45th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110276127 | MULTIPLE INFLATION OF AN EXPANDABLE MEMBER AS A PRECURSOR TO AN IMPLANT PROCEDURE - Devices and methods for assessing the orientation and shape of vessel lumens and hollow portions of organs are described. The devices and methods are particularly adapted for determining the orientation and shape of the native heart valves to facilitate the later implantation of a prosthetic heart valve. The devices are typically catheter-based having an expandable member fixed to a distal end of the catheter. The devices and methods typically comprise deploying the expandable member percutaneously to a target location, expanding the expandable member, performing a valvuloplasty procedure to enlarge the diseased lumen and then performing an assessment of the diseased lumen with the expandable member to determine at least one property of the lumen. An implant device is inserted after assessment of the diseased lumen. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276128 | Prosthetic Heart Valve - Disclosed prosthetic valves can comprise a sewing ring configured to secure the valve to an implantation site. Some disclosed valves comprise a resiliently collapsible frame having a neutral configuration and a collapsed deployment configuration. Some disclosed frames can self-expand to the neutral configuration when released from the collapsed deployment configuration. Collapsing a disclosed valve can provide convenient access to the sewing ring, such as for securing the valve to the implantation site, as well as for the insertion of the valve through relatively small surgical incisions. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276129 | REPLACEMENT VALVE AND ANCHOR - Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve, including: a replacement valve adapted to be delivered endovascularly to a vicinity of the heart valve; an expandable anchor adapted to be delivered endovascularly to the vicinity of the heart valve; and a lock mechanism configured to maintain a minimum amount of anchor expansion. The invention also includes a method for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of: endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve; expanding the anchor to a deployed configuration; and locking the anchor in the deployed configuration. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276130 | Mitral Valve Ring for Treatment of Mitral Valve Regurgitation - An active bodily ring having a housing adapted to be sutured to a bodily component and a loop disposed in the housing, the loop capable of actively expanding and compressing during the bodily components normal function. The housing defines a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber containing the loop and the second chamber providing a region capable of being sutured to the bodily component. In one embodiment, the housing can be a crimped-fabric housing. In another embodiment, the housing can be a woven-fabric housing having elastic properties. The housing can be made from polyester. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276131 | NASOLACRIMAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM IMPLANTS FOR DRUG THERAPY - An implant for insertion through a punctum and into a canalicular lumen of a patient. The implant includes a matrix of material, a therapeutic agent dispersed in the matrix of material, a sheath disposed over a portion of the matrix of material and configured to inhibit the therapeutic agent from being released from the matrix of material into the canalicular lumen and to allow the therapeutic agent to be released from a surface of the matrix of material to a tear film, and a retention structure configured to retain the implant within the canalicular lumen. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276132 | METHOD AND IMPLANT FOR REFRACTIVE ERROR CORRECTION - The patentable subject matter is the method and implant used in refractive error correction, in particular in short-sightedness, hypermetropia, astigmatism and presbyopia treatment consisting in a new method and implant causing changes to the curvature of the front surface of the cornea through a controlled increase in the corneal epithelium thickness, the method being implemented using a special implant in the form of an intraepithelial scaffold having a porous structure. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276133 | POROUS MATERIALS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USES - The present specification discloses porous materials, methods of forming such porous materials, biocompatible implantable devices comprising such porous materials, and methods of making such biocompatible implantable devices. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276134 | SILICONE IMPLANT WITH IMPRINTED TEXTURE - A procedure for manufacturing an implant having a textured silicone surface is disclosed. An example procedure includes forming a component having a silicone surface; pressing a plurality of polymer fibers at least partially into the silicone surface, before the silicone has completely cured; allowing the silicone to at least partially cure with the polymer fibers in the silicone surface; and after the silicone is at least partially cured, removing the polymer fibers from the silicone surface. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276135 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT SHELL - A fluid-filled prosthetic implant having a shell comprising a matrix material and an additive distributed in the matrix material. The implant can be imaged in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging to more clearly reveal defects in the shell, relative to a implant having a shell without the additive material. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276136 | IMPLANT FOR PROSTHESES - The invention is directed to an implant comprising an envelope filled with a core filling material, such as breast implants and implants for aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, comprising at least one biocompatible gel material and evenly dispersed through the gel material at least one particulate radiopaque, MRI and/or ultra-sound visible material, wherein the core filling material is viscoelastic at 37° C., having a viscosity in the range of 10 to 10 | 2011-11-10 |
20110276137 | TUBULAR IMPLANTABLE CORD - A surgical cord ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276138 | TECHNIQUES FOR SPINAL SURGERY AND ATTACHING CONSTRUCTS TO VERTEBRAL ELEMENTS - Techniques for spinal surgery include accessing at least one vertebral element of the spinal column. At least one loading member is engaged to the at least one vertebral element. The loading member is allowed to integrate with the bony structure of the vertebral element over time. The integrated loading member is accessed in a second surgical procedure, and can be loaded and/or attached to a construct. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPINAL SURGERY - Disclosed herein are methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae during surgical procedures for implanting spinal prostheses. In an exemplary embodiment, a distractor is disclosed that maintains the empty space between adjacent vertebrae following a discectomy, and that can removably mate with other surgical instruments, such as, for example, a filler bar, an implanting tool, or a funnel. In other embodiments of the present invention a distractor is disclosed having various features to assist in implanting a spinal prosthesis, such as, for example, an angled distal end and/or an expandable paddle. In another embodiment of the present invention, an articulating inserter is disclosed. Moreover, various implants and funnels are also disclosed herein. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLANTING A HYDROGEL PROSTHESIS FOR A NUCLEUS PULPOSUS - An instrument for inserting an elongated hydrogel prosthesis into an intervertebral disc includes an insertion cannula that is inserted through the annulus fibrosus of an intervertebral disc to provide access to the nucleus region of the disc, an elongated hydrogel prosthesis packaged within a tubular container adapted to be coupled to a proximal end of the insertion cannula, and a source of fluid pressure adapted to be coupled to a proximal end of the tubular container. Auxiliary instruments for use in convenient insertion of the insertion cannula through the nucleus pulposus and providing for a complete and controlled passage of the hydrogel prosthesis through the insertion cannula are provided in a kit with the insertion cannula. A sizing apparatus for determining the volume of prosthesis to be inserted includes a catheter or cannula capable of being inserted through the insertion cannula into the nucleus region of the intervertebral disc and having at its distal end a balloon capable of being inflated within the intervertebral disc with a measurable volume of a fluid in order to determine the amount of hydrogel prosthesis to be injected. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276141 | INTERVERTEBRAL SPACER, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISTRACT ADJACENT VERTEBRAE AND INSERT A SPACER - Intervertebral spacer being a longitudinal body with a cross-section that has a long axis and a short axis, at least one component of which may be deployed following an axis that is essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal body's long axis and to the axis of the spine. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276142 | Articulating Spacer - Spinal implants are disclosed. One spinal implant includes a support body, an articulating element, a blocking member and a motion limiting member. The support body includes a superior end surface and a lower end surface having teeth. In between the superior end surface and the lower end surface is a recess formed in a sidewall of the support body for receiving the articulating element. The blocking member can be received in the recess to prevent inadvertent back-out of the articulating element from within the recess. The articulating element can articulate in one or more directions, thereby allowing articulation of the spinal implant into a desired position within a disc space. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276143 | SURFACE CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE - A method for producing a wear resistant polyethylene medical implant includes forming a medical implant, such as an orthopedic implant, made at least partially of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The polyethylene may be irradiated with gamma ray or e-beam radiation to form free radicals and then crosslinked to eliminate free radicals prior to exposure to oxygen. The so treated bearing surface of the crosslinked polyethylene is then coated with a photoinitiator. Thereafter the bearing material is photocrosslinked with ultra-violet (UV) radiation. The photocrosslinking process can also be applied to non-crosslink UHMWPE. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276144 | Mobile Bearing Glenoid Prosthesis - A prosthesis assembly configured for use with a scapula in one embodiment includes a spherical humeral component, an elongated glenoid bearing including a first bearing surface with (i) a first spherical end portion with a first radius of curvature, (ii) a second spherical end portion with a second radius of curvature, and (iii) a central portion located between the first spherical end portion and the second spherical end portion, and a first coupling portion extending from a second bearing surface opposite the bearing surface, and a base configured to rotatably support the elongated glenoid bearing, wherein the first radius of curvature is substantially equal to the second radius of curvature and the central portion does not have a radius of curvature that is substantially equal to the second radius of curvature. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276145 | MARKING TEMPLATE FOR INSTALLING A CUSTOM REPLACEMENT DEVICE FOR RESURFACING A FEMUR AND ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION METHOD - A replacement device for resurfacing a joint surface of a femur and a method of making and installing such a device is provided. The custom replacement device is designed to substantially fit the trochlear groove surface, of an individual femur. Thereby creating a “customized” replacement device for that individual femur and maintaining the original kinematics of the joint. The replacement device may be defined by four boundary points, and a first and a second surface. The first of four points is 3 to 5 mm from the point of attachment of the anterior cruciate ligament to the femur. The second point is near the bottom edge of the end of the natural articulatar cartilage. The third point is at the top ridge of the right condyle and the fourth point at the top ridge of the left condyle of the femur. The top surface is designed so as to maintain centrally directed tracking of the patella perpendicular to the plane established by the distal end of the femoral condyles and aligned with the center of the femoral head. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276146 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT DEVICE COMPRISING A SEALING ARRANGEMENT AND A CHAMBER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE DEBRIS PARTICLES - A prosthetic implant device designed to protect against debris-related dysfunction when implanted in a living body, the device including: (a) a ball-and-socket prosthesis having: a ball component having a first articulating surface, and a socket component having a second articulating surface, the socket component adapted to receive the ball component, to form an articulating region disposed directly between the surfaces, whereby the first surface is adapted to move in a relative motion with respect to the second surface; (b) a sealing arrangement, associated with the prosthesis, having a sealing member including a sealing face disposed substantially opposite, and abutting a portion of the first articulating surface, to form a sealing region adapted to obstruct a discharge of debris particles disposed directly between the articulating surfaces, from the prosthesis, via the sealing region, and (c) a chamber, associated with the prosthesis, and adapted to receive and contain the debris particles. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276147 | Bone Graft Substitutes and Methods Thereof - An osteoinductive bone graft substitute composition that does not return to its original shape upon hydration or manipulation is disclosed, comprising, in combination, about 86-89% by weight of a calcium phosphate particulate mineral component and about 11-14% by weight of a purified fibrillar collagen, the mineral component including about 20% to about 60% by weight of hydroxyapatite and about 60% to about 20% by weight of tricalcium phosphate. A package configured to store a bone graft composition is disclosed, comprising an inner sterile polymeric V-shaped pouch located in an outer sterile polymeric V-shaped pouch. Methods for repairing a bone defect in a patient are disclosed using the osteoinductive bone graft substitute composition. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276148 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - An implantable medical device, which comprises a device substrate, a coating on the substrate which includes a drug which is highly soluble in water, and a protective layer which overlies the coating. The protective layer comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid and a lactic acid/glycolic acid copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of not more than 40,000. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276149 | LOW PROFILE PROSTHETIC FOOT - A low profile prosthetic foot comprises a foot member extending at an incline from an anterior portion to a posterior portion thereof and configured to flex during motion, and an adapter mounted solely at a posterior section thereof to the posterior portion of the foot member so that the adapter's anterior section can move relative to the foot member and “roll-up” onto the foot member during motion. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276150 | Neural network optimizing sliding mode controller - The neural network optimizing sliding mode controller includes an adaptive SMC that overcomes the limitations imposed on the effectiveness of the SMC under different operating conditions. Neural networks are used for on-line prediction of the optimal SMC gains when the operating point changes. The controller can be applied to a power system stabilizer (PSS) of a single machine power system. Simulation results demonstrate the effective performance of the neural network optimizing sliding mode controller. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276151 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE CONTROLLABLE DEVICES SOURCES AND METHOD FOR ENABLING SUCH CONTROL - The invention relates to control system configured for controlling at least one controllable device. The device has been assigned a corresponding identifier and is configured for transmitting an identification signal comprising the identifier of the device. The control system comprises a display for displaying a control item configured for controlling the controllable device. The control system also comprises a receiver configured for wirelessly receiving the identification signal comprising the identifier. The control system is configured for assigning a position of the control item on the display to the device identified by means of said received identifier. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276152 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SETTINGS OF A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PERCEPTIBLE OUTPUT - An apparatus for providing settings of a control system ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276153 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING GOLF SWING INSTRUCTION - A method for teaching golf based upon comparing a commonality of personal characteristics of a student and the personal characteristics of a group of high-level golfers is contemplated herein. Data mining is used to determine clusters of golfers with common physical characteristics and commonality of swings, based upon real-time measurements. A canonical swing is developed for each desired cluster. Prospective students have their respective personal characteristics determined and used to place them in a cluster. The canonical swing of that cluster is assigned to the student. Subcomponents of performing a canonical swing are determined for instructional purposes. Biomechanical and Newtonian mechanics are used to measure the ball flight's sensitivity to each subcomponents' accurate performance and a scoring system is produced to provide a simple measure of students' state of mastering their respective canonical swings. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276154 | GAME CONTROL PROGRAM AND GAME DEVICE - Damages include ineffective damage (scratch damage) and effective damage (fixed damage). When scratch damage occurs, an amount Ds corresponding to the scratch damage is stored into a memory. When fixed damage occurs, a vitality parameter Lp is decreased by an amount Df corresponding to the fixed damage. Scratch damage decreases over time. If fixed damage Df occurs in the presence of scratch damage, the vitality parameter Lp is decreased by a total amount of the scratch damage and the fixed damage. Such controls on the vitality parameter diversify the game progress. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276155 | MEDIA PLAYBACK SETTINGS FOR PLAYLISTS - This is directed to selecting and associating media playback settings with playlists. A user may create a playlist from a library of media items, and associate one or more selected media playback settings with the playlist. The media playback items can include audio, image, and video files, for example, and the media playback settings can include, for example, cross-fading properties, volume properties, equalizer settings, sequential playback settings, and the like. When the user selects a playlist for playback, the media items of the playlist may be played back according to the media playback settings associated with the playlist. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276156 | 4D Vehicle Entertainment System - Methods and systems for analyzing communication options, including providing one or more 4D entertainment signals, the one or more entertainment signals being associated with one or more 4D entertainment effects, providing one or more vehicle systems; and interfacing the one or more signals with the one or more vehicle systems, the one or more vehicle systems being configured to implement the one or more 4D entertainment effects. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276157 | Methods and Systems for Processing a Sample of a Media Stream - Methods and systems for processing a sample of a media stream are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving a sample of a media stream rendered by a media rendering source, and for matching media recordings from which the sample was obtained, the method also includes receiving a signature file including a temporally mapped collection of features describing content of the matching media recordings. Each received signature file may be stored in memory. In addition, a signature stream may be received that includes features extracted from the media stream, and a number of matching features between the signature stream of the media stream and the signature file for at least one matching media recording can be determined. In one example, when substantially matching features between the signature stream of the media stream and the signature file for a matching media recording stop occurring, a discontinuity can be identified. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276158 | AUDIO DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS FOR WEBCASTING AND AUDIO REGULATING METHODS THEREFOR - A webcasting system and the audio data regulating methods to be used in the webcasting system are presented. The webcasting system includes a host and an audio playing apparatus. The host, which is loaded with an operating system and drivers, determines the audio data output according to an expected data received by the operating system. The drivers provide the expected data according to the audio data received and transform the audio data for network transmission. The audio playing apparatus receives the network data and processes the network data for audio playing. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276159 | Computer-aided Fabrication Of A Removable Dental Prosthesis - A method and system for fabricating a dental prosthesis are provided. High resolution digital scanned images of a patient's oral structures are acquired. Three dimensional (3D) cone beam X-ray images of hard and soft oral tissues are acquired. The scanned images are integrated with the 3D cone beam X-ray images in a 3D space to obtain combined three dimensional images of the oral structures. The occlusal relationship between upper and lower oral structures are digitally simulated using the combined three dimensional images. The dental prosthesis is digitally modeled for planning intra-oral positioning and structure of the dental prosthesis. The digital dental prosthesis model is refined based on simulated force tests performed for assessing interference and retention of the digital dental prosthesis model. A prospective dental prosthesis model is created based on the refined digital dental prosthesis model. The dental prosthesis is fabricated based on a verified prospective dental prosthesis model. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276160 | REFERENCE MODEL FOR PRODUCTION PLANTS AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods that include selecting a physical model and a procedural model associated with an industrial plant, projecting a cross-product of the physical model and the procedural model into a unit-operation association set using a projection matrix, the unit-operation association set associating units representing equipment in the industrial plant and operations representing processes performed in the industrial plant, and establishing internal and external adjacency sets within structures, the internal adjacency set identifying connections between inputs and outputs of individual units and operations, the external adjacency set identifying connections between outputs of some units and operation and inputs of other units and operations. These systems and methods may also include generating a hyperstructure representing the industrial plant using the association and adjacency sets. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276161 | Server for Integrated Pharmaceutical Analysis and Report Generation Service, Method of Integrated Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Research and Development Numerical Analysis, and Computer Readable Recording Medium - A web-based tool (as a server) for integrated pharmaceutical analysis and report generation service is provided in the present invention. The server can be used for numerical analysis and report generation for pharmaceutical manufacturing, research and development, and has advantages such as simple operation, complicated but fast calculation and professional report generation, and high accuracy. The server includes at least one pharmaceutical manufacturing and research and development numerical analysis system configured to perform different pharmaceutical manufacturing and research and development numerical analyses and generate different reports. Each of the at least one pharmaceutical manufacturing and research and development numerical analysis system includes an input module configured to receive, via a user interface, at least one of a template file and a backup file previously output by the server as at least one input file, wherein the at least one input file includes a plurality of data fields to provide corresponding data; at least one calculation module, each configured to execute a built-in pharmaceutical manufacturing and research and development numerical analysis calculation program, thereby automatically performing a pharmaceutical manufacturing and research and development numerical analysis calculation on at least one of the data of the at least one input file and on-line filled data; and an output module configured to generate at least one of a backup file and a report file as at least one output file based on the result of the pharmaceutical manufacturing and research and development numerical analysis calculation performed by the at least one calculation module and provide the at least one file via the user interface. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276162 | DEVICE FOR CALCULATING STANDARD WORK TIME, SYSTEM FOR MANAGING STANDARD WORK TIME, METHOD FOR CALCULATING STANDARD WORK TIME, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - Disclosed are a device, a system, and a method for setting standard work times that take real-world manufacturing capabilities into account. Provided is a standard work time calculation device ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276163 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF HVAC CONTROL PANELS - The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. One exemplary system includes a computerized product configuration module that defines product family parameters from user input and outputs a product family data structure, for example, a coded character string, to a technical design module. The technical design module, which incorporates engineering design rules for control panels and wiring modules, automatically processes the coded character string, outputting detailed engineering drawings, component listings, and even assembly instructions to robotic manufacturing equipment. The exemplary system dramatic reduces the product specification and engineering time required for any custom control panel and makes it possible for OEMs to efficiently offering more options and shorter turn-around times to its customers. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276164 | ADVANCED BATCH CONTROL - A method for advanced batch control of a batch process. The method discloses completing at least one cycle of the batch process and collecting data on at least one process variable and at least one product property. A model is created based on the data, wherein the model comprises inputs. Thereafter the batch process is initiated. At one or more decision points the model is utilized to obtain outputs. A controller utilizes the model outputs to control the batch in accordance with the model outputs. Final product properties are reached at decreased variability compared to the prior art. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276165 | Integrated Expert System for Identifying Abnormal Events in an Industrial Plant - A computer-implemented integrated expert system for the identification of abnormal events in an industrial plant. The expert system integrates a model-based expert system with a rule-based expert system. The model-based expert system receives data on the operating conditions of a process unit in the industrial plant and calculates one or more results that determine whether the process unit is operating abnormally. The rule-based expert system also receives data on the operating conditions of the process unit and applies its rules to the process data. The rule-based expert system also applies its rules to the one or more results generated by the model-based expert system. The integrated system may also suppress any redundant messages generated by the model-based expert system. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276166 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROL OF A SURFACE MODIFICATION PROCESS - A method and system for modifying a substrate, such a thin film, solar panel or the like detects error and/or variance and, if needed, re-optimizes the product design and/or process parameters on the fly, so that product can meet the product specification. This allows for methods and systems of process control that can adaptively change the product design in real time. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276167 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF HVAC CONTROL PANELS - The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. One exemplary system includes a computerized product configuration module that defines product family parameters from user input and outputs a product family data structure, for example, a coded character string, to a technical design module. The technical design module, which incorporates engineering design rules for control panels and wiring modules, automatically processes the coded character string, outputting detailed engineering drawings, component listings, and even assembly instructions to robotic manufacturing equipment. The exemplary system dramatic reduces the product specification and engineering time required for any custom control panel and makes it possible for OEMs to efficiently offering more options and shorter turn-around times to its customers. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276168 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF HVAC CONTROL PANELS - The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. One exemplary system includes a computerized product configuration module that defines product family parameters from user input and outputs a product family data structure, for example, a coded character string, to a technical design module. The technical design module, which incorporates engineering design rules for control panels and wiring modules, automatically processes the coded character string, outputting detailed engineering drawings, component listings, and even assembly instructions to robotic manufacturing equipment. The exemplary system dramatic reduces the product specification and engineering time required for any custom control panel and makes it possible for OEMs to efficiently offering more options and shorter turn-around times to its customers. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276169 | BATCH CONTROL USING BANG-BANG CONTROL - A method for batch control in a system. The system comprises at least two batch processing sets that share at least one shared equipment. A batch is initiated in each processing set. Process variables from each batch are monitored. At least one process variable from at least one batch are adjusted using bang-bang control to prevent conflicts. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276170 | ENHANCING INVESTIGATION OF VARIABILITY BY INCLUSION OF SIMILAR OBJECTS WITH KNOWN DIFFERENCES TO THE ORIGINAL ONES - A system, method and/or computer program product for analyzing a functionality of at least two manufactured products obtain a first characteristic of a first manufactured product. The system acquires a second characteristic of a second manufactured product. The system identifies a common feature between the first characteristic and the second characteristic. The system identifies a distinguishable feature between the first characteristic and the second characteristic. The system determines a cause of a deviation of a functionality in the first manufactured product or the second manufactured product or both manufactured products based on the identified common feature or the identified distinguishable feature or both features. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276171 | METHOD FOR MACHINING TUBES - The invention relates to a method for computer controlled machining of tubes, in particular laser cutting tubes, the method comprising the steps of: providing a length of tube; arranging the provided tube in a computer controlled machining station; executing a program for controlling the machining station in order to machine the provided tube; and measuring the dimensions of the provided length of tube prior to arranging the tube in the computer controlled machining station. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276172 | SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING AIRCRAFT - A system automatically moves large scale components of a vehicle such as an airplane, into final assembly alignment. A noncontact measurement system determines the locations of aerodynamically significant features on each of the components. The measured locations of the components are used to control an automated jacking system that includes assembly jacks for individually moving the components into assembly alignment. A system is provided for calculating the cruise configuration of the vehicle “as-built” and for transferring the cruise configuration into the vehicle where it is recorded in the form of a physical monument. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276173 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER FOR MULTI-AXIS MACHINE TOOL - A numerical controller for controlling a multi-axis machine tool having three linear axes and three rotating axes obtains an interpolated tool direction vector by interpolating a tool direction command and computes multiple solutions for three rotating axes from the vector. The three rotating axis positions are computed by synthesizing these multiple solutions. The three linear axis positions on a machine coordinate system are computed by adding to the interpolated tool center point position the product of the interpolated tool direction vector, or a verified tool direction vector based on the three rotating axis positions determined by the rotating axis position computing means, and a tool length compensation amount. The three rotating axes are moved to the positions computed above and the three linear axes are moved to the positions computed above. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276174 | PALLETIZER MACHINE AND METHOD OF PALLETIZING - A palletizer machine and a method for palletizing layers, one on top of the other, of packs fed from an infeed transfer line includes a transfer unit for transferring single packs arriving from the line to a first operating position, a forming unit for feeding single packs from the operating position to a predefined forming position wherein a layer of packs is formed on a loading platform, a loading unit for transferring the layer of packs on the loading platform to a pick-up station, and a robot for picking up the layer from the pick-up station and forming a palletized load of layers one on top of the other. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276175 | Article Storage Facility and Method of Operation Therefor - Disclosed is an article storage facility which can be downsized by minimizing the width of the travel path for a pair of stacker cranes, in which its configuration is simplified as much as possible, and in which its throughput can be efficiently improved. The control device is configured to perform a mutual avoidance vertical movement process in which a pair of vertically movable bodies are raised or lowered by a vertical movement operation for avoiding interference, which is different from the vertical movement operation in the article transporting operation to raise and lower the pair of vertically movable bodies, to the vertical positions for passing each other which are spaced apart in the vertical movement direction by a distance greater than or equal to the required separating distance which is defined as a separating distance which allows the pair of stacker cranes to pass each other without interfering. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276176 | LOADING STATION FOR A STORAGE FRAME - The present invention relates to a loading station for a storage frame. In the loading station, the storage frame serves for temporarily holding and transporting rod-like elements, in particular smoking rods, on which sausage-shaped products, like sausages, are stored, and comprises two side parts, wherein each side part has two supports being substantially parallel to each other and wherein the side parts are connected with each other by at least one cross beam, and horizontally arranged trays for accommodating rod-like elements. The loading station comprises at least one position defining device for defining a predetermined position of the storage frame. Moreover, at least one locking device is provided for releasably locking of the storage frame in its predetermined position. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276177 | TERMINAL EQUIPMENT - To provide terminal equipment that can individually and easily set control contents of a currency identification device. Terminal equipment includes: a first connector for communicating with a currency identification device; and a storage unit that stores setting information for performing setting processing of the currency identification device, and the terminal equipment transmits the setting information stored in the storage unit to the currency identification device when communication can be performed with the currency identification device through the first connector. The terminal equipment includes a second connector for communicating with a predetermined information processing device; and a control unit that transmits the received setting information to the currency identification device when the setting information is received from the information processing device in a case where communication can be performed with the currency identification device and the information processing device through each of the first and second connectors. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276178 | SHEET PRODUCT DISPENSER AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A product dispenser includes a housing configured to receive a supply of product, a dispensing mechanism disposed and configured to dispense the product, and a controller operably coupled to the dispensing mechanism. The controller includes a processer responsive to executable instructions which when executed by the processor facilitates: recording of usage data associated with the product; calculation of a usage rate of the product; and, prediction of at least one of a depletion date of the product, a time to depletion of the product, a time to near-depletion of the product, and a near-depletion date of the product. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276179 | IMAGING PLATFORM TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED NAVIGATION CAPABILITIES FOR SURGICAL GUIDANCE - An imaging platform system that provides integrated navigation capabilities for surgical guidance. The system can include two robotic arm systems, one robotic arm system holding an imaging source, and the other holding an imaging sensor. These robotic arm systems are able to move and provide three-dimensional tomographic scans, static radiographic images, and dynamic fluoroscopic image sequences. A third robotic arm system can be included in the imaging platform system as a surgeon guided tool-holder to accurately implement an image-guided surgical plan. The robotic systems can manipulate imaging and surgical components into and out of the operative field as needed, enhancing the choreography between a surgical team and assistive technology. A handle can be included as part of a manual positioning control subsystem. The handle can be mounted to an imaging robotic system above and/or below an operating table, and also can be mounted to a tool-holding robotic system. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276180 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS HAVING LEARNING FEATURES - A system for operating a process includes a processing circuit that uses a self-optimizing control strategy to learn a steady-state relationship between an input and an output. The processing circuit is configured to switch from using the self-optimizing control strategy to using a different control strategy that operates based on the learned steady-state relationship. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276181 | PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRIC HAND TRUCK - Hand trucks and methods for displacing an object with a hand truck are disclosed. An example hand truck includes a lifting toe and a lift apparatus coupled to the lifting toe and configured to displace the lifting toe. A microprocessor is configured to output a plurality of control signals. An actuator is coupled to the lift apparatus and is configured to displace the lift apparatus responsive at least in part to the microprocessor outputting at least one of a plurality of control signals. An example method includes changing the load on a lifting toe from a first weight to a second weight and activating an actuator responsive at least in part on changing the load. A lift sled is moved in a first direction responsive to the activation of the actuator and the lifting toe is moved in the first direction by the lift sled. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276182 | CONTROL OF COOLING TOWERS FOR CHILLED FLUID SYSTEMS - A system for controlling a cooling tower that cools condenser fluid for a condenser of a chiller includes a cooling tower fan system that controllably varies a speed of at least one fan motor. The system further includes an extremum seeking controller that receives inputs of power expended by the cooling tower fan system and of power expended by the chiller. The extremum seeking controller provides an output to the cooling tower fan system that controls the speed of the at least one fan motor. The extremum seeking controller determines the output by searching for a speed of the at least one fan motor that minimizes the sum of the power expended by the cooling tower fan system and the power expended by the chiller. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276183 | Fresh air control device and algorithm for air handling units and terminal boxes - A method of controlling an existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system that is configured to condition at least one zone and includes at least one terminal box having a terminal box interface and a plurality of control components. The method comprises integrating a control device into the existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system such that the control device is in communication with the terminal box and terminal box interface, as well as with the control components of the existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. The control device collects a plurality of zone characteristics, a plurality of airflow measurements, and a plurality of occupancy variables. The control device then calculates for a primary air freshness based on the plurality of airflow measurements, an outside air requirement based on some of the plurality of zone characteristics and occupancy variables, and for a minimum airflow set point by dividing the calculated outside air requirement by the primary air freshness. The control components of said existing heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system are modulated based on the calculated minimum airflow set point. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276184 | OVEN CIRCULATING HEATED AIR - An oven which runs on a 20 ampere single phase electrical service includes a cooking chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, at least one microwave generator, at least one set of nozzles, tubes or apertures disposed above a food product disposed within the oven, at least one blower having an RPM in the range between about 3000 to about 4000 at 100 percent velocity, wherein the blower circulates at least a portion of gas from the nozzles, tubes or apertures into the cooking chamber substantially toward the food product and back to the nozzles, tubes or apertures, and a thermal energy source that heats the gas, wherein the heated gas at or near the food product disposed in the cooking chamber exhibits a flow rate of at least about 150 CFM. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276185 | USE-SIDE UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONER - A use-side unit and an air conditioner that can feed out air at a target temperature into a target space are provided. A use-side evaporator that recovers moisture obtained by cooling and condensing the air to be fed out into the space to be air-conditioned or the like and dehumidifies it so as to obtain target relative humidity, a use-side condenser that heats the air having passed through the use-side evaporator by heat exchange, adjusts it to a target dry-bulb temperature and feeds it out into the space to be air-conditioned or the like, and a use-side controller that calculates a correction value if a difference between a dry-bulb temperature according to the detection of a temperature detector that detects a dry-bulb temperature of the air to be fed out into the target space and the target dry-bulb temperature is larger than a predetermined value and performs processing to correct a target intermediate dry-bulb temperature. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276186 | Automatic wash boom arm impact sensor system - In an automatic wash, a control unit operates a boom arm around a vehicle in a bay by moving a bridge along a lengthwise vehicle orientation, moving a trolley on the bridge along a widthwise vehicle orientation, and rotating the boom arm about the trolley. The boom arm is coupled to a mount which is flexibly coupled to the trolley such that boom arm impact displaces the mount and the trolley. The displacement may be two-dimensional and/or angular. In response, the control unit determines whether an impact has occurred by comparing the data to a baseline. If there is an impact, the control unit relocates the boom arm and may continue the wash process. If a sufficient force impact occurs that the control unit cannot correct, the boom arm may disengage from the mount which may trigger a breakaway sensor and cause the control unit to abandon the wash. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276187 | PUMP CONTROL FOR FORMATION TESTING - A downhole formation fluid pumping and a sampling apparatus are disclosed that may form part of a formation evaluation while drilling tool or part of a tool pipe string. The operation of the pump is optimized based upon parameters generated from formation pressure test data as well as tool system data thereby ensuring optimum performance of the pump at higher speeds and with greater dependability. New pump designs for fluid sampling apparatuses for use in MWD systems are also disclosed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276188 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE MPP MISMATCH - A method for operating a photovoltaic system provides, with the turning off of the otherwise adjusted regulation to the maximum power point MPP, to make a selective mismatching at the inverter, in order to cause a battery current, which is added to the system current. As a result, an additional energy source to maintain a minimum feed power is achieved during a rapidly changing cloud pattern. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276189 | Control and Protection System of Converter Valve Operation Test Equipment - This present provides a control and protection equipment system suitable for synthesis converter operation test, relates to power system automation equipment field. This system includes human-machine interface element, synchronization element, signal acquisition element, data aggregation element, conditioning element, protecting element, wave form recording element, wave form monitor element, on-off input element, on-off output element, vale based element (VBE), high direct current supply power system controller, high voltage supply system controller, current surge circuit controller, impulse circuit controller, test converter valve water cooling controller and test equipment water cooling system controller. This system can control converter samples and auxiliary valves on set trigging timing, produce various operation tests need heat, voltage and current of the converter samples and carry through operation tests. This system can also monitor on-off condition and important analog parameters condition of main circuit immediately, when abnormal condition takes place, the suitable protective measures will be made immediately. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276190 | LOAD SHARING ARCHITECTURE FOR REDUNDANT CHANNEL CONTROLLERS - A redundant, multi-source architecture provides output loads access to each of the plurality of power sources. The architecture includes at a least a first power bus and a second power bus. A plurality of loads are connected to the first power bus and the second power bus. Redundant first and second channel controllers are connected to receive power from the first power bus and the second power bus, respectively, wherein one of the first and second channel controllers is designated as the active channel controller. The active channel controller allocates power from both the first power bus and the second power bus to each of the plurality of loads. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276191 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS - An electronic control apparatus | 2011-11-10 |
20110276192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISLANDING DETECTION - A solar power inverter that detects islanding conditions includes a power generation component that generates alternating current (AC) from direct current produced by photovoltaic cells. The inverter generates AC for a load or an electrical power grid. The inverter also includes a component that generates synchrophasors from characteristics of electrically proximate AC. The inverter further includes a component that receives grid synchrophasors transmitted from a location on the electrical power grid (e.g., a transmission substation). The inverter further includes a controller that uses the inverter synchrophasors and the grid synchrophasors to calculate a degree of correlation between the electrical power grid AC frequency and the frequency of the electrically proximate AC. If the degree of correlation dips below a predefined value or exhibits certain patterns or behaviors that are indicative of a loss of mains (e.g., a loss of main power along the electrical power grid), the controller can cause the power generation component to stop generating AC or cause the inverter to intentionally island by electrically disconnecting from the electrical power grid. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276193 | ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an energy efficient lighting system, more particularly a system and method for controlling the individual power consumption and light output for each lighting luminary at a local level based upon a multitude of inputs whereby at least one of the inputs preferably is from central building control. Preferably, the ballast or lighting fixture is operatively associated with and preferably includes a microcontroller that processes all signals from sensors and other control devices including a building central control sensor that manages building power consumption and selects the most energy efficient input signal to power the lamps. The lighting system preferably includes a plurality of lighting fixtures and the lighting output of each fixture is determined on the local level by the microcontroller associated with and preferably in each circuit housing or ballast associated with the fixture. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides for multiple energy pooling stations to combine renewable energy, utility energy and back-up power services in the form of Green and Black Energy with energy storage to create a multi-income stream. An energy pooling station is an advanced part of an evolving “energy network” in which multiple energy pooling stations are communicating with each other to share energy credit, bank energy, and distribute the energy to customers. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276195 | Method and System for Extracting Electric Power from a Renewable Power Source - The plant comprises: a DC-voltage electric power source ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276196 | Method and system for automatically locking doors of vehicle - An automatic locking system for vehicles includes an electronic control unit. If it is determined that an electronic key is not located in a communication area of an inside-cabin transmitter, the control unit determines whether or not the electronic key is located nearby. As a result, if the electronic key is determined as being located nearby, followed later by a determination that the electronic key is not located nearby, comparison history is stored in a memory. If it is determined that comparison history is stored in the memory and four entry-and-exit doors are closed, the four entry-and-exit doors are locked. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276198 | VERTICAL PROFILE DISPLAY WITH VARIABLE DISPLAY BOUNDARIES - A display system includes instrumentation configured to obtain aircraft data comprising current flight status data of the host aircraft and current flight status data of neighboring aircraft located near the host aircraft. The system also includes a processor coupled to the instrumentation. The processor analyzes and filters the aircraft data, using lateral boundary criteria for the host aircraft, to identify a proper subset of the neighboring aircraft, and the processor generates image rendering display commands based upon the current flight status data of the host aircraft and based upon the current flight status data of neighboring aircraft included in the proper subset. A display element receives the image rendering display commands and, in response thereto, renders a vertical situation display that includes graphical representations of the host aircraft and each neighboring aircraft included the proper subset. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276199 | FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING IT - A flight control system for an aircraft, in which control commands are transmitted between a flight control module ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276200 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE PITCH ALERT AND BIASING SINK RATE ALERT - Systems and methods that alert the pilot of the unusual negative pitch attitude. Additionally, the system can bias a “sink rate” envelope toward a more sensitive direction, such that the pilot can be alerted while (or before) a large sink rate is built up during an unusual negative pitch attitude condition. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276201 | TAWS WITH ALERT SUPPRESSION - An aircraft terrain awareness warning system is disclosed that includes an interface for entering flight plan details of an aircraft including at least one waypoint. The terrain awareness warning system is configured such that potential-terrain-collision alerts are suppressed in the aircraft during landing operations performed at waypoints associated with landing zones. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276202 | SIMPLIFIED FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING A DECLUTCHABLE FRICTION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a friction device ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276203 | Method for Determining a Characteristic of a Track Condition Parameter - A method for determining a characteristic of at least one position parameter, in particular of a disruption in the position parameter, of a track for a vehicle, in which detection values of at least one detection parameter affected by the position parameter are detected on a vehicle driving along a section of the track, and wherein the at least one position parameter for the track section is determined from the detection values. The current value of the position parameter is determined from the detection values as a function of the model data of a previously determined vehicle model of the vehicle, wherein a relationship between the position parameter and the at least one detection parameter affected by the position parameter is generated by way of the vehicle model. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276204 | BOOST ASSIST SYSTEM - According to one implementation of an engine system, a power device is selectively actuated to provide energy to a storage device. Energy from the storage device is selectively provided to a boost assist device to supplement the normal energy supply to a boost device and enable an increased power output of the engine in at least certain engine or vehicle operating conditions. In one form, the power device may be a source of electrical energy and the storage device is capable of storing an electrical charge. In another form, the power device is a fluid pump and the storage device is capable of storing pressurized fluid. Various methods may be employed to control operation of the power device and energy storage in the storage device. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276205 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND/OR ENGINE THEREIN - A total power demand including a wheel power demand may be observed. The wheel power demand may be modified to determine a modified total power demand including a modified wheel power demand if the total power demand falls within a target range of power values defined by upper and lower threshold power values such that the modified total power demand is generally equal to the lower threshold power value. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276206 | ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE - An electric drive vehicle includes a vehicle main body | 2011-11-10 |
20110276207 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AS WELL AS A DRIVE DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - A method is described for operating a drive of a motor vehicle that has at least two shafts, each able to be driven by a shaft drive device, a total drive torque of the motor vehicle corresponding generally to the sum of the shaft torques applied to the shafts. In this context, it is provided that a quantity and/or a change in the quantity of one of the shaft torques is/are taken into account in the open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the remaining shaft torques. A drive device of a motor vehicle as well as an electronic control unit are also described. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276208 | ELECTRIC POWER RECEPTION APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL POWERED VEHICLE - A secondary self-resonant coil is installed at substantially the central region of the bottom face of the vehicle body, receiving electric power from a power feeding apparatus in a non-contact manner by resonating with a primary self-resonant coil of a power feeding apparatus provided external to the vehicle, via an electromagnetic field. In a power reception mode from the power feeding apparatus, high voltage is generated at the wire end of the secondary self-resonant coil, causing generation of a high electric field around the wire end. In order to keep the wire end distant from an ECU that is an electric apparatus located closest to the secondary self-resonant coil, the secondary self-resonant coil is arranged such that the wire end is located at a side opposite to the side where the ECU is deviated relative to the bilateral symmetric axis of the vehicle body. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276209 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a road condition acquisition portion ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276210 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE - When the amount of heat stored in a heat storage container is greater than or equal to a determination value at the time of initiation of system start-up in a hybrid vehicle, heating by thermal energy stored in the heat storage container is carried out only on an internal combustion engine. This increases the engine temperature to a permitting temperature for intermittent control of the engine or higher, so that the intermittent control is executed at an early stage after the initiation of the system start-up in the hybrid vehicle. Also, oil viscosity in the engine is rapidly lowered to decrease the resistance to operation of the engine. If the amount of the heat stored in the heat storage container is less than the determination value, the heating by the thermal energy stored in the heat storage container is performed on the transaxle under a prescribed condition. As a result, the fuel efficiency of the engine is improved. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276211 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - When there is a request to set the output of an engine to correspond to the load of the engine during catalyst warm-up control by which the engine ignition timing is retarded, ECU sets the engine operation line as an emission line to control the engine using the set emission line. The emission line corresponds to a line for controlling the engine to be operated at a relatively high revolution speed and at a relatively low torque as compared with the case of the normal line that is set at the time when catalyst warm-up control is not being performed. The emission line is obtained in advance by experiments and the like in consideration of the amount of retarding the ignition timing during catalyst warm-up control, and the like. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276212 | HYBRID WORKING MACHINE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A control unit of a hybrid working machine calculates an actual hydraulic pressure output from the output of an engine ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276213 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device for a hybrid vehicle causes the hybrid vehicle to travel in limp-home mode with motive power from an engine when either a motor or a battery for travel cannot be used. The engine incorporated in the hybrid vehicle includes an EGR device for recirculating part of exhaust gas to an intake system of the engine again. Even if an operation state of the engine satisfies a prescribed EGR permission condition for operating the EGR device, during the travel in limp-home mode with an abnormality detection flag being set to 1, the control device prohibits operation of the EGR device. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276214 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AC ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE - A control apparatus for an AC electric motor vehicle including a converter that converts an AC voltage input from an AC overhead wire via a transformer into a DC voltage, an inverter that converts the DC voltage into an AC voltage, and a motor that is driven and controlled by the inverter includes: torque-command calculating units that calculate a torque command value of the motor and output the torque command value to the inverter; and a static inverter that supplies electric power to a load mounted on the AC electric motor vehicle. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276215 | MANAGING THE CONFIGURATION OF A VEHICLE - Generally described, aspects of the disclosed subject matter are directed to managing the configuration of a vehicle. In accordance with one embodiment, a method of modifying the configuration of a vehicle based on the vehicle's location is provided. The method includes receiving, from a remote Satellite Positioning System (“SPS”) device, positioning data that identifies the location of the vehicle. Then, the positioning data is used to identify one or more regulations that are applicable, given the location of the vehicle. Based on collected vehicle readings, a determination is made regarding whether the configuration of the vehicle should be modified. In turn, the method may cause the configuration of the vehicle to be modified to comply with the one or more regulations. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276216 | AUTOMOTIVE CRUISE CONTROLS, CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES - A cruise control includes an input ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276217 | Hard Landing Report Based on Sink Rate Algorithm - A system and a method for detecting a hard landing or other high load event of an aircraft and then automatically triggering a report of such hard landing event. A sink rate algorithm is used to estimate the altitude rate of a main gear. The sink rate algorithm uses a plurality of flight parameters to estimate the main gear altitude rate, preferably including at least the following: pitch altitude, radio altitude, vertical acceleration, body pitch rate and vertical speed. This invention has the potential to reduce the number of unnecessary structural inspections, and may also limit the scope of any such required inspections. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276218 | WIRELESS VEHICLE SERVICING - Various embodiments include methods, systems, and computer-program products for wireless vehicle servicing. Instructions for performing a vehicle servicing operation may be received at a servicing terminal. Further, vehicle servicing operation data based on the instructions and data communication rules for communicating data to a vehicle computing system may be received. Servicing request data stored in computer-readable media may be generated and may include the vehicle servicing operation data and the one or more data communication rules. The servicing request data may be transmitted to the vehicle computing system and servicing return data may be received. Servicing status information may be presented on the servicing terminal based on the servicing return data. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276219 | EMBEDDED VEHICLE DATA RECORDING TOOLS FOR VEHICLE SERVICING - Various embodiments include tools for vehicle data recording for vehicle servicing. A methods, a computer for installation in a vehicle, and a computer program product may be provided for recording diagnostic vehicle data. An input may be received from memory including a plurality of vehicle data recording parameters which comprise a vehicle data recording configuration. A data recording trigger signal may also be received. Upon receipt of the trigger signal, diagnostic data may be received from one or more vehicle modules over a vehicle network communicating with the computer. The diagnostic data may be based on the vehicle data recording configuration. The diagnostic data may be stored in memory for diagnosing one or more vehicle concerns. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276220 | VEHICLE GROUP CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE GROUP CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle group control device for controlling the arrangement of vehicles within a vehicle group including plural vehicles, the vehicle group control device including: a periphery monitoring performance grasping unit which grasps a periphery monitoring performance of each vehicle constituting the vehicle group; and an arrangement determination unit which determines the arrangement of the vehicles within the vehicle group on the basis of the periphery monitoring performance of each vehicle. Accordingly, since the periphery monitoring performance of each vehicle within the vehicle group is grasped and the arrangement of the vehicles within the vehicle group can be determined on the basis of the periphery monitoring performance of each vehicle, it is possible to efficiently drive the entire vehicle group. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276221 | PC-BASED AUTOMOBILE OWNER'S MANUAL, DIAGNOSTICS, AND AUTO CARE - A computer built into an automobile displays the owner's manual for the car. The user requests more information about the automobile through the computer, and the additional information is displayed to the user. Information may include a description of a specific function or device of the car, service history, and/or real time status of a component of the car. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276222 | IMPLEMENT INTERFACE DISPLAY - A power machine having an operator interface is disclosed. The power machine has a frame, an engine supported by the frame, and a cab supported that defines an operator compartment. The power machine provides an auxiliary power source capable of providing auxiliary power to an implement that is operably coupled to the power machine. Control input devices that are actuable by an operator provide signals indicative of actuation thereof. The implement is in communication with the power machine. The operator interface is accessible within the operator compartment for providing operational information related to control of the implement to the operator. The operator interface receives signals related to the provided operational information that are communicated by the implement. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276223 | ANTISKID CONTROL UNIT AND DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM - A wheel speed transducer including a magnetic device associated with a wheel and a sensor device associated with the axle of the wheel provides data indicative of the velocity of the wheel. A processor located at the axle receives the wheel speed data and processes it to perform antiskid control functions. The velocity data is stored in a data concentrator also associated with the axle. A tire pressure sensor, a brake temperature sensor and a brake torque sensor, each associated with the wheel, send data to the processor at the axle, for storage in the data concentrator. A transmitting antenna associated with the axle and in communication with the data concentrator transmits stored data to a receiving antenna associated with the wheel. A data port at the wheel and in communication with the receiving antenna provides an interface to an external device for receiving the data. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION-BASED CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for disabling distracting features of electronic devices in a moving vehicle in order to enhance vehicle operator safety. A safety controller system may be operatively connected with a motion monitor within a vehicle and with a computing device in communication with the motion monitor. The safety controller system may include a motion monitor communication component for continuously receiving data from the motion monitor, which may be a GPS system installed within the vehicle. The safety controller system may additionally include a feature disabling module for disabling a feature of the electronic device based on detected motion conditions determined from the received data and a feature enabling module for enabling the feature of the electronic device based on a detected lack of motion determined from the received data. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276225 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC WHEEL POSITIONING - A system and method for automatically angularly positioning wheels of an automotive vehicle after parking. The system disclosed here includes a power-assisted steering system coupled to the wheels. Further, the system includes a controller, coupled to the steering system, which is configured to automatically position the wheels in a desired direction, based on a determination that the vehicle is parked. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276226 | METHOD OF MANAGING A TURNING MOVEMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT TAXIING ON THE GROUND - The invention relates to a management method for managing a turning movement of an aircraft taxiing on the ground, the aircraft having wheels each fitted with an independent drive device, in which method commands are generated for the independent drive devices so that at least some of those devices contribute to the turning movement. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of:
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20110276227 | Driving Support Device - A conventional brake control can generate only a small yaw moment compared with a steering control, so that reliable avoidance of obstacles cannot be obtained. With a steering control, the driver gets behind the wheel every time when crossing a lane and has an uncomfortable feeling. To solve these problems, a traveling aid device comprises: a detection unit for detecting the traveling state of a vehicle, the position of a lane marker, and the positions and types of obstacles around the vehicle; a calculation unit for calculating, based on the traveling state of the vehicle, the position of the lane marker, and the positions and types of the surrounding obstacles, a target yaw moment so as to prevent a departure from the lane marker and a collision with the surrounding obstacles; and a distribution unit for distributing, based on at least one of the traveling state of the vehicle, the position of the lane marker, and the positions and types of the surrounding obstacles, the target moment to a first actuator for controlling the driving/braking force and a second actuator for controlling the steering. | 2011-11-10 |