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20080270466 | Applying a Templated Business Graph to a Business Object - A method, system, and computer usable code is provided for using a templated pattern to define part types on a web service definition language (WSDL) interface. Applying the templated pattern enables peer services to define a transparent contract between specific WSDL part types. The templated pattern is used to wrap the original business object with the enriched business graph schema. The templated business graph is created by extending the business graph complex type that is provided by the business object framework runtime and adding an element delegating to the original business object. | 10-30-2008 |
20080281866 | Algorithm for Updating XML Schema Registry using Schema Pass by Value with Message - Schema information is provided with transmission of a data object. When a data object is converted to a transmission format, schema information for the object type is added to the transmission format element. The unmarshalling code uses the schema information to update a schema registry at the receiving end. The schema registry may then be used as a tool for converting the transmission format element back to the data element. The next time an object of that object type is sent to the recipient, the schema information is not added to the transmission format element. | 11-13-2008 |
20090063623 | DETERMINING CONNECTION INFORMATION TO USE TO ACCESS AN ARTIFACT FROM AN APPLICATION ON A REMOTE SERVER - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for determining connection information to use to access an artifact from an application on a remote server. A request is received in a local server for an artifact at a target application executing on a remote server. A determination is made as to whether a local repository includes connection information on the remote server. The connection information is used to communicate the request for the artifact to the remote server over a network. The connection information is accessed from the local repository in response to determining that the local repository includes the connection information for the remote server. A determination is made as to whether a common repository is available to provide the connection information for the remote server in response to determining that the local repository does not include the connection information for the remote server. Communication is made to the common repository over the network to access the connection information for the remote server in response to determining that the common repository is available to provide the connection information. | 03-05-2009 |
20090157719 | Mechanism for Converting After Image Data to a Delta Level Change - A mechanism is provided for converting after image data into a delta level change. An after image business graph is first transformed into a generic after image business graph. Another transformation is performed transforming the generic after image business graph into a second after image business graph, using delta information from another enterprise information system is used to create a delta business graph. A final transformation is performed to convert the delta business graph into a generic delta business graph. | 06-18-2009 |
20090204947 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRELATING TRACE DATA - A computer program product comprises a computer useable medium. The computer useable medium has a computer readable program such that when the computer readable medium is executed on a computer, the computer is caused to configure a calling interceptor at a service invocation point corresponding to a first component service of a software application to monitor a service invocation made by the first component service of a second component service of the software application, record a first set of correlation data represented by a first correlation indicator into a trace file, record a unique identifier into the trace file, and send the unique identifier to the second component service thought the service invocation. | 08-13-2009 |
20090204973 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PREEMPTIVE RESPONSE ROUTING - A computer program product comprises a computer usable medium. The computer usable medium has a computer readable program such that when the computer readable medium is executed on a computer, the computer is caused to receive a request from a calling service. Further, the computer is caused to determine reply-to endpoint information from the request. The reply-to endpoint information indicates the calling service as a calling service response endpoint. In addition, the computer is caused to monitor functionality of the calling service. The computer is also caused to update the reply-to endpoint information to indicate an alternative calling service as the calling service response endpoint if the functionality of the calling service is impaired prior to availability of response data for composition of a response. | 08-13-2009 |
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20080228161 | Materials for Facilitating Administration of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (Dmso) and Related Compounds - The invention relates generally to materials for facilitating the administration of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and related compounds. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a kit comprising items used for the safe and effective administration of DMSO. In another embodiment, the invention relates to indicating containers for holding or delivering DMSO. | 09-18-2008 |
20080251081 | Systems for Removing Dimethyl Sulfoxide (Dmso) or Related Compounds or Odors Associated with Same - Preferred embodiments of the invention relate to systems for removing dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or related compounds, or odors associated with same. The systems include adsorbents, odor adsorbing fabrics, masks, clean air members and clean air supply assemblies. | 10-16-2008 |
