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20110090658 | PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT BOARD COVER - A protective, anti-tamper coating and methods of coating creation and application are provided. The coating may include an elastomeric layer to allow for strippability/removal. The coating may also include a “smart layer” for tamper detection, imaging prevention, and tamper prevention or underlying device de-activation/alteration upon tamper detection. The coating may also include one or more ground planes around the smart layer and one or more frangible layers designed to interrupt or alter smart layer function in the event of a tamper attempt. | 04-21-2011 |
20110120764 | SERVICEABLE CONFORMAL EM SHIELD - A conformal electro-magnetic (EM) shield and a method of applying such a shield are provided herein as well as variations thereof. Variations include, but are not limited to, frequency-selective shielding, shields containing active and/or passive electronic components, and strippable shields that can easily be applied to and removed from underlying components. Variations of a shield structure include at least an insulating layer between the underling component and the shield, and shielding and/or capping layers disposed over the insulating layer. | 05-26-2011 |
20110318503 | PLASMA ENHANCED MATERIALS DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A system and method for combined material deposition and plasma and/or controlled atmosphere treatment processing of substrates. In one variation, plasma and/or controlled atmosphere treatment and deposition are performed using a single processing system with multiple processing areas. In another variation, plasma and/or controlled atmosphere treatment and deposition are performed using a single processing system with a single processing area. Variations of deposition include printing or direct-write techniques. Processing areas may be atmospherically controlled or selectively sealable. | 12-29-2011 |
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20140053286 | DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE 2D TOPOLOGY COMMUNICATION AND VERIFICATION SCHEME - Systems and methods for securing devices and encoding information in hardware and hardware arrangements are provided. Variations include switched networks included in conformal coatings applied to or connected to components to be protected or encoded. The decoding or security key data is included as part of the network layout and/or switching logic such that physical changes to the network prevent the recovery of the key data. Nodes in the network may include sensors meant to change node or network behavior based on sensor detection results. | 02-20-2014 |
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20080232709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTRATION AND VECTOR EXTRACTION OF SAR IMAGES BASED ON AN ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION FILTERING ALGORITHM - A computer system for registering synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images includes a database for storing SAR images to be registered, and a processor for registering SAR images from the database. The registering includes selecting first and second SAR images to be registered, individually processing the selected first and second SAR images with an anisotropic diffusion algorithm, and registering the first and second SAR images after the processing. A shock filter is applied to the respective first and second processed SAR images before the registering. Elevation data is extracted based on the registered SAR images. | 09-25-2008 |
20080319723 | EXEMPLAR/PDE-BASED TECHNIQUE TO FILL NULL REGIONS AND CORRESPONDING ACCURACY ASSESSMENT - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial data storage device, and a processor cooperating with the geospatial data storage device for selectively inpainting data into at least one void in geospatial model data using a partial differential equation (PDE) algorithm and an exemplar algorithm. | 12-25-2008 |
20090085915 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING USER-SELECTABLE BUILDING SHAPE OPTIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device, a user input device, and a display. A processor may be included for cooperating with the geospatial model data storage device, the user input device and the display for displaying a geospatial model data set on the display including at least one group of building data points, and displaying a plurality of user-selectable different building shapes on the display based upon the at least one group of building data points. The plurality of user-selectable different building shapes may have different respective feature detail levels. The processor may further replace the at least one group of building data points with a given one of the user-selectable different building shapes based upon user selection thereof with the user input device. | 04-02-2009 |
20090089017 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING INPAINTING AND ERROR CALCULATION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device and a processor. The processor may cooperate with the geospatial model data storage device for identifying a plurality of localized error regions within a geospatial model data set, calculating an overall error value for the geospatial model data set, and inpainting at least one of the localized error regions and re-calculating the overall error value, and stopping inpainting when the overall error value is below an error threshold. | 04-02-2009 |
20090089018 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING BUILDING GENERATION BASED UPON USER INPUT ON 3D MODEL AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device, a user input device, a display, and a processor cooperating with the geospatial model data storage device, the user input device and the display for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) geospatial model data set on the display, displaying a building boundary around a user-selected building area responsive to the user input device, and generating a histogram of height values within the selected building area. The processor may also be for determining a building height based upon the histogram of height values, generating a building shape based upon the user-selected building area and the determined building height, and replacing data within the user-selected building area based upon the building shape. | 04-02-2009 |
20090106000 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM USING VOID FILLING AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device and a processor cooperating therewith for determining a void within a geospatial model data set defining a void boundary region, and selecting at least one raw fill region from within the geospatial model data set for filling the void. The processor may also cooperate with the geospatial model data storage device for adjusting elevation values of the at least one raw fill region based upon elevation differences between corresponding portions of the void boundary region and the at least one raw fill region, and updating the geospatial model based upon the adjusted elevation values of the at least one raw fill region. | 04-23-2009 |
20100232654 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING IRIS SCANS THROUGH NOVEL INPAINTING TECHNIQUES AND MOSAICING OF PARTIAL COLLECTIONS - A method and system for reconstructing iris scans for iris recognition is provided. A plurality of iris collection images of an iris is received. A single iris image of the iris is reconstructed using at least two of the plurality of iris collection images. Mosaicing may be used to combine at least two of the plurality of iris collection images into a single iris image. Inpainting methods, including PDE-based and exemplar-based techniques, may also be used to fill in area of missing information in an iris image. | 09-16-2010 |
