50th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090306827 | Display device and household appliance including the same - Disclosed herein are a display device capable of preventing a buyer from arbitrarily switching a demo mode or a function control mode in an exhibition room, and a household appliance including the same. The household appliance includes a main body and a control device provided in the main body to control at least one function of the appliance, and at least one of a first display device electrically connected to the control device to display an operation state of the appliance controlled by the control device and a second display device to perform a demo function of the appliance is selectively mounted. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306828 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE CLIMATE IN A HOUSE - The invention provides a method for controlling the climate of an environment, e.g. a house, which exchanges thermal energy with an ambient space. Energy is supplied to the environment e.g. by radiators, floor heating, electrical heating fans etc. According to the method, a numerically expressed comfort criteria, and a numerically expressed weight of importance of compliance with the comfort criterion are defined. Subsequently, a supply of a specific amount of energy is considered, and with respect to that amount, a numerical expression of a degree of compliance with the comfort criterion, and a numerical expression of costs related to the supply of that amount of energy are provided. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306829 | AIRCRAFT WITH TRANSIENT-DISCRIMINATING PROPELLER BALANCING SYSTEM - A system for balancing an aircraft propeller system receives a vibration signal from the aircraft propeller system and determines whether the vibration signal indicates a transient vibration condition. If it is determined that the vibration signal does not indicate a transient condition, the system enables a balance correction controller. The controller generates a balance correction signal based on the vibration signal, and balances the aircraft propeller system in response to the balance correction signal if the balance correction controller is enabled. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306830 | Control Valve System with Cycle Monitoring, Diagnostics and Degradation Prediction - A valve body has an elongated bore in communication with an inlet port and an outlet port. A valve element is movable within the bore between deactuated and actuated positions. A valve sensor generates a sensor signal indicative of an instantaneous parameter of the valve that changes between the deactuated and actuated positions. A logic unit receives the sensor signal and a pilot command signal that actuates the valve. A predetermined change in the pilot command signal causes the logic unit to determine a cycle parameter responsive to a time period between two predetermined events. At least the beginning or end of the time period corresponds to a predetermined value of the sensor signal. The individual determinations of the cycle parameter are accumulated to obtain an expected cycle parameter. The logic unit generates an indication signal when the cycle parameter exhibits a predetermined variance from the expected cycle parameter. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306831 | Method for the highly precise regulation of load-variable heat sources or heat sinks, and device for controlling the temperature of a dynamic heat source, especially pump diodes for solid-state lasers - The invention relates to a method for the highly precise regulation of load-variable heat sources or heat sinks, and to a device for controlling the temperature of a dynamic heat source, especially of pump diodes for solid-state lasers. According to said method, the calculated mean value of the forward flow temperature and the return flow temperature is preset as an actual value for regulating the power, in order to ensure a stabilisation of the heat source even without any information on the type of thermal load and the heat quantity to be dissipated, by the mean reference temperature for the heat flow to or from the temperature-controlling medium being maintained at a constant value irrespective of the heat quantity to be dissipated. As far as the device is concerned, a return flow temperature measuring device is provided in addition to a forward flow temperature measuring device arranged in the pump diode coolant circuit, both measuring devices being connected to an analog or digital computing unit which performs a mean value calculation in order to determine a refrigerating capacity set value transmitted to corresponding switching devices for the regulation of the load. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306832 | CONTROL METHOD OF A HYDRAULIC MACHINE FOR SAVING ENERGY OR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY - An energy-saving or speed-increase control method for a hydraulic machine is disclosed in this invention, the characteristics of which includes a control plan to adjust pressure or flow amount of the machine for energy-saving or production efficiency increase; setting up working conditions as in input to said machine; inspection of working conditions and operational processes of the machine; updating demands in control plan based on the inspected working conditions and operational processes of a hydraulic machine; incorporating specific characteristics of individual elements in different working conditions and operational processes to coordinate with the control plan. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306833 | COOLING ASSIST MODULE - Systems associated with moving heat out of a computer are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a large heat exchanger, large, quiet, automatically redundant fans, automatically redundant pumps, and a leak containment apparatus. The example system may also include logics for selectively controlling air flow, liquid flow, and flow paths. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306834 | VEHICLE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION - A mobile communications device comprising a gateway is provided. The device enables an automated discovery of a vehicle environment is enabled. Hereby context information relating to the vehicle environment can be automatically communicated to the service backend. Also context information from the service backend can be provided to the vehicle environment all utilizing SIP Presence technologies. The invention can in accordance with one embodiment be implemented in an IMS system. In accordance with one embodiment a communications device comprising gateway can be provided in the form of a mobile communications device, such as a mobile telephone. The gateway can for example be an IMS gateway. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306835 | Agricultural vehicle and method of operation therefor - An agricultural vehicle can be switched between a driver-controlled driven mode in which the direction and speed of travel of the vehicle are determined by the driver and a remotely controlled driven mode in which the direction and speed of travel of the vehicle are determined by information received from outside. In the remotely controlled driven mode, a control arrangement able to be operated by the driver is monitored (S | 2009-12-10 |
20090306836 | Aircraft Emergency Handling - The present invention provides methods and apparatuses that reduce pilot workload and increase the performance and efficiency of the pilot's control of the aircraft. The present invention comprises methods and apparatuses for determining the presence and type of an emergency condition, for example by detecting corresponding sensor outputs or by accepting input from a pilot or a combination thereof; and then responding to that emergency by initiating a pre-determined set of actions specific to the determined emergency. Embodiments of the invention can include the ability to monitor engine conditions as well as control electrical functions such as the fuel boost pump, alternator field, battery contactor and other important electrical devices. Some examples described below assume a single-engine piston aircraft for ease of illustration. The invention can also be applied to multi engine and turbine powered aircraft as well. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306837 | Aircraft Exhaust Gas Temperature Monitor - A computer-implemented function monitors and displays exhaust gas temperatures (EGT) in a plurality of cylinders in an engine. The invention provides an easy way to read exhaust gas temperature on a specific cylinder, and to provide a means for leaning the engine while in a climb. Efficient leaning in a climb reduces fuel consumption and reduces the chance of harmful conditions that can lead to engine failure. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306838 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AIDING THE MAINTENANCE OF A SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for aiding the maintenance of a system, the system comprising a set of networked elements, the system being accompanied by indications defining subsets of networked elements E | 2009-12-10 |
