41st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120259501 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ENGINE OIL LEVELS - A system includes a user interface module, a level determination module, and a level storage module. The user interface module outputs an oil level request based on user input. The level determination module determines N oil levels of an engine. N is an integer greater than one. The level storage module stores the N oil levels and outputs one of the N oil levels in response to the oil level request. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN EVALUATING AN OPERATION OF A COMBUSTION MACHINE - A method for use in evaluating an operation of a combustion machine. A plurality of current average intensities is calculated by a computing device based on a series of intensity readings from a flame sensor. Each current average intensity corresponds to a current time interval. The computing device selects a plurality of past average intensities, each of which corresponds to a past time interval equal in duration to the current time interval corresponding to a current average intensity. The computing device calculates a plurality of decay rates indicating a change in intensity readings over a current time interval based on the current average intensities and the past average intensities. The computing device estimates a predicted flame sensor malfunction time based on the plurality of decay rates. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259503 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR TESTING OF INFLATABLE PERSONAL RESTRAINT SYSTEMS - A system for testing a number of electronic module assemblies (EMAs) that control one or more personal restraint systems. A programmed processor with a computer system transmits signals that instruct the EMAs to perform a diagnostic self-test. The results of the self-test are received by the computer system and stored in a computer readable memory. In one embodiment, the computer system is a cabin management computer system for use on an aircraft. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259504 | Internet-based system for monitoring vehicles - The invention provides a method for monitoring a vehicle that features the steps of: 1) generating a data packet including vehicle data retrieved from the vehicle using a wireless appliance; 2) transmitting the data packet over an airlink with the wireless appliance so that the data packet passes through a network and to a host computer system; 3) processing the data packet with the host computer system to generate a set of data; and 4) displaying the set of data on a web page hosted on the internet. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259505 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING FAULTS PRESENT ON A PLATFORM AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - A method for analyzing faults present on a platform includes the following steps: | 2012-10-11 |
20120259506 | FAST DETECTION OF ERROR CONDITIONS IN VEHICLE VACUUM SENSORS FOR A HYDRAULIC BOOST COMPENSATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods of monitoring redundant vacuum sensors in the same vacuum chamber of a braking system to determine when an error condition is present in a braking system. The braking system includes a first sensor positioned in a chamber of the braking system and a second sensor positioned in the same chamber. A first reading is received from the first sensor and a second reading is received from the second sensor. A difference between the first reading and the second reading is determined. An error condition is indicated when the difference between the first reading and the second reading is greater than a threshold. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259507 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING THE INSTALLATION POSITION OF VEHICLE WHEELS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method locates an installation position of vehicles wheels in a motor vehicle having at least one vehicle wheel containing a wheel electronics unit. The method includes: determining from the wheel electronics unit a first rotational angle position of the vehicle wheel associated with the wheel electronics unit; transmitting a transmission signal with a first piece of rotational angle information dependent on the determined first rotational angle position; determining from the vehicle second rotational angle positions of the vehicle wheels, and depending thereon, providing second rotational angle information. The first rotational angle information is compared with the second rotational angle information. The installation position of the vehicle wheel associated with the wheel electronics unit is determined depending on the comparison. A device is provided for performing the method. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259508 | Digital Recording and Replay System for an Aircraft and Method for Reproduction of Onboard Instrumentation of an Aircraft - Digital recording and replay system ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120259509 | METHOD AND DESCRIPTION FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR THE TRANSPORT OF AN OBJECT - A method is provided for determining and providing information for the transport of an object with a passenger car. A determining of the first parameter of the object to be transported takes place, where the at least one first parameter is selected from the group consisting of dimensions of the object and the mass of the object. In addition, a determining of a current transport capacity of the passenger car takes place. Furthermore, a determining of a probable loading state of the passenger car based on the determined first parameter and the determined current transport capacity of the passenger car takes place. In addition, an outputting of information regarding the determined probable loading state takes place. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259510 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A BELT DRIVE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and a device for operating a belt drive of a motor vehicle. Under high loads, a high belt tension is set and during normal operation a low belt tension is set. The particular belt tension is set through a control process, taking into account the instantaneous load on the belt drive and/or taking into account the age of the belt of the belt drive. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259511 | TIRE FILLING ASSISTANT - A system for monitoring a fill level of a plurality of tires of a vehicle includes a situation detecting unit set up for detecting a situation in which adaptation of a fill level of at least one of the tires of the vehicle is expected. The system further includes a fill level adaptation assistant set up for autonomously assisting a user of the vehicle during the adaptation of the fill level of the at least one tire when the situation is detected. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259512 | ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus that realizes weight saving and downsizing of component parts by counting and controlling the number of times of end hitting and simultaneously calculating a current limit value depending on the number of times of end hitting to limit assist . | 2012-10-11 |
20120259513 | DETERMINATION OF A CENTER FEELING FOR EPS STERRING SYSTEMS - In order to transmit reliable and precise information, to as great an extent as possible, on current driving conditions and driving situations, and also achieve disturbance-free behavior of the steering system in the center point range, in a steering device in a vehicle, a target steering torque (torSSW) is determined by determining an actual toothed rack force (forRT), determining at least one first component for the target steering torque (torSSW) as a function of the actual toothed rack force (forRT), and determining at least one additional component for the target steering torque (torSSW) from a calculated toothed rack force (forRS), wherein the calculated toothed rack force (forRS) is determined from a wheel steering angle and a vehicle speed (velV). | 2012-10-11 |