20110078964 | PRESS-FIT STORM WINDOW SYSTEM HAVING CONTROLLED BLOWOUT - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a storm window having a controlled blowout mechanism. In some embodiments a blowout from wind pressure is controlled by the shape and orientation of a rigid window panel. Other embodiments include a venting portion with the storm window. Other embodiments rely on variation in restorative force within resilient material used to make the storm window. | 04-07-2011 |
20140058337 | MATERIALS FOR FACILITATING ADMINISTRATION OF DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO) AND RELATED COMPOUNDS - The invention relates generally to materials for facilitating the administration of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and related compounds. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a kit comprising items used for the safe and effective administration of DMSO. In another embodiment, the invention relates to indicating containers for holding or delivering DMSO. | 02-27-2014 |
20140116444 | DEVICES FOR REMOVAL OF DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO) OR RELATED COMPOUNDS OR ASSOCIATED ODORS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Several embodiments of the invention relate to devices for the removal of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or related compounds, or odors associated with DMSO or DMSO-related compounds. Several embodiments relate to methods of using the same. In several embodiments the devices include adsorbents, odor adsorbing fabrics, masks, clean air members and clean air supply assemblies. | 05-01-2014 |
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20100316293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNATURE EXTRACTION USING MUTUAL INTERDEPENDENCE ANALYSIS - A method for determining a signature vector of a high dimensional dataset includes initializing a mutual interdependence vector w | 12-16-2010 |
20110261983 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OWN VOICE RECOGNITION WITH ADAPTATIONS FOR NOISE ROBUSTNESS - Own voice recognition (OVR) for hearing aids, detects time instances where the person wearing the device is speaking. Classification of the own voice is performed dependent on a fixed or adaptive detection threshold. Automatic tuning in a real-time system depends on general noise statistics in the input signals. The noise is removed from the received signal and is characterized by signal-to-noise ratio and noise color. An optimal detection threshold for own voice recognition is determined based on the noise characteristics. A noise detection model is created by smoothed Voronoi tessellation. Own voice detection is performed by a processor. | 10-27-2011 |
20110302114 | Systems and Methods For Turbo On-Line One-Class Learning - Methods for one-class learning using support vector machines from a plurality of data batches are provided. A first support vector machine is learned from the plurality of data batches by a processor. A new data batch is received by the processor and is classified by the first support vector machine. If a non-zero loss classification occurs a new support vector machine is trained using the first support vector machine and the new data batch only. Data batches can be discarded if they are represented by the current support vector machine or after being used for training an updated support vector machine. Weighing factors applied to update the first support vector machine depend upon a parameter which is optimized iteratively. Support vectors do not need to be recalculated. A classifier is learned in a number of stages equal to the number of data batches processed on-line. | 12-08-2011 |
20120275271 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLIND LOCALIZATION OF CORRELATED SOURCES - A system and a method for a blind direction of arrival estimation is provided for a nonlinear 1-dimensional array of M receivers of J11-01-2012 | |
20120286974 | Hit and Run Prevention and Documentation System for Vehicles - Systems and methods provide a vehicle hit-and-run prevention and documentation method and system that warn approaching vehicles that pose a collision threat and document the occurrence of a collision. Embodiments use vehicle proximity sensors in conjunction with vehicle video cameras to detect an approaching object, determine the likelihood of collision and if likely, record video data. | 11-15-2012 |
20130245389 | Learning Patient Monitoring and Intervention System - A patient monitoring and intervention system, comprises an interface for receiving data representing multiple different parameters from multiple different sensors, comprising sensors in a patient bed and attached to a patient including, a heart rate sensor, a respiration sensor and a pressure sensor indicating bed pressure points. A learning processor determines a normal range for a set of the different received patient parameters for the patient by recording the patient parameter values over a time period and analyzing the recorded parameter values to determine their range. A data processor determines if the set of different received patient parameters exceeds the determined normal range and in response to this determination and in response to the type of parameters in the set and medical record information of the patient, initiates adjustment of a patient bed and at least one of, (a) changes medication administered to a patient and (b) alerts a worker of the patient parameter change. | 09-19-2013 |
20130275128 | CHANNEL DETECTION IN NOISE USING SINGLE CHANNEL DATA - Methods related to Generalized Mutual Interdependence Analysis (GMIA), a low complexity statistical method for projecting data in a subspace that captures invariant properties of the data, are implemented on a processor based system. GMIA methods are applied to the signal processing problem of voice activity detection and classification. Real-world conversational speech data are modeled to fit the GMIA assumptions. Low complexity GMIA computations extract reliable features for classification of sound under noisy conditions and operate with small amounts of data. A speaker is characterized by a slow varying or invariant channel that is learned and is tracked from single channel data by GMIA methods. | 10-17-2013 |
