17th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140114488 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TECHNICAL APPARATUS - The invention relates to a method for controlling a technical apparatus in which a time profile (E(t)) for a power requirement (E) for the technical apparatus is ascertained over at least one period and an operating state of the technical apparatus is matched to the ascertained power requirement (E) on the basis of time. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114489 | SUSTAINABLE ENERGY EFFICIENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Illustrative embodiments of a sustainable energy management system (SEEMS) are disclosed. Embodiments of the SEEMS may illustratively include a sustainable energy efficiency hardware platform, a local sustainable energy efficiency software platform, a hosted sustainable energy efficiency software platform, and a sustainable energy efficiency business process. The SEEMS may generate graphical energy efficiency reports, graphical budget impact reports, and graphical energy summary reports, among many other outputs. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114490 | LOAD PREDICTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ENERGY-SAVING CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of energy-saving technologies and disclose a load prediction method, an apparatus, and an energy-saving control communications system, so as to improve accuracy in load prediction and achieve a better effect in energy saving. The method includes: acquiring load information of a local load entity; acquiring load information of a load entity adjacent to the local load entity; and predicting load of the local load entity in a next period according to the load information of the local load entity and the load information of the load entity adjacent to the local load entity. The embodiments of the present disclosure are mainly applied to energy-saving scheduling for a device on a communications network. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114491 | Method and System for a Power Device with Automatic Equipment Disconnect - A power device may automatically disconnect a wired connection in response to received weather alert data based on a configuration file including one or more user preference settings. The power device may include an input to receive power from an external power source, and an output to provide the wired connection to an electronic device by providing the power received from the input to the electronic device. The power device may also include a receiver to receive the weather alert data. The power device may process the received weather alert data and disconnect the wired connection based on the one or more user preference settings. A timer function may define a time period that the power device monitors its receiver for weather alert data and automatically disconnects and reconnects the wired connection. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114492 | System and Method for a Power Line Modem - In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating an electronic system includes detecting an incoming transmission on a power line, and modifying a switching behavior of a switched-mode power supply coupled to the power line upon detecting the incoming transmission. Modifying reduces the level of interference produced by the switched-mode power supply. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114493 | ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE SAME AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An environment control system comprising: a positioning system; and an electric facility control system, the positioning system comprising: at least one sensor configured to detect the location and the motion of the human being; and an operation unit configured to compute at least a value of a motion activity of the human being, the electric facility control system comprising: a determining unit configured to determine whether the human being is in a moving state or a resting state by comparing the value of the motion activity with a predetermined threshold value; and a controller configured to control the electric facility to change the environment of the given space, wherein the operation unit computes the value of the motion activity based on the operation result. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114494 | LOAD SHARING ARCHITECTURE FOR REDUNDANT CHANNEL CONTROLLERS - A redundant, multi-source architecture provides output loads access to each of the plurality of power sources. The architecture includes at a least a first power bus and a second power bus. A plurality of loads are connected to the first power bus and the second power bus. Redundant first and second channel controllers are connected to receive power from the first power bus and the second power bus, respectively, wherein one of the first and second channel controllers is designated as the active channel controller. The active channel controller allocates power from both the first power bus and the second power bus to each of the plurality of loads. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114495 | Method In An Electric Power System, Controller, Computer Programs, Computer Program Products And Electric Power System - The invention relates to a method in an electric power system including one or more power generation source(s) and a dynamic power compensator having a battery energy storage. The method includes the steps of: detecting a frequency disturbance within the electricity power system requiring an additional power generation source to be connected to the electricity power system in order to meet a power demand; and controlling the power output from the battery energy storage of the dynamic power compensator during start-up of the additional power generation source thereby limiting the frequency disturbance within the electric power system. The invention also relates to a controller, computer program, computer program products and electric power system. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114496 | Thermal Control System Based on Nonlinear Zonal Fan Operation and Optimized Fan Power - An approach is provided in which a cooling manager retrieves pre-characterization data corresponding to a fan that electronic components included in a computer system. The pre-characterization data includes operational zones based upon fan power measurements and fan speed settings. The cooling manager sets the fan to a first speed setting within a first operational zone, and detects that one of the components generates a temperature change value that exceeds a specified temperature change value corresponding to the component. In turn, the cooling manager selects a second operational zone and sets the fan to a second speed setting within the second operational zone. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114497 | In-Vehicle Network System - Provided is an in-vehicle network equipped with a function whereby configuration verification is performed while preventing an increase in the processing load (and cost) for each in-vehicle control device, thus improving vehicle security. This in-vehicle network system is equipped with a configuration management device that authenticates an in-vehicle control device. The configuration management device delivers to the in-vehicle control device, via a registration device connected to the in-vehicle network, configuration verification data that is used to perform configuration verification (see FIG. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114498 | Control Unit for Operating a Motor Vehicle - A control unit for operating a motor vehicle includes a basic module and a function module, which is constructed in a secured run-time environment. The control unit includes predefined first and second interfaces, which each couple the basic module and the function module. The basic module is designed for determining one or more function input quantities, depending on at least one operating quantity, and for providing the function input quantities at the first interface. The basic module is further designed for determining control variables of the actuators, depending on one or more output quantities, which are provided at the second interface. The function module is designed for determining the one or more output quantities, depending on the function input quantities provided t the first interface and a predefined quantity of rules, which output quantities characterize an operating strategy from a quantity of predefined operating strategies, and for providing the output quantities at the second interface. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114499 | Methods and Apparatus for Vehicle State Control - A system includes a processor configured to receive a text message from a remote device including an instruction for a vehicle system. The processor is also configured to determine a specific vehicle associated with the remote device. Further, the processor is configured to send the instruction as a text message to a phone provided to the specific vehicle associated with the remote device. The processor is additionally configured to receive confirmation from the vehicle that the instruction was processed and send a confirmation text to the remote device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SIDE MIRROR - A method and system for adjusting a side mirror. The method includes determining, by a controller using an in-vehicle radio communication device, when an application vehicle is near an intersection, determining, by the controller using the in-vehicle radio communication device, when a second vehicle is located in a danger zone, calculating, by the controller including a memory and a processor, a mirror zone, wherein the mirror zone is an area visible in a side mirror, based on an angle between a driver and the side mirror, and adjusting, by the controller, an angle of the side mirror so the second vehicle is visible in the mirror zone when the second vehicle is located in the danger zone. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114501 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE BY PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for controlling a vehicle-mounted device by a portable terminal is provided. The method comprises the following steps. The vehicle-mounted device is turned on. A synchronous mode is started. Connection to the portable terminal is confirmed. The vehicle-mounted device is switched to the synchronous mode. An operation module is selected. A stored pattern of operation modes of the operation module is transmitted to the portable terminal. An operation module on the portable terminal is started for enabling the vehicle-mounted device to playback the function mode corresponding to the operation module and controlling the vehicle-mounted device by operating the operation mode on the portable terminal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114502 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE PREVENTION OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS CAUSES BY FAILURE TO OBEY ROAD REGULATIONS, A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE SYSTEM, A MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SYSTEM, AND USE OF THE SYSTEM IN VEHICLES - The present disclosure introduces an accident prevention method and system. The system is suitable for installation in a vehicle. A device measures at least one driving parameter of the vehicle. A controller is supplied with at least one traffic rule in order to detect, in response to the driving parameter, one or more traffic violations by a driver of the vehicle. A display, visible from outside the vehicle, shows data related to the traffic violations committed by the driver. A method of manufacture of the system, a vehicle equipped with the system, and uses of the system are also disclosed. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114503 | Remote Function Fob for a Vehicle Passive Entry Passive Start System and Method for Operating Same - A remote function fob is disclosed for a passive entry-passive start (PEPS) system for a vehicle. The fob may include a battery, a low frequency (LF) receiver, and a controller. The controller may be configured to enable a low current consumption mode wherein the LF receiver is disabled such that the fob is unable to respond to a PEPS request signal transmitted from a vehicle control module. A method is also disclosed which may include enabling a low current consumption mode wherein a fob receiver is disabled such that the fob is unable to respond to a PEPS request signal transmitted from a vehicle control module. In such a fashion, a shelf-life of the fob battery may be extended. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114504 | IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - An in-vehicle system has a control device that controls a vehicle, and a charging device provided in the vehicle, in which a portable terminal is chargeable. The charging device has a power supply part that supplies power to the portable terminal, and a communication part that communicates with the portable terminal when the portable terminal is installed on the charging device. The control device has an authentication part that authenticates first authentication information received by the communication part from the portable terminal, and a vehicle control part that controls whether to permit starting of the vehicle based on an authentication result of the first authentication information. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114505 | Yaw Damping System And Method For Aircraft - An alternative system for damping the dutch roll mode in an aircraft is provided using roll control surfaces. Classical yaw dampers for the dutch roll mode utilize the yaw control surfaces such as a rudder to dampen the dutch roll mode oscillations. An alternative damper is described that utilizes roll control surfaces such as spoilers or ailerons to dampen the dutch roll mode. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114506 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE PILOTING OF AN AIRCRAFT DURING A LANDING AND PILOTING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD - A method for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft during a landing on a landing area on the ground. The method includes the following steps: (1) during a landing phase, while the landing area on the ground is visible from the aircraft: displaying, on a screen of the cockpit of the aircraft, a target corresponding to this landing, overlaid on a view outside the aircraft; receiving from a pilot a command to modify this target and displaying the duly modified target; and receiving a command to validate a value of the target by a pilot; (2) automatically determining an aircraft flight trajectory as a function of the aircraft's current position and of the value of the target validated by the pilot and storing this trajectory; and (3) guiding the aircraft along the stored trajectory. Also a piloting assistance system suitable for implementing this method is disclosed. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114507 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Automatically Controlling a Locomotive - A system, method, and apparatus for automatically controlling a locomotive include a control interface unit configured to receive input from at least one manual control, receive input from an automatic control system, and transmit commands to a locomotive control system, wherein the commands are based at least partially on the input received from the automatic control system. A bypass relay may also be provided to enable and disable communication between the at least one manual control and the locomotive control system. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114508 | Automatic Wireless Network Synchronization of a Physically Connected Locomotive Consist - A system and method for automatically establishing a wireless network between multiple units in a locomotive consist. A leading locomotive may transmit through the MU cable a ping signal to a remote unit that is directly or indirectly connected to the leading locomotive. When the remote unit replies to the ping, the leading locomotive may transmit through the MU cable network setup information to the remote unit. The remote unit may automatically setup its network controls using the data provided by the leading locomotive to communicate with the leading locomotive through a wireless network. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114509 | Predictive Sea State Mapping for Ship Motion Control - A motion control system for a ship has one or more sensors generating sea condition data and at least one ship control system. Analyzer software receives the sea condition data and predicts a sea condition event. Calculator software calculates one or more commands in preparation for the sea condition event. Interface software communicates the one or more commands to the at least one ship control system and the at least one ship control system implements a command in advance of the event. The at least one ship control system may comprise a ride control system having one or more motion control devices. The at least one ship control system may also comprise an auto pilot system. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FAULT MITIGATION FOR VEHICLE SYSTEMS HAVING HIGH AND LOW SIDE DRIVERS - A system and method for providing fault mitigation in a vehicle system having high side drivers (HSDs) and low side drivers (LSDs) are provided. The system includes a first HSD and a plurality of first LSDs. The system also includes a selected first plurality of actuators, with each actuator connected to the first HSD and connected to a respective one of the first LSDs to operate in a first operational mode. The system further includes a second HSD and a plurality of second LSDs. The system also includes a selected second plurality of actuators, with each actuator connected to the second HSD and connected to a respective one of the second LSDs to operate in a second operational mode. When a failed component sets a fault, the corresponding HSD is turned off and the other HSD is turned on, enabling the vehicle system to operate in the non-faulted operational mode. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114511 | FUEL MAINTENANCE MONITOR FOR A PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE - A vehicle has an engine, a fuel tank, and a controller configured to selectively operate the engine, during one or more drive cycles, until a specified fraction of fuel from the tank has been consumed in response to expiration of a predefined time period to limit fuel degradation. A powertrain system has a traction battery, an engine, a fuel tank, and a controller configured to selectively operate the engine in response to a quality of fuel in the tank being below a threshold until a specified fraction of fuel has been consumed, thereby limiting fuel degradation. A method of controlling a vehicle includes, in response to expiration of a predefined time period, selectively operating an engine, during one or more vehicle drive cycles, such that state of charge of a traction battery is generally maintained until a specified fraction of fuel in a fuel tank has been consumed to limit degradation of the fuel. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114512 | USER OVERRIDE FOR ELECTRIC-ONLY OPERATION OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle are provided. The vehicle controller is configured to (i) in response to the user interface receiving input selecting an electric-only operating (EV) mode, disable the engine such that the vehicle is propelled by the electric machine, (ii) in response to the user interface receiving input overriding EV mode, re-enabling the engine for a predetermined time period. A vehicle is provided with a controller. In response to input selecting an electric-only operating (EV) mode, an engine is disabled such that the vehicle is propelled by an electric machine. In response to user power demand being greater than power available during the EV mode, a prompt is generated inquiring whether to override the EV mode. In response to user confirmation to override the EV mode, the engine is re-enabled to satisfy the user power demand. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114513 | SYSTEM OVERRIDE FOR USER SELECTED ELECTRIC-ONLY OPERATION OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A vehicle, a control system for a vehicle having a user interface, and a method of controlling a vehicle are provided. In response to input selecting an electric-only operating mode, an engine is disabled such that the vehicle is propelled by an electric machine. In response to detecting a predefined vehicle state while the electric-only operating mode is selected, the engine is re-enabled such that the vehicle is propelled by at least one of the engine and electric machine. In response to detecting an absence of the predefined vehicle state while the electric-only operating mode is selected, the engine is disabled such that the vehicle is propelled by the electric machine. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114514 | DELAYED ELECTRIC-ONLY OPERATION OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle include a controller configured to, in response to a user command to delay electric-only operation of the vehicle, selectively operate an electric machine and an engine to propel the vehicle such that a state of charge of a traction battery electrically connected with the electric machine is generally maintained at a target value within a predefined range of states of charge. A vehicle includes a powertrain and a controller. The controller is configured to (i) operate the powertrain in a charge deplete mode and a charge sustain mode, and (ii) in response to a user request, operate the powertrain in the charge sustain mode if the state of charge is within a predefined range of states of charge when the request is received. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE HAVING AN ELECTRIC HEATER - A system and method for operating an electric heater to determine heater functionality is based on actual heater power consumption relative to expected heater power consumption during operating conditions where electrical power consumption by other system components can be accurately estimated. One or more components, including a second heating source, may be controlled based on the heater functionality. The system may include a hybrid vehicle having an engine, an electric heater and heater core, a valve positioned to route coolant through the engine and/or the electric heater, and a controller configured to store a diagnostic code and/or start the engine when the electric heater is commanded on and when the actual energy consumption of the electric heater is below a corresponding threshold. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE HAVING A SINGLE-WIRE ACTUATOR - A system and method for determining functionality of a single signal wire actuator of a vehicle monitor the signal wire for a heartbeat signal after commanding the actuator and waiting for a self-diagnostic period. In one embodiment, a hybrid vehicle includes an engine, an electric heater, a heater core and a valve positioned to route coolant through an engine and/or an electric heater. An actuator positioned to circulate coolant through the electric heater and the heater core is configured to transmit a heartbeat signal while connected to a power source and a ground terminal. A vehicle controller may be configured to store a diagnostic code, start the engine and/or control the valve to selectively route coolant through the engine and the heater core in response to a heat request and the heartbeat signal not being received from the actuator within a predetermined interval of time. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114517 | VEHICLE POWER GENERATING DEVICE AND POWER GENERATION CONTROL METHOD - In power generation control for a vehicle, which is configured to control power generation so as to reduce an amount of fuel consumed by power generation of the internal combustion engine, the vehicle including: a generator configured to be driven by the internal combustion engine to generate electric power; and the battery to be charged by the generated electric power of the generator, the vehicle being configured to stop idling at a predetermined vehicle speed or less, a battery voltage as an inter-terminal voltage of the battery is detected, and the internal combustion engine is controlled to interrupt power generation involving fuel consumption one of when the detected battery voltage reaches a predetermined combustion power generation interruption voltage and when the detected battery voltage exceeds the predetermined combustion power generation interruption voltage. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114518 | HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a controller for a hybrid electric vehicle having a first actuator and a second actuator operable to drive a driveline of the vehicle, the vehicle having releasable torque transmitting means operable releasably to couple the first actuator to the driveline, the releasable torque transmitting means being operable between a first condition in which the first actuator is substantially disconnected from the driveline and a second condition in which the first actuator is substantially connected to the driveline, the controller being operable to control the vehicle to transition between a first mode in which the releasable torque transmitting means is in the first condition and a second mode in which the releasable torque transmitting means is in the second condition, when a transition from the first mode to the second mode is required the controller being arranged to provide a control signal to the first actuator to control the speed thereof, the control signal being responsive to the speed of the first actuator and the amount of torque transfer provided by the releasable torque transmitting means. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114519 | BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND POWER SYSTEM - There is provided a battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer, on at least one surface of a positive electrode current collector, including a binder and a positive electrode active material of a deoxidized lithium transition metal composite oxide. The positive electrode active material layer shows first and second peaks of oxygen amounts generated from a type of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode active material layer when the positive electrode active material layer is heated in a charge state of higher than or equal to 4.2 V and lower than or equal to 4.5 V in a lithium antipode potential, the second peak appearing in a temperature region higher than a temperature region of the first peak. At least the second peak appears in a temperature region higher than 220° C. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114520 | VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM - A vehicle driving system includes a slip detector that detects an occurrence of excess slipping; an additive/subtractive slip point calculator that time-discretely calculates an additive/subtractive slip point, which is an additive slip point or a subtractive slip point, on the basis detection or non-detection of an occurrence of excess slipping; a cumulative slip point calculator that sequentially calculates a cumulative slip point that is a cumulative sum of values of the additive/subtractive slip point; and a driving mode switcher that switches between a two-wheel driving mode and an all-wheel driving mode on the basis of the cumulative slip point. When excess slipping is detected, the additive/subtractive slip point calculator calculates the additive slip point on the basis of a driving force correlation value that correlates to a driving force a driving wheel for which the excess slipping has occurred. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114521 | MANEUVERING DRIVE WITH SMART CENTRAL UNIT - A maneuvering drive ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140114522 | Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device - A motor rotation speed determining circuit is provided, and a processing of generating motor driving waveform is switched in accordance with the motor rotation speed. A resolver signal is converted to a digital value by an R/D converter, and inputted to a resolver value correction computing circuit via an R/D conversion interface. A current value of a motor M is converted to a digital value by an A/D converter. The resolver value correction computing circuit computes a resolver correction value of the inputted digital signal and calculates positional data from a corrected resolver value. The motor control computing circuit computes a current instruction value from a motor current value subjected to digital conversion by the A/D converter and a motor current instruction value etc., and a motor waveform output circuit generates a motor driving waveform from the current instruction value and outputs the same to a power module PM. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114523 | ELECTRICALLY-POWERED VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle illustrated as a representative example of an electrically-powered vehicle includes a chargeable/dischargeable power storage device, a motor configured to generate a vehicle drive force by receiving supply of power from the power storage device, an internal combustion engine as a drive force source, and a generator configured to generate charging power for the power storage device by power generation using an output of the internal combustion engine. If the generator cannot be operated normally, the control unit causes the electrically-powered vehicle to perform limp-home mode traveling by traveling using only the motor. During the limp-home mode traveling, the control device calculates a remaining travelable distance in the limp-home mode traveling, based on at least a remaining capacity of the power storage device and a vehicle speed. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114524 | HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT - A method of operating a vehicle powertrain system where the powertrain system includes a fuel controlled engine, an electric motor, and a battery, the fuel, controlled engine and the electric motor capable of powering the powertrain system. The powertrain system is capable of operating in a plurality of operational modes. The method includes detecting a current value representative of a current flowing through a portion of the battery, calculating a first value representative of the current over a predetermined amount of time, and de-rating at least one of the plurality of operational modes in response to the calculated first value. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114525 | Method for confinement of an autonomous robot - The present invention discloses a system for confining the movement of a robot such that certain area(s) are temporarily or permanently excluded from its working territory. The system uses light-absorbing, black-out paper stripe(s) capable of a complete absorption of light including infrared. The system also uses a mobile robot equipped with infrared emitters and infrared-reflection detectors that communicate the existence of infrared reflection or the lack of it to the robot's control unit. The control unit controls the wheel drivers and ensures that the robot continues travelling only as long as the reflection of infrared signals are detected from the surface onto which it is headed. In this system therefore, the said black-out papers act as a fence that the robot cannot pass because they prevent the reflection of infrared light from the spot(s) where they are placed and force the robot to stop and change directions when it encounters a black-out stripe. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114526 | Safety apparatus for a vehicle - A safety apparatus ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140114527 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HEALTH MONITORING FOR AIRCRAFT - A method for health monitoring for an aircraft includes the steps of obtaining vibration data for the aircraft, obtaining navigation data for the aircraft, and determining a measure of health of the aircraft using the vibration data and the navigation data. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114528 | PORTABLE MAINTENANCE AID BASED PRELOAD TEST UNIT AND STRAY VOLTAGE DETECTOR - A Portable Maintenance Aid (PMA) having multiple applications for the electrical testing and data acquisition for various air/ground vehicle platforms is disclosed. The PMA includes an interface adapter that has a number of electrical testing interfaces and data collection ports in addition to a stray voltage detector. The portable testing aid also includes a user interface that transmits data to the interface adapter and a display that communicates the testing and maintenance information to the user. The portable testing aid also includes a communication system for transferring information between the user interface, the display, and the interface adapter. The PMA provides a preload tester/stray voltage tester that is sustainable, less replaceable and has capability of filling the test voids. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114529 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING PARKING IN AREA WITHOUT PARKING LINE - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for assisting parking on an area without a parking line. The apparatus includes a processor configured to: analyze a plurality of images obtained by photographing surroundings of a vehicle to detect distance information based on a ground surface in a vicinity of the vehicle; detect a plurality of obstacles in the vicinity of the vehicle based on a plurality of sensor values acquired by a plurality of sensors; determine a possible parking area in the area without a parking line in the vicinity of the vehicle based on the analysis of the plurality of images and the detected obstacles; set a selected area in the possible parking area as a parking area; and provide a parking assist service to the set parking area. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114530 | VEHICLE COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH TRANSPARENT DISPLAY - The invention relates to a vehicle computer system. The vehicle computer system gathers data from a safety sensor to determine whether the proper safety conditions are present for the vehicle operator to interact with the vehicle computer system. A safety controller receives safety condition data gathered from the safety sensor and instructs the display manager to disable the display of information to the vehicle operator during unsafe operating conditions. The vehicle computer system advantageously employs a transparent display screen to provide greater field of vision of the vehicle operator than could be provided by a traditional display screen. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114531 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display control apparatus for controlling a display device including a screen having a plurality of areas so as to assign and display a content on a corresponding area, includes: a content managing unit managing the content by associating content information; an area managing unit managing the area by associating area information; and a content assignment control unit determining a combination of the content and the area. The content assignment control unit generates a content list, generates an area list, extracts a combination list based on the area list and the content list, calculates an evaluation reference value of each combination list based on the content information and the area information, selects the combination list based on the evaluation reference value of each combination list, and determines a combination. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114532 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A TELEMATICS SERVICE - The present invention relates to an apparatus, and to a method, for a telematics service for linking a terminal device, carried by a user, to an electronic vehicle control device mounted in a vehicle in order to provide a telematics service related to the vehicle, thus enabling a driver of the vehicle to easily use various audio-based message services while driving. Through a link between the terminal device and the vehicle electronic control device, an intended lane change can be distinguished from a lane departure caused by inattention while driving, the lane departure can be sensed, and the driver, a passenger, or a driver of another vehicle can be alerted in order to induce safe driving. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114533 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE HEIGHT OF A VEHICLE - The present invention is a system for adjusting the height of vehicles that have coil spring suspensions. The invention may be added to existing vehicle suspensions without the need to remove and replace the existing vehicle suspension components. The invention includes cylinders, pistons, seals, dust shields, pressure pump(s) and storage tank(s). It also may optionally include electronic hardware, such as, an electronic controller and software, to control the functions of the system and sensor(s) which detect ground clearance and speed. The invention may be operated manually by a vehicle driver through push buttons, which may operate through the vehicle's existing cruise control buttons. Alternatively, the system can be automated through an electronic control unit (ECU) to avoid collision with obstacles in the vehicle's path. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114534 | DYNAMIC REARVIEW MIRROR DISPLAY FEATURES - A method for displaying a captured image on a display device. A scene is captured by at least one vision-based imaging device. A virtual image of the captured scene is generated by a processor using a camera model. A view synthesis technique is applied to the captured image by the processor for generating a de-warped virtual image. A dynamic rearview mirror display mode is actuated for enabling a viewing mode of the de-warped image on the rearview mirror display device. The de-warped image is displayed in the enabled viewing mode on the rearview mirror display device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114535 | PID CONTROL SYSTEM - In a PID control system, a proportionality coefficient multiplication unit multiplies a valve opening degree command value by a proportionality coefficient. A first angle deviation computation unit computes a deviation between an output value from a proportionality coefficient multiplication unit and a detected rotation angle of a valve driving motor. A differential coefficient multiplication unit multiplies the valve opening degree command value by a differential coefficient. A third angle deviation computation unit computes a deviation between an output value from the differential coefficient multiplication unit and the detected rotation angle of the valve driving motor. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114536 | VEHICLE EMERGENCY EVACUATION DEVICE - In an emergency evacuation device of a vehicle that executes an automatic vehicle stop control based on a command of a driver through a switch or a command input device in a driver's emergency, there is provided a structure of a switch or a command input device in which an area or a position in a spatial region possible or easy for the driver to access and/or an operation possible or easy for the driver to perform are taken into account. The inventive emergency evacuation device comprises a driver's physiological condition estimation portion that estimates a driver's physiological condition; a driver's command input portion, operated by the driver, that receives a driver's command input and outputs a command of an execution of an automatic vehicle stop control in accordance with the command input; and an automatic vehicle stop control portion that executes the automatic vehicle stop control in response to the command from the driver's command input portion, wherein based on the driver's physiological condition estimated in the driver's physiological condition estimation portion, the structure of the driver's command input portion, for example, the arrangement of receptor(s) of the driver's command input portion receiving the command from the driver is changed. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114537 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN OPERATING PARAMETER OF A HARVESTING MACHINE - A method for controlling operation of a harvesting machine includes using a sensor unit to sense at least one state variable of a rolling-element bearing during operation of the harvesting machine and sending the at least one sensed variable to at least one evaluation unit, analyzing the at least one sensed variable in the at least one evaluation unit and generating at least one analysis result, and starting a process operation based on the at least one analysis result, wherein the process operation includes controlling at least one operating parameter of the harvesting machine and wherein the controlling and the sensing of the sensor unit form a closed loop control circuit. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114538 | FRONT GEAR CHANGER - An electromechanical front gear changer for a bicycle is provided, the bicycle having a chain, including a base member attachable to the bicycle. A linkage is movably coupled to the base member. A chain guide is movably coupled to the linkage for contacting the chain. A motor is supported by the base member. A gear transmission is driven by the motor to move the linkage. A CPU is provided for controlling the motor and a power supply is supported by the base member to power the motor and the CPU. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114539 | VEHICULAR POWER SOURCE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicular power source control apparatus includes: two detection devices selected from a door open and close detection device, a seating detection device, a belt detection device, a gripping detection device, a brake detection device, or a shift lever position detection device; and a power source control device to turn on the power source when a power source turn-on condition provided by two predetermined detection results is established. The two predetermined detection results are selected from detection results that the door is closed, the driver sits down on the driver seat, the driver fastens the seat belt, the driver grips the steering wheel, the driver puts on the brake pedal, or the shift lever position of the vehicle is a parking position or a neutral position. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114540 | DRIVE SYSTEM - Provided is a drive system that enables a reduction in the rise time of foot axis torque even if the drive system has a one-way clutch. The drive system includes a one-way clutch between a transmission and an output shaft. When a coasting determination unit determines to perform a coasting control, a control unit executes the coasting control by reducing the engine rotation speed of an internal combustion engine or stopping the engine rotation to bring the one-way clutch into a non-transmission state, and changing the transmission gear ratio of the transmission to a transmission gear ratio smaller than the transmission gear ratio calculated by a calculation unit. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114541 | DCT CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - The noise caused by the coupling and decoupling of the gear generated when ignition on and off of a dual-clutch mounted vehicle in the P range are switched to each other, and the merchantability of the vehicle can be increased by improving the noise performance of the vehicle by preventing the noise generated by the coupling of the gear as possible from being remarkable in other shift ranges. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114542 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A method for running a vehicle ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140114543 | Electrically Actuatable Module of a Motor Vehicle and Method for Identifying an Electrically Actuatable Module of a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to an electrically actuatable assembly of a motor vehicle having at least one component comprising a non-volatile memory. The component has base functionality characteristic for the component and required for the operation of the assembly. The memory comprises a memory region not utilized for realizing the base functionality of the component, in said memory region is stored a characteristic value that identifies the assembly with a predetermined probability. Furthermore, the characteristic value can be read out from the memory region of the component. Finally, the invention describes a method for identifying such an electrically actuatable assembly. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114544 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY KEEPING A MOTOR VEHICLE AT A STANDSTILL - A method is described for automatically keeping a motor vehicle at a standstill. The motor vehicle includes a braking system having a valve for limiting the brake pressure to a predefinable pressure threshold value. Gradient information and a pressure threshold value dependent on the gradient information are ascertained. The pressure threshold value is set at the valve as soon as the motor vehicle is at a standstill and the service brake is applied. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114545 | Device and Method for Controlling the Driving Dynamics of a Vehicle And Vehicle Having Such a Device - In a device and method for controlling the driving dynamics of a vehicle having a driver's cab spring mounted with respect to the vehicle frame, the yaw rate and deflection of the driver's cab are detected. A yaw rate sensor is arranged in the driver's cab, and the yaw rate of the vehicle frame is estimated or calculated from the yaw rate and deflection of the driver's cab. If the difference between the estimated or calculated yaw rate of the vehicle frame and a desired yaw rate exceeds a limit value, the brake system and/or the drive are actuated. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114546 | THREE WHEEL VEHICLE ELECTRONIC STABILITY SYSTEM AND CONTROL STRATEGY THEREFOR - A method for enhancing stability of a three wheel vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a single rear wheel, each of the wheels having a tire with a tire grip threshold. The method including deploying an electronic stability system (ESS) on the vehicle, providing the ESS with input from various vehicle sensors related to the longitudinal and lateral acceleration of the vehicle, causing the ESS to determine whether (i) a precursory condition indicative of a wheel lift exists and (ii) the tire grip threshold of any of the tires has been exceeded; and when a precursory condition indicative of a wheel lift exists and the tire grip threshold of none of the tires has been exceeded, causing the ESS to reduce the longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle by a first amount less than that which would cause the tire grip threshold of any of the tires to be exceeded. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL TIME ESTIMATION OF ROAD SURFACE FRICTION COEFFICIENT - A computer program product, a method and an apparatus for detection of road surface friction coefficient for vehicle stability control are disclosed. The computer program product comprises stored instructions for receiving detected vehicle parameters from a vehicle; calculating a lookup value based on the detected vehicle parameters, the calculating comprising an recursive least square estimation; retrieving a road surface friction coefficient from a lookup table by matching the calculated lookup value to the road surface friction coefficient stored in the lookup table; calculating adjustments to the vehicle using the road surface friction coefficient; and outputting the adjustments to a vehicle control system for execution. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114548 | Method of Controlling the Speed and/or the Distance for Motor Vehicles - A method of controlling the speed and/or the distance for motor vehicles having distance-controlled cruise control systems is provided in which a sensor unit determines relevant data of a vehicle driving ahead. In the event of a detection of a target object driving ahead, desired acceleration values and/or desired deceleration values for reaching a predetermined desired distance to the target object are determined and outputted. While considering the relevant data of the target object, a swinging-out probability of the target object is determined and, as a function of the determined swinging-out probability, an adaptation of the desired distance to the target object is carried out. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114549 | WIRELESS ENGINE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE HOP AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY AND ON-BOARD PROCESSING OF ENGINE DATA - An engine monitoring module includes a housing configured to be mounted at the aircraft engine and a first wireless transmitter carried by the housing. A memory is carried by the housing and a processor is carried by the housing and coupled to the memory and the first wireless transmitter and configured to collect and store in the memory engine data relating to at least one engine parameter sensed during operation of the aircraft engine by a plurality of engine sensors that transmit the engine data via the first wireless transmitter. A wireless receiver is located within the aircraft and configured to receive the engine data transmitted from the first wireless transmitter. A second wireless transmitter is located within the aircraft and operatively connected to the wireless receiver and configured to receive and transmit the engine data. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114550 | VEHICLE METHOD FOR BAROMETRIC PRESSURE IDENTIFICATION - A vehicle method for barometric pressure identification, including adjusting engine operation responsive to barometric pressure, the barometric pressure based on a pressure change at a sector of the fuel system when the sector is sealed with the vehicle travelling. The method may utilize a pressure change at the sealed sector of the fuel system, such as a sealed fuel tank, to identify barometric pressure, even with the engine off for extended durations of vehicle travel. As such, in a hybrid-vehicle application, including during hill descents in which the engine is maintained off, barometric pressure can still be updated. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114551 | LEAK AND BLOCKAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A diagnostic system for a vehicle is disclosed. A first difference module generates a first difference based on a first pressure measured at a first secondary air injection (SAI) valve and a previous value of the first pressure. A first summer module generates a first accumulated difference based on a sum of values of the first difference generated during a predetermined period. A second difference module generates a second difference based on a second pressure measured at a second SAI valve and a previous value of the second pressure. A second summer module generates a second accumulated difference based on a sum of values of the second difference generated during the predetermined period. A fault indication module selectively indicates that a fault is present downstream of one of the first and second SAI valves based on the first and second accumulated differences. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114552 | COMBINED FUELING STRATEGY FOR GASEOUS FUEL - A method of operating an internal combustion engine with gaseous fuel includes providing fuel to a plurality of cylinders with both central point injection and multipoint injection. Central point injection, which provides good air/fuel mixing, may provide a majority of steady-state fueling, and multipoint injection is used for supplementing the central point injection during steady-state and for providing rapid transient response to load changes. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114553 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A method for running of a vehicle having a combustion engine which can selectively be connected to a driveshaft ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140114554 | MODULAR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patterns represented therein, having at least one available option slot, a power supply, and a communication link for external communications, in which at least one available option slot can be occupied by a wireless local area network access point, having a communications path between said communications link and said wireless access point, or other modular components. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114555 | MODULAR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patterns represented therein, having at least one available option slot, a power supply, and a communication link for external communications, in which at least one available option slot can be occupied by a wireless local area network access point, having a communications path between said communications link and said wireless access point, or other modular components. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114556 | TRAFFIC PREDICTION USING REAL-WORLD TRANSPORTATION DATA - Real-time high-fidelity spatiotemporal data on transportation networks can be used to learn about traffic behavior at different times and locations, potentially resulting in major savings in time and fuel. Real-world data collected from transportation networks can be used to incorporate the data's intrinsic behavior into a time-series mining technique to enhance its accuracy for traffic prediction. For example, the spatiotemporal behaviors of rush hours and events can be used to perform a more accurate prediction of both short-term and long-term average speed on road-segments, even in the presence of infrequent events (e.g., accidents). Taking historical rush-hour behavior into account can improve the accuracy of traditional predictors by up to 67% and 78% in short-term and long-term predictions, respectively. Moreover, the impact of an accident can be incorporated to improve the prediction accuracy by up to 91%. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114557 | HIGH INTEGRITY, SURFACE GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC TAXI - A high-integrity auto-guidance and control method for use in conjunction with an aircraft electric taxi drive system comprises obtaining taxi path data generating in a plurality of processors taxi path guidance and control information from the taxi path guidance data, and sending commands derived from the taxi path guidance and control information from one of the plurality of processors based on a predetermined priority scheme to at least one electric taxi controller. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114558 | VEHICLE WEIGHT AND CENTER OF GRAVITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A load estimation system and method for estimating vehicle load includes a tire rotation counter for generating a rotation count from rotation of a tire; apparatus for measuring distance travelled by the vehicle; an effective radius calculator for calculating effective radius of the tire from the distance travelled and the rotation count; and a load estimation calculator for calculating the load carried by the vehicle tire from the effective radius of the tire. A center of gravity height estimation may be made from an estimated total load carried by the tires supporting the vehicle pursuant to an estimation of effective radius for each tire and a calculated load carried by each tire from respective effective radii. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114559 | Inverted Pendulum Type Moving Body Having Velocity Planning Device - The present invention provides an inverted pendulum-type moving body having a pair of wheels suspended from the moving body, using a floor as a traveling plane, and is provided on the same plane vertical to its travelling direction, a driving mechanism for rotating these wheels, posture measurement means for measuring an inclination angular velocity of its upper body that a straight line connecting a center-of-gravity position of a body of the moving body and an axle of the one pair of wheels makes with a vertical direction, and a mechanism control part for maintaining an inverted state of the moving body by controlling the driving mechanism, by having a velocity planning device for performing a movement plan so that the upper body angular velocity and the upper body angle may be in a relationship of quadratic function when a velocity change is needed. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114560 | HEARING DEVICE WITH A DISTANCE MEASUREMENT UNIT - A new hearing device is provided configured to be head worn for emission of sound towards at least one of the ears of a user and accommodating an inertial measurement unit configured for determining head yaw, when the user wears the hearing device in its intended operational position on the user's head, and a distance measurement unit configured to measure distance from the user to an object in the field of view of the user. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114561 | MAP-ASSISTED SENSOR-BASED POSITIONING OF MOBILE DEVICES - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented to estimate a trajectory of a mobile device within an indoor environment. In some embodiments, the trajectory may be estimated without the use of any signal-based positioning information. For example, a mobile device may estimate such a trajectory based, at least in part, on one or more sensor measurements obtained at the mobile device, and further affect the estimated trajectory based, at least in part, on one or more objects identified in an electronic map of the indoor environment. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114562 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH PARKING LOT INTEGRATED ROUTING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: identifying a physical location with a location unit; selecting a starting point based on the physical location; selecting a destination; identifying a destination lot associated with the destination; and calculating a vehicle travel route from the starting point to the destination with the vehicle travel route traversing through the destination lot with a control unit for displaying on a device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114563 | PROBABILISTIC MAP MATCHING FROM A PLURALITY OF OBSERVATIONAL AND CONTEXTUAL FACTORS - Systems, methods, and devices are described for implementing map matching techniques relating to measured location data. Probabilistic models, including temporal Bayesian network models and Hidden Markov Models, may be used for combining multiple classes of evidence relating to potential locations of points traversed on routes over time. Multiple route segments and overall routes may be maintained under relative uncertainty as candidates. The candidate route segments and overall routes may then be reduced into a smaller number of candidates or a single most likely route as a trip progresses. As the trip progresses, route segments in proximity to each location point are identified and candidate matches are determined. A probability of an entity traversing a candidate match at a given time and a probability of an entity traversing between a first candidate match at a first time and a second candidate match at a second time are determined based on a plurality of factors. Different modalities may be used to measure and transmit the location data. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114564 | MOBILE NAVIGATION TO A MOVING DESTINATION - A source device can navigate towards a moving destination target device, such as when two mobile phones are moving towards each other. The source device can receive an initial position of the target and a route to the target. As the source device and target device simultaneously move, the route can be updated. For example, if a distance of movement exceeds a threshold (e.g., 1 mile) the route can be updated. In another embodiment, a target device can switch between position tracking devices so as to provide less accurate position information, but save power, or provide high accuracy position information at the cost of higher power consumption. Generally, the switching between position tracking devices and the frequency at which the route to the destination point can be based on the distance apart between the source device and target device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114565 | NAVIGATION OF A VEHICLE ALONG A PATH - According to some examples, vehicles may be guided along a path including multiple waypoints and stop points that are sequentially submitted to a routing application. Instructions associated with the waypoints and stop points may be presented on a display to assist in guiding the vehicle along the path. According to other examples, people boarding and/or getting off the vehicle may be tracked. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114566 | BIASING OF SEARCH RESULT CLUSTERING TO ENSURE MORE EFFECTIVE POINT OF INTEREST (POI) TARGETING - Directory service results responsive to a request for a desired good or service provider may be provided based on one or more user-selected locations. The user may seek a desired good or service provider that is proximate to a location from which the user may begin traveling to the point of interest, referred to as a source location, and satisfies a beneficial objective held by the user. The beneficial objective may relate to, for example, a directional travel preference, avoiding rush hour traffic or proximity to a specific location or another type of good or service provider that differs from the user's desired good or service provider that is the subject of the user's request. A sequence of geometrical representations, such as, for example, Delauney Triangles, may be generated to provide directory service results that satisfy the user's request. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114567 | GENERATING AN ELEVATION MODEL USING MOBILE DEVICES - A computer-implemented method comprises collecting three-dimensional location data for a plurality of locations using one or more mobile devices, wherein the location data includes coordinates of latitude and longitude and further includes corresponding altitude data and generating an elevation model based on the three-dimensional location data. Once the elevation model is generated, it is possible to identify which floor of a building the device is located on. This enables delivery of floor-specific location-based services to mobile devices inside multi-storey buildings. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114568 | CHANGING A POSITION DETERMINATION SCHEME USED BY A USER EQUIPMENT DURING A TRANSITION BETWEEN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES RELATIVE TO AN ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENT - In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) tracks its location using a first positioning scheme (PS) (e.g., an indoor PS or outdoor PS) while operating inside or outside of an enclosed environment, whereby the UE maintains transition region information related to the enclosed environment that characterizes one or more outdoor-to-indoor (OI) and/or indoor-to-outdoor (IO) transition regions of the enclosed environment. If the UE determines it has entered a transition region of the enclosed environment based on its location tracking using the first PS, the UE begins to track its location using a second PS. When the quality of the second PS rises above a threshold (e.g., such as the UE moves further inside or outside of the enclosed environment), the UE can switch to the second PS and turn off the first PS. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114569 | INERTIAL NAVIGATION SCULLING ALGORITHM - A system for determining a combined velocity rotation compensation and sculling compensation in an inertial navigation system includes: gyroscopes configured to provide a measured angular rotation rate with components from three orthogonal axes; accelerometers configured to provide a measured specific force with components from three orthogonal axes; and a processor configured to calculate a first combined velocity rotation compensation and sculling compensation at a single computational rate, the processor configured to: calculate a first cross product of an instantaneous angular rotation rate and a change in the measured specific force during a first interval; and sum the first cross product with a second cross product of a fraction of the change in the specific force during the second interval and the change in the measured angular rate during the first interval; where the first and second intervals are each one cycle of the single computational rate. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114570 | SENDING LOCATION INFORMATION FROM WITHIN A COMMUNICATION APPLICATION - A method in a wireless communications device for transmitting current location information representing a current location of the wireless communications device. The method entails, from within a communication application executing on a processor of the wireless communications device, causing the wireless communications device to obtain the current location information representing the current location of the wireless communications device, including the current location information in a communication generated from within the communication application, and transmitting the communication that includes the current location information. The method optionally entails a further step of performing a reverse look-up of GPS coordinates representing the current location to determine address information for including in the communication. Location information, such as maps or URLs to maps can be sent directly from an e-mail application or instant messenger without having to separately launch a mapping application. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114571 | MEETING NOTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION SERVICE - Techniques are described for providing a meeting notification and automatic modification service. A system may be configured to identify an appointment in a calendar application, identify a geographic location of the appointment, and identify, before the appointment time, a geographic location of a first participant of the appointment. Based on the geographic information, the system may identify a route extending from the geographic location of the first participant to the geographic location of the appointment, and may identify a travel time associated with the route. Based on the travel time and the appointment time, the system may determine whether the first participant is estimated to arrive at the appointment on time and, based on the determination, the system may send a message to participants of the appointment or dynamically reschedule the appointment. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION AND DISPLAY OF PERSONALIZED DISTANCE - A system and method for determination and display of personalized distance. A request is received for the determination of a personalized distance over a network, wherein the request comprises an identification of a requesting user, and a plurality of real world entities comprising at least a starting location and an ending location. At least one route is determined between the first location and the second location. Spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route is retrieved using a global index of data available to the network. A personalized distance is calculated via the network between the first location and the second location using spatial, temporal, topical, and social data relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route. A representation of the personalized distance calculated for the route is displayed on a display medium. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING THE ROUTING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A MAPPING OR ROUTING DEVICE - A system and method for adapting the routing information provided by a mapping or routing device. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a data collection component (e.g., one or more GPS, accelerometer, or other means of determining location and/or movement), and a route calculation logic that can use information about a first geographical location (origin), and a second geographical location (destination), to calculate a routing information, such as driving directions that a user can follow to drive from the origin to the destination. An information filtering application adapts the amount of information that will be presented to the user at a particular location, moment in time, or based on other criteria. In accordance with an embodiment, the information filtering application can, in some instances, be provided as a third-party application. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114574 | NAVIGATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - A method of operating a navigation apparatus is provided. A calculated route is shown on a map display of the apparatus together with a current position indication. In one embodiment, a maximum map scale is determined which will result in a representation of the entire remainder of the route being shown within a visible map display area during travel along the route. In another embodiment, a map scale is set, and the map display is then controlled to maximise the amount of the remainder of the route which is shown within a visible map display area for the given map scale during travel along the route. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114575 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION USING A NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A method of operating a navigation apparatus is provided. A visual or audible navigation instruction, warning or alert is provided to a user via the apparatus. The navigation instruction, warning or alert is enhanced in a continuous or stepped manner as a given location to which the instruction, warning or alert relates is approached. The instruction may be an instruction regarding a manoeuvre to be performed at a junction in order to follow a calculated route. The instruction is visually enhanced by increasing its size as the current location of the apparatus becomes closer to the junction to more readily engage the attention of the user, and to facilitate interpretation of the instruction. Alternatively a warning regarding a safety camera may be increased in size as the camera is approached. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114576 | IDENTIFYING FORMATION, MATRIX AND FLUID RELATED CHARACTERISTICS FROM SUBSURFACE DATA USING FACTOR ANALYSIS - A method of interpreting petrophysical measurement data include arranging measurements of at least one physical property of formations into a matrix representing the measurements and selecting a range of number of unobserved factors or latent variables for factor analysis. Factor analysis is performed on the measurement matrix and comprises performing factorization of measurements matrix into a number of factors and performing rotation of the factorization results. Whether the factor loadings for each factor have achieved a “simple structure” is determined and either each of the selected number of factors is associated with a physical parameter of the formations, or one is added to the number of factors and factor analysis and rotation are repeated until factor loadings of all factors have achieved “simple structure” such that the each of the number of factors is associated with a physical property of the formations. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114577 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SELECTING HYDROCARBON WELLS FOR WELL TESTING - Selecting hydrocarbon wells for well testing. The selecting may include identifying hydrocarbon wells whose last well test took place prior to a predetermined date; dentifying hydrocarbon wells with a parameter that exceeds a predetermined threshold; and selecting a predetermined number of hydrocarbon wells from the wells identified. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114578 | SEISMIC SOURCE AND METHOD FOR INTERMODULATION MITIGATION - A method for calculating intermodulation noise generated with one or more land seismic sources. The method includes receiving seismic data generated by actuating the one or more land seismic source with a first sweep and a second sweep; calculating with a computing device a first earth response corresponding to the first sweep; calculating with the computing device a second earth response corresponding to the second sweep; and calculating the intermodulation noise based on the first and second earth responses. The second sweep is a time reverse sweep of the first sweep. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114579 | HLA TYPING USING SELECTIVE AMPLIFICATION AND SEQUENCING - Presented herein are methods and compositions for determining haplotypes in a sample. The methods are useful for obtaining sequence information regarding, for example, HLA type and haplotype. Also presented herein are methods of determining haplotypes in a sample based on a plurality sequence reads. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114580 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL - A computerized method and device for analyzing a physiological signal are provided. The computerized method for analyzing the physiological signal includes the following steps. A pulse waveform is measured by a measuring unit, wherein the pulse waveform represents a blood volume of a blood vessel over time. A plurality of rising segments of the plus waveform is analyzed by a processing unit. The maximum change rate point at each rising segment is analyzed by the processing unit. A pulse interval time sequence is obtained according to the maximum change rate points. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114581 | USING GAME THEORY IN IDENTIFYING COMPOUNDS THAT BIND TO TARGETS - A method performed by one or more processing devices includes retrieving information indicative of compounds and mutations of a target; generating one or more predictions of binding affinities of the compounds to the mutations; generating a simulation for introducing at least one of the compounds in response to at least one of the mutations; identifying, based on an application of a game theory algorithm to the simulation and to the one or more predictions, an equilibrium of the simulation; and identifying, from the equilibrium, a subset of the compounds with an increased binding affinity to the mutations relative to other binding affinities of other of the compounds. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENOTYPING USING INFORMED ERROR PROFILES - A system and method for genotyping tandem repeats in sequencing data. The invention uses Bayesian model selection guided by an empirically-derived error model that incorporates properties of sequence reads and reference sequences to which they map. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114583 | PREDICTING NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA - A multi-variable statistical predictive leading-indicator approach is employed for identifying newborns at risk of clinically significant hyperbilirubinemia and for determining to administer interventions to at-risk newborns. In embodiments, a multi-variable logistic regression statistical model capable of calculating a probability of clinically significant hyperbilirubinemia is generated. Using an input data set for a newborn and the multi-variable logistic regression statistical model, a probability of clinically significant hyperbilirubinemia is determined for the newborn and presented to a clinician. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114584 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING, FROM READ SYMBOL SEQUENCES, VARIATIONS WITH RESPECT TO A REFERENCE SYMBOL SEQUENCE - The current document is directed to automated methods and processor-controlled systems for assembling short read symbol sequences into longer assembled symbol sequences that are aligned and compared to a reference symbol sequence in order to determine differences between the longer assembled symbol sequences and the reference sequence. These methods and systems are applied to process electronically stored symbol-sequence data. While the symbol-sequence data may represent genetic-code data, the automated methods and processor-controlled systems may be more generally applied to various different symbol-sequence data. In certain implementations, redundancy in read symbol sequences is used to preprocess the read symbol sequences to identify and correct symbol errors. In certain implementations, those corrected read symbol sequences that exactly match subsequences of the reference symbol sequence are identified and removed from subsequent processing steps, to simply the identification of differences between the longer assembled symbol sequences and the reference sequence. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPAGATING INFORMATION USING MODIFIED NUCLEIC ACIDS - Improvement is effected for a nucleic acid-based molecular computing system that is comprised of (i) a nucleic acid structure, (ii) at least one polynucleotide displacement molecule that can bind with the nucleic acid structure under hybridizing conditions, and (iii) a clashing polynucleotide molecule that competes with the polynucleotide displacement molecule for binding the nucleic acid structure under the hybridizing conditions. The method for such improvement entails incorporating chemical modification that inhibits the binding of the clashing molecule and the nucleic acid structure or facilitating the binding of the displacement molecule and the nucleic structure. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114586 | Method of Improving the Resolution of Compounds Eluted from a Chromatography Device - A method of and apparatus for improving the resolution of compounds eluted from a separation device are disclosed, particularly suited for use in the fields of gas or liquid chromatography. Embodiments of the invention provide that spectroscopic data are measured from an effluent eluted from a chromatography device as a function of elution time; peaks in intensity are identified to form a first set of identified peaks; peaks not due to an eluting compound are discarded from the first set of identified peaks thereby forming a second set of identified peaks from those retained; each peak in the second set of peaks is transformed into a first model peak centered on the elution time of each peak in the second set of peaks; some or all the model peaks created are added together to create a new chromatogram; and all identified peaks in intensity in the second set of peaks having elution times within a given time period of identified peaks in intensity in the new chromatogram are grouped together and assigned to a single eluted compound thereby forming a processed data set. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114587 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING ROTOR BLADES IN COMBUSTION TURBINE ENGINE - In accordance with one embodiment, a method for monitoring the health of blades in a combustion turbine engine is provided. Sensors mounted around the circumference of a rotor sense and record the passage of blades during turbine operation. Analysis of information from the sensors indicates whether a blade is damaged. Analysis of blade vibration and amplitude, as measured by the sensors, is used to predict the number of cycles the blade can undergo before replacement or maintenance. | 2014-04-24 |