20110110580 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING BUILDING AND VEGETATION IN A DSM AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database configured to store a digital surface model (DSM) of a geographical area, and to store image data of the geographical area. The image data may have a spectral range indicative of a difference between buildings and vegetation. The geospatial modeling system may also include a processor cooperating with the geospatial model database to separate bare earth data from remaining building and vegetation data in the DSM to define a building and vegetation DSM. The processor may also register the image data with the building and vegetation DSM, and classify each point of the building and vegetation DSM as either building or vegetation based upon the spectral range of the image data. | 05-12-2011 |
20110144962 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING ENHANCED FOLIAGE VOID REGION INPAINTING FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database and a processor cooperating with the geospatial model database. The processor may be configured to determine void regions in a geospatial data set including foliage data points and bare earth data points, where each void region has a boundary and at least one bare earth data point therein. The processor may also be configured to inpaint additional bare earth data points into each void region based upon bare earth data points outside the boundary and the at least one bare earth data point therein. | 06-16-2011 |
20120179432 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING POISSON-BASED VOID INPAINTING AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device and a processor cooperating with the geospatial model data storage device for inpainting seam-smoothed, void-fill data into a void in a geospatial data set for a geospatial region. The processor may select raw void-fill data from the geospatial data set, and generate the seam-smoothed, void-fill data by applying Poisson's equation to the raw void-fill data using boundary conditions based upon data along a corresponding interface between the void region and adjacent portions of the geospatial region. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179433 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING POISSON-BASED GEOSPATIAL DATA SET MERGING AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device, and a processor cooperating with the geospatial model data storage device for merging first and second geospatial data sets for corresponding first and second geospatial regions. The processor may be for generating seam-smoothed geospatial data for a corresponding selected geospatial region between adjacent portions of the first and second geospatial regions by applying Poisson's equation to data from at least one of the first and second geospatial data sets for the selected geospatial region using boundary conditions based upon data along corresponding interfaces between the selected geospatial region and adjacent portions of the first and second geospatial regions. | 07-12-2012 |
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20100013427 | MOTOR CONTROLLER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAXIMIZING ENERGY SAVINGS - A motor controller ( | 01-21-2010 |
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20100320956 | Energy Saving System and Method for Devices with Rotating or Reciprocating Masses - A system and method are provided for reducing the energy consumed by a pump jack electric motor by reducing the supply voltage to the motor when the motor would be generating energy in open loop mode. By substantially eliminating the energy generation mode, the braking action of the utility grid in limiting the acceleration of the motor and system that would otherwise occur is substantially removed. The motor and system will speed up, allowing the natural kinetic energy of the cyclic motion to perform part of the pumping action. A closed loop controller in electrical connection with the motor computes the necessary information from the observed phase angle between the voltage and current supplied to the motor. By reducing the supply voltage to the motor, the observed phase angle may be reduced to a target phase angle value. By allowing some current flow, primarily of a reactive nature, an observable feedback parameter may be used in the closed loop control system as an indication of the load condition, to which the closed loop motor controller may react, supplying power when needed, such as in the energy consumption mode. The electric motor may be effectively turned off, but without completely cutting the power to the motor. During both the energy consumption mode and the period that open loop energy generation would be occurring, the closed loop motor controller may reduce the observed phase angle to a target phase angle by reducing the supply voltage. Any further reduction in the observed phase angle below the target phase angle may be interpreted as an increase in motor load, to which the motor controller may respond by increasing the supply voltage to the motor until the target phase angle is once again reached. | 12-23-2010 |
20120213645 | Energy Saving System and Method for Devices with Rotating or Reciprocating Masses - A system and method are provided for reducing the energy consumed by a pump jack electric motor by reducing the supply voltage to the motor when the motor would be generating energy in open loop mode. By substantially eliminating the energy generation mode, the braking action of the utility grid in limiting the acceleration of the motor and system that would otherwise occur is substantially removed. The motor and system will speed up, allowing the natural kinetic energy of the cyclic motion to perform part of the pumping action. | 08-23-2012 |
20140294602 | ENERGY SAVING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICES WITH ROTATING OR RECIPROCATING MASSES - A system and method are provided for reducing the energy consumed by a pump jack electric motor by reducing the supply voltage to the motor when the motor would be generating energy in open loop mode. By substantially eliminating the energy generation mode, the braking action of the utility grid in limiting the acceleration of the motor and system that would otherwise occur is substantially removed. The motor and system will speed up, allowing the natural kinetic energy of the cyclic motion to perform part of the pumping action. In particular, when the energy consumption for the electric motor connected with the device having a rotating or reciprocating mass goes to zero, the line voltage to the motor is switched off, causing the frequency of the voltage across the motor terminals to increase. When the period of the voltage across the motor terminals returns to substantially the same as the period of the line voltage, the line voltage is switched on or reapplied to the motor. | 10-02-2014 |
20150056083 | ENERGY SAVING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICES WITH ROTATING OR RECIPROCATING MASSES - A system and method are provided for saving energy for an electric motor having periodic load variations by reducing the supply voltage to the motor during an open loop mode. The motor and system will speed up, allowing the natural kinetic energy of the cyclic motion to perform part of the pumping action. A closed loop controller computes information from the observed phase angle between the voltage and current supplied to the motor. By reducing the supply voltage to the motor, the observed phase angle may be reduced to a target phase angle value. By allowing some current flow, primarily of a reactive nature, an observable feedback parameter may be used in the closed loop control system as an indication of the load condition, to which the closed loop motor controller may react, supplying power when needed, such as in the energy consumption mode. | 02-26-2015 |
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