40th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 71 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130261977 | Method of Determining a Phase Change in a Reservoir - Method and apparatus to determine the relative and/or absolute position of a phase change in a fluid reservoir comprising hydrocarbons by providing a first wire in a borehole within the reservoir; providing a reference system to the first wire in the borehole; transmitting an electromagnetic signal through the first wire; detecting a detected response to the electromagnetic signal from the first wire; generating a reference response from the reference system; using the reference response to correct the detected response; and determining the phase change position using data from the corrected response. Reference systems in the form of a second wire; a transmission line and an electronic equivalent circuit simulation model; and an electrical model of the first wire and borehole, are described. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261978 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CALCULATING A FAULT THROW - Calculating a fault throw. At least some embodiments are methods of determining an underground surface or horizon including: identifying an occluded zone residing between a first and second faults, the occluded zone not penetrated by an actual borehole, and the first and second faults intersect an expected location of the surface; calculating a fault throw for the first fault; and calculating the underground surface using the fault throw. Calculating the fault throw may include: calculating a first pseudo depth at a first end of the first fault, the calculating the first pseudo depth using at least one actual depth value that resides across the first fault from the first end; calculating a second pseudo depth at a second end of the first fault, the second end distinct from the first end; and determining the fault throw using the first and second pseudo depths. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261979 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING WETTABILITY FROM NMR - Methods are described for wettability characterization based on NMR measurements, which are sensitive to the surface wetting conditions of oil and water at the pore scale. The described methods make use of surface relaxation effects on the NMR relaxation (T | 2013-10-03 |
20130261980 | USING CROSSLINE MEASUREMENT DATA FOR AN ACTION RELATING TO SURVEY OF A TARGET STRUCTURE - Methods and systems for survey operations are provided. In some embodiments, crossline measurement data measured by at least one survey receiver is received. Based at least in part on a characteristic of the crossline measurement data, an option from among a plurality of candidate options is selected, where the selected option is for use in an action relating to survey of a target structure. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261981 | COVARIANCE ESTIMATION USING SPARSE WAVELET REPRESENTATION - Computing systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a technique is provided that includes receiving data representing at least in part a structure of interest; and processing the data in a processor-based machine to represent the data as a data structure including a plurality of contiguous data segments and at least one disjoint section, which separates two of the contiguous data segments. The technique includes processing the data structure based at least in part on the disjoint section(s) exhibiting ergodic behavior to determine at least one property of the structure. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS, EARTHQUAKE SEARCH ENGINE - Methods for rapidly determining earthquake parameters of an earthquake include inputting a seismogram of the earthquake, searching concurrently in pre-established historical seismogram database and theoretical seismogram database by use of an approximate nearest neighbor search method, to find a set of seismograms similar to the input seismogram according to a preset similarity condition, and determining from the set of similar seismograms one or more seismograms matched with the input seismogram, and determining the earthquake parameters from the matched seismograms. With the present invention, it is possible to search in millions of seismograms and determine parameters for an earthquake in a few second, and thus realize rapid and even real-time estimation of earthquake parameters. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261983 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS - Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261984 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES - The present disclosure provides methods and systems for determining the presence or absence of aneuploidy in a fetus. In particular, the present disclosure provides noninvasive methods and systems for detecting the presence of fetal trisomy and other fetal chromosomal anomalies, paternity of a fetus and fetal genotype. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261985 | DENSITY MEASURING SYSTEM AND DENSITY MEASURING METHOD - A density-equation creating system includes a container, into which each of a plurality of kinds of mixed gas being injected, a heating element that is provided in the container and produces heat at a plurality of heating temperatures, a measuring section that measures values of electric signals output from the heating element respectively at the plurality of heating temperatures, and an equation creating section that creates a density equation including independent variables and a dependent variable based on values of density of the plurality of kinds of mixed gas and based on measured values of electric signals output from the heating element at the plurality of heating temperatures, the independent variables being electric signals output from the heating element at the plurality of heating temperatures, and the dependent variable being the density. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261986 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING LIPOPHILICITY - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for rapidly and accurately determining the lipophilicity of a wide variety of substances. The lipophilicity of a wide variety of substances can be accurately and rapidly determined by making lipophilicity determination using multiple solvent systems with varied ratios of hydrophobic and hydrophilic solvents | 2013-10-03 |
20130261987 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING TYPES OF FAULTS - A computing device includes a communication interface for receiving a plurality of signals from a first probe positioned on a first observation plane of a machine component and a second probe that is positioned on a second observation plane of the machine component, wherein the plurality of signals are representative of data from the machine component. A processor coupled to the communication interface is programmed to combine the signals received from the first and second probes to generate a plurality of displacement responses that correspond to a plurality of frequencies of a speed of the machine component. The processor is also programmed to transform the signals to eliminate a plurality of split resonance effects. The processor may also generate data representative of an output of the data received from the signals to identify a type of at least one fault within the machine component. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261988 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING CONDITION MONITORING IN A WIND FARM - A method for performing condition monitoring on a plurality of wind turbines arranged in a wind farm is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: for each wind turbine, obtaining at least one vibration signal, each vibration signal representing vibrations of one or more monitored components of the wind turbine, e.g. moving gear parts or bearings; generating a plurality of faulty frequency indexes, each faulty frequency index corresponding to a monitored component, each faulty frequency index being generated on the basis of one or more of the obtained vibration signals, and each faulty frequency index being generated in such a manner that variations in the vibration signals introduced by variations in rotational speed of one or more rotating shafts of the wind turbine are filtered out; comparing faulty frequency indexes originating from different wind turbines of the wind farm; and based on the comparing step, evaluating the condition of each of the monitored components of the plurality of wind turbines. The method allows vibration levels of components to be easily compared on wind farm level, and faulty or failing components are easily and reliably detected. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261989 | FLAW DETECTION USING TRANSIENT THERMOGRAPHY - A method and system for inspecting an object is provided. In accordance with embodiments of the method, a thermal excitation pulse is applied to an object undergoing evaluation. A transient thermal signal from the object is detected in response to the thermal excitation pulse. Two or more orthogonal functions are applied to the transient thermal signal based on a defined time interval to generate two or more orthogonal components. The object is assessed for defects at different depths using the two or more orthogonal components. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261990 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE, TORQUE DETECTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - A rotation angle detection device includes a rotation angle sensor and detection means. Each of sensor signals of the rotation angle sensor has a composite waveform of an nth multiple angle component corresponding to a multiple of the number of phases, and an mth multiple angle component corresponding to a non-multiple of the number of phases. The detection means subtracts an average value of the respective sensor values from the respective sensor values, and extracts values of the mth multiple angle components from the respective sensor values to detect an electric angle having a multiplication factor of angle of m, and converts m mechanical angle estimated values which are estimated based on the electric angle into values of the nth multiple angle component, and compares the converted values with the average value to detect a mechanical angle with one mechanical rotation of a detection target as one cycle. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261991 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE LOAD ACTING ON A TIRE - A method and system for estimating the load acting on a tire, wherein data are obtained, representative of the deformation undergone by the tire on a rolling surface. The data obtained are processed in order to obtain a first quantity representative of the deformation extent within a first deformation region substantially corresponding to the footprint between the tire and the rolling surface and a second quantity, different from the first quantity, representative of the deformation extent in a second deformation region, the second region including the first deformation region and having a circumferential extension greater than the circumferential extension of the first deformation region, the second quantity being obtained starting from at least a part of the obtained data, which corresponds to a portion of the second deformation region which is external to the footprint. The load is estimated based on the first quantity and on the second quantity thus obtained. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261992 | Velocity Profile Mapping System - A velocity mapping system comprising a sensor system and an airflow mapper. The sensor system is configured to generate data about a velocity of airflow for a location in a duct system. The airflow mapper is configured to receive the data from the sensor system and generate a profile of the velocity of the airflow at the location in the duct system. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261993 | AIR DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AIR IN A PUMP OF AN INFUSION SYSTEM - Various systems and methods for detecting air in a chamber of an infusion system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a determination is made that air is contained in the chamber on the basis of a change in the average force exerted against the plunger utilizing a derivative spike for event detection and a systematic reduction in the average force to confirm the nature of the change. In another embodiment, a determination is made that the chamber contains air when a difference between the current force profile and a baseline force profile crosses a threshold. In an additional embodiment, a force profile is classified as being an air force profile or a liquid force profile based on extracted features of the force profile. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261994 | ACCELERATED BENCH-TESTING OF MEDICAL DEVICES - A biomedical tester includes a fluid-control container, shaped to define a fluid-control container port and a first interface surface defining fluid-control container apertures. A fluid controller is shaped to define a second interface surface defining controller ports. These elements and a motor are arranged to relative translation between the first and second interface surfaces; thereby effecting a time-varying overlap between subgroups of the system. Fixtures allow disposition therewithin of respective medical devices. Each of the fixtures includes one or more fixture first ports and fixture second ports. The fixture first ports are mounted in fluid Communication respective with the controller ports. A fluid pump includes first and second pump ports in fluid communication with the fixture second ports and the fluid-control container port, respectively. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261995 | METHOD OF ON-LINE RAPID FLUID DENSITY MEASUREMENT USING A PIEZORESISTIVE MICRO-CANTILEVER - The present invention provides a method of on-line rapid fluid density measurement using a piezoresistive micro-cantilever, the present invention can achieve on-line measurement without changing the existing device; more importantly, without acquiring the resonant frequency of the cantilever in fluid to be detected, thus remarkably reducing measurement time, and guaranteeing the real on-line rapid measurement. By using the method of the present invention, measurement of the density of fluid to be detected by a calibrated piezoresistive micro-cantilever may be achieved within seconds or even shorter. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261996 | Self Calibrating Capacitive Fuel Sensor - A method and apparatus are provided for determining a level of fuel in a tank, comprising determining a dielectric constant of fuel in a tank; measuring a capacitance of an unknown depth of the fuel in the tank; and calculating the depth using the dielectric constant and the capacitance. Embodiments of the apparatus utilize a capacitor plate submerged in the fuel to determine the dielectric constant of the fuel, and then use a plate of a separate capacitor to determine the fuel level, once the dielectric constant is known. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261997 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN AMOUNT OF A LIQUID ENERGY COMMODITY IN STORAGE IN AN UNDERGROUND CAVERN - A method for determining an amount of a liquid energy commodity in storage in an underground cavern generally comprises the steps of: establishing a volume function for a brine pond associated with the underground cavern; acquiring an image of the brine pond; transmitting the acquired image to a central processing facility; analyzing the acquired image to calculate a depth of the brine in the brine pond; estimating the volume of the brine in the brine pond based on the calculated depth and using the volume function; determining the amount of the liquid energy commodity in storage in the underground cavern associated with the brine pond based on the estimated volume of the brine in the brine pond; and communicating information about the amount of the liquid energy commodity in storage to a third-party market participant. | 2013-10-03 |
20130261998 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STIFFNESS AND/OR DAMPING OF AN AREA OF A PHYSICALNESS - The invention relates to a method for determining the soil stiffness (k | 2013-10-03 |
20130261999 | Ring Ground Testing And Monitoring - Systems and methods for ring ground testing and monitoring are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system may include an isolation module configured to: (a) electrically couple a first portion of a ring ground network to a second portion of the ring ground network during normal operation, and to (b) electrically decouple the first portion from the second portion during operation during performance of an electrical test. The system may also include a control module coupled to the isolation module, the control module including an integrated circuit and a memory coupled to the integrated circuit. The memory may be configured to store program instructions executable by the integrated circuit to cause the control module to: instruct the isolation module to enter a test mode, execute an electrical test of the first and/or second portions, indicate a result of the electrical test, and instruct the isolation module to operate in normal mode. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262000 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING SPATTER GENERATING EVENTS - A method for monitoring a spatter generating event during a welding application. The method includes capturing data that corresponds to a welding current of the welding application. The method also includes detecting parameters associated with a short circuit from the captured data. The method includes analyzing the detected parameters to monitor the spatter generating event during the welding application. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262001 | State Estimation for Power System Using Hybrid Measurements - A method determines voltages of buses of a power system. Values the voltages include a magnitude and a phase angle. The buses of the power system are grouped in a first area and a second area based on a type of measurement associated with each bus. The first area and the second area have at least one common bus, and wherein at least one bus in the first area is associated with a first type of measurement, and at least one bus in the second area is associated with a second type of measurement. Next, the method determines sequentially voltages of the buses of the first and the second areas. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262002 | MONITORING AND MATCHING BATTERIES AND BATTERY POWERED DEVICES - Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for matching one or more batteries that were charged in a charging station with a remote device that is depleting its availble battery power. In providing such matching functionality, the system can be configured to, for example, monitor the amount of power the remote device, such as a rechargeable battery-powered device used in a hospital, requires over one or more periods of time, monitor the health of a number of batteries, match one or more of the batteries to the rechargeable battery-powered device, and then convey to a user which rechargeable battery-powered device should have its depleted battery replaced with a remotely-charged battery. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262003 | CURRENT MEASUREMENT AND COMPARING ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND COMPARING CURRENT - A current measurement and comparing assembly for a power distribution system includes a solid state contactor module having a control section and a power section, wherein the power section includes at least one solid state switch. Also included is a current sensor disposed in the control section and in operable communication with the at least one solid state switch, wherein the current sensor distributes current data to a switch control configured to control the at least one solid state switch and distributes current data to a current measurement and comparison circuit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262004 | CAPACITIVE CHARGE MEASUREMENT - A circuit for measuring a capacitive charge comprises a latched comparator and a determination module. The latched comparator comprises an input and an output. The input is coupled with a sensor electrode of a capacitive input device. An inverted version of the output is coupled with a feedback loop. The feedback loop is configured to provide feedback to the input to maintain the input at a predetermined voltage. The feedback is provided in clocked charge quanta steps based on a clock signal. The determination module is coupled with the output and configured to determine a change in capacitance on the sensor electrode by equating output signals from the output with an amount of charge provided to the input to reach the predetermined voltage. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262005 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, ALGORITHMS, SIGNAL PROCESSING MEANS AND DEVICES FOR DETECTING THE TREACLE MASS SLUG CREATED BY A SHOCK WAVE AND DETERMINATION OF THE DYNAMIC PRESSURE, DENSITY, VELOCITY AND CONDUCTIVITY BY ALFEN WAVE IDENTIFICATION - Methods, systems, algorithms, signal processing means and devices for determining the dynamic variables of pressure, density, velocity and conductivity of a generated mass slug, known as the Treacle and formed in a shock discontinuity produced by explosive detonation, deflagration or nature, are provided herein. The parameter determination is based on the discovery of the existence of a Treacle formed in the reaction zone of a shock wave. This verbal noun describes the action of changing the kinetic energy (treadling) of a mass slug immersed and traveling through a magnetic field thereby generating a detectable Alfén wave, which is measured and with an algorithm yields the Treacle dynamic variables. The information is further used to devise methods and systems that utilize the information to create shock shields and high power devices or any other electrically powered transmission disposed within an electrical load. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262006 | White LED Quality Inspection Method and Device - A white LED quality inspection method includes steps as follows. A steady current is supplied to a LED by a rated voltage supply unit for generation of a stable light spot from the LED; a stable light spot is received by a photosensor of a luminous intensity sensing unit and transformed to digital information; the digital information is received by a preprocessing unit and transformed to pixel information; the pixel information is received by a calculation unit to calculate a Yellow Ring Index of each pixel in the pixel information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262007 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO COMPUTE EFFICIENCY OF AN AUTOMATION INFRASTRUCTURE OF A PLANT - The method and systems of the embodiments proposes to calculate Effectiveness of the Automation infrastructure of the plant by monitoring the control loop information using 3 primary data perspectives like availability, conformity and efficiency, by acquiring all data from the Distributed Control Systems (DCS)/Process Control Systems (PCS). | 2013-10-03 |
20130262008 | MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT-ABSORPTION QUALITIES IN THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM USING A CAMERA - To analyze a sample, an image comprising a calibration chart region and a representation of the sample is accessed. The calibration chart region has multiple reference markers. The reflectance value for each of the reference markers is determined. In one example, the reflectance value may be reflectance values in the red wavelength. Each of the reflectance values is associated with a quantity value corresponding to the reference markers. An exponential function relating the reflectance values and the associated quantity values is determined. The reflectance value for the representation of the sample is determined. In one example, the reflectance value for the sample may be the reflectance value in the red wavelength. A quantity value of the sample is determined based on evaluating the exponential function using the sample reflectance value. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262009 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - In a position detection device, an amplitude modulation is executed for AC excitation signals Sc using modulation wave signals. Differential amplifiers execute a voltage conversion of the modulated wave signal Sin, Cos to digital data SIN, COS and transmit them to a microcomputer. The microcomputer multiplies the modulated wave signals SIN, COS with parameters cos φ, sin φ, and executes a subtraction of the multiplied value to obtain an error-correlation value ε. An angle calculations section in the microcomputer receives a detected value εc obtained by multiplying the error-correlation value ε with a binary detection signal Rd. The binary detection signal Rd corresponds to a positive sign or a negative sign of the signal Sc. The sampling time of the AC excitation signal Sc is set to a time at which an absolute value of the AC excitation signal Sc exceeds a regulated value. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262010 | POSITION DETERMINATION APPARATUS - An apparatus for determining the position of a movable separation element which is arranged within an accumulator as a separator between a gas space and a fluid space, wherein the determination apparatus comprises at least one pressure sensor for the detection of pressure data, at least one ultrasonic sensor for the detection of ultrasonic data and at least one calculation unit for the evaluation of the data with the aid of which determination apparatus the position of the separation element can be determined | 2013-10-03 |
20130262011 | COMPASS CALIBRATION - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for calibrating a sensor device, such as an accelerometer, gyroscope, and/or magnetometer. The sensor device provides measurements, and a determination if the sensor device is in a steady state is made based at least partly on the measurements. If the sensor device is in a steady state then measurement data is stored in a memory, and the sensor device is calibrated at least partly with the stored data. A set of such steady points is gathered with the sensor device in various spatial orientations, preferably with the steady point orientations spaced appropriately apart to ensure precise calibration throughout the range of possible orientations. Calibration parameters are determined by fitting the set of steady point measurements to an ellipsoid. Active audio and visual guidance may be provided to a user to assist with orienting the sensor device during calibration. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262012 | Method for Calibrating Sensors in a Power System - A system that includes a controller configured to receive data corresponding to at least a portion of a power system and one or more sensor measurements from one or more sensors in the power system. The controller may then generate a model of the power system based on at least a portion of the data and at least a portion of the sensor measurements such that the model may include one or more model measurements that correspond to the sensor measurements. After generating the model of the power system, the controller may determine one or more correction factors for the sensor measurements based on at least a portion of the sensor measurements and the model measurements, apply the correction factors to the sensor measurements to generate corrected sensor measurements, and determine one or more properties of the power system based on the corrected sensor measurements. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262013 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a sensor that measures predetermined data, a model storage unit that stores a model obtained by modeling time series data measured in the past, an information amount computation unit that computes an information amount obtained from measurement based on the difference of an information amount when measurement by the sensor is not performed which is decided based on a prior distribution of state variables of the model and an information amount when measurement by the sensor is performed which is decided based on a posterior distribution of the state variables of the model, and a measurement control unit that controls the sensor based on the information amount obtained from the measurement. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262014 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING MULTI COMPONENT FORCE DETECTOR PROVIDED IN ROLLING RESISTANCE TESTING MACHINE - To calibrate a crosstalk correction coefficient of a multi-component force detector provided in a rolling resistance testing machine. A method of calibrating a multi-component force detector provided in a rolling resistance testing machine includes a spindle shaft attached with a tire, a running drum with a simulated road surface for pressing the tire thereon , and a rotation torque meter provided in a rotation shaft of the running drum, wherein when performing a process of calculating a force acting on the tire from a measurement value of the multi-component force detector using a crosstalk correction coefficient for calibrating an influence of crosstalk occurring in the multi-component force detector, the crosstalk correction coefficient is calibrated by using a rolling test data including a rotation torque measured by the rotation torque meter and a force measured by the multi-component force detector. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262015 | Annotating Measurement Results Data Capture Images with Instrumentation Configuration - System and method for generating and using annotated measurement results data capture images. Measurement results from a first measurement system are received in response to a measurement by the first measurement system with one or more instruments. Measurement results data are displayed based on the received measurement results, and a file is stored. The file includes image data sufficient for display of the measurement results data by an image viewer, and measurement configuration data sufficient for configuring a second measurement system to repeat the measurement, where the second measurement system includes the first measurement system or another instance of the first measurement system. Subsequently, the file is received or retrieved, and one or more instruments of the second measurement system are automatically configured using the measurement configuration data to repeat the measurement. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262016 | Automatically Configuring a Measurement System Using Measurement Results Data Capture Images Annotated with Instrumentation Configuration - System and method for generating and using annotated measurement results data capture images. Measurement results from a first measurement system are received in response to a measurement by the first measurement system with one or more instruments. Measurement results data are displayed based on the received measurement results, and a file is stored. The file includes image data sufficient for display of the measurement results data by an image viewer, and measurement configuration data sufficient for configuring a second measurement system to repeat the measurement, where the second measurement system includes the first measurement system or another instance of the first measurement system. Subsequently, the file is received or retrieved, and one or more instruments of the second measurement system are automatically configured using the measurement configuration data to repeat the measurement. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262017 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REUSING PARTS OF EXISTING TESTS - An apparatus, computer-implemented method performed by a computerized device and a computer program product, the method comprising: receiving an attribute collection related to a domain, the attribute collection comprising two or more attributes; receiving one or more restrictions, each restriction indicating one or more attributes, wherein a value for the attribute is to be selected from one existing test; receiving an existing test; and generating one or more new tests by setting values for the two or more attributes, wherein values for the one or more attributes of the one or more restrictions are selected from the existing test, and one or more values for one or more other attributes are not selected from the existing test. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262018 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDDQ TESTS - A method for conducting IDDQ tests for a device having a plurality of test sites is disclosed. The method includes identifying voltage ranges for each of the plurality of test sites, closing a switch in each of a plurality of voltage drop setup circuits, and setting each of the plurality of test sites to one of a plurality of logic states. Each of the plurality of voltage drop setup circuits includes a resistor parallelly coupled to the switch. One terminal of each voltage drop setup circuit is coupled to a voltage source and the other terminal of each voltage drop setup circuit is coupled to respective tester channels of each of the plurality of test sites. After opening the switch in each of the plurality of voltage drop setup circuits, the voltage drop across the resistor in each voltage drop setup circuit is measured. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262019 | CLOSED-LOOP ALIGNMENT IDENTIFICATION WITH ADAPTIVE PROBING SIGNAL DESIGN TECHNIQUE FOR WEB MANUFACTURING OR PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A method includes designing probing signals for testing an alignment of actuators in a web manufacturing or processing system with measurements of a web of material being manufactured or processed by the system. The method also includes providing the probing signals during alignment testing to identify the alignment of the actuators with the measurements of the web. Designing the probing signals includes designing the probing signals based on both spatial and dynamic characteristics of the web manufacturing or processing system. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262020 | INERTIAL SENSOR ENHANCEMENT - A system is provided for enhancing inertial sensing within a vehicle. The system determines measured rotational rates and translational accelerations of the vehicle using an inertial measurement unit. In addition, the system also determines estimated rotational rates and translational accelerations of the vehicle based on a remote sensing system. The system generates compensated rotational rates and translational accelerations to reduce gain errors or offset errors of the inertial measurement unit based on the estimated rotational rates and translational accelerations. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262021 | ORIENTATION DETECTION DEVICE, ORIENTATION DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - In the preset invention, in an initial stationary state of a drumstick section, a CPU stores acceleration that occurs due to gravity and is obtained by an acceleration sensor in a RAM, obtains, at every predetermined timing, acceleration that occurs due to a motion provided to the drumstick section and is obtained by the acceleration sensor at a predetermined timing, accumulates the accelerations each obtained at the predetermined timing for each predetermined interval, and conforms the accelerations obtained by accumulation to the acceleration stored in the RAM. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262022 | INCLINATION CALCULATION APPARATUS AND INCLINATION CALCULATION PROGRAM, AND GAME APPARATUS AND GAME PROGRAM - An inclination calculation apparatus calculates an inclination of an input device operable in terms of a posture thereof. The input device includes an acceleration sensor and an imaging element. In one non-limiting example implementation, the inclination calculation apparatus computes first inclination information representing an inclination of the input device based upon a coordinate position of an imaging target in an acquired image obtained by the imaging element and an estimated coordinate position of a second imaging target not acquired by the imaging element. The inclination calculation apparatus also computes second inclination information representing an inclination of the input device solely from an acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor. The inclination calculation apparatus then calculates an inclination of the input device using the first inclination information and the second inclination information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262023 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AN OPERATIONAL PARAMETER OF A MOTOR - A method for estimating an operational parameter of a motor is to be implemented by an estimating device. In the method, the estimating device is configured to: receive an acoustic signal attributed to operation of the motor; process the acoustic signal to obtain a plurality of sample points in the frequency domain, each of which has a frequency and a corresponding amplitude; compute an estimated peak frequency using a centroid method based upon the frequencies and the amplitudes; from a plurality of peak frequencies and a plurality of known values of the operational parameter corresponding respectively to the peak frequencies, select a part of the peak frequencies approximate to the estimated peak frequency and a corresponding part of the known values of the operational parameter; and compute an estimated value of the operational parameter based upon the peak frequencies and the known values of the operational parameter. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262024 | ORIENTATION DETECTION DEVICE, ORIENTATION DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - In the preset invention, in an initial stationary state of a drumstick section, a CPU stores each axis component of geomagnetism obtained by a magnetic sensor in a RAM, and obtains each axis component of geomagnetism obtained by the magnetic sensor which is changed by a motion provided to the drumstick section at every predetermined timing. Then, the CPU accumulates each axis component of geomagnetism obtained at every predetermined timing, for each predetermined interval, and conforms each axis component of geomagnetism accumulated thereby to each axis component of geomagnetism stored in the RAM. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262025 | EXTENDED RANGE ABSOLUTE POSITION SENSING - A device for absolute position sensing includes a motor having a motor sensor configured to provide a signal indicative of an angular position or change in angular position of a rotor of the motor. The device also includes an actuator having an actuator sensor disposed at a set-point along a linear range of motion of the actuator configured to provide a signal indicative of a linear position of the actuator. The device further includes a controller configured to receive the signals from the rotor sensor and the actuator sensor and responsively calculate an absolute position of the actuator. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262026 | SURVEYING SYSTEM - A controller ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130262027 | SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - A model based measurement method is capable of estimating a cross-sectional shape by matching various pre-created cross-sectional shapes with a library of SEM signal waveforms. The present invention provides a function for determining whether or not it is appropriate to create a model of a cross-sectional shape or a function for verifying the accuracy of estimation results to a conventional model based measurement method, wherein a solution space (expected solution space) is obtained by matching library waveforms and is displayed before measuring the real pattern by means of model based measurement. Moreover, after the real pattern is measured by means of model based measurement, the solution space (real solution space) is obtained by matching the real waveforms with the library waveforms and is displayed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262028 | Efficient Method For Selecting Representative Elementary Volume In Digital Representations Of Porous Media - The present invention relates a method to estimate representative elementary volume (REV) in a sample of porous media wherein the sub-volume selected is a better approximation of the elementary volume than existing methods. REV in a sample of porous media such as rock can be defined wherein the REV is selected with respect to the expected direction of fluid flow through the porous media. The method can quantify how good is the digital representation of a rock and how accurate a description of a fluid flow through Darcy's law will be, and allows the evaluation of different length scales in different directions for the REV and an assessment of the anisotropy of the pores structures when the method is applied in different directions. The method also can determine a robust criteria to understand when a trend of porosity-permeability breaks down due to an insufficient size of the subsample. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262029 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING A RISK MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT OF A PROPERTY - A system generates an estimated floor area measurement of a building based on the calculated estimated total roof area of the roof of the building. This is based on a correlation between the size of the building roof and the size of the building. Typically, the floor area of a single full floor of the building is roughly the size of the roof of the building if the roof were flat with no slope. This in effect is turning the roof into a floor to generate estimated floor area. With additional adjustments to area measurements to account for multiple floors, roof overhang, wall width, internal building features such as walls and staircases, and/or obstructed views of the building in the aerial image(s), etc., an even more accurate floor area estimation may be generated. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262030 | Method of Determining Weight Of Segments Of An Item - A method of measuring the weight of mass of incremental sections of an item using protraction of radiation through each section and measuring the intensity of radiation after passing through the item. The weight can be summed to determine the weight of any segment of the item. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262031 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF AN ARTICLE DURING TRANSPORTING SAID ARTICLE - The method for obtaining information relating to the integrity of an article ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130262032 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a main sensor that is a sensor that is operated in at least two operation levels and acquires predetermined data, a sub sensor that is a sensor that acquires data different from that of the main sensor, and an information amount calculation unit that predicts the difference between an information amount when measurement is performed by the main sensor and an information amount when measurement is not performed by the main sensor from data obtained by the sub sensor and decides the operation level of the main sensor based on the prediction result. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262033 | REMOTE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF SUNLESS TANNING DEVICES - A system is provided for monitoring a sunless tanning device or numerous sunless tanning devices within a single or multiple facilities. The system includes monitoring devices within the sunless tanning devices for collecting and relaying usage and diagnostic information. The system also includes a communications interface for receiving and transmitting data transmissions from the sunless device to a central supervisory monitoring location. A related method is also provided for determining and responding to occurrences of an event associated with an alarm trigger, the usage of the sunless tanning device on a real time or set time bases, or general update or changes to operational parameters. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262034 | HAND HYGIENE TRACKING SYSTEM - In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may comprise collecting at least one instance of user-location information, wherein each instance of the user-location information includes a user identifier, a location identifier, and a user time, and collecting at least one instance of dispense-location information, wherein each instance of the dispense-location information includes the user identifier, the location identifier, and a sanitizer dispense time. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262035 | UPDATING ROLLUP STREAMS IN RESPONSE TO TIME SERIES OF MEASUREMENT DATA - A time series of measurement data is received from a source device via a wide-area network. At least two streams of a data storage arrangement associated with the measurement data are determined. One of the streams is configured as a base stream having a time intervals corresponding to the time series of measurement data, and another is configured as a first rollup stream having time intervals each including a fixed plurality of the time intervals of the base stream. Both the base stream and the first rollup stream are updated in response to receiving at least a portion of the time series of measurement data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262036 | Sensor Power Management - A sensor power management arrangement includes a signal processing circuit configured to receive signal from a sensor, to test the signal against at least one criterion, and to pass the signal for further processing in response to the signal passing the at least one criterion. In this way, only signals that are of a sufficient importance or significance will consume the maximum amount of processing energy and through processing by later processes or circuitry. Should a signal from a sensor not be strong enough or meet other criteria, power will not be wasted in preparing that signal for provision to the microcontroller or microprocessor. Additional flexibility in the sensor power management can be realized by adjusting the criteria against which the sensor signal is compared based on a status of the sensor apparatus. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262037 | PARTIAL DISCHARGE NOISE SEPARATION METHOD - The partial discharge noise separation method uses Independent Component Analysis (ICA) for de-noising partial discharge (PD) test signals having a noise signal component and a partial discharge component. Assuming that the noise signal component and the PD signal component are both statistically independent of each other and non-Gaussian, the ICA algorithm separates the noise component from the PD signal component from two partial discharge test signals acquired from two separate couplers per phase that are connected to the windings of a three-phase rotating machine. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262038 | Methods and Systems for Generating and Editing Polygonal Data - Methods and computer systems for generating and polygonal data are disclosed. The methods and systems receive polygonal data which describe discrete points on an object. The methods and systems algorithmically add vertices and edges prior to algorithmically smoothing and conforming the polygonal data in order to produce desired features, such as fillets, in the smoothed data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262039 | Systems and Methods for Criteria Analysis Prototyping - A flight procedure criteria prototyping system and method is described herein. According to embodiments, the system is configured to generate a prototype, generate a dependency tree based on the prototype, wherein the dependency tree is comprised of one or more dependency tree nodes, translate the dependency tree into one or more construction steps, wherein there is a mapping between the one or more dependency tree nodes and the one or more construction steps, maintain an ordered list of the one or more construction steps, and generate one or more software specifications based on the one or more construction steps. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262040 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOME ENERGY AUDITING - Systems and methods for facilitating a home energy audit. In one embodiment, a plurality of user inputs can be received that pertain to an energy audit of a home, where the plurality of user inputs user inputs can include one or more two-dimensional layouts of the home. The user inputs can be converted into input data appropriate for consumption by an energy simulation engine, where the converting can comprise generating a three-dimensional model of the home can be generated based on the one or more two-dimensional layouts. A yearly energy simulation of the home can then be executed via the energy simulation engine based on the input data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262041 | Three-Dimensional Model Determination from Two-Dimensional Sketch with Two-Dimensional Refinement - A three-dimensional model is determined from a two-dimensional sketch. Rather than or in addition to modification of 3D constraints to reduce gaps in the 3D model, 2D constraints are modified. The geometry of the 2D sketch is altered in the view plane (x, y) or 2D input instead of maintaining the geometry of the 2D sketch and only modifying in the view direction (z). Gaps may be reduced through alteration of the 2D geometry. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262042 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR GENERATING A NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION MODEL FOR A COMPOSITE PART FROM A DESIGN MODEL OF THE COMPOSITE PART - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating a non-destructive inspection model for a composite part from a design model of the composite part are provided where such methods, systems and computer readable media are particularly suitable for use, for example and without limitation, with aerospace parts or components. The subject matter described herein can in one aspect include a method including steps occurring at a computing platform with a memory and a processor. The steps can include analyzing, by the processor, a design model file stored in the memory to determine one or more properties of a composite part, the design model file describing one or more physical characteristics of the composite part. The steps also can include generating, by the processor, a non-destructive inspection model for the composite part based on the one or more properties of the composite part determined by analyzing the design model file. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262043 | System and Method For Determining A Location Within Complex Structures Using Pseudorandom Encoding Techniques - A system and method for determining a location within a physical structure are described. The location within the physical structure can be determined by storing a model of a physical structure comprising a plurality of nodes connected by a plurality of struts, each of the nodes and struts of the model corresponding to respective nodes and struts of the physical structure; assigning a non-unique ID to each node of the model according to a pseudo-random sequence, wherein each node of the physical structure encodes the non-unique ID assigned to the corresponding node of the model; receiving a set of non-unique IDs encoded onto respective nodes of a contiguous subset of nodes of the physical structure; locating a set of non-unique IDs in the model corresponding to the received set of non-unique IDs; and determining a location in the physical structure from the located set of non-unique IDs in the model. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262044 | MODEL OPTIMIZATION APPROACH BASED ON SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY - Model optimization approaches based on spectral sensitivity is described. For example, a method includes determining a first model of a structure. The first model is based on a first set of parameters. A set of spectral sensitivity variations data is determined for the structure. Spectral sensitivity is determined by derivatives of the spectra with respect to the first set of parameters. The first model of the structure is modified to provide a second model of the structure based on the set of spectral sensitivity variations data. The second model of the structure is based on a second set of parameters different from the first set of parameters. A simulated spectrum derived from the second model of the structure is then provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262045 | OPEN PIT MINE DESIGNER - An open pit mine designer is disclosed. One example includes a metric receiver receives an economic shell metric including ore information and an open pit mine metric. In addition, a user input is provided to receive user modifiable criteria. The open pit mine designer combines the open pit mine metrics, the user modifiable criteria and a waste reduction criteria to develop an open pit mine design, wherein user modifiable information may be used to adjust the open pit mine design during the life of the open pit mine. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262046 | AREA-BASED OPEN PIT MINE DESIGNER - An area-based open pit mine designer is disclosed. One example includes an economic shell receiver module to receive an economic shell. In addition, a user input module receives a user parametric input denoting an open pit mine shape based on the economic shell. The open pit mine designer module automatically develops an open pit mine design based on the user parametric input. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262047 | AUTOMATIC CHANGE PROPAGATION IN AN AREA-BASED OPEN PIT MINE DESIGNER - Automatic change propagation in an area-based open pit mine designer is disclosed. One example includes an economic shell receiver module to receive an economic shell. In addition a user input module receives a user parametric input denoting an open pit mine shape based on the economic shell. An open pit mine designer module automatically develops an open pit mine design from the user parametric input. The user input module receives an additional area to be incorporated into the open pit mine design. The open pit mine designer module automatically propagates the additional area into the open pit mine design to generate a modified open pit mine design. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262048 | METHODS FOR DESIGNING SECONDARY CUTTING STRUCTURES FOR A BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY - A method for designing a secondary cutting structure for use in a bottom hole assembly, the method including defining initial design parameters for the secondary cutting structure and analyzing forces acting on the secondary cutting structure. Additionally, the method includes modifying at least one design element of the secondary cutting structure and simulating an effect of the modifying on both the secondary cutting structure and a primary cutting structure to determine if an improved condition is met. Also, a method for designing a drilling tool assembly, the method including defining initial drilling tool assembly design parameters including a primary cutting structure and a secondary cutting structure, and simulating a dynamic response of the drilling tool assembly. Additionally, the method includes adjusting at least one design element of the secondary cutting structure based on the dynamic response of the drilling tool assembly, determining if the adjusted design element improved a condition of the drilling, and repeating the simulating and adjusting until the condition is optimized. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262049 | Method for Predicting Outputs of Photovoltaic Devices Based on Two-Dimensional Fourier Analysis and Seasonal Auto-Regression - An output of a photovoltaic (PV) device is predicted by applying Fourier analysis to historical data to obtain frequencies and a mean of the frequencies in the data. Regression analysis is applied to the data to obtain a regression coefficient. Then, the prediction is a sum of the mean at the time step and a deviation from the mean at a previous time step, wherein the means are represented and approximated by selected frequencies, and the deviation for the previous time step is weighted by the regression coefficient. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262050 | Thermal Deflection Analysis - An optimization wizard substantially automates the task of calculating thermal deflection analysis of a part. The optimization wizard requests a user to provide a mesh model representing the part and provide part definitions, such as the part's stiffness, expansion coefficient, etc. In addition, the wizard requests the user to provide boundary conditions by modifying normality of any elements in the mesh model and by fixing conditions of one or more nodes in all direction or in a one sliding direction. An initial and a final temperature may also be provided by the user. The optimization wizard receives the user inputs and generates an executable file describing the relationships and effects each input has on the part's deflection under the provided thermal conditions. The executable file is provided to a solver to determine the part's thermal deflection under the provided conditions. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262051 | ORDERED MULTIPOINT GEOSTATISTICS SIMULATION USING NON-SYMMETRIC SEARCH MASK - A method, apparatus, and program product improve the computational efficiency of a multipoint geostatistics method by employing an ordered path through unassigned cells in combination with a non-symmetric search mask that excludes one or more not-yet-simulated cells from the search mask during simulation. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262052 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMPLICIT MODEL OF GEOLOGICAL HORIZONS - A method and system for generating a model function h(x,y,z) implicitly representing geologic horizons. Geological data representing a fault network and horizons automatically extracted from seismic data may be received. A 3D mesh may be generated and divided into a plurality of fault blocks by the fault network. A discrete function h(x,y,z) may be defined having values of the geological data representing horizons at discrete nodes of the mesh. Constraints may be installed on the discrete function h(x,y,z) defining surfaces representing horizons. Constraints may be installed on the discrete function h(x,y,z) to ensure the uniqueness of the function h(x,y,z). The discrete function h(x,y,z) may be interpolated at the nodes of the mesh to create a piecewise continuous function h (x,y,z) while honoring the constraints. The piecewise continuous horizon function h(x,y,z) may be synchronized across multiple fault blocks. A model of the piecewise continuous horizon function h(x,y,z) may be displayed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262053 | PARALLEL MULTIPOINT GEOSTATISTICS SIMULATION - A method, apparatus, and program product increase the computational efficiency of a multipoint geostatistics method by parallelizing the simulation process to concurrently simulate sets of unassigned cells in a simulation grid. Values of unassigned cells in the neighborhood of the unassigned cells being simulated are predicted, and a plurality of threads are used to simulate the set of unassigned cells using the predicted values. Simulation results are used to verify predictions, and mispredicts cause ongoing simulations of other cells to be restarted using the simulation results in lieu of mispredicted values. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262054 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, DETERMINING APPARATUS, AND DETERMINATION METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium stores a determination program that causes a computer to execute a process that includes calculating by referring to a first storing unit storing an electron density of electrons belonging to each atom in a molecule and a degree of overlap of atomic orbitals between the atoms in the molecule, an electron density between a first atom and a second atom different from the first atom respectively selected from the molecule in a structurally stable state; determining a bond type of a bond between the first and the second atoms, based on the calculated electron density and by referring to a second storing unit correlating and storing bond types representing types of bonds between atoms, and conditions for the electron density between atoms for each bond type; and outputting the determined bond type between the first and the second atoms. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262055 | CONFIGURABLE REPRESENTATION OF DOMAIN MODELS - A configurable application includes a domain model having one or more model entities. Representation entities provide representations of model entities and can include input definitions, output definitions, and structure definitions. Input definitions can define a grid having cells that can be bound, based on states, to various model entity attributes. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262056 | GRID REPRESENTATION OF DOMAIN MODELS - A configurable application includes a domain model having one or more model entities. Configurable grids define a grid having cells that can be bound, based on states, to one or more model entities, or to one or more model entity attributes. Grids provide representations of model entities. A grid can be represented by a collapsed representation that preserves row and column header information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262057 | SCR SIMULATION MODEL - A model for simulating the electrical behavior of a thyristor includes a model of an NPN bipolar transistor whose emitter forms the cathode of the thyristor and the base forms a low-side control terminal of the thyristor, and a model of a PNP bipolar transistor whose emitter forms the anode of the thyristor and the base forms a high-side control terminal of the thyristor, the collector of the PNP transistor being connected to the low-side control terminal and the collector of the NPN transistor being connected to the high-side control terminal. The transistor models are present a small signal behavior over the entire range of anode currents of the thyristor, whereby the transistor models exhibit a gain drop when the anode current exits the small signal range. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262058 | MODEL LEARNING APPARATUS, MODEL MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a model learning apparatus includes a conversion unit, an allocation unit, an update unit, and a projection unit. The conversion unit is configured to convert each N covariance matrix to obtain N logarithmic covariance vectors. The allocation unit is configured to allocate each N logarithmic covariance vector to a rotation matrix closest to the N logarithmic covariance vector among K rotation matrices obtained from the N covariance matrices. The update unit is configured to specify the logarithmic covariance vector allocated to the allocated K′ rotation matrix and update the allocated K′ rotation matrix on the basis of the specified logarithmic covariance vector. The projection unit is configured to project the N logarithmic covariance vector to a rotation matrix closest to the N logarithmic covariance vector among the updated K′ rotation matrices and K-K′ rotation matrices that have not been updated. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262059 | MODEL FOR USE OF DATA STREAMS OF OCCUPANCY THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MISSING DATA - A system and method for generating an occupancy model are disclosed. The model is learned using occupancy data for zones, each zone including cells, which are occupied or not at a given time, each with a sensor, which may be reporting or not. The data provides an observed occupancy corresponding to a number of cells in the respective zone which have reporting sensors, and the number of those sensors which are reporting that the respective cell is occupied. The occupancy model is based on a demand model and a sensor noise model which accounts for behavior of the non-reporting sensors. The noise model assumes that the probability of a sensor being in the reporting state is dependent on whether the respective cell is occupied or not. The model can fit the occupancy data better than one which assumes that non-reporting cells are occupied with the same frequency as reporting ones. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AN INFRASTRUCTURE USING A VIRTUAL MODELING PLATFORM - Systems and methods for virtual modeling, mapping, and simulation are disclosed. An example computing system to manage an infrastructure using a virtual modeling platform is disclosed. The computing system dynamically allocates multiple resources in a location that represents a location within the virtual environment. The multiple resources may be associated with an infrastructure for example, a healthcare infrastructure. Then the computing system determines one or more of multiple health metrics associated with a number of people, multiple resource metrics and multiple economic metrics based on the allocated resources. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262061 | SEISMIC ATTRIBUTE COLOR MODEL TRANSFORM - A method can include providing data from at least two data sets in a continuous color model that includes at least two color axes; transforming the data from the continuous color model to a hue, saturation and value color model to generate at least saturation data; applying an edge detection algorithm to the saturation data to generate enhanced data; and rendering at least a portion of the enhanced data to a display. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262062 | System and Method for Modeling a Physical Formation - A system and method for modeling a physical formation is provided. The method comprises a model retrieval module obtaining a reference model of the physical formation with at least one physical parameter, the reference model comprising reference blocks. A re-blocking module generates a synthesized model comprising one or more synthesized blocks. The re-blocking module then maps the reference blocks to the synthesized blocks and generates one or more fractional attributes for one or more of the synthesized blocks based on at least one physical parameter of the one or more corresponding reference blocks. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262063 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING THE GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF A RIVER ZONE - Systems and methods for simulating a geological formation of a fluvial zone by using observation data and a spatial model of the fluvial zone. The displacement of particles in the spatial model is simulated by superimposing a deterministic term defined by the observation data and a stochastic term parameterized by the observation data. By virtue of this method, it is possible to take into account both the fluid flow of the particles in the fluvial zone and introduce a probabilistic perturbation. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262064 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED RELIABILITY OPERATIONS - A system may include a model library configured to model a safety system, wherein the model library comprises a plurality of subsystem models, and each of the plurality of subsystem models is configured to derive a reliability measure. The system further includes a fault tolerance input and a maintenance policy input. The system further includes a dynamic risk calculation engine (DRCE) configured to use a user-defined set of the plurality of subsystem models, the fault tolerance input and the maintenance policy input, to derive a system risk for an apparatus. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262065 | Analyzing Volume Removed During Machining Simulation - A method simulates a machining of a workpiece by a tool. The method populates a swept volume representing a motion of the tool in relation to the workpiece with a set of rays, and determines a volume removed from the workpiece by the swept volume based on intersections of at least some rays with the workpiece. A model of the workpiece is modified based on the removed volume. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262066 | System and Method for Analyzing Engagement Surfaces Between Tools and Workpieces During Machining Simulation - A method determines an engagement surface between a tool and a workpiece during a simulation of a machining of the workpiece by a relative motion between the object and the tool. A set of points is arranged on at least a part of a surface of the tool. A distance between each point in the set of points and a surface of the workpiece modified by the motion is determined and the engagement surface is formed based on a subset of points having the distance below a threshold. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262067 | COLLABORATIVE VEHICLE HEALTH MODEL - A method includes collecting vehicle health data from a plurality of vehicles. A peer group is identified among the plurality of vehicles. The collected vehicle health data from the peer group into a collaborative vehicle health model, the collaborative vehicle health model being applicable to a current vehicle to predict a state of at least a component of the current vehicle. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262068 | SENSOR PLACEMENT FOR LEAKAGE LOCATION IN LIQUID DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - A computerized method of identifying a deployment of a plurality of hydraulic sensors in a liquid distribution network, optionally according to leakage detection performance. The method comprises receiving a topology model mapping a plurality of components of a liquid distribution network, assigning at least one leakage potential variable to each of the plurality of components, receiving a plurality of sensor placement configurations, each defining a deployment of a plurality of hydraulic sensors in the liquid distribution network according to the plurality of components, conducting a plurality of simulations of a plurality of leakage scenarios on each of the plurality of sensor placement configurations, according to the respective plurality of leakage potential variables, selecting a recommended sensor placement configuration from the plurality of sensor placement configurations according to the plurality of simulations, and outputting instructions for hydraulic sensor deployment in the liquid distribution network according to the recommended sensor placement configuration. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262069 | TARGETED SITE SELECTION WITHIN SHALE GAS BASINS - Targeted site selection determines the best hydrocarbon producing locations within areas of highest hydrocarbon reserves of a resource play. The best hydrocarbon production locations are selected within an area of favorable conditions for resource production based on source rock and reservoir properties. Risking of hydrocarbon production and productivity includes Monte Carlo simulations of a shale gas production model for targeted sites using probability distributions for petroleum systems model parameters, well parameters, and project parameters. Cumulative probability of recoverable hydrocarbons for the portfolio of targeted hydrocarbon production locations allows the high-grading of areas of greatest potential within the resource play. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBSURFACE RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION - A system and computer-implemented method for characterizing a subsurface reservoir is presented. The method includes receiving seismic data and at least one migration velocity model representative of the subsurface reservoir and well logs representative of a geologic region similar to the subsurface reservoir; analyzing the well logs to determine regional trends that differentiate at least two of porous sands, cemented sands, and shales; inverting the seismic data to obtain a p-impedance model and an s-impedance model; predicting a gross sand volume from a ratio of the p-impedance to the s-impedance; and determining a porous sand volume from the gross sand volume through a depth dependent cutoff for cemented sand p-impedance values. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE - Described herein are systems and processes for designing the sequence of one or more interacting nucleic acid strands intended to adopt a target secondary structure at equilibrium. The target secondary structure is decomposed into a binary tree and candidate mutations are evaluated on leaf nodes of the tree. During a process of leaf optimization, defect-weighted mutation sampling is used to select each candidate mutation position with a probability proportional to its contribution to an ensemble defect of the leaf. Subsequences of the tree are then merged, moving up the tree until a final nucleotide sequence of interest is determined that has the target secondary structure at equilibrium. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262072 | CYCLE ACCURATE AND CYCLE REPRODUCIBLE MEMORY FOR AN FPGA BASED HARDWARE ACCELERATOR - A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to simulate operations of a device under test (DUT). The DUT includes a device memory having a number of input ports, and the FPGA is associated with a target memory having a second number of input ports, the second number being less than the first number. In one embodiment, a given set of inputs is applied to the device memory at a frequency Fd and in a defined cycle of time, and the given set of inputs is applied to the target memory at a frequency Ft. Ft is greater than Fd and cycle accuracy is maintained between the device memory and the target memory. In an embodiment, a cycle accurate model of the DUT memory is created by separating the DUT memory interface protocol from the target memory storage array. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262073 | GENERATING CLOCK SIGNALS FOR A CYCLE ACCURATE, CYCLE REPRODUCIBLE FPGA BASED HARDWARE ACCELERATOR - A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for generating clock signals for a cycle accurate FPGA based hardware accelerator used to simulate operations of a device-under-test (DUT). In one embodiment, the DUT includes multiple device clocks generating multiple device clock signals at multiple frequencies and at a defined frequency ratio; and the FPG hardware accelerator includes multiple accelerator clocks generating multiple accelerator clock signals to operate the FPGA hardware accelerator to simulate the operations of the DUT. In one embodiment, operations of the DUT are mapped to the FPGA hardware accelerator, and the accelerator clock signals are generated at multiple frequencies and at the defined frequency ratio of the frequencies of the multiple device clocks, to maintain cycle accuracy between the DUT and the FPGA hardware accelerator. In an embodiment, the FPGA hardware accelerator may be used to control the frequencies of the multiple device clocks. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262074 | Machine Learning for a Memory-based Database - An enterprise database is accessed through semantic labels to develop models that enhance the database. A database of business objects is accessed, the business objects including data tables that relate semantic labels to enterprise data. One or more rules that use the semantic labels are applied to select enterprise data corresponding to the semantic labels. The selected enterprise data are used to determine modeling parameters that relate a semantic-label input set to a semantic-label output set, the semantic-label input set and the semantic-label output set each including at least one of the semantic labels. The modeling parameters are used to generate a simulation table that predicts an operational range of at least one business object corresponding to at least one of the semantic labels. The at least one business object is augmented in the database by including the simulation table in the at least one business object. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262075 | PROCESSOR EMULATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A processor emulation device comprising includes an address converter converting a virtual address in a guest environment into a physical address in a host environment, wherein a correspondence between the virtual address and a physical address in the guest environment is different from a correspondence between a virtual address and the physical address in the host environment controlled by a host OS; and an exception handling processing part, in a case where a page attribute obtained in converting the virtual address in the guest environment into the physical address in the guest environment is an attribute specific to the guest environment and absent in the host environment, performing an exception handling process based on the attribute specific to the guest environment. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262076 | MACHINE TRANSLATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a machine translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit, a translation unit, a detection unit and an addition unit. The speech recognition unit performs speech recognition of speech. The translation unit translates the plurality of source language strings into target language strings in a chronological order. The detection unit detects ambiguity in interpretation of the speech corresponding to a first target language string of the target language strings. The addition unit adds, an additional phrase being one of words and phrases to interpret uniquely a modification relationship, to the first target language string if ambiguity is detected. | 2013-10-03 |