such that a transmittance periodically varies with wavelength and being capable of changing the variation period, for converting light from an object under observation into light having a plurality of peak wavelengths; a light extracting device for extracting, from the light having a plurality of peak wavelengths, light for imaging that contains a peak wavelength proximate to a predetermined command wavelength designated by a user and light for calibration that contains a peak wavelength other than the peak wavelength proximate to the command wavelength; an image sensor for capturing an image of the object under observation formed of the light for imaging; a detector for detecting, from the light for calibration, the peak wavelength other than the peak wavelength proximate to the command wavelength; and a control unit including, an operation processing section that calculates the peak wavelength that is proximate to the command wavelength and is contained in the light for imaging, from the peak wavelength that is other than the peak wavelength proximate to the command wavelength, is contained in the light for calibration and is detected by the detector, calculates an amount of shift between the peak wavelength proximate to the command wavelength as calculated and the command wavelength, and determines an amount of adjustment of the variation period on a basis of the amount of shift, and a drive processing section that drives the spectral transmittance variable element for changing the variation period. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250183 | INTERACTIVE SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIMENSIONING - The present disclosure relates to interactive systems and methods for dimensioning with a mobile device. The mobile device can include an accelerometer, imager, and a corresponding algorithm configured to compute dimensions based on a plurality of inputs from the accelerometer, imager, etc. Specifically, the accelerometer allows the mobile device to measure acceleration and time, and the algorithm is configured to convert these measurements into distances. Additionally, with a three-axis accelerometer, the user can move the device off an axis being measured and still receive an accurate measurement, i.e. the algorithm can compensate for off-axis movement. Further, the present invention can incorporate an imager on the mobile device to provide additional compensation supplementing the algorithm and allowing the user additional freedom to be positioned away from the starting and end-point of a measurement. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250184 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION APPARATUS - An arithmetic processing means detects a change in a rotation angle of one or more rotations from the direction of a change in the sign of one of sensor output signals and the sign of the other sensor output signal, and generates multiple rotation angle information from information about the detected change in the rotation angle of one or more rotations and rotation angle information about one rotation calculated from the sensor output signals. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250185 | Method for detection of gravitational anomalies - A method and system for detecting gravitational anomalies comprises measuring surface structures, measuring gravitational field characteristics, and estimating the effect of the surface structures on the gravitational measurements. The estimations are then used to derive a representation of nearby non visible features such as changes in rock density, voids, or oil and gas deposits. The surface structures may be measured by a video camera, with the video sequence being processed to estimate 3D positions of structures relative to the measurement point. Other methods may be used, such as lidar or acoustic techniques as appropriate. The method may be applied above ground and also has efficacy in borehole and sewer surveying applications. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250186 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF MAILPIECES - A method of measuring a thickness of mailpieces includes calculating, for each mailpiece comprising a unique collation, an estimated mailpiece thickness value, including combining a measured envelope thickness value, a measured insert thickness value for each insert associated with the mailpiece, and a theoretical document thickness value for an input document associated with the mailpiece. The method further includes assembling the mailpiece, obtaining a measured mailpiece thickness value for the mailpiece, and comparing the measured mailpiece thickness value with the estimated mailpiece thickness value. The method further includes, where the measured mailpiece thickness value is within a predetermined tolerance of the estimated mailpiece thickness value, storing the measured mailpiece thickness value as a reference thickness value in a database on a processing device, and where the measured mailpiece thickness value is outside of a predetermined tolerance of the estimated mailpiece thickness value, outsorting the mailpiece. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250187 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PERFORMANCE METRICS OF ARRAY TYPE CIRCUITS UNDER PROCESS VARIABILITY - A method is disclosed for analyzing a performance metric of an array type electronic circuit under process variability effects. The electronic circuit has an array with a plurality of array elements and an access path being a model of the array type electronic circuit. The model includes building blocks having all hardware to access one array element in the array. Each building block has at least one basic element. In one aspect, the method includes deriving statistics of the access path due to variations in the building blocks under process variability of the basic elements, and deriving statistics of the full array type electronic circuit by combining the results of the statistics of the access path under awareness of the array architecture. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250188 | Laser Targeting System - A simulation system for predicting a likelihood of whether a target object positioned in an environment will be detected by a detection system when illuminated by a laser source. The simulation system may be used for a laser rangefinder application and a laser designator application. The simulation system may provide a detection probability of the target object at a specified range to the detection system or a plurality of detection probabilities as a function of the range to the detection system. The simulation system may provide an indication of an overlap of the beam provided by the laser source on the target object. The simulation system may determine the effect of vibration on the detection of the target object at a specified range. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250189 | Method and System for Determination of Detection Probability or a Target Object Based on a Range - A simulation system for predicting a likelihood of whether a target object positioned in an environment will be detected by a detection system when illuminated by a laser source. The simulation system may be used for a laser rangefinder application and a laser designator application. The simulation system may provide a detection probability of the target object at a specified range to the detection system or a plurality of detection probabilities as a function of the range to the detection system. The simulation system may provide an indication of an overlap of the beam provided by the laser source on the target object. The simulation system may determine the effect of vibration on the detection of the target object at a specified range. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250190 | TAG RANKING - Technologies for generating a boosted tag ranking for a media instance, the boosted tag ranking based on probabilistic relevance estimation and tag correlation refining. Such boosted tag rankings may be used for search result ranking, tag recommendation, and group recommendation. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250191 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF HIERARCHICAL TEST EQUIPMENT - A method includes defining a hierarchy associated with a test system including a plurality of test units for testing integrated circuit devices. At least some of the test units have a plurality of sockets. The hierarchy includes a first level including a first plurality of entities each associated with one of the sockets and at least a second level including a second plurality of entities each associated with a grouping of the sockets. State data associated with operational states of the sockets is received. A set of state metrics is generated for each entity at each level of the hierarchy based on the state data. Each set of state metrics identifies time spent in the operational states. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AN EFFICIENCY OF A POWER DEVICE - A method for estimating an efficiency of a power device includes identifying a state of operation of the power device, measuring power-related information produced by the power device, and determining an estimated efficiency of the power device based in part on the state of operation of the power device and power loss parameters associated with the power device by using the measured power-related information. Other methods and devices for measuring efficiency are further disclosed. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250193 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for testing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a testing device photographing and capturing an image of a defect generated on a substrate having a thin film array formed thereon, the testing device providing testing information on the defect, a ARPC automatically determining defectiveness of the substrate by an automatic determination method using a defect determining automation program designed based on a testing worker's determination method and behavior aspect, the captured image and the testing information on the defect, a PRPC determining defectiveness of the substrate based on the captured image and the testing information on the defect, if the defectiveness of the substrate is undeterminable by the ARPC, and a main server connecting the ARPC with the PRPC and storing the captured image and the testing information on the defect. The ARPC extracts characteristics of the defect by using the testing information on the defect and the ARPC analyzes the extracted characteristics of the defect to classify and calculate the degree of the defect. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250194 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INTEGRITY TESTING METHODS AND APPARATUS - Embodiments include methods and apparatus for testing an electrical system (e.g., of an electric vehicle) that includes a high voltage (HV) energy storage system, HV contactors, one or more energy consuming components, one or more energy supplying components, an HV bus, discharge circuitry, and a control system. The control system is adapted to perform a method that includes performing a first diagnostic test to test the functionality of the HV contactors, and performing a second diagnostic test to test the functionality of the discharge circuitry. When the first and second tests have passed, the control system allows the HV contactors to be closed to enable an exchange of energy between the HV energy storage system, the one or more energy consuming components, and the one or more energy supplying components. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250195 | Systems and Methods for Providing Dynamic Segmental Signal Analysis - Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for providing dynamic segmental signal analysis. According to one embodiment, a method can include acquiring a first signal array and a second signal array, defining at least one event characteristic corresponding to the first signal array, and identifying at least one index in the first signal array that displays the event characteristic. The method can further include analyzing at least one segment from the second signal array corresponding to the index identified in the first signal array, and determining that at least one system condition exists based on analyzing the segment. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250196 | COGNITIVE AGENT - Aspects relate to a cognitive agent that performs functions associated with a desired result. The functions performed by cognitive agent supplement other activities performed at a same time. In such a manner, the cognitive agent can function as a surrogate for a user. A performed activity can trigger implementation of another activity that is an extension of the performed activity. Cognitive agent can perform functions that can be represented as an avatar. Further, cognitive agent can be associated with a diagnostics component that evaluates an operating condition. Based on the operating condition cognitive agent can implement automatic actions associated with mitigating failures and/or prolonging the life of machinery. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250197 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MEMORY CONFIGURATION ANALYSIS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for memory configuration analysis. A classification module | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250198 | Method and System for Managing and Operating a Plurality of Farm Houses - A system for monitoring, managing, and/or operating a plurality of farm houses on a plurality of farms is disclosed. The system includes a controller and/or a monitor box in the farm house and a computer in communication with the controller for controlling and adjusting various parameters of the farm house or with the monitor box for monitoring the farm house. The system also includes a computer at an integrator's office that is operable to monitor and/or control various parameters from the farm house remotely. These parameters enable the integrator to coordinate operations with processing plants, feed mills, field service and hatcheries. It also enables the integrator to prepare various data reports for use by the integrator or others. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250199 | FUNCTION-BASED HABITAT DESIGN METHOD - A function-based habitat design and construction method includes as a first step an “as is” assessment of a terrain; as a second step assessing potential optimization for human enjoyment of nature experience and/or habitat restoration in terms of four requirements (feeding, breeding, resting, nesting) for selected habitat guilds representing in simplified form a sustainable animal population; as a third step preparing instructions for implementation upgrading of the terrain in terms of the four requirements. The method is performed with computer assistance. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250200 | PRODUCT DESIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to a product design support system for supporting product design business so as to design and develop a product in a short time. The system creates an L-row orthogonal table according to set design parameters, executes many times, for each of L sets of design parameter groups, a virtual prototyping operation by adjusting the dimensional tolerance of each part, processes averages and variances of L sets of evaluation indexes obtained by the virtual prototyping operations, to fault a response surface and response surface model, makes a factorial effect diagram of design parameters for each evaluation index, examines the factorial effect diagram, forms optional combinations of design parameters sensitive to the evaluation indexes, applies the combinations to the response surface model, forms many design solutions by optionally combining all design parameters that may achieve design target values, conducts filtering to extract a maximum likelihood design solution candidate group that achieves specified evaluation index limit values out of the design solutions, selects a maximum likelihood design solution group from the solution candidate group, and presents the same to a user. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250201 | Method and System for Improved Optical Modeling of Gemstones - A method of constructing a virtual model of a gemstone including the steps of performing measurements of the gemstone to construct a three-dimensional (3D) model of an exterior surface of the gemstone; identifying one or more visible inclusions within an interior volume of the gemstone; for each identified inclusion, performing the steps of determining a location and 3D shape of the inclusion within the interior volume of the gemstone; capturing at least one image of the inclusion; using the at least one image to determine relevant optical characteristics of the inclusion; and constructing a 3D virtual model of the inclusion, said model including the 3D shape of the inclusion and optical properties of the inclusion based upon said optical characteristics; constructing a 3D virtual model of the gemstone which includes the 3D virtual model of the exterior surface of the gemstone and the 3D virtual models of the one or more visible inclusions within the interior volume of the gemstone; and generating a dataset representing said 3D virtual model, wherein said dataset may be used in subsequent computer analysis to provide a user with information relating to a visual characteristic of the gemstone. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250202 | SYMMETRIC RANDOM SCATTER PROCESS FOR PROBABILISTIC MODELING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT DESIGN - A method is provided for designing a product. The method may include obtaining data records relating to one or more input variables and one or more output parameters associated with the product and selecting one or more input parameters from the one or more input variables. The method may also include generating a computational model indicative of interrelationships between the one or more input parameters and the one or more output parameters based on the data records and providing a set of constraints to the computational model representative of a compliance state for the product. Further the method may include using the computational model and the provided set of constraints to generate statistical distributions for the one or more input parameters based on a symmetric random scatter process and the one or more output parameters. The one or more input parameters and the one or more output parameters represent a design for the product. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250203 | Finite Element Algorithm for Solving a Fourth Order Nonlinear Lubrication Equation for Droplet Evaporation - The present invention is directed towards systems, methods and a computer-readable medium for simulating the evolution of a height of an evaporating droplet. The simulation includes a simulation space with boundary conditions. The simulation includes generating a height function that is representative of the height of the droplet at a first point in time at a plurality of points in the simulation space based upon a lubrication equation that is a differential function describing variation of the height function over time. The simulation determines the height function at a second point in time by finding an approximate solution that satisfies the lubrication equations and boundary conditions. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING LOST CIRCULATION - A system and method is provided for minimizing lost circulation associated with the operation of a subterranean reservoir. The system includes one or more sources, such as earth modeling and fracture analysis tools, for providing data representative of a fracture formation in the reservoir, and a computer processor in communication with the data sources for determining an appropriate blend of lost circulation material products for application to the fracture formation. The computer processor is programmed with computer readable code for selecting a plurality of candidate products for application to the fracture formation, and for mathematically determining an optimized blend of the selected products. By applying the optimized blend, material and labor costs associated with well operation can be significantly reduced. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250205 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A QUICK CALCULATION OF AERODYNAMIC FORCES ON AN AIRCRAFT IN TRANSONIC CONDITIONS - A computer-aided method suitable for assisting in the design of an aircraft by providing relevant dimensioning values corresponding to an aircraft component in transonic conditions inside a predefined parameter space by means of a reconstruction of the CFD computations for an initial group of points in the parameter space using a POD reduced-order model, comprising the following steps: a) Decomposing for each flow variable the complete flow field into a smooth field and a shock wave field in each of said computations; b) Obtaining the POD modes associated with the smooth field and the shock wave field considering all said computations; c) Obtaining the POD coefficients using a genetic algorithm (GA) that minimizes a fitness function; d) Calculating said dimensioning values for whatever combination of values of said parameters using the reduced-order model. The invention also refers to a system able to perform the method. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250206 | N-PHASIC ELEMENT METHOD FOR CALCULATING A FULLY COUPLED RESPONSE OF MULTIPHASE COMPOSITIONAL FLUID FLOW AND A SYSTEM FOR UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION - In an exemplary embodiment, a method is disclosed for developing an N-phasic finite element model for performing fully coupled analyses of multi-phase compositional fluid flow and heat flow in nonlinearly deforming porous solid media with time-dependent failure. The method can include formulating a finite element model of the behavior of a coupled solid-fluid formation, having complex geometry and behavior, and applying the model to derive the response of the formation in the form of one or more displacement fields for the solid phases and one or more pressure fields for the fluid phases in a zone of interest in a formation. In an exemplary embodiment, a system is disclosed for estimating the uncertainties in the derived displacement and pressure field solutions for the response of the fully coupled solid-fluid phases. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250207 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SURVEYING A BOREHOLE WITH A ROTATING SENSOR PACKAGE - A method and apparatus for surveying a borehole using a rotating sensor package. A sensor tool preferably including a magnetometer sensor array is disposed in the bottom hole assembly of a drillstring. Conditioning circuitry in the sensor tool processes the sensor readings from the sensor array taken while the drillstring is rotating. In one embodiment, the conditioning circuitry includes processing circuitry adapted to adjust the sensor readings to account for an analytically predicted level of axial current induced in the drillstring as a result of its rotation in the Earth's magnetic field. In another embodiment, a current generator is provided to generate a counter-current intended to cancel the analytically predicted level of axial current induced in the drillstring as a result of rotation in the Earth's magnetic field. In another embodiment, insulating members are disposed above and/or below the sensor tool to prevent conduction of rotation-induced current therein. In still another embodiment, the sensor tool is disposed in a drill collar that is composed of a non-conducting material, such that no rotation-induced current is conducted through the sensor tool. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250208 | Method for determining ascending times in a diving computer, a diving computer and a computer program - The present invention relates to a diving computer, a computer program, and a method for determining ascent time in a diving computer ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A TREATMENT REGION FOR A MEDICAL TREATMENT DEVICE - A medical system and method for estimating a treatment region for a medical treatment device is provided. The system includes a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; and a treatment control module stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The treatment control module generates an estimated treatment region which is an estimate of a treatment region which would have been derived as a result of a numerical model analysis such as a finite element analysis. Advantageously, the estimated treatment region is generated using a fraction of the time it takes to generate the region using the numerical model analysis. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250210 | EXTRACTION OF DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS - A process that assists with the identification of potential hydrocarbon deposits that includes performing a structural interpretation of a three-dimensional seismic volume, transforming the three-dimensional seismic volume into a stratal-slice volume, performing a stratigraphic interpretation of the stratal-slice volume which includes the extracting of bounding surfaces and faults and transforming the stratal-slice volume into the spatial domain. As illustrated in FIGS. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250211 | Method Of Imaging Subsurface Formations Using A Virtual Source Array - This invention relates generally to a method of simulating the signal of an electromagnetic source using one or more dipole sources. In the method a dipole source is located at an excitation location corresponding to a segment of the electromagnetic source to be simulated. The dipole source is activated, and an electromagnetic signal recorded at one or more receiver locations. This process is repeated for additional excitation locations corresponding to additional segments of the electromagnetic source. The data from the sequence of dipole source excitation locations is processed to determine the simulated signal of the electromagnetic source. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250212 | COMPUTER-AIDED METHOD FOR A COST-OPTIMIZED CALCULATION OF VARIABLE DISTRIBUTIONS OVER AN AERODYNAMIC SURFACE - A computer-aided method suitable for assisting in the design of an aircraft by providing a variable distribution V over an aircraft surface inside a predefined parameter space by means of a reconstruction of the results obtained through computations for an initial group of points in the parameter space using a CFD model comprising in each of said computations the following steps: a) Selecting relevant shock wave structures being defined by its thickness δ | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250213 | SEMI-LAGRANGIAN CIP FLUID SOLVER WITHOUT DIMENSIONAL SPLITTING - A new constrained interpolation profile method, which is stable and accurate but requires less amount of computation, is provided. CIP is a high-order fluid advection solver that can reproduce rich details of fluids. It has third-order accuracy but its computation is performed over a compact stencil. A novel modification of the original CIP method that fixes all of the above problems without increasing the computational load or reducing the accuracy is provided. The proposed method brings significant improvements in both accuracy and speed. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250214 | METHODS TO ESTIMATE SUBSURFACE DEVIATORIC STRESS CHARACTERISTICS FROM BOREHOLE SONIC LOG ANISOTROPY DIRECTIONS AND IMAGE LOG FAILURE DIRECTIONS - Methods and apparatus for estimating stress characteristics of formations. The method comprises: (a) acquiring sonic anisotropy data, image data or both associated with at least one borehole (b) employing sonic anisotropy data to estimate fast shear direction (FSA) to extract FSA observed data; (c) computing FSA from forward modeling, forward modeling utilizes a first deviatoric stress tensor to extract FSA predicted data; (d) computing FSA misfit from difference between FSA observed data and FSA predicted data to obtain computed FSA misfit relating to first deviatoric stress tensor; (e) if computed FSA misfit is equal to or less than a defined value, then store computed FSA misfit, otherwise repeat steps (d)-(h) using another deviatoric stress tensor so a different deviatoric stress tensor is used for each repeat; (f) selecting smallest stored computed misfit from group consisting of stored computed FSA misfit, at least one other stored computed misfit or combination thereof. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250215 | METHODS OF MODELING FLOW OF GAS WITHIN A RESERVOIR - Methods of modeling flow of gas within a reservoir are provided. A particular method includes generating a representation of a gas reservoir, where the gas reservoir includes at least two phases of matter. The representation of the gas reservoir models the gas reservoir as a single phase. The method also includes modeling flow of gas within the gas reservoir using the representation. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250216 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING FRACTURES IN A SUBSURFACE RESERVOIR - The disclosed methods, systems, and software are described to optimize fracture characteristics and simulate fluid flow rates in a well model. The well model, which includes at least one fracture intersecting a production well, is generated with static and dynamic data. Fluid flow in the well model is simulated to obtain simulated fluid flow rates between fractures and the well. Fracture properties, such as length, height and aperture, are then updated responsive to measured and simulated fluid flow rates. Multiple simulation runs and updating of the fracture properties can be performed until the simulated fluid flow rates converge with the measured fluid flow rates. Pressure data can be used to determine gridblock permeability, which in turn helps constrain the model, thus providing more reliable fracture properties. Uncertainty ranges of the fracture properties can also be calculated. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250217 | Docking Pose Selection Optimization via NMR Chemical Shift Perturbation Analysis - Using NMRScore to generate an RMSD and evaluating whether the RMSD is below 1 ppm, in order to indicate that a docking software generated pose is a good match with the experimental assessment of a paradigm protein target and paradigm ligand, and therefore that the pose will be useful and accurate for the same target and similar ligands, or similar targets and the same ligands. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF DRUG METABOLISM, TOXICITY, MODE OF ACTION, AND SIDE EFFECTS OF NOVEL SMALL MOLECULE COMPOUNDS - A system is provided for the prediction of human drug metabolism and toxicity of novel compounds. The system enables the visualization of pre-clinical and clinical high-throughput data in the context of a complete biological organism. Substructure and similarity structure searches can be performed using the underlying databases of xenobiotics, active ligands, and endobiotics. The system also has an analytical component for the parsing, integration, and network analysis of genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics high-throughput data. From this information, the system further generates networks around proteins, genes and compounds to assess toxicity and drug-drug interactions. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250219 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCURATE SIMULATION OF SURFACES AND INTERFACES OF FCC METALS - The Lennard-Jones parameters for metals, such as fcc metals, have been developed which are suitable for the simulation of the metals, alloys, and interfaces with water, organic, inorganic, and biological molecules. The models are compatible with common materials-oriented and biomolecular force fields, and can thus be integrated in commercial simulation packages to extend their applicability to any metal-related systems. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250220 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TEST PROCEDURES WITHIN A HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are provided for managing test procedures for a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation environment. The apparatus comprises an input interface for receiving input from a user, a first processor coupled to the input interface and in operable communication with the HIL simulation environment. The first processor is configured to generate a test sequence comprising a plurality of test procedure references based on input from the user, wherein each test procedure reference corresponds to a test procedure that comprises instructions for issuing commands to, and receiving data from, the HIL simulation environment, and sequentially execute each referenced test procedure within the generated test sequence in cooperation with the HIL simulation environment, in response to a command from the user. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO PROPAGATION MODELING USING RAY-TRACING METHOD - A method and apparatus for modeling radio propagation is provided. In the method, when a wall having a thickness is modeled as a line having no thickness, an error in a shade area is minimized by considering the thickness of a wall while maintaining simplicity in a ray-tracing method. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250222 | SIMPLIFIED DATA SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR DIAGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT LANGUAGES - A computer-implemented method may include defining an input bus signal in a graphical block diagram model by associating the input bus signal with a first group of signals, at least two of the first group of signals having a different data type; defining an output bus signal in the graphical block diagram model by associating the second bus signal with a second group of signals, each of the second group of signals corresponding to one of the first group of signals; defining an input to a non-virtual operation block in the graphical block diagram model as the input bus signal; defining an output to the non-virtual operation block in the graphical block diagram as the output bus signal; and simulating an operation performed on the input bus signal by the non-virtual operation block, the operation being performed on each of the first group of signals and output to each of the second group of signals. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250223 | SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT DETERIORATION SIMULATION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM MEDIUM - A semiconductor circuit deterioration simulation method for a circuit including MOSFETs includes inserting a dynamic voltage source associated with a fluctuation in voltage/current characteristics into each gate terminal of a plurality of MOSFETs in series, calculating dynamic deterioration amounts of the plurality of MOSFETs by performing circuit simulation and calculating a dynamic deterioration amount, and repeating the above processing to perform the circuit deterioration simulation over the long term. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250224 | POWER SOURCE NOISE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND ANALYSIS METHOD - A power source noise analysis device includes an analysis portion. The analysis portion estimates an internal impedance of a semiconductor chip being an object to be analyzed based on a power current waveform, which is obtained by simulation of the semiconductor chip based on design data of the semiconductor chip. The analysis portion carries out a noise analysis of a power system including a board having the semiconductor chip mounted thereon based on the internal impedance. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250225 | DATE AND TIME SIMULATION FOR TIME-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS - A process for providing a simulated date and/or time to a time-sensitive application is disclosed herein. Such a process may include detecting the invocation of a time handler method configured to retrieve system time. Upon detecting the invocation, the contents of a call stack may be captured and analyzed to determine which requester method initiated the invocation. The process may then determine whether the requester method should receive a real or simulated system time. A real system time may be returned to the requester method in the event it should receive the real system time. A simulated system time may be returned to the requester method in the event it should receive the simulated system time. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250226 | HYBRID SYSTEM SIMULATION METHOD AND SIMULATION PROGRAM PRDUCT - A technique for enhancing the execution efficiency of simulation of a hybrid system. A continuous system simulator receives a request for evaluation of an event generating conditional expression for an event to be processed by a discrete system simulator, from the discrete system simulator. The event generating conditional expression is evaluated by referring to the value of a first variable describing a continuous system. Until evaluation of the event generating conditional expression indicates true, the continuous system simulator repeats simulation of advancing the current time by a step time interval and evaluation of the event generating conditional expression. When evaluation of the event generating conditional expression indicates true, the continuous system simulator sends current time data and the value of a second variable describing the continuous system which is referred to by the discrete simulator, to the discrete simulator. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250227 | DETECTING AND CORRECTING OUT-OF-ORDER STATE ACCESSES USING DATA - A method, computer program product and system for detecting that a functional model execution is out-of-order with respect to a target execution. A value of a store instruction to be stored in a memory address, where the store instruction is executed by the functional model, is received by the timing model. This value is stored by the timing model in a target oracle memory at a time when the target system would execute the store instruction. The timing model compares the value in the target oracle memory with the value of a load instruction to be loaded from the same memory address, which is received from the functional model, at a time when the target system would execute the load instruction. The timing model detects an out-of-order instruction stream with respect to the target instruction stream if there is a miscomparison. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250228 | MODELING A COMPOSITE APPLICATION - Techniques for modeling a composite application are provided. The techniques include identifying one or more entities that are processed in a user enterprise, identifying one or more actions to be performed during a lifecycle of the one or more entities, and modeling a composite application based on the one or more actions to be performed during a lifecycle of the one or more entities. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250229 | TAPE EMULATING DISK BASED STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATICALLY RESIZED EMULATED TAPE CAPACITY - A data protection and storage system includes an array of disk drives for data storage. Data is received for storage on the disk drive via an interface that is configured to emulate a tape drive interface. A virtual tape data structure is created and stored on the disk drives. The allocated capacity of the virtual tape is dynamically and transparently alterable in response to data storage demand within the virtual tape. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250230 | ENLIGHTENMENT FOR LOW OVERHEAD HARDWARE ACCESS - A computing system in which a software component executing on a platform can reliably and efficiently obtain state information about a component supported by the platform through the use of a shared memory page. State information may be supplied by the platform, but any state translation information needed to map the state information as supplied to a format as used may be provided through the shared page. In a virtualized environment, the state translation information can be used to map the value of a virtual timer counter or other component from a value provided by a virtual processor to a normalized reference time that will yield the same result, regardless of whether the software component is migrated to or from another virtual processor. Use of a shared page avoids the inefficiency of an intercept into a virtualized environment or a system calls in native mode operation. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250231 | Mouthpiece with sound reducer to enhance language translation - A language translation device having a contour shaped housing that covers the mouth area of a user thereby substantially preventing said user's speech from being heard by a person who speaks a different language thus enhancing realtime speech-to-speech interpretation. Said device comprises a microphone to capture a user's speech that is transmitted to a language processing system and a loudspeaker to output a received translated speech for said different language person to hear. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250232 | RETRIEVAL RESULT OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND RETRIEVAL RESULT OUTPUTTING METHOD - A retrieval result outputting apparatus evaluates degrees of matching on a character block basis between an input example sentence serving as a retrieval condition and retrieval example sentences retrieved using the input example sentence as the retrieval condition; extracts one of the retrieval example sentences as an extraction example sentence in accordance with the evaluation; selects a portion of the input example sentence as a reevaluation portion with reference to the extraction example. And then reevaluates on degrees of matching a character block basis between the retrieval example sentences and the reevaluation portion; re-extracts one of the retrieval example sentences as a re-extracted example sentence in accordance with the reevaluation; and outputs the extracted and re-extracted example sentences. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250233 | Tape Printer, Method of Controlling Tape Printer, and Program - A tape printer provided with a standard phrase print function adapted to print a plurality of standard phrases as a set, includes: a selection section adapted to select an input language in the standard phrase print function; a search table creation section adapted to create a search table corresponding to the selected input language; an extraction section adapted to extract the standard phrase of the selected input language and the standard phrase of a language other than the selected input language based on the created search table, the standard phrase of the selected input language and the standard phrase of the other language corresponding to each other; and a print section adapted to print the extracted standard phrases as the set. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250234 | Receipt Translation for Vouchering - In described embodiments, a point of sale system, such as a cash register, provides for translation from standard language to desired native language on a receipt. Translation might be initiated through user (e.g., purchaser) input, manually or from a credit card, for example, and translation is accomplished through a database accessed by the point of sale system. Consequently, the point of sale system provides at least one receipt to the purchaser that identifies purchases as line item descriptions, and, in some cases, the price paid for each line item, in the purchaser's native language that might be used, for example, to accurately prepare vouchers. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250235 | TEXT ANALYSIS USING PHRASE DEFINITIONS AND CONTAINERS - In one example, a phrase analyzer may analyze a text input stream to identify phrases contained in the text input stream. The phrase analyzer may receive a specification, which includes dictionaries of phrases and synonyms, and a specification of the phrases, or sequences of phrases to be matched. The phrase analyzer may compare the input stream to the specification and may produce, as output, an identification of which phrases appear in the input stream, and where in the input stream those phrases occur. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250236 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED ABSTRACTION OF DATA AND DOCUMENT CODING - A computer-assisted method of abstracting and coding data includes receiving one or more documents is disclosed. The methods and systems extract information from a record based on extraction rules that correspond to an identified record type, determine codes corresponding to the information extracted from the record, present the correspondence between the extracted information and the codes, receive from the user-input device a validation of the correspondence between the extracted information and one of the codes, and output a report including the validated information and the validated code. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250237 | INTERACTIVE MANUAL, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLES AND OTHER COMPLEX EQUIPMENT - A method and system of providing an interactive manual, including a speech engine to receive and process speech from a user, convert the speech into a word sequence, and identify meaning structures from the word sequence, a structured manual including information related to an operation of a device, a visual model to relate visual representation of the information, a dialog management arrangement to interpret the meaning structures in a context and to extract pertinent information and the visual representation from the structured manual and the visual model, and an output arrangement to output the information and visual representation. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250238 | Lexical Association Metric for Knowledge-Free Extraction of Phrasal Terms - A method and system for determining a lexical association of phrasal terms are described. A corpus having a plurality of words is received, and a plurality of contexts including one or more context words proximate to a word in the corpus is determined. An occurrence count for each context is determined, and a global rank is assigned based on the occurrence count. Similarly, a number of occurrences of a word being used in a context is determined, and a local rank is assigned to the word-context pair based on the number of occurrences. A rank ratio is then determined for each word-context pair. A rank ratio is equal to the global rank divided by the local rank for a word-context pair. A mutual rank ratio is determined by multiplying the rank ratios corresponding to a phrase. The mutual rank ratio is used to identify phrasal terms in the corpus. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250239 | SHARABLE DISTRIBUTED DICTIONARY FOR APPLICATIONS - Architecture for providing and processing a dictionary in a universal format such as XML, for example. The dictionary can be authored while in the universal format, designated for use with multiple compatible applications, and compiled on-the-fly using a dictionary compiler. The dictionary can be shared and/or distributed via a web server, e-mail, and other suitable data transmission techniques. Once downloaded to the client application, the dictionary is registered with the requesting client application for use. With this model, the dictionary created by a user for a specific domain and for a specific application can be easily reused by other applications, and shared among the users belonging to the same domain. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING AN ACOUSTIC MODEL WITH REDUCED FEATURE SPACE VARIATION - Feature space variation associated with specific text elements is reduced by training an acoustic model with a phoneme set, dictionary and transcription set configured to better distinguish the specific text elements and at least some specific phonemes associated therewith. The specific text elements can include the most frequently occurring text elements from a text data set, which can include text data beyond the transcriptions of a training data set. The specific text elements can be identified using a text element distribution table sorted by occurrence within the text data set. Specific phonemes can be limited to consonant phonemes to improve speed and accuracy. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250241 | Non-dialogue-based Learning Apparatus and Dialogue-based Learning Apparatus - The invention provides a dialogue-based learning apparatus through dialogue with users comprising: a speech input unit ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250242 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO AND SPEECH SIGNALS - A method and device for processing signals representing speech or audio via a plurality of filters that approximate behaviors of the basilar membrane of human cochlea. Each of the plurality of filters is formed from a mother filter via the dilation and a shift in time and has the similar impulse response of the basilar membrane to the frequency band for which the filter represents. Any process can be conducted and any feature can be extracted in the domain of the filters' outputs for applications, such as noise reduction, speech synthesis, coding, and speech and speaker recognition. Processed signals can be synthesized back to the time domain via an inverse cochlear transform | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250243 | Service Oriented Speech Recognition for In-Vehicle Automated Interaction and In-Vehicle User Interfaces Requiring Minimal Cognitive Driver Processing for Same - A system and method for implementing a server-based speech recognition system for multi-modal automated interaction in a vehicle includes receiving, by a vehicle driver, audio prompts by an on-board human-to-machine interface and a response with speech to complete tasks such as creating and sending text messages, web browsing, navigation, etc. This service-oriented architecture is utilized to call upon specialized speech recognizers in an adaptive fashion. The human-to-machine interface enables completion of a text input task while driving a vehicle in a way that minimizes the frequency of the driver's visual and mechanical interactions with the interface, thereby eliminating unsafe distractions during driving conditions. After the initial prompting, the typing task is followed by a computerized verbalization of the text. Subsequent interface steps can be visual in nature, or involve only sound. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250244 | ENCODER AND DECODER - There is provided an encoder capable of improving inter-channel prediction (ICP) performance in scalable stereo sound encoding using an ICP. In the encoder, ICP analysis units ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100250245 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING OR DECODING WIDEBAND SPEECH - A wideband speech coding method comprising identifying whether an input speech signal is a narrowband signal or a wideband signal, and coding the input speech signal by controlling a predetermined parameter of a wideband speech coding process based on the identification result. | 2010-09-30 |