20130308790 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DOPPLER RECOGNITION AIDED METHOD (DREAM) FOR SOURCE LOCALIZATION AND SEPARATION - Systems and methods are provided for source localization and separation by sampling a large scale microphone array asynchronously to simulate a smaller size but moving microphone array. Signals that arrive from different angles at the array are shifted differently in their frequency content. The sources are separated by evaluating correlated and even equal frequency content. Compressive sampling enables the utilization of extremely large scale microphone arrays by reducing the computational effort orders of magnitude in comparison to standard synchronous sampling approaches. Processor based systems to perform the source separation methods are also provided. | 11-21-2013 |
20140036060 | METHODS FOR DEBLENDING OF SEISMIC SHOT GATHERS - A system and methods to deblend seismic data from a plurality of sources and received by a plurality of sensors as shot gathers are disclosed. The deblending is performed by a Mutual Interdependence Analysis Method to separate contributions of different shots. Deblending is also performed by applying a measure of coherence in parallel data domains such as Common Shot Gather and Common Midpoint. Deblending is also achieved by using the hyperbolic nature of seismic data in the common midpoint domain. Deblended signals are estimated and are applied to create a seismic image. Also, Bergman iteration based migration is applied directly on the blended seismic shot gathers without first deblending as an alternative method. The methods are applied in seismic imaging for exploration of natural resources. | 02-06-2014 |
20140064326 | NOISE ROBUST TIME OF FLIGHT ESTIMATION FOR ACOUSTIC PYROMETRY - An acoustic signal traversing a hot gas is sampled at a source and a receiver and is represented in overlapping windows that maximize useable signal content. Samples in each window are processed to represented in different sparsified bins in the frequency domain. Determining a signal delay between the source and the receiver from a summation of maximum smoothed coherence transform cross-correlation values of different data windows wherein a sparseness of a mean smoothed coherence transform cross-correlation of windows is maximized. Determining a set of delay times wherein outliers are deleted to estimate a time of flight from which a temperature of the hot gas is calculated. | 03-06-2014 |
20140098964 | Method and Apparatus for Acoustic Area Monitoring by Exploiting Ultra Large Scale Arrays of Microphones - Systems and methods are provided to create an acoustic map of a space containing multiple acoustic sources. Source localization and separation takes place by sampling an ultra large microphone array containing over 1020 microphones. The space is divided into a plurality of masks, wherein each masks represents a pass region and a complementary rejection region. Each mask is associated with a subset of microphones and beamforming filters that maximize a gain for signals coming from the pass region of the mask and minimizes the gain for signals from the complementary region according to an optimization criterion. The optimization criterion may be a minimization of a performance function for the beamforming filters. The performance function is preferably a convex function. A processor provides a scan applying the plurality of masks to locate a target source. Processor based systems to perform the optimization are also provided. | 04-10-2014 |
20140314251 | BROADBAND SENSOR LOCATION SELECTION USING CONVEX OPTIMIZATION IN VERY LARGE SCALE ARRAYS - Systems and methods are provided to determine a subset of D microphones in a set of N microphones on a perimeter of a space to monitor a target location. The space is divided into L interference locations. An equation is solved to determine microphone weights for the N microphones by minimizing the maximum gain for signals related to the target location and interference locations, further optimized over an l | 10-23-2014 |
20150063411 | NON-INTRUSIVE MEASURMENT OF HOT GAS TEMPERATURE IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method and apparatus for operating a gas turbine engine including determining a temperature of a working gas at a predetermined axial location within the engine. An acoustic signal is encoded with a distinct signature defined by a set of predetermined frequencies transmitted as a non-broadband signal. Acoustic signals are transmitted from an acoustic transmitter located at a predetermined axial location along the flow path of the gas turbine engine. A received signal is compared to one or more transmitted signals to identify a similarity of the received signal to a transmitted signal to identify a transmission time for the received signal. A time-of-flight is determined for the signal and the time-of-flight for the signal is processed to determine a temperature in a region of the predetermined axial location. | 03-05-2015 |
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20140324739 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEARNING OF NORMAL SENSOR SIGNATURES, CONDITION MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS - Systems and methods to monitor a signal from an apparatus are disclosed. A feature extracted from the signal is automatically defined. Signals are received over a period of time wherein the apparatus is in a normal operational mode. Features are classified in a learning mode and are applied to create a reference model that defines a within-normal operational mode. In a testing mode a signal generated by the apparatus is received, a feature is extracted and classified. Instantaneous data generated in operational mode by the apparatus is classified by the system as abnormal if it does not lie within boundaries of the reference model or contains information/structure in an orthogonal subspace. A learned reference model is augmented by a user or automatically. In one illustrative example the apparatus is a power generation equipment and the signal is an acoustic signal. | 10-30-2014 |