20090306839 | Aircraft monitoring equipment - An aircraft monitoring system uses aircraft engine and system transducers to monitor critical engine and aircraft system parameters. Simple controls and graphical user interfaces facilitate the display of different kinds of critical information to the pilot. Such data may also be recorded for later downloading and analysis. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306840 | VISION-BASED AUTOMATED LANDING SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - The invention relates generally to the control and landing of unmanned aerial vehicles. More specifically, the invention relates to systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for landing unmanned aerial vehicles using sensor input and image processing techniques. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306841 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR FAILURE DIAGNOSIS OF VEHICLE - A vehicle ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090306842 | Vehicle preferential treatment system, electrically powered vehicle, server used for vehicle preferential treatment system, and vehicle preferential treatment method - A vehicle preferential treatment system includes a controller mounted in a hybrid vehicle, and a server performing wireless communications with the controller. The controller estimates an SOC of an electric storage (not shown) and transmits the SOC to the server. When the SOC of the electric storage exceeds a reference level, the server gives a preferential treatment to the hybrid vehicle. Then, information on the preferential treatment is transmitted from the server to the controller, and is displayed on a display unit of the controller. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306843 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When determined that a driver's accelerator operation is rough during the turn-on condition of an ECO switch | 2009-12-10 |
20090306844 | Vehicle and In-Vehicle Communication Control Device - It is possible to provide a vehicle and an in-vehicle communication control device capable of performing control with preferable response even under an environment where notch attenuation exists and various noises are superimposed in a cable communication using a battery line. The vehicle includes: a plurality of operation devices installed in the vehicle; sensors arranged in the respective operation devices for detecting operation amounts of the operation devices; a controller inputting the operation amounts detected by the sensors; a communication device connected to the controller and a battery line and outputting a control signal as a carrier of a different frequency band for each type of the operation devices to the battery line; a second communication device connected to the battery line and using a carrier of a frequency band of each of the operation devices as a pass band; and a second controller connected to the second communication device and controlling the control device corresponding to the operation device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306845 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE VALUE OF A BINARY ITEM, DELIVERED IN A REDUNDANT MANNER, AND REPRESENTATIVE OF A PARAMETER OF A SYSTEM - A device for determining a value of a binary item, delivered in a redundant manner by two distinct determination mechanisms, and representative of a parameter of a system, the binary item being equal to a first or a second value when the parameter lies respectively in a first or a second range of values, the first and second ranges of values being separated by a transient range of values in which the transitions of value of the binary item transmitted respectively by the determination mechanisms occur. The system includes a state machine that assigns, when one of the determination mechanisms delivers a binary item devoid of any transition of value on account of a malfunction, respectively the first or second predetermined value delivered by the other determination mechanism, which is operating normally, when the parameter lies in the first or second range of values. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306846 | Diagnosis System for Cylinder Deactivation Device of Vehicle and Method for the Same - A diagnosis system for a cylinder deactivation device (CDA device) may include a vehicle state detecting portion that detects operating states of a vehicle and/or an engine, a control portion that controls ON/OFF states of the CDA device according to the operating states of the vehicle and/or the engine received from the vehicle state detecting portion after determining whether the operating states satisfy a predetermined operation condition, analyzes the operating states of the vehicle and/or the engine with respect to the ON/OFF states of the CDA device, determines whether the CDA device malfunctions, and outputs diagnostic codes according to function or malfunction state of the cylinder deactivation device, and a display device that displays the function or malfunction state of the CDA device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306847 | Method for checking the correct functioning of a component in a vehicle - In a method for checking the proper functioning of a component in a vehicle by evaluating the system state of the component with the aid of a sensor, a state variable is measured first and then the measured state variable is examined for at least one characteristic feature that is descriptive of the system state of the component. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306848 | DRIVING RECORDER - This invention intends to provide a vehicle-mounted driving recorder that can obtain necessary situation data only surely and accurately and that can contribute to effective use of a memory and to facilitation of an after-the-fact analysis of the situation data. The vehicle-mounted driving recorder comprises a situation data receiving section that receives situation data as being data indicating behavior, a surrounding situation and an operation situation of a vehicle and that temporarily stores the situation data in a temporary data storage section specified in a predetermined area of a memory, and a data administration section, in case that a plurality of contents indicated by the received situation data satisfy a previously specified given condition, that transfers a part or all of the situation data during a certain period before and after a time when the condition is satisfied from the temporary data storage section to the situation data storage section specified in a predetermined area of the memory. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306849 | SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSIS OF MOTOR VEHICLES, AND FOR RECEPTION OF VEHICLES AT A REPAIR FACILITY - In a diagnostic system, messages which have occurred are collected and buffered with a short diagnostic test which is implemented in a control unit onboard the vehicle. The collected data are then transmitted into a memory area of the portable electronic driving authorization record, which therefore always contains the result of a short diagnostic test which has been carried out onboard. The result of this short diagnostic test is read out from the memory of the driving authorization record with a computer system in the customer reception of a servicing workshop, and is processed with a more wide-ranging diagnostic algorithm which builds on the result of the short diagnostic test. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306850 | System for monitoring DPF using wireless communication - The present invention relates to a system for monitoring DPF which can inform a point of time for regenerating the DPF to a driver. The system for monitoring DPF using wireless communication, which comprises a filter for gathering PM (Particulate Matter) and at least one or more pressure sensors and temperature sensors, comprises a monitoring part and a server system. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306851 | MINIMIZING WHEEL SPEED AND ACCELERATION ERRORS - A method for compensating for wheel speed and acceleration calculation errors comprising the steps of collecting a wheel speed signal, creating at least one compensation factor for the wheel speed signal, correlating each compensation factor with a rotational position of the wheel, modifying each compensation factor individually based on variations in calculations made from the information collected according to the rotational position of the wheel, and calculating wheel speed and acceleration using the at least one compensation factor applied according to the rotational position of the wheel from which the wheel speed signal is collected. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306852 | DRIVING OPERATION SUPPORT DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A driving operation support device for a vehicle is provided herein. One exemplary driving operation support device includes a road sensor for acquiring information regarding a section of road ahead of a vehicle over which the vehicle is traveling. The driving operation support device may also include a controller for determining whether the section of road is passable for the vehicle based on the information acquired by the road sensor. The driving operation support device may further include a display provided between the section of road and a driver of the vehicle. The controller may display a guidance element on the display at a position overlapped with the section of the road as seen from the perspective of the driver, such that the guidance element indicates whether the road is passable based on the determination of the controller. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306853 | Method and device for the detection of a low-friction cefficient roadway - A method for detecting the presence of a low-coefficient of friction roadway, in which a group is specified that includes one or more predetermined types of driving situation, the at least twofold occurrence of a type of driving situation included in the group is ascertained, the same type of driving situation not necessarily having to be involved, and the presence of a low-coefficient of friction roadway is detected as a function of this. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306854 | Method for determining a set steering angle of steered wheels of a vehicle - The invention relates to a method for determining a set steering angle β | 2009-12-10 |