20120259514 | ANALOG/DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CONTROLLING UNIT - The present invention provides a method in which a counting source is provided in data after analog/digital conversion to lessen a load placed when new and old data after the conversion are compared to each other. A log function is prepared in an A/D conversion controlling circuit. The log function latches the output of a counter in a 12-bit digital/analog converter at the timing of outputting a pulse from a comparator to determine data written into a data register group. In the case where a setting item related to log output in an ADCR is set at 1, not only the output of the 12-bit digital/analog converter, but also the output of a timer counter of an MTU is latched as a log. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259515 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AND/OR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE REVERSIBLE RESTRAINING DEVICE - A method for activating and/or controlling at least one reversible restraining device as a function of a danger situation that is detected ahead of time, the danger situation being detected ahead of time by evaluating sensor signals that are provided by at least one sensor unit, and an evaluation-control unit for implementing the method and an occupant protection system having such an evaluation and control unit. Such a danger situation is detected if an evaluation of the sensor signals determines that the vehicle has departed from the roadway, a directional angle being ascertained at which the vehicle has departed from the roadway, and the at least one reversible restraining device being activated and/or controlled as a function of the ascertained directional angle. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259516 | ACC Extended Mode Operation - When employing an a cruise control system in a commercial or heavy-duty vehicle, an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120259517 | Aerodynamically Effective Device for a Motor Vehicle - An aerodynamically effective device for a motor vehicle has an air guide element that can be moved between a position of rest and at least one operating position, a drive unit for moving the air guide element, and a control unit. The control unit is adapted to instruct the drive unit to move the air guide element from the position of rest into the operating position, on reaching a first vehicle speed threshold value. Furthermore, the control unit is adapted to carry out a function test of the drive unit below the first vehicle speed threshold value. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259518 | WIPER CONTROLLER - A windshield wiper device comprises a controller, a drive unit and a gear that transmits the movement of the drive unit to a wiper shaft. The controller comprises a comparison unit for determining whether the torque output by the drive unit exceeds the predetermined torque, wherein the predetermined torque depends on the position of the wiper shaft. The wind shield wiper device further comprises a reversing unit for reversing the direction of rotation of the drive unit depending on the result of the comparison unit. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259519 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY ACTIVATED POWERED ACTUATION OF A HYDRAULIC DRIVE SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for selectively activating a gravity down mode of a hydraulic system during operation of a lift gate. An electronic control circuit is added to hydraulic control circuitry and is configured to selectively interrupt the power down mode or gravity down mode of operation of the hydraulic system based on either a manual input (override) or a sensed condition and switch to the other mode of operation. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259520 | METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF MOTIVE FORCE CAPACITY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for determination of a first parameter R | 2012-10-11 |
20120259521 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR BELT-TYPE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - Surplus pressure is obtained from a difference between a hydraulic pressure value detected by a hydraulic pressure sensor and a target supplied hydraulic pressure. A determination is made about whether or not a possible hydraulic pressure in a prescribed time will become lower than a minimum required hydraulic pressure based on a current surplus pressure and a changing rate of the surplus pressure. If the possible hydraulic pressure is lower than the minimum required hydraulic pressure, correction is conducted to increase supplied hydraulic pressure. Accordingly, control is conducted so that the regularly required surplus pressure can be reduced to a minimum required amount. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259522 | START CLUTCH CONTROL DEVICE - A first torque determining unit determines a value of a torque input to a transmission on the basis of a load acting on a start clutch ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120259523 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE - In a method for operating a vehicle which has a first axle, a second axle, a unit for determining slipping of at least one wheel of the second axle on a ground surface, and a braking device associated with the wheel, a drive torque is applied to the first axle and the second axle via a central differential, and, in the event of slipping of the wheel, a braking torque required to prevent the slipping being determined. A setpoint braking torque is set on the braking device, which is less than the required braking torque, and the part of the drive torque supplied to the first axle is increased. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259524 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - For providing a vehicle control apparatus which can prevent the deterioration of the drivability, the ECU ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120259525 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD | 2012-10-11 |
20120259526 | ROLL ANGLE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT - A Kalman filter in a roll angle estimation device estimates a roll angle of a vehicle body, a vehicle speed, a roll angular velocity sensor offset, a yaw angular velocity sensor offset, and a vertical acceleration sensor offset on the basis of detected values of a roll angular velocity sensor, a yaw angular velocity sensor, a vertical acceleration sensor, a longitudinal acceleration sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, and a rear-wheel speed sensor, and also on the basis of estimated values of the roll angle, the vehicle speed, the roll angular velocity sensor offset, the yaw angular velocity sensor offset, and the vertical acceleration sensor offset obtained in a previous estimation operation. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259527 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a vehicle control device which generates a speed pattern of a vehicle and controls traveling of the vehicle based on the speed pattern, including: rear vehicle travel situation checking means for checking a travel situation of a rear vehicle which travels behind the vehicle; wave-like travel speed pattern generating means for generating a wave-like travel speed pattern where acceleration travel and free run travel are alternately repeated based on the travel situation of the rear vehicle; and control means for controlling the traveling of the vehicle based on the wave-like travel speed pattern. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259528 | CONTROL OF COMPRESSION SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENTLY ACTUATED INLET GUIDE AND/OR STATOR VANES - A compression system includes a compressor with adjustable inlet guide vanes (IGVs) and variable stator vanes (VSVs) that are adjustable independently of each other. IGV and VSV control units produce respective IGV and VSV reference commands responsive to respective first and second inputs that may be responsive to measured properties of the compression system. The second input may be provided by a model of the compressor or of the compression system responsive to measured properties. The second input may particularly be an estimate of a property not directly observable, such as stall margin or efficiency. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259529 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION (HCCI) ENGINE - A system includes a mass determination module and a torque estimation module. The mass determination module determines a fuel mass injected into a cylinder of a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine for a combustion event in the cylinder. The torque estimation module estimates a torque output of the HCCI engine based on the fuel mass. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259530 | STOP CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A stop control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of ensuring the comfort of vehicle occupants in a vehicle compartment and improving the fuel economy of the engine along with automatic stoppage of the engine during both a cooling operation and a heating operation of an air conditioner. When the engine is automatically stopped, the stop control system sets a target blowout temperature which is a target value of the temperature of air blown out from the air conditioner into a vehicle compartment, and acquires a fan voltage indicative of the air volume blown by a fan of the air conditioner. Further, the stop control system calculates stop allowable time based on the target blowout temperature and the fan voltage, and restarts the engine when engine stoppage time period (stoppage time period-counting timer value) has reached the stop allowable time. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259531 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CODE FOR IMPROVED FUEL EFFICIENCY EMISSION OUTPUT, AND MISSION PERFORMANCE OF A POWERED SYSTEM - A method is provided including determining a first power level required from a diesel powered system. The first power level corresponds to a first proportion of a maximum power. The method also includes determining an emission output for a mission based on the first power level. The method further includes determining a second power level corresponding to a second proportion of the maximum power, wherein alternate use of the second power level and at least one of the first power level or a third power level results in a lower emission output for the mission, with the overall resulting power being proximate the minimum power required. The method also includes automatically controlling operation of the diesel powered system by using the second power level alternately with at least one of the first power level or the third power level. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259532 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of this invention is, even when executing WGV control, to stably control an air-fuel ratio in parallel therewith. An engine includes a supercharger, a waste gate valve (WGV) and the like. An ECU calculates a wall-surface fuel adherence amount that is an amount of fuel adhering to a wall surface of an intake port based on a plurality of parameters including a degree of opening of the WGV or an indicator corresponding to the degree of opening. The calculated wall-surface fuel adherence amount is reflected in a fuel injection amount. Thus, even when executing WGV control, a state of a blowback amount of exhaust gas that varies with the degree of opening of the WGV can be reflected in the wall-surface fuel adherence amount, in other words, the fuel injection amount, and thus a disturbance of the air-fuel ratio or the like caused by changes in the blowback amount can be suppressed. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259533 | VEHICLE CALIBRATION USING DATA COLLECTED DURING NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS - Systems and methods for optimizing the performance of a vehicle under normal operating conditions. A vehicle system adjusts one or more vehicle operating parameters in a closed-loop in response to data received from sensors. A portable vehicle communication interface module is selectively attached to the vehicle without inhibiting normal operation of the vehicle. When connected to the vehicle, the vehicle communication interface module records the adjustments made by the vehicle system in closed-loop operation. These recorded values are then used to update calibration information that the vehicle system uses as default values. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259534 | STOP CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A stop control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of restarting the engine automatically stopped, in optimum timing, thereby making it possible to positively prevent occurrence of fogging of window glass of a vehicle compartment and improve fuel economy. The engine is connected to a compressor of an air conditioner. According to the stop control system, during idle stop, window glass temperature is calculated, and according to the calculated window glass temperature, limit humidity below which fogging of the window glass does not occur is set. When determining compartment humidity becomes equal to or higher than the limit humidity, the idle stop is terminated and the engine is restarted. When the weather is rainy or snowy, the determining compartment humidity is corrected. When vehicle compartment temperature is not lower than a first predetermined temperature, the window glass temperature is corrected. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259535 | Method and device for improving the restart of a vehicle with start-stop system - A method and a device for improving the restart of a vehicle equipped with start-stop operation. In order to accelerate the restart, in a stop phase of the start-stop operation a control unit provides control signals on the basis of which the excitation winding is supplied with a pre-excitation current in the stop phase. In addition, given the presence of a restart request occurring during the slowdown of the internal combustion engine, the control unit checks whether an immediate restart is possible and sensible, and, in the case in which an immediate restart is possible and sensible, initiates an immediate restart, and delays the restart in the case in which an immediate restart is not possible or not sensible. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259536 | CONTINUOUS COMPUTATION OF CENTER OF GRAVITY OF A VEHICLE - Systems and methods for computing the center of gravity of a vehicle. One method includes determining a first, second, and third acceleration of the vehicle along an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis; determining a first, second, and third angular rate of the vehicle along the x-axis, the y-axis, and the z-axis; determining a total force acting on the vehicle; and determining an estimated mass of the vehicle. The method also includes computing a center of gravity of the vehicle based on the first acceleration, the second acceleration, the third acceleration, the first angular rate, the second angular rate, the third angular rate, the total force acting on the vehicle, and the estimated mass. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259537 | Moving Geofence for Machine Tracking in Agriculture - An agricultural vehicle tracking system provides a moving geofence about the location of a vehicle. When the moving geofence contacts a point of interest, such as another moving geofence, an alert is issued. The particular characteristics of the moving geofence may be generated in accordance with a predetermined scheme. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259538 | VEHICLE PROXIMITY DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - A system for reducing the likelihood of collision between a first vehicle and a second vehicle. Each vehicle includes a device for receiving global positioning system (GPS) signals, generating at least one of a time, position and velocity signal based on the received GPS signals, generating at least one of a time, position and velocity signal based upon the motion of the vehicle, comparing the received and generated signals, generating a corrected vehicle signal, and transmitting the corrected vehicle signal. A transportation network generates transportation network data including at least one of: network capacity data, network layout data, and network traffic data. The second vehicle's device stores the transportation network data, receives the corrected first vehicle signal, and calculates from the transportation network data and corrected first and second vehicle signals the likelihood that the positions of the first and second vehicles will coincide at some time on the transportation network. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259539 | Navigation Device and Guiding Method Thereof - Disclosed is a navigation device capable of guiding HOV lanes more intelligibly. The device comprises a storage unit that stores installation information relating to traffic lanes that become passable when predetermined conditions are satisfied (hereinafter referred to as “conditional traffic lanes”) and a guiding unit that guides entrances to the conditional traffic lanes. The guiding unit displays entrance guide images for guiding the car in which the device is installed to the entrances to the conditional traffic lanes instead of images that have been displayed until then when the position of the car approaches the entrances to the conditional traffic lanes. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259540 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT - Systems and computer-implemented methods for managing a workforce include receiving a request for support including a location of the request for support, converting the request for support into a work ticket, classifying the work ticket, allocating the work ticket to a field operative out of a set of at least one field operatives, transmitting a request for a map including data from the work ticket, receiving a map image including data relating to the work ticket, and transmitting the map image including data relating to the work ticket to the field operative. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259541 | ROUTE SELECTION EMPLOYING METRICS - Techniques are described that may be implemented in a mobile electronic device providing navigation functionality to facilitate selection of a route to a destination from multiple route options. In one or more implementations, route selection information is displayed on a display of the mobile electronic device to facilitate selection of a route to a destination. The route selection information describes one or more routes to the destination and includes one or more metrics, associated with each route, that identify a characteristic of the route (e.g., a difficulty rating, topography, total climb distance, number of turns, and so on). A map may then be displayed on the display to furnish navigation information for the selected route to facilitate navigation to the destination. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259542 | NAVIGATION GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A navigation system may calculate a route to a destination and output guidance information with an output device to guide a user of the navigation system along the calculated route. If it is determined that a navigation device has left the calculated route, the navigation system may prompt the user asking whether output of guidance information should be suspended. If the output of guidance information should be suspended, the navigation system may suspend the output of guidance information and calculate a new route to the destination while the output of guidance information is suspended. The navigation system may calculate an estimated arrival time at the destination based on the calculated new route and output the estimated arrival time while the output of guidance information is suspended. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259543 | Position Calculating Method and Position Calculating Device - A position calculating method comprising: receiving a positioning signal; and performing a position calculating operation using the received positioning signal, the position calculating operation being a operation based on a given probability distribution model having at least a variation in previous operation result as a random variable. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259544 | Feature Location and Resource Management System and Method - A feature location and management system having: a user-associated marker unit, including: a controller to generate feature data associated with at least one feature located at a site; an activation device to activate the controller to generate the feature data; and a communication device to transmit at least a portion of the feature data. A central control device directly or indirectly receives at least a portion of the feature data transmitted by the marker unit; and generates display data based at least partially on the received feature data. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRONIC REPRESENTATION OF A ROUTE - Disclosed is a computer systems, methods and computer program products for providing an electronic representation of a route. A display device displays a plurality of sequential displays of the ground level area representations along the recorded route including: a first display comprising an origin location area representation; a plurality of sequential displays comprising sequential location area representations along the route; and a last display of a destination location area representation. The at least one ground level image can be a photographic image. A record of a route is recorded by a GPS device. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259546 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ROAD GUIDE INFORMATION ON WINDSHIELD - An apparatus for displaying road guidance information on a windshield that enables a driver to accurately recognize a road associated with a destination route by overlaying road guide information of a navigation system on the actual road based on an eye location of a driver by displaying mapped results on a windshield of a vehicle in variable location, and a method thereof are provided. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259547 | METHODS OF PRE-PROCESSING PROBE DATA - Methods of pre-processing probe trace data include examining a sequential dataset for a route of travel between two points, identifying at least one anomaly in the sequential dataset, identifying at least one datum of the sequential dataset occupying a sequential position adjacent to the identified at least one anomaly, and inserting at least one non-anomalous datum to occupy a sequential position of the identified at least one anomaly in the sequential dataset, the at least one non-anomalous datum being determined based on one of extrapolation, smoothing and interpolation of the at least one datum. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259548 | BRANCH POINT DIAGRAM DISPLAY SYSTEM - A branch point diagram system includes a terminal disposed on a movable body for displaying a branch point diagram of a branch point and a delivery server for delivering branch road part to the terminal according to a delivery schedule when the terminal approaches a branch point. The delivery server calculates the delivery load of delivering the branch road part according to the schedule. In view of the calculation results of the delivery load, the delivery schedule is revised, and the branch road part is delivered to the terminal according to the revised schedule. The terminal then displays the branch point diagram for the branch point after generating the branch point diagram based on the branch road parts and positional data received from the delivery. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259549 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING TURBULENCE REGIONS - Systems and methods for characterizing regions of turbulence are provided. In one implementation, a method includes: measuring turbulence with an inertial reference unit on an aircraft to acquire a turbulence measurement; recording a position of the aircraft associated with the turbulence measurement and the turbulence measurement on at least one memory device; processing the turbulence measurement on a processing unit to determine a turbulence intensity setting; determining a turbulence region for the recorded position; associating the turbulence region with the turbulence intensity setting; and transmitting the turbulence intensity setting and the associated turbulence region. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT - In various embodiments, points from flood maps (e.g., geospatial flood risk zoning maps) may be used in generating a flood frequency versus flood elevation curve for reducing the uncertainty in the flood risk assessment. In some embodiments, geospatial flood elevation lines for flood elevation lines at different flood frequency levels may be defined based on elevation datasets where there are inconsistencies between the elevation datasets and flood maps that were generated. The flood frequency versus flood loss curve may be derived based on the computed flood frequency versus flood elevation curve, digital elevation datasets, and collected damage curve. In some embodiments, the flood risk rating may also be derived and a flood risk assessment report may be generated. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259551 | MEASUREMENT OF INVASION DEPTH WHILE DRILLING UTILIZING STREAMING POTENTIAL - A system for determining an invasion depth of an invaded zone surrounding a borehole while the borehole is being drilled includes a sensor configured to be disposed in a mud cake formed on a wall of the borehole and configured to measure a property of the mud cake and a computing device configured to receive a measurement from the sensor and determine the invasion depth based on the measurement. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259552 | MONITORING THE PHASE COMPOSITION OF PRODUCTION FLUID FROM A HYDROCARBON EXTRACTION WELL - A method of monitoring a phase composition resulting from different phases in production fluid from at least one well of a plurality of hydrocarbon production wells is provided. The method comprises modulating a flow of production fluid from the at least one well; passing the flow of production fluid from each of the plurality of wells through a multiphase flow meter common to the plurality of wells; and processing data from the multiphase flow meter by responding to the modulation of the flow of the production fluid from the at least one well to produce information relating to the phase composition of the production fluid from the at least one well. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259553 | Method for eliminating spectral constraints of acquisition system and earth filtering effects - Recorded seismic data are represented as a convolution of operators representing a reflectivity series of the earth and a seismic wavelet. The recorded seismic wavelet is represented as a convolution of operators representing a receiver ghost, a source ghost, a ghost-free source system response, an earth filter response, and a receiver system response. The operator representing the receiver ghost is removed from the convolution representing the seismic wavelet. The operator representing the source ghost is removed from the convolution representing the seismic wavelet. The operator representing the ghost-free source response is removed from the convolution representing the seismic wavelet. The operator representing the earth filter response is removed from the convolution representing the seismic wavelet. The operator representing the seismic wavelet is removed from the convolution representing the recorded seismic data. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259554 | TONGUE TRACKING INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER PROGRAM - A tongue tracking interface apparatus for control of a computer program may include a mouthpiece configured to be worn over one or more teeth of a user of the computer program. The mouthpiece can include one or more sensors configured to determine one or more tongue orientation characteristics of the user. Other sensors such as microphones, pressure sensors, etc. located around the head, face, and neck, can also be used for determining tongue orientation characteristics. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259555 | Dynamic and Differential Analysis - The present invention provides methods to improve upon prostate cancer screening, thereby saving lives and reducing morbidities of unwarranted biopsies and over-treatment. The methods use a systematic analysis of the growth rate of PSA from cancer and PSA variation and the way in which they might be used to distinguish high-risk cancers from no cancer. Approaches include Dynamic-Differential Strategy, Dynamic-Differential Analysis, and Dynamic Analysis. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259556 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INDEL IDENTIFICATION USING SHORT READ SEQUENCING - Systems, methods, and analytical approaches for short read sequence assembly and for the detection of insertions and deletions (indels) in a reference genome. A method suitable for software implementation is presented in which indels may be readily identified in a computationally efficient manner. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259557 | ION DETECTION AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR N-DIMENSIONAL DATA - Methods and apparatus for LC/IMS/MS analysis involve obtaining noisy raw data from a sample, convolving the data with an artifact-reducing filter, and locating, in retention-time, ion mobility, and mass-to-charge-ratio dimensions, one or more ion peaks of the convolved data. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259558 | AIR GAP MEASURING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an air gap measuring apparatus, for measuring width of an air gap formed between a rotator and a stator. An insertion section has a first flat plate section and a second flat plate section. Gap adjusting means drives the second flat plate section such that the second flat plate section moves away from the first flat plate section, until the first flat plate section and the second flat plate section abuts on the rotator and the stator. An operating section extends to outside of the insertion section, and operates the gap adjusting means. An elastic body has an end that follows the first flat plate section, and other end that follows the second flat plate section. A strain gage outputs electrical signals corresponding to the strain of the elastic body, the strain being formed due to the movement of the second flat plate section. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259559 | Instrumentation system for determining risk factors - An instrumentation system ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120259560 | EVENT MONITORING AND DETECTION IN LIQUID LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEM - According to various embodiments disclosed herein, battery power may be conserved by reducing the number of transmissions made by a liquid level monitoring system. The efficiency of a liquid level monitoring system may also be improved by reducing or avoiding fuel outages and unnecessary replenishment. Certain embodiments may be configured according to a schedule for making measurements. The measurement may then be compared against one or more thresholds to determine whether to transmit the measurements. A variety of thresholds may be specified and utilized to determine when it is appropriate to transmit the measurements. Further, various embodiments may be configured to detect a change in a monitored condition. Upon the detection of a change in the monitored condition, a measurement may be made and compared to an established threshold for a tank. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259561 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL EXTRACTION AND SEPARATION - Method and/or apparatus for independent component analysis of a mixed electronic signal. Candidate signal components are determined, and mutual information (MI) criteria between each candidate signal component is minimized. The candidate signal components are optimized using polar coordinates. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259562 | PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING IN-SITU ARCING EVENTS DURING SUBSTRATE PROCESSING - A processing system for detecting in-situ arcing events during substrate processing is provided. The processing systems includes at least a plasma processing chamber having a probe arrangement, wherein said probe arrangement is disposed on a surface of said processing chamber and is configured to measure at least one plasma processing parameter. The probe arrangement includes a plasma-facing sensor and a measuring capacitor, wherein the plasma-facing sensor is coupled to a first plate of the measuring capacitor. The probe arrangement also includes a detection arrangement that is coupled to a second plate of the measuring capacitor, wherein the detection arrangement is configured for converting an induced current flowing through the measuring capacitor into a set of digital signals, which is processed to detect the in-situ arcing events. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259563 | ONLINE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IDENTIFY SHORTED TURNS IN A FIELD WINDING OF A ROTOR - A method for analyzing electrical shorts in field windings of a synchronous machine having a rotor using a magnetic flux probe, the method includes: monitoring flux signals generated by the flux probe wherein the flux signals are indicative of magnetic flux emanating from the field windings; electronically storing flux data obtained from the monitored flux signals and indicative of electrical shorts in the field windings; automatically analyzing the stored flux data to identify field windings having the shorts and to count the shorts in each identified field winding, and automatically displaying information identifying the field windings with shorts and a number of shorts in each field winding. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259564 | Power Supply Usage Determination - The remaining capacity of a power source, such as a battery, may be monitored with a microprocessor by integrating data received from a current sensor. The microprocessor may measure electrons passing through the battery by sampling the integrator and summing the values recorded from the integrator. Each time the integrator is sampled, the microprocessor may reset the integrator to prevent the integrator from saturating. The microprocessor may sample the integrator when the integrator approaches a predetermined value. The remaining capacity of the battery may be calculated based on calibration values and the sum of electrons measured by the integrator. The remaining capacity may be communicated to remote users through a network and displayed in an executive dashboard. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259565 | ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER MEASURING APPARATUS - An alternating current power measuring apparatus includes a first capacitance element having one end connected to a conductor wire of a first electrical cable of a set of electrical cables for supplying alternating current to a load and having the other end capacitively coupled to a conductor wire of a second electrical cable, a first voltage measuring part which measures a first voltage which is a voltage of both ends of the first capacitance element, a first current measuring part which measures a first current flowing in the first electrical cable, and a processing part which computes a power to be supplied to the load by the set of electrical cables by the multiplication among a proportion between a specified voltage value of a voltage applied to the set of electrical cables and an effective value of the first voltage, the first voltage and the first current. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259566 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING TWO PHASE POWER WITH SINGLE VOLTAGE INPUT - A device and method for more accurately measuring power consumption in a residential application without having to make connections to high voltage sources in a distribution panel. Since the device calculating the power consumption generally needs to be powered to perform its functions (e.g., plugged into wall outlet), the disclosure utilizes the power supply as a voltage source for measuring voltage without having to make connections to the panel. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259567 | INTELLIGENT BATTERY PACK - The present relates to a battery pack adapted for receiving battery cells, and alternately to a battery pack comprising the battery cells. The present battery pack comprises an energy output, an energy input and a controller. The energy output outputs energy from the at least one battery cell. The energy, input receives energy for recharging the at least one battery cell, and the controller controls. the energy received from the energy input for recharging the at least one battery cell. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259568 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH BATTERY CAPACITY DETECTING FUNCTION AND BATTERY CAPACITY DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device with a battery capacity detecting function is provided. The electronic device detects an actual voltage of the battery every first preset time interval, calculates a weighted average voltage within a second preset time interval according to all the detected actual voltages within the second preset time interval, and determines a battery capacity according to the calculated weighted average voltage. A method for detecting a battery capacity of an electronic device is also provided. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259569 | DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Manufacturing management information relating to a module battery and single battery mounted therein which are obtained in a battery manufacturing process ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120259570 | ALTERNATOR SPEED ESTIMATION USING SPECTRUM ANALYSIS - A system and method for determining the speed of an alternator, for example, a vehicle alternator. The method includes measuring the current or voltage of a vehicle battery for a predetermined period of time, and then notch filtering the measured current or voltage signal to remove known harmonics. A limited data point Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) spectrum analysis operation is performed to identify the frequency peaks in the filtered signal, where the highest peak represents a ripple current on the DC alternator signal. The highest peak in the FFT signal is identified, and an interpolation process is performed between that peak and an adjacent peak in the data to identify the actual frequency of the ripple current. The ripple current is then converted to the speed of the alternator. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259571 | IQ CALIBRATION METHOD OF TEST DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUCH AS DVB-H SYSTEM OR LIKE, DEVICE, AND TEST DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention relates to an automatic calibration method of a test device for testing a wireless communication system such as a DVB-H or the like, a device, and a manufacturing method thereof, and more specifically, to a calibration method and device for providing an automatic calibration data generation function, in which the same frequency characteristic of the test device is maintained in various frequency bands and the test device is capable of generating an exact and reliable test signal. The calibration method of the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) extracting the size of a removal target signal component on the basis of a calibration signal generated from the test device; (b) extracting a change value of the size of the removal target signal component; (c) adjusting at least one calibration parameter on the basis of the change value, and transmitting an adjusted calibration parameter value to the test device, and calculating a calibration parameter value which minimizes the size of the removal target signal component, and generating the calculated value as calibration data, by repeatedly performing the steps (a) to (c). | 2012-10-11 |
20120259572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GYROSCOPE ERROR ESTIMATION - Methods and systems for compensating for gyroscopic errors. A system uses magnetometers to detect and measure a magnetic field local to a personal navigation device. When the local magnetic field is quasi-static, the rate of change of the magnetic field is combined with the rotational rate of change of the device. This generates an estimated gyroscope error. The error can then be used to correct for time-varying inherent gyroscope errors. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259573 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING THE FINE POSITION VALUE OF A MOVABLE BODY - A position sensor for ascertaining the fine position value z of a movable body includes an exciter unit moving therewith and a stationary sensor unit ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120259574 | DESIGNED-BASED YIELD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An integrated-circuit yield improvement system includes a global signature analysis/grouping module configured to receive an integrated circuit (IC) design and identify areas in the IC design that include potential defect signatures based on the defect signatures stored in the defect signature library. The global signature analysis/grouping module can produce a global signature map indicating these areas and their associated potential defect signatures in the IC design. A local signature analysis/grouping module can identify and group local defect signatures in the IC design with the process monitoring and yield data as input, to output grouped local signatures. An intelligent learning engine can analyze the global signature map and the grouped local signatures and update some of the defect signatures in the defect signature library. A feedback loop is formed to update and renew the contents of the defect signature library for each new IC design while process and yield are improved. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259575 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP INCORPORATING A TEST CIRCUIT THAT ALLOWS FOR ON-CHIP STRESS TESTING IN ORDER TO MODEL OR MONITOR DEVICE PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION - Disclosed is an integrated circuit chip incorporating a test circuit having multiple logic blocks. Each logic block is a matrix of individually selectable, physically different, test devices in a specific class of devices. An embedded processor ensures that specific stress conditions are selectively applied to the test devices and further controls selective testing, by a sensor system, of the test devices to determine the impact of the applied stress conditions. In a laboratory or test system environment, accelerated stress conditions are selectively applied to the test devices and the testing results are used to model device performance degradation due to class-specific failure mechanisms. In the field, stress conditions are selectively applied to test devices so as to mimic stress conditions impacting active devices in use on the same chip and the testing results are used to indirectly monitor performance degradation of the active devices due to class-specific failure mechanisms. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT TEST CASE GENERATION USING INPUT DEPENDENCY INFORMATION - A system and method for providing an efficient test case generator is disclosed. A test case project is established upon request from a user, via a user interface, to test an item. The test case project includes a plurality of fields and corresponding designated values to be tested. A first set of identified fields of the plurality are received, wherein the first set includes two or more fields identified by the user as having a dependent relationship with at least one another. A first relational field cluster for the first set of related fields and their values is created. A test case generation technique is performed on the first relational field cluster to compute all relevant test conditions for the first relation field cluster. Results of the computed test conditions for the first relational field cluster are displayed to the user via the user interface. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259577 | Fall Detection Methods and Devices - A fall detection device includes a fall detection circuit to detect a fall by a user and a verification circuit to verify the initial indication of a fall from the fall detection circuit. The device is sized to be worn by the user and includes an orientation sensor to track the orientation of the device relative to one or more axes. The device averages the average inclination values for one or more axes for time periods before, during, and after the fall. A fall is determined to have occurred when differences in the average values of the inclination values exceed threshold values. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259578 | REST DETECTION USING ACCELEROMETER - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for detecting a state of rest of a mobile communication device using, at least in part, output signals from an accelerometer. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259579 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION USING A PLURALITY OF ANGULAR RATE SENSORS AND ACCELEROMETERS - A method and apparatus for determining the orientation of an object relative to a coordinate system. The apparatus includes a body providing a reference for a local coordinate system. A rotatable sensor array is provided having more than one sensor and a rotational axis about which the rotatable sensor array rotates. A rotational drive system is provided for rotating the rotatable sensor array both to precise positions relative to the local coordinate system and at a precise rate relative to the local coordinate system. An angular position indicator to measure the angular position of the rotatable sensor array. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259580 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DISPLACEMENT OF A RADIAL PISTON MACHINE - A method of determining displacement of a radial piston machine ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120259581 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GARMENT FITTING IDENTIFICATION - A system, apparatus and method for providing garment fitting identification are provided. Data indicative of a consumer's body measurements is analyzed and a composite reference number that represents measurements and indicia of the consumer's garment size is generated based on a standard measurement system. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259582 | Device And Method For Identifying Instruments - The invention relates to a device for identifying instruments comprising at least one weight sensor, a data processing system, which has an interface, at least one database and an processing unit, and a visualization unit. Weight distribution data of instruments can be determined and compared by the device. This allows identifying individual instruments. The invention further relates to according methods for detecting a weight distribution of an individual instrument and for identifying an individual instrument, as well as to a method for assembling instrument sets. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259583 | AUTOMATED FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSTICS IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for automated fault detection in a building management system are shown and described. The systems and methods further involve organizing the data set into bins, each bin containing a plurality of the observed points for the variable of the building management system. The systems and methods further involve calculating, for each bin, a target parameter and an estimator of scale for the observed points. The systems and methods further involve detecting, for each bin, an outlier of the building management system by comparing a data point of the bin to the calculated target parameter and estimator of scale for the bin. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259584 | Method for Optimizing Parameters for Detection Systems - A method for generating scatter-plots similar to classic ROC curves to gain an understanding of the tradeoffs between probability of detection and probability of false alarm for detections systems. The method uses a stochastic optimization and an objective function to maximize probabilities of detection for probabilities of false alarm that are arbitrarily close to some target probability of false alarm. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259585 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT - A condition assessment system for use in monitoring the operation of at least one of a plurality of units included within a fleet of substantially similar units is described. The system includes an input device configured to receive a selection of at least one source of data related to the operation of at least one of the plurality of units. The system also includes at least one sensor associated with the at least one source of data and configured to sense data related to the operation of at least one of the plurality of units. The system also includes a condition assessment device configured to receive data from the at least one sensor, sample data associated with at least one data parameter from the received data, and generate a baseline parametric curve from the data associated with the at least one sampled data parameter. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259586 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR REMOTE TESTING OF INFLATABLE PERSONAL RESTRAINT SYSTEMS - A system for testing a number of electronic module assemblies (EMAs) that control one or more personal restraint systems. A programmed processor with a computer system transmits signals that instruct the EMAs to perform a diagnostic self-test. The results of the self-test are received by the computer system and stored in a computer readable memory. In one embodiment, the computer system is a cabin management computer system for use on an aircraft. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259587 | Method and Device for Determining Diagnoses - A method for determining diagnoses for a system having a plurality of pieces of equipment, the equipment being adapted to transmit signals indicating its operating state, includes the following steps: acquiring observations based on signals transmitted by the equipment of the system under diagnosis, and determining a global situation based on the acquired observations and predetermined failure trees associated with these observations, wherein a failure tree describes the relations between an observation and root causes, and a root cause indicates a failure in a piece of equipment; determining connected situations, a connected situation being a set of observations which, when considered in pairs, have at least one common root cause in their failure tree; determining partial diagnoses on the basis of each of the connected situations, the diagnoses including root causes associated with observations signalling a failure; and, displaying the diagnoses. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING PERFORMANCE DATA, AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PERFORMANCE DATA - A performance data collection unit collects the performance data of managed CPUs from a performance measurement unit. A grouping unit compares the collected performance data with each other, forms groups of CPUs whose performance data is approximate to each other, and selects a representative CPU of each group. A performance data transmission unit transmits the collected performance data to a performance data management apparatus that accumulates and manages the performance data. In this connection, the performance data of the representative CPUs of the groups is transmitted at specified transmission intervals, and the performance data of the other CPUs of the groups is transmitted at transmission intervals that are longer than the specified transmission intervals. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259589 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES THROUGH MULTIPLE THICKNESSES WITH BEAM-THROUGH ASSIST - Apparatuses, methods, software, and systems for analyzing homogeneous samples containing signal emitting entities, such as, but not limited to, radioisotopes, are disclosed. The apparatuses involve sample-container apparatuses that shape samples into different thicknesses. The methods involve characteristic signal acquisition and processing in order to compute sample self-attenuation of signals emitted from within special sample-container apparatuses. An external radiation reference-source having at least one prominent characteristic signal to beam-through the sample without interfering with the radiation signals emitted by the homogeneous sample, wherein the external reference-source is affixed to the reference-source positioning device, which is affixed to the sample-container. The software pairs characteristic signals from samples of varying thicknesses; computes sample self-attenuation, transmittance, signal detection-efficiency calibration of the detection system, identifies, and quantifies signal-emitters. The systems integrate and support the methods, apparatuses, and software. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSED SENSING WITH JOINT SPARSITY - Provided is a method and apparatus for support recovery of jointly sparse signals from a plurality of snapshots, thereby enhancing a capability for reconstructing a support in a variety of circumstances, by providing enhanced robustness against noise and perturbation, and/or enhanced computational efficiency. The method may include partial support recovery using a compressed sensing-multiple measurement vector (CS-MMV) scheme; and a complementary support recovery and sparsity level estimation. The complementary support recovery may use subspace information extracted from the plurality of snapshots and partial support information. The total number of elements in the partial support and in the complementary support may be equal to the sparsity level. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259591 | KEYBOARD TESTING METHOD - A keyboard testing method is used for testing an ordinary key and a special key. The keyboard testing method includes the following steps. Firstly, receive a key message outputted from the keyboard. Then, detect the key message and judge whether the key message is a special message. If the key message is the special message, intercept the special message and convert a code of the special message. Then, judge whether the code of the converted special message is one of plural default key codes. If the key message is an ordinary message, process the ordinary message and judge whether a code of the processed ordinary message is one of the default key codes. After all keys of the keyboard have been tested, the keyboard testing method is completed. The use of the keyboard testing method of the present invention is able to test the special key of the keyboard. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259592 | System and Method for Three-Dimensional Maxillofacial Surgical Simulation and Planning - A method may include displaying one or more interactive 2D images, each 2D image representing at least bony tissue cranio-facial features of a patient and each 2D image having one or more portions each associated with a corresponding portion of the patient's bony. The method may also include displaying a 3D image representing exterior soft-tissue cranio-facial features of the patient. The method may additionally include receiving input from a user regarding movement of a particular portion of the one or more portions of the 2D image. The method may further include redrawing the 3D image based at least on the movement of the particular portion of the 2D image to simulate response of the exterior soft-tissue cranio-facial features of the patient to movement of a portion of the patient's bony tissue corresponding to the particular portion of the 2D image. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259593 | METHOD FOR THE PREDICTION OF FATIGUE LIFE FOR WELDED STRUCTURES - A method of determining the fatigue life of a welded structure, including the steps of: creating a 3D coarse mesh model of the welded structure to be analyzed; analyzing the coarse mesh model using an FEA model to generate FEA data; identifying a critical stress location on the coarse mesh model having a through thickness stress distribution, based on the FEA data; post processing the FEA data in the middle portion of the through thickness stress distribution while excluding the through thickness stress distribution near the edges of the identified critical stress location to determine a peak stress; and determining a fatigue life of the welded structure at the identified critical stress location, dependent on the determined peak stress. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259594 | BIM BASED 3-D VISUALIZATION - A system and a computer implemented method of 3-D visualization of a building module is disclosed. The method includes receiving attributes of the building module from a building information model and receiving data inputs from a plurality of sensors located in the building module. Locations of at least a subset of the plurality of sensors in the building module and types and locations of physical objects in the building module are determined. Then, a 3-D visualization of the building module on a computer screen is generated based on the attributes of the building module, the locations of the physical objects, the locations of at least the subset of the plurality of sensors and the data inputs from the plurality of sensors. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259595 | DEVICE LAYOUT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A device layout management apparatus that has a layout drawing data processing unit that displays a layout drawing that includes the layout of a building network and the location of a device, based on layout drawing data and device data stored in a layout drawing data storage unit and a device data storage unit, respectively. A device data acquisition unit acquires device data stored in the device. A layout information comparing unit compares the acquired device data with either layout drawing data stored in the layout drawing data storage unit or device data stored in the device data storage unit, and determines whether the two sets of layout information coincide. If the layout information comparing unit determines that the two sets of layout information do not coincide, the layout information processing unit has the layout change reporting unit report that the layout of the device has changed. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259596 | Progressive Power Lens Design Method and Progressive Power Lens Design Apparatus - A method of designing a progressive power lens with less image sway includes preferentially selecting a spectacle specification including a first condition if an average prescription power of a distance portion is equal to or greater than +3.0 D, and preferentially selecting a spectacle specification including a second condition if the average prescription power is equal to or smaller than −3.0 D. At least a surface power OHPf in a horizontal direction of a distance portion on an object-side surface is greater than a surface power OVPf in a vertical direction, or a surface power OHPn in a horizontal direction of a near portion is greater than a surface power OVPn in a vertical direction. The first condition includes a condition that the OVPf is greater than the OVPn, and the second condition includes a condition that the OVPf is smaller than the OVPn. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259597 | Method for Selecting Implant Components - Methods of selecting or designing an implant to be used in a patient are provided. A CT scan of a patient's mouth is performed. A 3D CAD model of the patient's mouth is created utilizing data generated by the CT scan. Properties of the patient's mouth are determined based upon CT scan data and assigned to the 3D CAD model. A desired location for an implant is selected. A FEA simulation is performed on the 3D CAD model to choose an implant or to design an implant that optimizes a selected variable. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259598 | Adaptive Redundancy-Extraction for 3D Electromagnetic Simulation of Electronic Systems - Redundancy extraction in electromagnetic simulation of an electronic device/system includes discretizing first and second spaced conductive layers of a computer model of an electronic device/system into first and second meshes M | 2012-10-11 |
20120259599 | Correction of Chemical Image Collected Using ATR Through Germanium Hemisphere - A method and corresponding apparatus provide correction of chemical images collected with a germanium hemisphere ATR microscope. A modeled is developed for rays passing through a simulated germanium (Ge) hemisphere attenuated total reflection (ATR) microscope. The model determines a data set for rays reaching the detector plane. Movement of the hemisphere is simulated along a first axis between each data set determination. A calculated background spectrum is produced by multiplying the percentage of rays by a background spectrum to produce a calculated background spectrum. A real Ge hemisphere ATR microscope having parameters that substantially match those of the simulated Ge hemisphere microscope is then used to collect a chemical image of a sample that is in contact with the Ge hemisphere. The collected image is then corrected to produce a corrected chemical image. | 2012-10-11 |
20120259600 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING HAMMERSTEIN MODELS WITH KNOWN NONLINEARITY STRUCTURES USING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION - The method of identifying Hammerstein models with known nonlinearity structures using particle swarm optimization provides a computerized method utilizing a particle swarm optimization (PSO)-based scheme for the identification of nonlinear Hammerstein models with known nonlinearity structures. Particularly, this is accomplished by formulating the identification of the Hammerstein model as an optimization problem, with PSO being used in the optimization process. | 2012-10-11 |