20150027211 | FLAME MONITORING OF A GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR USING A CHARACTERISTIC SPECTRAL PATTERN FROM A DYNAMIC PRESSURE SENSOR IN THE COMBUSTOR - The state of a flame in a gas turbine engine combustor is acoustically monitored using a dynamic pressure sensor within the combustor. A spectral pattern of a dynamic pressure sensor output signal from the sensor is compared with a characteristic frequency pattern that includes information about an acoustic pattern of the flame and information about acoustic signal canceling due to reflections within the combustor. The spectral pattern may also be compared with a characteristic frequency pattern including information about a flame-out condition in the combustor. | 01-29-2015 |
20150068294 | FLAME MONITORING OF A GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR USING MULTIPLE DYNAMIC PRESSURE SENSORS IN MULTIPLE COMBUSTORS - The state of a flame in a subject combustor of a gas turbine engine is acoustically monitored using a dynamic pressure sensor within the subject combustor and one or more additional sensors in nearby combustors. Dynamic pressure sensor output signals from the sensors are cross correlated to identify acoustic oscillations generated by a flame in the subject combustor and received by the sensors. The cross correlation may be constrained by a maximum time delay between correlated components of the signals, based on physical characteristics. | 03-12-2015 |
20150185089 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER IN SYSTEM FOR GAS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT IN GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An apparatus for controlling operation of a gas turbine engine including at least one acoustic transmitter/receiver device located on a flow path boundary structure. The acoustic transmitter/receiver device includes an elongated sound passage defined by a surface of revolution having opposing first and second ends and a central axis extending between the first and second ends, an acoustic sound source located at the first end, and an acoustic receiver located within the sound passage between the first and second ends. The boundary structure includes an opening extending from outside the boundary structure to the flow path, and the second end of the surface of revolution is affixed to the boundary structure at the opening for passage of acoustic signals between the sound passage and the flow path. | 07-02-2015 |
20150260557 | NONINTRUSIVE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE IN REAL TIME - Performance of a gas turbine engine is monitored by computing a mass flow rate through the engine. Acoustic time-of-flight measurements are taken between acoustic transmitters and receivers in the flow path of the engine. The measurements are processed to determine average speeds of sound and gas flow velocities along those lines-of-sound. A volumetric flow rate in the flow path is computed using the gas flow velocities together with a representation of the flow path geometry. A gas density in the flow path is computed using the speeds of sound and a measured static pressure. The mass flow rate is calculated from the gas density and the volumetric flow rate. | 09-17-2015 |
20150260611 | NONINTRUSIVE TRANSCEIVER AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING TEMPERATURE AND VELOCITY FIELDS IN A GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - An acoustic transceiver is implemented for measuring acoustic properties of a gas in a turbine engine combustor. The transceiver housing defines a measurement chamber and has an opening adapted for attachment to a turbine engine combustor wall. The opening permits propagation of acoustic signals between the gas in the turbine engine combustor and gas in the measurement chamber. An acoustic sensor mounted to the housing receives acoustic signals propagating in the measurement chamber, and an acoustic transmitter mounted to the housing creates acoustic signals within the measurement chamber. An acoustic measurement system includes at least two such transceivers attached to a turbine engine combustor wall and connected to a controller. | 09-17-2015 |
20150260612 | PARAMETER DISTRIBUTION MAPPING IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A profile map of parameter values in a region is determined based on average values along linear paths through the region. In one example, a temperature map of a region of a gas turbine engine is created based on time-of-flight measurements from acoustic transceiver pairs arranged circumferentially around the region. A speed of sound for each transceiver pair is determined based on the time-of-flight measurements. An average temperature along each path is estimated from the time of flight, and the profile map is computed from the average temperatures. The profile map may be computed using a polynomial approximation technique, a grid optimization technique or a basis function technique. | 09-17-2015 |
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20160103039 | SINGLE DYNAMIC PRESSURE SENSOR BASED FLAME MONITORING OF A GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - The state of a flame in a gas turbine combustor is acoustically monitored using a single dynamic pressure sensor within the combustor. A dynamic pressure sensor output signal is received from the single sensor and is processed to determine a flame status. The signal is processed by performing an autocorrelation operation to identify time-separated portions of the signal and to determine that the time-separated portions of the signal include portions indicative of acoustic oscillations emitted by the flame in the gas turbine engine combustor and received directly by the single acoustic sensor, and portions indicative of reflections. | 04-14-2016 |