20090306855 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A STEERING SYSTEM - An electronic control apparatus has a microcomputer including a first CPU and a second CPU configured to perform calculation processing and control processing for a vehicle control device such as a variable gear ratio steering device. The first CPU and the second CPU calculate temporary detection values of an operation amount of an actuator based on a detection signal of a sensor, respectively. The temporary detection values are compared to determine whether the vehicle control device is controllable based on the detection signal of the sensor. Thus, the electronic control apparatus is reduced in size, and calculation results are monitored each other within one microcomputer. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306856 | Driving dynamics control adapted to driving conditions and based on steering interventions - A device for controlling the driving dynamics of a vehicle senses at least one driving condition variable being representative of a driving condition and has a driving dynamics controller for determining an additional steering angle, according to which a steering motion can be carried out in addition to the steering motion commanded by an operator. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306857 | AUTOMOTIVE IMPACT SENSING SYSTEM - A motor vehicle impact sensing system for a vehicle that includes a controller that is connected to a pressure sensor that cooperates with a discrete deformable vessel. The pressure sensor is operatively positioned relative to the deformable vessel such that changes in the vessel generate a signal indicative of a pressure change. The signal associated with the pressure change is communicated from the pressure sensor to the controller. If the signal exceeds a threshold, such as where there is a rapid pressure increase in the vessel, the controller initiates one or more safety measures, such as deploying airbags or the like, to reduce the effects of an undesired impact. The deformable vessel and pressure sensor form a sensor assembly that can be located in one or more of various locations throughout the vehicle including its front end, its doors, quarter panels, side panels, and/or its rear end. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306858 | Method and Device for Activating Personal Protection Means - A device and a method for activating a personal protection device are provided, in which a feature vector with at least two features is formed by an evaluation circuit from at least one signal of an accident sensor system. The evaluation circuit classifies the feature vector in the corresponding dimension using at least one class boundary. The activation circuit generates an activation signal which activates the personal protection device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306859 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING PASSENGER PROTECTION SYSTEM IN CONSIDERATION OF ROAD GRIP COEFFICIENT - A device and a method for triggering passenger protection systems, the passenger protection systems being triggered as a function of a rollover process. A signal which characterizes a road grip coefficient (coefficient of friction) is received via an interface. An evaluation circuit is provided which triggers the passenger protection systems as a function of the signal and a stability factor, the evaluation circuit determining the stability factor as a function of at least one kinematic variable. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306860 | Method for Operating a Brake System of a Motor Vehicle - A brake system of a motor vehicle can activate a brake when an activation condition exists. The braking effect is reduced when a deactivation condition exists. It is suggested that at least one property of the reduction of the braking effect, e.g., the duration or the gradient of the reduction, be at least temporarily a function of a longitudinal inclination of the motor vehicle. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306861 | Method and Control Device for Identifying a Trailer Operation of a Towing Vehicle - In a method for identifying a trailering mode in the context of a towing vehicle, in particular as part of a vehicle dynamics control system having a trailer roll logic function for stabilizing the combination of towing vehicle and trailer, that identification of the trailering mode is accomplished by a comparison of an actual signal characterizing the vehicle state with a corresponding target signal. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306862 | VEHICLE WITH A LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT AND AN OPERATING ELEMENT - In a vehicle that features a luggage compartment with a cargo opening that can be closed, as well as an operating element that can be actuated in order to open the luggage compartment, an auxiliary function is provided for a function other than the function of opening the luggage compartment and assigned to the operating element while the cargo opening is open such that no additional operating elements. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306863 | Front-Loadable Refuse Container Having Side-Loading Robotic Arm with Motors and Other Mass Mounted at Rear of Container and Use of Same with Front-Loading Waste-Hauling Vehicle Having Hydraulic Front Forks or Other Retractably Engageable Lift Means - A front-loading, refuse collecting vehicle is modularly provided with a combination of a low-profile, front-loadable waste bin (intermediate container) and one or more, side-loading robotic arms. To reduce mechanical stresses along couplings between the vehicle and the combination of the intermediate container and the robotic arm(s), a major portion of the mass of the robotic arm mechanism is situated to the rear of the intermediate container so that a mass and beam combination is defined where the mass-supporting beam has reduced length. More specifically, hydraulic and/or other relatively massive motor means of the robotic arm mechanism are mounted to the rear of a refuse-containing wall of the intermediate container. Elastomeric and/or other dampening means may be interposed between the vehicle and the bulk mass of the combination of the intermediate container and robotic arm mechanism for converting into heat some of the vibrational energy which may otherwise move between the vehicle and the combination of the intermediate container and robotic arm mechanism. A modular sled system may be provided for supporting different robotic arms in combination with refuse containers made of different materials as may be appropriate for different waste collection situations. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306864 | TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A transmission includes a clutch mechanism, an input shaft, an output shaft, a transmission mechanism including a plurality of gears and a synchronizing device selectively synchronizing the input shaft and the gears, a gear selecting apparatus including sleeves and at least one actuator, the sleeve selectively moving to a neutral position, to an engaged position, and to a synchronized position, the actuator actuating the sleeve to selectively move to the neutral position and the engaged position, a controller controlling the clutch mechanism and the actuator, a synchronization device for controlling the actuator to select the sleeve corresponding to the selected gear and to move the sleeve to the synchronized position, and an auxiliary synchronization device for controlling the corresponding actuator to move the sleeve corresponding to an auxiliary gear which is the gear different from the selected gear to the synchronized position. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306865 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an automatic transmission that performs a shift on the basis of a shift map defined by a vehicle speed Vsp and a throttle opening TVO, when the vehicle speed Vsp and the throttle opening TVO exist within a 6-7 special region, which is located within a sixth speed gear position region of the shift map and defined by a downshift line at which a downshift is performed from a seventh speed gear position serving as a maximum gear position to the sixth speed gear position and a minimum vehicle speed of an upshift line at which an upshift is performed from the sixth speed gear position to the seventh speed gear position, and this condition continues for a predetermined time period, a shift is performed to the seventh speed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306866 | Method, control apparatus and powertrain system controller for real-time, self-learning control based on individual operating style - Method, control apparatus and powertrain system controller are provided for real-time, self-learning control based on individual operating style. The method calibrates powertrain system performance in a passenger vehicle in real-time based on individual operating style. The method includes powering the vehicle with the system and generating a sequence of system operating point transitions based on an operating style of an operator of the vehicle during the step of powering. The method further includes learning a set of optimum values of controllable system variables in real-time during the steps of powering and generating based on the sequence of system operating point transitions and predetermined performance criteria for the system. The method still further includes generating control signals based on the set of optimum values to control operation of the system. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306867 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An automatic transmission control unit determines whether or not a constantly open failure, in which a switch valve cannot switch a pressure regulating valve and a second hydraulic chamber to a non-communicative state, has occurred on the basis of a parameter (an inertia phase time, for example) representing a dynamic characteristic during a shift from a first gear position to a second gear position. The determination of the constantly open failure is begun after initial variation in the parameter representing the dynamic characteristic during the shift has been eliminated through learning control in which the dynamic characteristic during the shift is caused to approach a target dynamic characteristic. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306868 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - There is provided a hydraulic control device for controlling a hydraulic pressure supplied to a vehicle start-up engagement element in an automatic transmission when a shift lever is moved from a non-drive range position to a drive range position. The hydraulic control device has a target pressure setting section that sets, based on an input torque of the automatic transmission, a target value of hydraulic pressure supplied to the vehicle start-up engagement element at the completion of engagement of the vehicle start-up engagement element and corrects the target value periodically based on the transmission input torque until the completion of engagement of the vehicle start-up engagement element and a hydraulic pressure control section that controls the hydraulic pressure in such a manner that the hydraulic pressure supplied to the vehicle start-up engagement element reaches the corrected target value at the completion of engagement of the vehicle start-up engagement element. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306869 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE STATUS OF THE CLUTCH IN THE DRIVE TRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for detecting the status of the clutch in the drive train of a motor vehicle, the engine speed and the speed are ascertained and a transmission ratio is formed as the quotient of the engine speed and speed. Furthermore, a reference value is determined, which is set equal to the transmission ratio iges from a first time step. In a subsequent time step, the difference between the instantaneous transmission ratio iges and the reference value is formed, a disengaged clutch status being detected if the difference exceeds a threshold value. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306870 | Antilock Brake System For A Land Craft - Hydraulic brake system and method for controlling a hydraulic brake system for a land craft, in which a quantity of hydraulic fluid delivered to wheel brakes during pressure build-up phases in antilock braking mode is limited so that substantially no hydraulic fluid thereof can flow to a master cylinder. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306871 | Compensation of reduced braking effect of a hydraulic brake system for a land craft - The invention relates to a hydraulic brake system and a method for controlling a hydraulic brake system for a land vehicle having a predetermined holding capacity for hydraulic fluid and at least one wheel brake. The invention is characterized by detecting if a current holding capacity of the brake system has increased in relation to the predetermined holding capacity and, if so, by feeding hydraulic fluid to the at least one wheel brake in a controlled manner and an amount corresponding at least to the increase in capacity. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306872 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR NORMAL FORCES IN ANTILOCK CONTROL - A method for controlling an antilock brake system on a vehicle, the method comprising calculating a prediction of tire normal forces and modifying a brake torque applied to a brake based on the predicted tire normal forces. The prediction of tire normal forces may be calculated using predicted longitudinal forces or estimates of longitudinal forces that are obtained by predicting a master-cylinder pressure. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306873 | ELECTRIC FUEL TRANSFER PUMP DIAGNOSTIC - An engine control system having primary and secondary fuel tanks comprises a fuel monitoring module and a transfer pump (TP) diagnostic module. The fuel monitoring module determines a measured fuel level of the secondary fuel tank based on a fuel level signal received from a fuel level sensor when a fuel TP is on for greater than a predetermined time period required for the fuel TP to reduce the measured fuel level from a predetermined fuel level to below the predetermined fuel level. The TP diagnostic module diagnoses a condition of the fuel TP based on the measured fuel level. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306874 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Provided is a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, capable of improving a response characteristic of a PID feedback control, including: an oil pressure regulating valve having a solenoid; a variable cam phase mechanism for changing a cam phase; and an ECU for controlling the oil pressure regulating valve. The ECU includes: an actual cam phase detecting unit for detecting the cam phase; a target cam phase setting unit for setting a target cam phase; an output duty calculating unit for calculating an output duty; a feedback control unit for controlling the cam phase via the output duty calculating unit with PID feedback control; a coil temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of a coil; a circuit resistance calculating unit for calculating a resistance of an electric circuit by correcting a resistance of the coil based upon the temperature of the coil; and an integral term initial value calculating unit for calculating a holding output duty based upon the resistance of the electric circuit. When an integral term is initialized, the feedback control unit sets the holding output duty as the integral term. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306875 | FUEL COMPOSITION RECOGNITION AND ADAPTATION SYSTEM - A method of operating an internal combustion engine. The method including monitoring a pressure in a combustion chamber of the engine during a compression stroke, determining whether a fuel composition has changed from a first composition to a second composition based at least in part on the monitored pressure, and triggering a fuel composition adaptation in response to a determination that the fuel composition has changed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306876 | Control system for internal combustion engine - A control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and a cylinder halting mechanism for halting operation of at least one of the plurality of cylinders by stopping operation of at lease one intake valve of the at least one cylinder. The control system includes an intake air control valve for controlling an amount of air supplied to the engine. An opening of the intake air control valve is changed when performing an increase in a number of operating cylinders in an idling condition of the engine. A basic opening of the intake air control valve is switched from a first basic opening corresponding to the number of operating cylinders before the increase in the number of operating cylinders to a second basic opening corresponding to the number of operating cylinders after the increase in the number of the operating cylinders. The basic opening is corrected in the closing direction during a predetermined time period when increasing the number of operating cylinders. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306877 | COMBUSTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH RICH AND LEAN OPERATING CONDITIONS - A method of controlling combustion of an internal combustion engine that use fuel injection and that uses lean and rich modes of operation. Combustion control values, such as for fuel injection timing and quantity are determined by a torque representative value. This value is obtained from estimated in-cylinder conditions and from engine speed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306878 | Method and device for controlling the fuel metering into at least one combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine - In a device and a method for controlling the fuel metering into at least one combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, on the basis of at least one operating characteristic quantity, a control quantity is prespecified that determines the injected quantity of fuel. On the basis of a cylinder pressure quantity that characterizes the cylinder pressure and the at least one operating characteristic quantity, a correction value is prespecified for correcting the control quantity. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306879 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which, even when a starting time of an alcohol concentration change varies, can accurately detect a starting time of an alcohol concentration estimation, and set a concentration estimation time matched to the behavior of the concentration change after determination of the start of the concentration change. An air fuel ratio correction amount calculation unit calculates an air fuel ratio correction amount based on an air fuel ratio detected by a sensor. An estimation permission determination unit determines that a starting condition for concentration estimation holds, when the correction amount becomes out of a predetermined range, and sets a permission time for concentration estimation in accordance with an accumulated amount of fuel injected after the starting condition for concentration estimation holds. A concentration estimation unit calculates an estimated concentration value based on the correction amount during permission of the concentration estimation. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306880 | EVALUATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING VEHICLE DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM THROUGH SIMULATION VEHICLE DRIVING - There is provided an evaluation method for evaluating a vehicle driving assist system through simulation of vehicle driving. The method including: simulating assist information which the driving assist system generates concerning traffic circumstances of roads in response to a driving operation which a driver performs; simulating detection of an object on the road on the basis of the generated assist information; simulating a situation of communication of information concerning the detection-simulated object to a vehicle-mounted apparatus; simulating displays of the detection-simulated object in accordance with the simulated communication situation on a display device; and evaluating an effect by the vehicle driving assist system for safety of driving. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306881 | DETECTING PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS OF UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENTS - Apparatus and methods according to some embodiments of the present invention use a graphical model, such as a Markov random field model, to represent principal driving directions within an environment. The model has a plurality of nodes representing spatial locations within the environment, and the principal direction for each node is determined probabilistically using linear features detected within an image of the environment. Apparatus and methods according to embodiments of the present invention can be used in improved autonomous navigation systems, such as robotic vehicles. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306882 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, OR METHOD FOR ENHANCED ROUTE DIRECTIONS - Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with generating a textual explanation of a route including POI information are disclosed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306883 | Method for Visualizing Geographic Data - In a method for visualizing geographic data using at least two-dimensional objects, at least one surface of the objects is covered with at least one texture, which texture is dynamically assigned to the at least one surface of the objects as a function of at least one input factor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306884 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A TRAVEL ROUTE - A display device is for displaying a travel route, the travel route including a chain of route elements, and each route element having a measured value and a quantity of attributes. The display device includes a partial chain ascertainer, a calculation unit, a sorter, and a display unit. For each attribute of at least one route element the partial chain ascertainer determines a continuous partial chain of route elements of maximum length, including the route element, that have an identical attribute. For each partial chain, the calculation unit calculates an individual total measured value from the measured values of the route elements of the partial chain. The sorter sorts the quantity of attributes for the at least one route element into a sequence of hierarchical levels according to a quantitative relation of the total measured values of the partial chains of the attributes, and the display unit displays the attributes of the at least one route element in a hierarchical representation in accordance with the hierarchy levels. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306885 | DETERMINING REQUEST DESTINATION - A display system includes a display section; an executing section that executes one or more applications; a plurality of virtual frame buffers each storing image information and transparency information of points on the display screen which are generated by one or more applications; a drawing section for drawing a multilayer image on the display screen by pasting the contents in virtual frame buffers and executing the process of alphablending; a storage section for storing the threshold transparency of each layer; an input section for receiving a position on the display screen from the user as a process request; and a destination determining section for determining, in response to input, whether the transparency at the position is larger than the threshold value of each layer, and determining an application related to a layer for which a positive determination is made as the destination of the request. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306886 | Navigation Assistance, Driver Assistance System, as Well as Method for Navigating at Least One Means of Transportation - A navigation assistance system for a vehicle enables possible routes from the starting point to a destination to be ascertained with the aid of route network data, a preferred route being specified, and at least one driving recommendation that guides at least one user along the specified route being output, such that no driving recommendations are output that are superfluous for and therefore irritating and/or disturbing to the operator of the vehicle. The number of times or the frequency with which the vehicle has already previously passed at least one location point or junction point of the preferred route is ascertained, and the at least one driving recommendation for this point of the preferred route is suppressed if the ascertained number of times or frequency reaches at least one threshold value. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306887 | System and Method for Taxi Route Entry Parsing - A method and apparatus for building, creating, or otherwise specifying an airport ground taxi navigation route for an aircraft from an input of the route is disclosed. The apparatus includes a keypad, voice recognition device, or other entry device, a processor, a display screen, and a navigation map database. A crewmember on the aircraft uses the entry device to enter all or part of the ground navigation taxi route. The entry device converts the received route information into an input text string, either with or without delimiters. The system parses the input text string by extracting characters or substrings from the input text string. A database lookup component searches the map database to find a route component that matches the character or substring. If the system finds a matching route component, it determines if the matching route component is continuous with the taxi route. The system adds the matching route component to the taxi route and displays any discontinuity. The system then repeats the process with subsequent substrings of the input text string until the entire input string has been processed. The system may automatically or manually handle input errors or ambiguities. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306888 | Navigation device - A navigation device including a device, provided for mobile use, having input and output means, having a processor for processing software, having a navigation software for position determination and for route computation, and having a first interface for transmitting data into and/or out of the device, wherein the first interface is developed, in the operation of the device in a motor vehicle, to read operating and/or sensor data of at least one vehicle component into the device via a second interface and a data carrier having a navigation software for use in a device provided for mobile use, the navigation software including a software module which utilizes operating data, read in via an interface of the device, of a vehicle in which the device is operated or sensor data from sensors situated in the vehicle, for position determination or for determining a state of motion of the vehicle. The present invention has the advantage that navigation devices based on devices provided for mobile use, especially so-called hand-held computers, and also PDA (personal digital assistant), mobile radio telephones and the like are improved. In particular, the accuracy of the position determination in such navigation devices is decidedly improved. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306889 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A positioning system and method for a handheld electronic device is provided. The handheld electronic device includes an electronic map and a compass. The system and method detects orientation of the handheld electronic device relative to the North pole of the Earth by the compass, and adjusts orientation of the electronic map displayed on a display of the handheld electronic device, to make the orientation of the electronic map accord with the detected orientation. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306890 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED NAVIGATION APPARATUS - When a CPU | 2009-12-10 |
20090306891 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A navigation device including a display configured to display map information indicating a traveling route of a vehicle including the navigation device, a memory configured to store a plurality of sound source files for providing aural information adapted to represent directional changes to be made by the vehicle in accordance with the displayed map information, and a controller configured to check the map information and determine a directional change the vehicle is to make in the traveling route of the vehicle, to search the memory for a sound source file corresponding to the determined directional change the vehicle is to make, and to output the sound source file at a preset time before the directional change is to be made to inform a driver of the vehicle about what directional change is upcoming. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306892 | OPTICAL DISTANCE VIEWING DEVICE HAVING POSITIONING AND/OR MAP DISPLAY FACILITIES - An optical distance viewing device has position and/or map display facilities that can be shown simultaneously with the optical view. The device includes a remote view acquisition module for acquiring a remote view; a location module for acquiring a location; a map module for generating a map in accordance with the acquired location; and an output module for outputting an image which shows the optical view together with the map, or current location co-ordinates or both. An enhancement projects the view onto a 3D map. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306893 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR A STORE PROVIDING CONSUMER-SPECIFIC ADVERTISEMENT FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - An information processing system for consumers at a store may include a plurality of radio frequency (RF) identification devices, where each RF identification device is to be temporarily associated with a respective consumer during movement about the store. At least one RF receiver device may be arranged about the store for receiving communications from the RF identification devices, and at least one consumer identity reader may be arranged about the store for reading respective identities of the consumers. An information processor may cooperate with the RF receiver device(s) and the consumer identity reader(s) for generating consumer position data of the consumers during movement about the store based upon communications from the respective REF identification devices to the at least one RF receiver device, associating the consumer position data with respective identities of the consumers, and initiating consumer-specific advertisements based upon the consumer position data and respective identities of the consumers. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306894 | Track prediction and identification via particle motion with intent - Provided is a system and method for tracking and identifying a target in an area of interest based on a comparison of predicted target behavior or movement and sensed target behavior or movement. Incorporating aspects of both particle diffusion and mobility constraint models with target intent derivations, the system may continuously track a target while simultaneously refining target identification information. Alternatively, the system and method are applied to reacquire a target track based on prioritized intents and predicted target location. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306895 | GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING - A method of analysing controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey data to determine probability density functions (PDFs) for values of an electromagnetic parameter at locations in a subterranean region of interest is provided. Structural features in the subterranean strata are identified, e.g. from seismic survey data. An initial PDF for values of the electromagnetic parameter is then assigned to each feature. Models lo specifying values for the parameter in each structural feature are generated by sampling the PDFs. A subset of the models are deemed acceptable based on an acceptance criterion. The PDF for each feature is modified based on values for the parameter in the subset of accepted models to generate replacement PDFs for each feature. The process may be iterated a number of times to generate final PDFs for values of the electromagnetic parameter in the structural features identified in the subterranean region of interest. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306896 | Apparatus for Formation Resistivity Imaging in Wells with Oil-Based Drilling Fluids - Sequential measurements are made using a two terminal resistivity imaging device wherein the measure electrodes are activated sequentially with the remaining electrodes in a floating mode. This eliminates the hardware requirements for focusing electrodes, prevents galvanic leakage between proximal electrodes and the effects of mutual coupling between circuits including proximal electrodes. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306897 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT CONTAMINANTS ON A FLUID SENSOR - Methods and apparatus for detecting a coating on a downhole fluid sensor are disclosed. A coating may refer to a solid or liquid film on a sensor interface with the sampled fluid, caused by contaminants. Detecting a coating may be accomplished by determining a sampled fluid type and measuring at least one fluid parameter using one or more downhole fluid sensors. The coating detection further includes determining whether the measured parameters are within ranges corresponding to the determined fluid type. Additionally or alternatively, measured parameter values that remain substantially stable during sampled fluid pumping may also indicate a coated sensor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306898 | Testing Particulate Materials - Embodiments include an apparatus and method for testing a particulate material suitable for use as a proppant. According to one embodiment, a sample of the particulate material is captured in the cavity of a test vessel between a cavity wall and a piston sealed with the cavity wall. A fluid is flowed into the test vessel from a fluid inlet of the test vessel to wet the sample of particulate material. The fluid is pressurized to a target fluid pressure greater than ambient pressure and heated to a target temperature greater than ambient temperature. The piston is moved into direct contact with the particulate material with sufficient force to crush at least a portion of the particulate material while maintaining one or both of the target temperature and the target pressure for one or more test cycles. Each test cycle has a duration of at least about 120 seconds and as long as about 24 hours. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306899 | Geophysical surveying - Joint processing of seismic and controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) surface data is performed by using a common rock physics model which relates reservoir properties (such as porosity, lithology, saturation, and shaliness) to surface seismic AVO (or AVA) data. This allows one to determine how perturbations in the reservoir properties affect surface data. This can be carried out by systematically changing the reservoir properties and examining the effect on the synthetic data. This allows the hydrocarbon type of a reservoir to be established, e.g. oil or gas, as well as the saturation level of the hydrocarbon in the reservoir, which is useful for determining whether the reservoir has a non-commercial, low hydrocarbon saturation or a commercial, high hydrocarbon saturation. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306900 | Rapid Inversion of Electromagnetic Reconnaisance Survey Data - Method for rapid inversion of data from a controlled-source electromagnetic survey of a subterranean region. Selected ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090306901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ABSOLUTE QUANTITATION OF PROTEINS USING LC/MS - Absolute quantitation of protein in a sample is provided by comparing a sum or average of the N highest ionization intensities observed for peptides of a particular protein along with a calibration standard. The calibration standard can be in the form of a table generated by prior protein peptide analysis performed using one or more pre-determined proteins. The comparison is used to determine a corresponding absolute quantity of protein based on the observed sum or average of ionization intensities. A simple conversion factor can be applied to the calibration standard value to determine the absolute quantity of protein in the sample. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306902 | Screening Method - A method for structure-based virtual screening, wherein compounds for investigation are categorized or sorted into a catalog according to their physicochemical and steric properties. The physicochemical and steric properties of a target are determined, the part(s) of the catalog which match the determined properties of the target are determined, and only the compounds in these parts of the catalog are screened against the target. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306903 | COMPOUND SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A screening apparatus divides measurement data representing the amount of binding between one kind of protein and each of a plurality of kinds of compounds, obtained by a measurement apparatus, into groups, each including data obtained in a same measurement condition. The screening apparatus obtains a representative value of measurement data that is obtained when the protein and a compound are not bound to each other for each of the groups by using the measurement data belonging to the respective groups, and sets a threshold value for extracting a hit compound for each of the groups by using corrected measurement data, obtained by correcting the measurement data for each of the groups so that the representative value obtained for each of the groups becomes the same value. Then, a hit compound is extracted by comparing the threshold value with the corrected measurement data. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306904 | Hydrophobic Moment of Multi-Domain Proteins - Techniques for protein structure analysis are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus for characterizing a multi-domain protein structure comprises the following steps. For at least one domain, a hydrophobic dipole, e.g., defined as a first-order hydrophobic moment of the domain, is calculated. A score representing the orientation of the hydrophobic dipole of the at least one domain relative to a hydrophobic dipole of one or more other domains of the multi-domain protein structure is then calculated. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306905 | COMBINATION OF READER AND INCUBATOR - The present invention provides a detection arrangement for detecting presence of an analyte in a sample, comprising a processor, a memory, a display, and a color measuring device, characterized in that a means is present for maintaining a constant temperature or a temperature profile of said sample. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for determining the presence or absence of an analyte in a fluid by analysis of image data from an assay that generates an image result on an assay medium, comprising the steps of: (a) incubating a sample of said fluid together with said assay at a pre-set temperature or temperature profile (b) obtaining said image result on an assay medium; and (c) imaging the image result with an image acquisition device to generate digital image data corresponding to the image result; and (d) using data processing means, applying to the digital image data a stored relationship between the image result and assay calibration data to generate a quantified result for said assay, characterized in that incubation step (a) is carried out simultaneously with steps (b)-(c). | 2009-12-10 |
20090306906 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECTROSCOPIC DATA ANALYSIS - A method of analyzing spectroscopic data, the method comprising collecting spatially resolved measurement spectroscopic data of a sample for a series of measurements spots, assigning the measurement spots into a predefined set of spectral categories, based on characteristics of the spectroscopic data of the respective measurement spots, identifying groupings of the measurement spots based on their respective spectral categories and their spatial relationships, and assigning each grouping of measurement spots to a fundamental sample unit data object. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306907 | DECOMPOSITION MODE MATCHING CHANGE INDEX - A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for identifying change indices for a structure. In one advantageous embodiment a method receives a response signal in response to a transmission of an interrogation signal into the structure. The response signal is decomposed into a first plurality of modes. The first plurality of modes is compared to a second plurality of modes for a comparison signal to form a comparison. A change index is assigned to the response signal using the comparison. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306908 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER IN REAL TIME - A monitoring device of environmental parameter values of an environment surrounding a system. The device includes a sensor to these parameters, and includes a means of transmission, in real time, of each measurement to a processing unit. The processing unit is installed in the system and includes the means of filtering the transmitted measurements. This processing unit comprises the means for determining cycles from the measurements thus simplified as well as the means for calculation, in real time, of a length of consumed life of the system, from the thus determined cycles. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306909 | Method for evaluating measured values for identifying a material fatigue - The invention relates to a method for the evaluation of measured values for the recognition of defect conditions due to material fatigue on aircraft parts, in which strain sensors ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090306910 | High density, rectangular binary code symbol - A binary code symbol for non-linear strain measurement designed specifically for perimeter-based deformation and strain analysis. The symbol is rectangular with a continuous outer perimeter, two data regions along adjacent sides of the rectangle and a utility region adjacent each side opposite the data regions. Each data region is made up of at least two rows, each of which is made up of a number of data cells, and each utility region is made up of at least two rows, each of which is made up of utility cells with alternating appearance. There are at least two distinct finder cells on opposite corners of the rectangle, which can be used to orient the symbol. A non-linear strain gage for measuring the strain on an object under load in accordance includes a target, a sensor, and a computer, wherein the target is a binary code symbol. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A WATER CUT DETERMINATION USING A SEQUESTERED LIQUID-CONTINUOUS STREAM - An apparatus and method for determining the water cut value of a multiphase fluid flowing within a pipe is provided. The device includes a sequestering structure disposed within the pipe, a transmitting device, a receiving device, and a processing device. The sequestering structure at least partially defines a sensing passage within the pipe, which passage has a gap extending substantially normal to a direction of fluid flow within the pipe. The sensing passage is oriented to sequester an amount of a liquid component of the multi-phase fluid sufficient to form a continuous liquid body extending across the gap of the sensing passage. The transmitting device is operable to transmit a signal through the liquid across the gap of the sensing passage. The receiving device is operable to receive the signal after it has traversed the liquid within the sensing passage, and create sensor data. The processing device is in communication with at least the receiving device to receive and process the sensor data to determine the water cut value of the liquid. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306912 | METHOD OF MEASURING LED JUNCTION TEMPERATURE - A method of measuring LED junction temperature includes the steps of: (a) obtaining a temperature curve of an LED; (b) inputting at least one rated AC voltage to the LED; (c) measuring a temperature at a specific point on an outer packaging structure of the LED, putting the temperature measured at the specific point into the temperature curve, and calculating a junction temperature of the LED by interpolation; and (d) substituting the result from the calculation in the step (c) into a numerical analysis model to obtain temperature oscillation of the LED. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306913 | METHOD OF CALCULATING ION IMPLANTATION DISTRIBUTION AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING THE CALCULATION METHOD - A method of calculating an ion concentration distribution is provided. The method includes: setting meshes at regular intervals d along a beam axis of a beam implanted at a tilt angle α; making mesh intervals on a surface d/sinα; generating meshes parallel and perpendicular to the beam axis in a simulator; and calculating an ion concentration distribution by using the meshes. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING INPUT POWER OF POWER SUPPLIES - A system and method is provided to determine input power of a power supply using an input section by dividing input section output power by an efficiency value of the input section. Measurements of operating parameters are obtained through sensing devices that may be previously provided to avoid increased expense and complexity associated with the addition of a current sensing device. The input section maybe a rectifier or PFC stage. Input section output power can be determined by measuring current in a downstream DC/DC converter or converters. The current drawn by the DC/DC converter(s) is used as the output current of the input section to determine output power of the input section. The efficiency value is obtained for an operating point of the input section based on operating parameter values, as indicated in a lookup table or algorithm providing the efficiency values. The calculated input power may also be used to determine input RMS current for the power supply. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306915 | Method for predicting the power capacity of electrical energy stores - A method and a corresponding device are described for predicting the power capacity of an electrical energy store, such as a battery in a vehicle, in which, with the aid of a mathematical model for the energy store, its state variables and parameters are continuously adjusted, and thereby a charge and discharge power capability is estimated and predicted. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306916 | ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC ANALYZING APPARATUS FOR SUBSTANCE ON WHICH METAL-CONTAINING PAINT IS COATED - To provide an electrical characteristic analyzing apparatus that can analyze the electrical characteristic of a substance, on which a paint containing a metal is coated, with ease and in a short time, the electrical characteristic analyzing apparatus comprises an analysis model obtaining unit for obtaining analysis model information, a wave source information obtaining unit for obtaining wave source information, a property value obtaining unit for obtaining property values of an analysis model, and an electromagnetic field analyzing unit for analyzing an electrical characteristic at an observation point according to an electric or magnetic signal provided from a wave source. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306917 | SAMPLING APPARATUS AND SAMPLING METHOD - Provided is a sampling apparatus that samples a signal under measurement, including a sample processing section that outputs sample data obtained by sampling the signal under measurement with a sampling timing at non-uniform intervals obtained by thinning a reference clock, a storage section that stores the sample data, and a waveform generating section that generates a waveform of the signal under measurement based on the sample data read from the storage section. The sample processing section includes a sampler that samples the signal under measurement in synchronization with the reference clock and a data thinning section that thins the sample data output by the sampler and outputs this thinned data as sample data with the sampling timing at non-uniform intervals. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306918 | Office Id Remote with Oscillating Circuit - An office ID remote that creates an oscillating waveform with a predetermined characteristic on a conductor found in a cable is provided. This characteristic is typically the rate of repetition of the waveform that can be compared to a table of rates of repetition stored in a main test unit that correlates each rate of repetition to a particular office ID remote. This allows the identity of the cable to be ascertained. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306919 | SAMPLING APPARATUS, SAMPLING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a sampling apparatus that samples a signal under measurement, including a sampling section that samples the signal under measurement with a plurality of sampling phases at non-uniform intervals for each sampling repetition cycle; and an inverting section that cancels out a replica that is not an observation target, from among the replicas in a sampling band of the signal under measurement and the replicas in the sampling band of a frequency component of the signal under measurement, by inverting signs of values of the signal under measurement sampled with at least one sampling phase from among the plurality of sampling phases. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306920 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED ELECTROMAGNETIC-INTERFERENCE DETECTORS - Embodiments of a system that determines a condition associated with an integrated circuit disposed on a circuit board are described. During operation, the system receives electromagnetic-interference (EMI) signals from one or more antennas while the integrated circuit is operating, where the one or more antennas are disposed on the circuit board. Then, the system analyzes the received EMI signals to determine the condition. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306921 | SPECIFICATION, OPTIMIZATION AND MATCHING OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS BY USE OF ORIENTATIONAL ZERNIKE POLYNOMIALS - The present disclosure relates to specification, optimization and matching of optical systems by use of orientation Zernike polynomials. In some embodiments, a method for assessing the suitability of an optical system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus is provided. The method can include determining a Jones pupil of the optical system, at least approximately describing the Jones pupil using an expansion into orientation Zernike polynomials, and assessing the suitability of the optical system on the basis of the expansion coefficient of at least one of the orientation Zernike polynomials in the expansion. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306922 | Method and System for Classifying Defect Distribution, Method and System for Specifying Causative Equipment, Computer Program and Recording Medium - A production line includes an inspection step for acquiring inspection information representing positions of defects on each of substrates after an end of specified steps. With respect to m substrates subjected to the inspection step, a surface of each of the substrates is segmented into n regions, and defect density information having (m×n) components, which represent densities of defects contained in the regions, respectively, is acquired based on the inspection information. From the defect density information having (m×n) components, statistically mutually independent p (where p2009-12-10 | |
20090306923 | Method for Measuring the Thickness of Multi-Layer Films - The invention relates to a method for determining the thickness of multi-layer films ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090306924 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR SCANNER-SCALE OR OTHER SCALE SYSTEM - A system and method for automatically calibrating a scale, particularly a scanner-scale of a POS system, in which the scale is calibrated via an on-board calibration system including an accelerometer that actually measures the acceleration due to gravity factor for a given location/time and then uses this measured factor to perform a calibration sequence. An example calibration method may include the steps of (a) performing an initial calibration on the scanner-scale during assembly; (b) providing the scanner-scale with an on-board accelerometer operable to measure gravity acceleration constants for the current location; and (c) running a calibration routine using the specific calibration data obtained from the measurement in step (b) to calibrate the scale. In one configuration, the system may also use other sensors, including temperature and humidity sensors, to provide further calibration constants for use in calibrating the accelerometer and the scale strain gage. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306925 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for testing integrated circuit devices within an environment that is representative of the application environment in which an integrated circuit device will be used. In at least one embodiment, the testing system comprises a controller coupled to at least one coupling between a processor and a first reference integrated circuit device of an application system, wherein the first controller is configured to: tap the first test data transmitted via the at least one coupling; transmit second test data to a second reference integrated circuit device, wherein the second test data comprises at least a portion of the first test data; receive reference response data from the second reference integrated circuit device in response to the second test data transmitted thereto; transmit the second test data to at least one integrated circuit device under test; and transmit the reference response data to at least one comparator coupled to the at least one integrated circuit device under test. | 2009-12-10 |
20090306926 | Apparatus and method for measuring color - Color measuring systems and methods are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic and receive light reflected from the surface of the object being measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics pass to a variety of filters. The system utilizes the perimeter receiver fiber optics to determine information regarding the height and angle of the probe with respect to the object being measured. Under processor control, the color measurement may be made at a predetermined height and angle. Various color spectral photometer arrangements are disclosed. Translucency, fluorescence and/or surface texture data also may be obtained. Audio feedback may be provided to guide operator use of the system. The probe may have a removable or shielded tip for contamination prevention. | 2009-12-10 |