20160109304 | A Fully Automated Calibration System for Acoustic Pyrometry - A method of calibrating transceiver positions inside an acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel that contains a plurality of transceivers, includes determining ( | 04-21-2016 |
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20090294017 | OPTICAL CONTACTING ENABLED BY THIN FILM DIELECTRIC INTERFACE - A method of assembling precision optical or optomechanical components of otherwise incompatible chemistry that provides first and second components having respective first and second polished contacting surfaces to be bonded; deposits a thin film dielectric coating at the surface of the first and or second polished surface, and contacts the coated portion of the first or second components with the respective contacting surfaces to be bonded, while maintaining alignment of the two components, to form a single structure. | 12-03-2009 |
20090294051 | OPTICAL CONTACTING ENABLED BY THIN FILM DIELECTRIC INTERFACE - A method of assembling precision optical or optomechanical components of otherwise incompatible chemistry that provides first and second components having respective first and second polished contacting surfaces to be bonded; deposits a thin film dielectric coating at the surface of the first and or second polished surface, and contacts the coated portion of the first or second components with the respective contacting surfaces to be bonded, while maintaining alignment of the two components, to form a single structure. | 12-03-2009 |
20100272964 | Optical Contacting Enabled by Thin Film Dielectric Interface - A composite assembly comprises a first component, a second component, and a coating formed on at least one of the first and second components. The coating comprises a layer of material for allowing the first and second components to be optically contacted, while the coating is optically inert when disposed between the first and second components. | 10-28-2010 |
20100284430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING HIGH REPETITION RATE ULTRA-SHORT OPTICAL PULSES - Systems, methods, circuits and/or devices for generating high repetition rate ultra-short pulses are described. As one of many examples, an optical pulse generating laser system is described that produces mode-locked optical pulses. The laser system incorporates an optical pulse generation device that includes two optical loops coupled via a beam splitter. In addition, the optical pulse generation device includes an optical gain medium that is associated with the first optical loop, and a saturable element that is disposed in either the first optical loop or the second optical loop. The saturable element is operable to modulate a group of optical pulses propagating in at least one of the first optical loop and the second optical loop to create a group of substantially regular modulated pulses. | 11-11-2010 |
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20110127178 | BULK MATERIAL STORAGE APPARATUS - Bulk material storage apparatus including adjustable leg members and lift apparatuses and methods of using such apparatus. | 06-02-2011 |
20120275888 | SEED TENDER - Seed tender apparatus for holding one or more seed containers and including an inclined conveyor apparatus pivotable between a stowed configuration and a discharged configuration. | 11-01-2012 |
20130001320 | SPRAY HOOD - Spray hood assemblies may be adapted to be moved over undesired foliage so as to temporarily enclose them when liquids (e.g., agricultural chemicals such as herbicide) are sprayed. The spray hood assemblies may assist in ensuring that a high percentage of the sprayed liquids are deposited where they are intended to be sprayed rather than being blown away or onto adjacent desired plants. | 01-03-2013 |
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20140262365 | IMPLEMENTS, IMPLEMENT SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISPLACING GROUND MATERIAL - An implement may be configured to displace ground material. For example, an implement may include roller apparatus (e.g., a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements) configured to engage a ground surface and form a plurality of reservoirs in the ground surface. | 09-18-2014 |
20140271975 | VENT APPARATUS - A vent apparatus for use in a mold defining an opening that includes a vent tube portion configured to extend through the opening of the mold and a secondary tube portion configured to mate with the first end portion of the vent tube portion. For example, the secondary tube portion may be used to seal the passageway at the first end portion and may define one or more membrane regions configured to melt during a mold process to unseal the passageway. | 09-18-2014 |
20160023378 | VENT APPARATUS - A vent apparatus for use in a mold defining an opening that includes a vent tube portion configured to extend through the opening of the mold and a secondary tube portion configured to mate with the first end portion of the vent tube portion. For example, the secondary tube portion may be used to seal the passageway at the first end portion and may define one or more membrane regions configured to melt during a mold process to unseal the passageway. | 01-28-2016 |
20160031595 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MATERIAL TRANSFER - A coupler apparatus may be used to couple a container to a reservoir to transfer material therebetween. The coupler apparatus may be coupled to the container, and then to the reservoir. Material may not be allowed to flow through the coupler when the coupler is not coupled to the reservoir. | 02-04-2016 |
20160083202 | METERING APPARATUS - A metering apparatus may be configured to control flow of material from a reservoir to control the amount of material applied, dispensed, and/or spread to a field while a vehicle traverses the field. The metering apparatus may include an auger portion located in an elevator channel to control the flow of material out of a reservoir opening of the reservoir. | 03-24-2016 |