19th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090119008 | Electronic guide system, contents server for electronic guide system, portable electronic guide device, and information processing method for electronic guide system - Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119009 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ADDRESS INFORMATION ON A MAP - A method of displaying a map on a wireless communications device includes steps of determining a current position of the wireless communications device, determining address information corresponding to the current position of the wireless communications device, and presenting the address information to a user of the device. The address information can be displayed onscreen as a pair of odd and even numbers representing the street addresses on each side of the street at the current position of the device. The street addresses can be determined by interpolating the address from an address range for the path segment along which the device is traveling. Alternatively, where specific addresses have been stored in association with coordinates, the closest address can be determined. This technology facilitates navigation by presenting street numbers corresponding to the real-time position of the device. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119010 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL EVIDENCE GRIDS AND SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR APPLYING SAME - Mapping, localization, and navigation systems for use with a mobile unit are provided that use a sensor model with adjustable parameters. The system includes range sensors configured to collect range data and a data storage system having stored therein an evidence grid representing an environment and a sensor model comprising adjustable parameters representing inaccuracies of the range sensors. A grid engine adjusts the adjustable parameters based on received range data from the range sensors. A navigation module can direct the mobile unit though the environment using the evidence grid, received range data, and adjustable parameters. The grid engine can also locate the mobile unit within the environment by using the adjusted sensor model parameters to compare the received range data against the evidence grid. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119011 | Navigation Apparatus - A navigation apparatus includes: an input operating unit; a map image storage member; a current position detecting member; a destination determination member; a visiting order determination member which determines a visiting order of each of the plurality of destinations in an revisable manner; a display control member which displays on the display member the map image on which the current position of the user and positions of all of the plurality of destinations are displayed; and a route calculation member which calculates a route from the current position by way of all of the plurality of destinations according to the visiting orders. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119012 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - The navigation apparatus includes: a storage member which stores map data; a display member which displays the map data and related information to an operator; a current position detecting member which detects the current position of the operator; a destination obtaining member which obtains one or a plurality of destinations according to an input by the operator; a vicinity facility searching member which searches for facilities in the vicinity of a search range set by the operator from the map data, and adds a new destination from a search result according to the input by the operator; and a visiting order setting member which determines a visiting order for each of the destinations. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119013 | CONTENT CREATION, DISTRIBUTION, INTERACTION, AND MONITORING SYSTEM - A system for managing an end-user's request for information and entertainment. This information can be retrieved using a kiosk with a computer, using software over the Internet with a hardwired computer-like device, or using software with a wireless handheld device. Applications include any areas including commercial, industrial, and government where groups of people congregate such as trade shows, retail stores, restaurants, offices, manufacturing plants, and governmental buildings. The system provides both audio and text information and entertainment from a plurality of sources. These sources include information and entertainment from the local environment or ‘on-site’ information, and from a remote environment. These locations can also retrieve information from the end-user. This information can be product feedback, customer service opinions, product information requests, or the like. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119014 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR ALERTING DRIVERS OF NEARBY VEHICLES - A navigation system having a transceiver configured to receive a first GPS location signal corresponding to a geographic location of the navigation system and a second GPS location signal corresponding to a geographic location of a vehicle, a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to determine a relative distance of the navigation system from the vehicle based on the first GPS location signal and the second GPS location signal, and a user interface operatively coupled to the processor, the user interface provides an alert at a predetermined distance from the vehicle. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119015 | Systems and Methods for Processing Navigational Solutions - Systems and methods for processing navigational solutions are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes a navigational computing device comprising a processor and memory that stores a navigational solution manager that is executed by the processor to provide a receiver position. The navigational solution manager is configured to collect navigational data from at least one satellite vehicle, compute initialization navigational measurements based on the collected navigational data, and compute the receiver position using the initialization navigation measurements. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119016 | Vehicular present position detection apparatus and program storage medium - There is a need for improving the accuracy of estimating a gain error for an angular velocity sensor. An error estimation section and a correction section are provided as well as a gyroscope that detects an angular velocity of a vehicle. The error estimation section assumes the gain error of the gyroscope to be a state quantity and finds an estimated value for the gain error using a Kalman filter. Based on the gain error found by the error estimation section, the correction section corrects a gain correction amount used for gain correction of values detected by the gyroscope. The correction section corrects the gain correction amount dedicated to right turn based on the gain error found by the error estimation section when the vehicle is assumed to turn right. The correction section corrects the gain correction amount dedicated to left turn based on the gain error found by the error estimation section when the vehicle is assumed to turn left. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119017 | LOCALIZATION KEY AND CORRESPONDING METHODS - Disclosed are methods of providing an electronic device and a corresponding localization key to a customer for localization of the electronic device, as well as a corresponding localization key and computer-readable medium. The methods select a localization key corresponding to the location of the customer, and provide the electronic device and the selected localization key for delivery to the customer. The selected localization key includes a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for execution by a processor of the electronic device. When the localization key is interfaced to the electronic device, the instructions cause the processor of the electronic device to select one of a plurality of localization profiles indicated by the instructions to correspond to the location of the customer and to implement the selected localization profile on the electronic device. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119018 | SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION PROPERTIES PREDICTION - A method for predicting subterranean formation properties of a wellsite. The method includes obtaining seismic data for an area of interest, obtaining an initial seismic cube using the seismic data, and obtaining a shifted seismic cubes using the seismic data, where each of the shifted seismic cubes is shifted from the initial seismic cube obtaining a shifted seismic cubes using the seismic data, where each of the shifted seismic cubes is shifted from the initial seismic cube. The method further includes generating a neural network using the initial seismic cube, the shifted seismic cubes, and well log data and applying the neural network to the seismic data to obtain a model for the area of interest, where the model is used to adjust an operation of the wellsite. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119019 | Small Molecule Mimetics of Erythropoietin - The invention features computer-assisted methods for identifying molecules which will bind to the EPO receptor and act as an erythropoietin (EPO) mimetic. Preferred EPO mimetics identified using the method of the invention act as agonists of the EPO receptor in one or more in vitro or in vivo biological assays of EPO activity. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119020 | PCR ELBOW DETERMINATION USING QUADRATIC TEST FOR CURVATURE ANALYSIS OF A DOUBLE SIGMOID - Systems and methods for determining whether the data for a growth curve represents or exhibits valid or significant growth. A data set representing a sigmoid or growth-type curve, such as a PCR curve, is processed to determine whether the data exhibits significant or valid growth. A first or a second degree polynomial curve that fits the data is determined, and a statistical significance value for the curve fit is determined. If the significance value exceeds a significance threshold, the data is considered to not represent significant or valid growth. If the data does not represent significant or valid growth, the data set may be discarded. If the significance value does not exceed the significance threshold, the data is considered to represent significant or valid growth. If the data set is determined to represent valid growth, the data is further processed to determine a transition value in the sigmoid or growth curve, such as the end of the baseline region or the elbow value or Ct value of a PCR amplification curve. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING MEDICAL INFORMATIONS - The invention relates to a method for determining and displaying medical informations, in which rough measurement data collected with the aid of different medical measuring methods in at least one measurement interval on the same test subject are stored and in which evaluation data are extracted from the rough measurement data. Further for generating medical informations for at least two selected measuring methods from among the different medical methods, the evaluation data extracted from the in each case associated rough measurement data of a measurement interval are interlinked and for the at least one measurement interval the linked evaluation data are processed as medical informations for outputting on a graphic output device. The invention also relates to an apparatus for performing this method. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119022 | Emericella Nidulans Genome Sequence On Computer Readable Medium and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from the filamentous fungus, | 2009-05-07 |
20090119023 | Product Ecological and/or Environmental Rating System and Method - Ecologically and/or environmentally conscious consumers and/or product manufacturers can “grade” the ecological and/or environmental character of products and/or their manufacturing methods. This grading may include one or more of: determining a type or amount of toxic material used in making the product and assigning a toxic consumption value for the product; determining a type or amount of waste created in making the product and assigning a waste production value for the product; determining a type or amount of environmentally preferred materials used in making the product and assigning a material value for the product; and determining an extent to which the product or its manufacturing methods provide an ecological or environmental advance over existing products or manufacturing methods and assigning an advancement value for the product. The final product grade then may be determined based on the assigned value or values. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119024 | Test System - A test system for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a biological fluid sample comprises: a plurality of test members ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090119025 | Quantification And Quality Grading For Carbon Sequestered Via Ocean Fertilization - Systems and methods for qualifying and quantifying carbon sequestered in the ocean following ocean fertilization events are disclosed. The system and methods can be used to accurately quantify amounts of carbon sequestered and the minimum periods of time before which the sequestered carbon returned to the atmosphere as CO2. The system and methods assign quality grades to sequestered carbon by determining minimum depth thresholds associated with periods of time until which ocean water will be exposed to the atmosphere. The system can be implemented via a computer system. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119026 | PORTABLE MULTI-IONS SENSING SYSTEM AND FABRICATION THEREOF - A portable multi-ions sensing system is provided. The sensing system includes: a sensing unit for sensing a pH value and a plurality of ion concentrations of a solution and outputting a sensing signal, wherein the sensing unit includes: a substrate; an ITO layer on the substrate; a sensing layer on the ITO layer and connected with an extended lead; a packaging layer encapsulating the sensing layer, the ITO layer and a portion of the substrate with a sensing window for exposing a portion of the sensing layer; a multi-ions selective layer on the portion of the sensing layer exposed by the sensing window for sensing the ion concentrations; and a reference electrode for providing a reference potential for the sensing layer; an analog signal processing unit for receiving, filtering, amplifying and adjusting the level of the sensing signal and outputting a front-end signal; a microcontroller unit for receiving and performing analog/digital converting and two-point correcting processes on the front-end signal and outputting a measurement data; and a real-time display unit for receiving and displaying the measurement data. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119027 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OR CHARACTERIZING PROPERTIES OF POLYMERIC UNITS - The invention relates to methods of identifying and characterizing properties of polymers to provide information about the polymer such as the charge of the polymer, the number and types or characteristics of units of the polymer and the sequence of the polymers. The invention also relates to methods of sequencing polymers such as nucleic acids, polypeptides and polysaccharides and methods for identifying a polysaccharide-protein interaction. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119028 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AIR-KERMA RATE - An apparatus for determining the air-kerma rate of an x-ray device comprises a data obtaining component for obtaining data of the x-ray device, a calculation component for calculating the air-kerma rate from the obtained data, and an outputting component for outputting the calculated air-kerma rate, where the calculation component uses an algebraic formula for the calculation of the air-kerma rate. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119029 | Method and Device for Predicting a Life Expectancy of a Product Containing a Plurality of Components - A method and a device are for predicting a life expectancy of a product, which includes at least two components. The life expectancy is ascertained as a function of an assumed field loading of the product. The components of the product are acted upon by different loadings and are operated, in each instance, at the different loadings until they fail. An end-of-life curve of the component is recorded on the basis of the load-dependent failure times of a component. An EOL curve of the product is ascertained such that at the different loadings, it includes the EOL curve of the components which has, in each instance, the shortest failure time at the corresponding loading. The anticipated service life of the product is determined as a functional value of the EOL curve of the product as a function of the predefined loading of the product. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119030 | FORCE FEEDBACK AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEM - A force feedback and interactive system is provided in the present invention, wherein the force feedback and interactive system utilizes a mechanism for detecting weight or center of gravity and reacted force from an operator on a multi-axis motion platform, and a main controller which is a kernel of data processing and motion simulating of the multi-axis motion platform. Besides having complete mathematical simulation model for calculating reaction force variation according to the received operating command, force status and weight of the operator and having algorithm for simulating the motion of multi-axis motion platform so as to calculate the motion and instantaneous position of the multi-axis motion platform in space, the system can also provide function of force feedback for enhancing the virtual reality while being applied in various Human-Machine Interaction simulating field. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119031 | Member Designing Method, Member Designing Apparatus, Computer Program Product, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium - A first step where a computer performs press forming analysis based on a shape of a formed product or a shape of a member, a blank holder force, a friction coefficient, a tensile strength of a material, a yield strength, a stress-strain relation, and a sheet thickness, as press forming conditions, to calculate sheet thickness distribution and post-formation strain distribution of the formed product; and a second step where the computer performs performance analysis based on the sheet thickness distribution, the post-formation strain distribution, and the shape of the formed product or the shape of the member, as state amounts of the formed product, to calculate performance of the member are included, in which the computer repeats the calculations performed in the process from the first step through the second step a predetermined number of times, with at least one of the press forming conditions being changed, to output an optimum press forming condition that gives a maximum value or a target value of the performance. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119032 | CRANKSET BASED BICYCLE POWER MEASUREMENT - The present application relates to an input torque measuring device for a drive train of a bicycle. The drive train includes a first crank arm and a second crank arm. An inboard end of each crank arm is rotatably mounted to the bicycle at a bottom bracket of the bicycle. At least one chain ring is configured to rotate a driven wheel of the bicycle. A spider is connected to the first crank arm adjacent the bottom bracket and extends out to the at least one chain ring. The chain ring is attached to the spider by a fastener extending through a bushing within an opening of the spider. Sensors may be attached to the spider or the crank arms and may be directly connected to a flexible circuit board. The sensors, the flexible circuit boards and other components of the input torque measuring device may be encapsulated in a protective material. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119033 | System for Detecting Remaining Quantity in Liquid Hydrogen Tank - The present invention relates to a system for detecting the remaining quantity of liquid hydrogen stored in a hydrogen storage device. In this system, the remaining quantity of liquid hydrogen is calculated accurately without being affected by the previous state in a tank. The internal pressure of the tank is detected. A fixed heat quantity is applied into the liquid hydrogen. The pressure in the tank after the application of heat quantity is detected. The volume of phase-transited hydrogen gas is calculated based on the heat quantity applied into the tank. The change amount of pressure in the tank before and after the application of heat quantity is calculated based on the pressure and the pressure. The remaining quantity of liquid hydrogen in the tank is calculated based on the volume of hydrogen gas and the change amount of pressure. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119034 | VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A vehicle power supply device performs highly accurate determination of degradation of the capacitor unit as follows. Internal resistance and capacitance are corrected according to the temperature of capacitor unit during charge or discharge, thereby obtaining a corrected calculated value if capacitance. The corrected calculated value of capacitance is substituted into a degradation determination formula, which is pre-calculated according to the temperature, thereby calculating the standard value corresponding to the temperature detected by temperature sensor. When the standard value is equal to or less than the corrected calculated value of internal resistance, capacitor unit is determined to be degraded. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119035 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING PARTIAL DISCHARGES IN ELECTRICAL DEVICES - A method of analyzing partial discharge data collected from an electrical device includes collecting partial discharge data from a first electrical device belonging to a group of electrical devices. The group of electrical devices is at least partially defined by at least one electrical device classification. The method also includes generating a comparison of at least a portion of the partial discharge data collected from the first electrical device with at least a portion of the partial discharge data collected from at least one second electrical device. The at least one second electrical device is selected from the group of electrical devices that includes the first electrical device. The method further includes transmitting the results. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119036 | COMPRESSOR SENSOR MODULE - A sensor module for a compressor having an electric motor connected to a power supply and a processor disposed within an electrical enclosure of the compressor is provided, with the electrical enclosure being configured to house electrical terminals for connecting the power supply to the electric motor. The sensor module includes a first input connected to a voltage sensor that generates a voltage signal corresponding to a voltage of the power supply and a second input connected to a current sensor that generates a current signal corresponding to a current of the power supply. The processor is connected to the first and second inputs. The processor may calculate a power factor of the compressor, detect an unexpected variation in the power supply, and/or detect a mechanical malfunction of the compressor based on the voltage measurements and the current measurements. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119037 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC POWER ESTIMATION FOR A DIGITAL CIRCUIT - A method for dynamic timing-dependent power estimation for a digital circuit having coupled interconnects and at least two gates. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of capturing information on relative switching activities and timing dependence for the coupled interconnects in the digital circuit, estimating the probabilities associated with switching activities and timing dependence for each gate in the digital circuit from the captured information, and obtaining dynamic power estimation of the digital circuit from the estimations of the probabilities. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119038 | Battery Data Logger And Display - A battery data-logging arrangement for use with an electric vehicle is disclosed. The arrangement includes a first analog-to-digital converter (A | 2009-05-07 |
20090119039 | Approach for Controlling Electrical Power - An electrical power metering system. The electrical power metering system may include a plurality of gated power receptacles, each of the gated power receptacles being configured to selectively provide electrical power in response to receiving a wireless signal. The system may further include a service application configured to receive a request to provide electrical power for one of the plurality of gated power receptacles, the request including an identifier that designates the one of the plurality of gated power receptacles at which electrical power is requested. The system may further include a local host application executable on a computing device, the local host application being configured to send the wireless signal via a coordinator module to the one of the plurality of gated power receptacles to provide electrical power in response to receiving a communication from the service application that includes the identifier. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119040 | SECURITY SCREENING AND INSPECTION BASED ON BROADBAND ELECTROMAGNETIC HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING - A method of security screening and inspection of people in airlines, ships, or secured buildings, involves placing an array of transmitters and receivers in operational association with the medium. The transmitters generate a broad band harmonic (frequency domain) or pulse (time domain) primary electromagnetic field (EM) field, including the lower frequency portions of the EM spectrum, whose propagation is typically characterized by the diffusion phenomena, or by the combination of the diffusion and wave phenomena. The primary field propagates through and interacts with the examined person and any objects carried by the person to produce a scattered field, which is recorded by the receivers. The scattered EM field components measured by the receivers are applied as an artificial EM field to generate a backscattering EM field. Cross power spectra of the primary and backscattering fields (in the frequency domain) or cross correlation between these fields (in the time domain) produce a numerical reconstruction of an EM hologram. The desired properties of the person, including the properties of any objects carried by the person, such as conductivity or dielectric permittivity, are then derived from this hologram. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119041 | Method and apparatus for characterising multiphase fluid mixtures - A method for determining at least one characteristic of a multiphase fluid including the steps of applying alternating energy of a predetermined amplitude to a portion of a multiphase fluid and measuring the electrical impedance spectrum across the portion of multiphase fluid whereby a characteristic of the multiphase fluid can be determined from the measured electrical impedance spectrum. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119042 | METHOD OF TESTING AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method of testing an electronic circuit is provided. The method comprises radiating a laser beam onto the electronic circuit, and determining a plurality of samples of a response signal output by the electronic circuit during the period when the laser beam is radiated. The method further comprises accumulating the plurality of samples to generate a value, and generating a test result based on the value. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119043 | Phase imbalance monitoring apparatus, amplitude imbalance monitoring apparatus, and apparatus using the same - The present invention discloses a phase imbalance monitoring apparatus, an amplitude imbalance monitoring apparatus, as well as an apparatus incorporating the same. The phase imbalance monitoring apparatus is for use in an apparatus in which imbalance between an I branch signal and a Q branch signal in quadrature to each other is required to be monitored, and is characterized in comprising a preprocessing unit, for performing preprocessing on the I branch signal and the Q branch signal to extract essential information relevant to correlation of the signals; and a correlation unit, for performing correlation processing on the extracted essential information to learn of the phase imbalance between the I branch signal and the Q branch signal. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119044 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING IN OPTICAL SYSTEMS USED FOR RANGING APPLICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses for reducing the response time along with increasing the probability of ranging of optical rangefinders that digitize the signal waveforms obtained from the pulse echoes returned from various types of objects to be ranged, the pulse echoes being too weak to allow successful ranging from a single waveform or the objects being possibly in motion during the capture of the pulse echoes. In a first embodiment of the invention, the response time at close range of a digital optical rangefinder is reduced by using a signal averaging process wherein the number of data to be averaged varies with the distance according to a predetermined function. In a second embodiment of the invention, the probability of ranging objects in motion along the line of sight of a digital optical rangefinder is increased and the object velocity measured by performing a range shift of each acquired signal waveform prior to averaging. In a third embodiment of the invention, the signal waveforms acquired in the line of sight of a digital optical rangefinder are scanned over a predetermined zone and range shifted and averaged to allow for early detection and ranging of objects that enter in the zone. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119045 | METHOD OF INSPECTING PHOTOMASK DEFECT - A method of inspecting defect of a mask is provided. In this method, a database for storing a plurality of virtual simulation models is created. The virtual simulation models are determined by a plurality of factors including an optical effect and a chemical effect during the transferring the pattern of a mask to the photoresist layer on a wafer. A mask defect image is acquired. A simulation contour of the mask defect image is generated from at least one virtual simulation model in the database. Next, the acceptability of the mask is determined. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119046 | DATA LOGGER WITH PASS/FAIL ANALYSIS - A data logger analyzes temperature data associated with a product passing through a conveyor oven and provides a visual pass or fail indication indicating whether the product's temperature profile is within acceptable limits. Thus, an operator need not download captured temperature data to a computer in order to determine whether the oven settings produce a product profile that is within acceptable limits. In one embodiment, the data logger stores criteria for an acceptable product profile. The data logger then collects the temperature data and analyzes whether the temperature profile data is within the acceptable limits of the criteria. In another embodiment, a button and a pass/fail indicator are located on the exterior housing of the data logger. An operator depresses the button in order to request whether the product profile passed or failed the criteria for an acceptable product profile. In response to depressing the button, the pass/fail indicator provides visual indication of whether the current oven settings produce an acceptable product profile. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119047 | QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POINT-OF-CARE TESTING - An improved quality assurance system and method for point-of-care testing are disclosed. The present invention provides quality assurance for laboratory quality tests performed by a blood analysis system or the like at the point of patient care without the need for running liquid-based quality control materials on the analysis system. Quality assurance of a quantitative physiological sample test system is performed without using a quality control sample by monitoring the thermal and temporal stress of a component used with the test system. Alert information is generated that indicates that the component has failed quality assurance when the thermal and temporal stress exceeds a predetermined thermal-temporal stress threshold. Alternatively, the present invention provides quality assurance for laboratory quality tests performed by a blood analysis system or the like at the point of patient care by minimizing the need for running liquid-based quality control materials on the analysis system. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119048 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR TESTING USING REFERENCE DICE - Methods and systems of semiconductor testing where reference dice and non-reference dice in a wafer and/or lot are tested differently. In one embodiment of the invention, geography, lithography exposure, other characteristics, performance and/or behavior are taken into account when selecting reference dice, thereby improving the likelihood that the response of reference dice to testing is well representative of the wafer and/or lot. In one embodiment, based on data from the testing of reference dice, the test flow for non-reference dice and/or other testing may or may not be adjusted. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119049 | AUTOMATED DYNAMIC METROLOGY SAMPLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESS CONTROL - A system and method for optimizing and implementing a metrology sampling plan. A system is provided that includes a system for collecting historical metrology data from a metrology tool; and a reduction analysis system that compares an initial capability calculated from the historical metrology data with a recalculated capability for a reduced data set, wherein the reduced data set is obtained by removing a subset of data from the historical metrology data. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119050 | Surveying instrument - There are provided a horizontal angle detector for detecting a horizontal angle, an elevation angle detector for detecting an elevation angle, a dynamic displacement detecting means | 2009-05-07 |
20090119051 | Method and Apparatus for Verifying Scale Calibration - An apparatus and method are provided in order to verify the calibration on the fluid handling system. A magnet coupled to the scale is used to attach a precalibrated weight so that a controller in the system can determine if the scale needs to be calibrated. This way a storage tank does not need to be removed in order to check the calibration of the scale. The system can be locked down if the calibration is not within the predetermined calibration tolerance. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119052 | INTEGRATED MARGIN TESTING - A margin testing system comprises a margin testing controller and a frequency control module. The margin testing controller is internal to and integrated with an electronic system under test and is coupled with a plurality of components that are configured to provide the functionality of the electronic system under test. The plurality of components includes a processor of the electronic system under test. The frequency control module is in communication with the margin testing controller. The frequency control module is configured for varying a clock frequency associated with at least one of the components for frequency margin testing the at least one of the components in response to command of the margin testing controller. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119053 | Serial Interface Device Built-In Self Test - A built-in self test circuit includes a pattern generator, an elastic buffer, a symbol detector, and a comparison unit. A pattern generator generates a first test pattern to test a port under test and then a result pattern is gotten and stored in the elastic buffer. The symbol detector detects if a starting symbol exists in the test result pattern. If it exists, a second test pattern is generated to be compared with the test result pattern. As a result, a reliability of data transmission of the port under test is determined. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119054 | TEST EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR LOADING TEST PLAN AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - The test equipment includes a memory to which a test plan consisting of a plurality of sub-test plans is loaded; and a controller that loads the test plan to the memory by the unit of the sub-test plan and supplies a test signal to the DUT by interpreting the loaded test plan. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119055 | Automated Test System - The present invention provides a method of optimizing an automated test system during a problem determination phase of said test system in a distributed environment with a plurality of local and remote computers, said test system comprising at least a first test suite, said method comprising the steps of: receiving at least said first test suite by a centralized execution controller, said at least first test suite comprising at least a first and second test fragment; receiving at least one breakpoint description comprising a condition for pausing at least said first test suite by said centralized execution controller; sending at least said first test fragment and an execution command of at least said first test fragment from said centralized execution controller to said distributed environment; receiving a event definition and a hierarchy of event definitions describing said executed command by said execution controller; comparing said at least one breakpoint description with the received event definition by a matching mechanism coupled to said centralized execution controller; pausing said test suite execution if said executed event definition matches said breakpoint definition by said centralized execution controller. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119056 | PHYSICS-BASED OIL TEMPERATURE MODEL - A system includes an input and a thermal data processing module. The input receives a first oil temperature of an engine oil when an engine is turned on. The thermal data processing module estimates a first heat transfer from a piston of the engine to the engine oil. The thermal data processing module estimates a second heat transfer from the engine oil to an engine block of the engine. The thermal data processing module determines a second oil temperature of the engine oil based on the first oil temperature and the first and second heat transfers. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119057 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INVESTIGATION OF PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN METALS AND ALLOYS - A device and method for investigating phase transformation properties and structural changes of materials. In one form, the device simulates actual thermal processing conditions, while the method can be used in both simulations as well as in actual processing conditions. An analysis using at least one of the device and method is referred to as a single sensor differential thermal analysis, as it compares the temperature recorded in a measured specimen against a reference thermal history without requiring the derivation of the reference thermal history from measured reference temperatures. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119058 | Displacement Speed Measurement Method - The measurement method of the displacement speed of a moving element with respect to a fixed element is performed by means of an optic measuring device comprising a first reference sensor and a plurality of distinct second measurement sensors substantially aligned along the axis of movement of the moving element. The measurement method comprises determination of estimated speeds by correlation of the signals supplied by the reference sensor and each of the measurement sensors, and calculation of a mean speed of said estimated speeds. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119059 | Position Detecting System and Method for Electronic Device - A position detecting system and method for an electronic device used an audio signal input module of the electronic device and a signal receiver to connect to the audio signal input module convert an external position signal into an audio signal. A position detecting software running on the electronic device analyzes the audio signal. Accordingly, the current position of the electronic device is obtained. The audio signal input module of the electronic device is employed as an input port for the external position signal, thus saving the construction cost of the system. Besides, the current position of the electronic device with an ever-changing position can be obtained during a test process, such that the electronic device can start or stop a test item accordingly. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119060 | Spacecraft solar cell monitoring system - An onboard solar cell array current and voltage characteristic determination method is preferably used on small spacecraft and determines the solar cell orientation relative to the sun by a comparison between prelaunch solar cell characteristics with on-orbit solar cell characteristics well suited for spin axis determinations and monitoring the degradation of on-orbit solar cells over the operational life of a picosatellite. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119061 | 3D MULTI-DEGREE OF FREEDOM DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A 3D multi-degree of freedom detecting device includes a first electromagnetic radiation source, a second electromagnetic radiation source, a first sensing module, and at least one second sensing module. The first electromagnetic radiation source is used to generate first electromagnetic radiations, and the first electromagnetic radiation source is a point source. The second electromagnetic radiation source is used to generate second electromagnetic radiations, and the second electromagnetic radiation source is a point source. The first sensing module has a plurality of first sensing elements for receiving different radiation energies generated by the first electromagnetic radiations and the second electromagnetic radiations from different spatial angles. The at least one second sensing module has a plurality of second sensing elements for receiving different radiation energies generated by the first electromagnetic radiations and the second electromagnetic radiations from different spatial angles. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119062 | Time Tracking Methods and Systems - Time tracking methods and systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method for tracking a subject's use of time includes recording, at timed intervals, time tracking data indicative of a work effort being accessed by the subject. The time tracking data, along with link data associating one or more accounts with corresponding work efforts, is analyzed to attribute a portion of the subject's time to an account. A report is generated in which the portion of the subject's time is attributed to the account. The subject may be, for example, a computer system user. The work efforts may each include, for example, a file, a folder, or a Universal Resource Locator. The link data may be created on a computer system using a drag-and-drop function. Computer systems are described including instructions for carrying out time tracking methods. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119063 | Device and Method for Identifying Stacking and Splitting of Stenographic Keystrokes - A method, device, and computer program product for analyzing multiple keystrokes in an electronic stenographic recording machine having keys forming stenographic keystrokes when actuated includes sensing a depressed state of a first stenographic key and recording a first depression time, sensing a depressed state of a second stenographic key and recording a second depression time, sensing a depressed state of a third stenographic key and recording a third depression time, sensing a released state of the first key and recording a first release time, sensing a released state of the second key and recording a second release time, sensing a released state of the third key and recording a third release time, sorting the first, second, and third depression times based on a chronological order of occurrence, determining, within the plurality of sorted depression times, a pair of chronologically adjacent depression times with a greatest chronological variation therebetween, determining an elapsed depression-release time for each one of the determined pair of adjacent depression times, determining a percentage of chronological overlap of the elapsed depression-release times, comparing the percentage of chronological overlap to a predefined value, and separating the first, second, and third key depressions into two separate stenographic keystrokes when the percentage of chronological overlap is less than the predefined value. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119064 | Systems and Methods for Efficient Utilization of Power Sources In a Redundant Configuration - A method may include generating an efficiency curve for each of a plurality of power sources and operating the plurality of power sources based at least on the generated efficiency curve. Generating the efficiency curve for each power source may include coupling a test load to the power source for a period of time, measuring an output power after the period of time, determining a productivity of the power source, determining an efficiency of each power source based at least on the measured output power and the determined productivity, repeating the efficiency determination of the power source for a plurality of different test loads, and generating an efficiency curve from at least the determined efficiencies. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119065 | Virtual sensor network (VSN) system and method - A method is used for providing sensing data to a control system of a machine. The method may include providing a plurality of virtual sensors, each of which may have a model type, at least one input parameter, and at least one output parameter. The method may also include integrating the plurality of virtual sensors into a virtual sensor network; determining interdependencies among the plurality of virtual sensors; and obtaining operational information of the plurality of virtual sensors. Further, the method may include recording measurement data and performance information of the virtual sensor network and the plurality of virtual sensors; and generating one or more calibration certificate of the virtual sensor network based on the operational information, the measurement data, and the performance information. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119066 | PROVIDING DIRECTIVE REPLACEMENT OF HFSI PARTS BASED ON SPECIFIC MACHINE PERFORMANCE - Embodiments herein maintain an unscheduled maintenance rate of a first apparatus, of a group of apparatuses, based on a history of unscheduled maintenance service calls performed on the first apparatus. Other apparatuses in the group of apparatuses have different unscheduled maintenance rates when compared to the unscheduled maintenance rate of the first apparatus. The method/system herein replaces fully used components of the first apparatus that exceed a predetermined full service life, based on usage meters of the components and replaces partially used components of the first apparatus that do not exceed the full service life, based on the usage meters. When directing replacement of partially used components, the method determines the remaining amount of the full service life for each of the partially used components, estimates the occurrence of the next service call for the first apparatus based on the unscheduled maintenance rate for the first apparatus, compares the remaining amount of the full service life for each of the partially used components to the occurrence of the next service call to identify ones of the partially used components that will exceed the full service life before the next service call, and then replaces only the ones of the partially used components that will exceed the full service life before the next service call. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119067 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MINIMIZE DOWNTIMES OF MEDICAL APPARATUSES - In a system and method to minimize downtimes of medical apparatuses one or more medical apparatuses each has at least: one detection module to detect error situations of the respective medical apparatus, one local database to provide data and information regarding error situations, associated error correction measures and additional information, one analysis module to analyze a present error situation with regard to measures for error correction and/or continued usability of the medical apparatus on the basis of the data stored in the local database, and one output module to output the results of the analysis. The apparatuses are connected with a central database in which data regarding known error situations of the medical apparatuses, associated error correction measures and additional information are provided. The local databases are updated on the basis of the central database. Given detection of a previously unknown error situation at an apparatus, the error situation is evaluated, error correction measures are established, additional information is compiled such as information regarding usability of the medical apparatus before implementation of the error correction measures, etc., the aforementioned data and information are provided to the central database, and the local databases are updated on the basis of the data of the central database. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119068 | Communicating faulted circuit indicator apparatus and method of use thereof - A communicating faulted circuit indicator (“FCI”) apparatus, as well as methods for using the apparatus. A sensor is configured to collect data relating to a state of an electrical conductor. A controller is logically coupled to the sensor and configured to receive the data collected by the sensor and to determine whether to communicate the collected data to a location remote from the FCI. A communications facility is logically coupled to the controller and configured to communicate the data to the remote location in response to the controller's determination to communicate the data to the remote location. The communications facility can include a cellular communications device. The remote location can comprise a cellular communications device. The remote location also can be a computer system configured to receive communications from the FCI. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119069 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE SWING CURVE AMPLITUDE - A process ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090119070 | Method and apparatus for investigation of how a technical system can be broken down - A method, a computer program product and to a data processing installation are provided for investigation of how a technical system which is composed of components can be broken down. Design models of this system and of its components are predetermined. Rays which originate from selected foot points on the surface of the design model are calculated for each component design model. The process determines how many rays which start at the foot point and run in the direction of the predetermined direction vectors meet the design model of at least one other component. Each component is weighted as a function of these numbers. The result is determined that the component with the highest weighting can be removed from the system. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119071 | INTERCONNECTED OBJECTS SLOPE MODIFICATION TOOL - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to update a slope of a run in a system in a computer drawing application. A system run (i.e., an interconnected series of objects) is selected in a computer drawing application. The objects in the interconnected series are part of the same system and the series has a starting point and an ending point. A property for a slope of the system run is specified. The slope of the system run is updated across all of the interconnected series of objects based on the specified property. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119072 | Electromagnetic Modeling of Switch FETs - There is disclosed a method for modeling a switch FET. A three-dimensional model representing the structure of the switch FET may be created. The three-dimensional model may be analyzed using an electromagnetic field analysis tool. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119073 | Heat trace system design - Heat trace system design is disclosed. In some embodiments, pipe system data including data associated with pipe system components is received, and in response to receiving a selection of a pipe system component, data associated with a set of one or more pipe system components including the selected pipe system component is automatically extracted from the received pipe system data. One or more heat trace system components for the set of pipe system components are determined based at least in part on the extracted data. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPORTING DATA INTO PROGRAM CODE - The present invention relates to a method for designing a system. This method includes obtaining a visual representation of one or more components of the ventilation system. One or more property values are assigned to each of the components of the system, which may be achieved using first program code. Geometrical information representing the visual representation and the property values of each component are exported to a data file using the first program code. Standards information relating to the property values are stored. The data file is then imported into a second software application and the data file and the standards information is used to generate a final design using the second software application. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119075 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CUSTOM DESIGN OF A STORAGE ASSEMBLY - A custom storage assembly design module automates design of a storage assembly by automatically generating a recommended layout based on a user defined storage location. The design module, which can be communicatively coupled to a remote communications device including a monitor, provides custom design options in view of the recommended layout for the storage assembly, and monitors the selection of custom design options to avoid violation of allowance rules for the defined storage location. The design module displays the storage assembly with currently selected custom design options and also associated pricing information throughout the design process. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119076 | Method for Generating a 3D Earth Model - A method is provided for generating an invertible 3D hydrodynamic earth model suitable for defining target characteristics of a subsurface area formed by a plurality of formations and comprising drilling positions of potential and real wells. The method comprises constructing an initial 3D earth model by combining solutions for a set of single 1D models, each of the models corresponding to a real or potential well drilling position and covering the entire respective aggregate of formations along the wellbore, with solutions for a relevant set of 2D earth models which are constructed only for single formations, and optimizing the constructed initial 3D earth model by defining an optimal set of formations and an optimal set of calibratable model parameters. A method and system are also provided for application of the earth model construction method for predicting overpressure evolution before and during drilling. As the earth model constructed in accordance with the above method provides efficient inversion of data, in particular gathered while drilling, the prediction can be updated in real-time while drilling. The invention can ensure optimization of the drilling process and improves its safety. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119077 | Use of simulation to generate predictions pertaining to a manufacturing facility - In one embodiment, a method for using simulation to predict the future of a manufacturing facility includes obtaining data pertaining to the current state of the manufacturing facility, and building a simulation model based on the obtained data. The method may further include identifying a time horizon defining a point of time in the future, performing a simulation run for the time horizon using the simulation model to predict the state of the manufacturing facility at the future point of time, and storing the resulting predictions in a database. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119078 | Blasting Method - Methods for evaluating drill pattern parameters such as burden, spacing, borehole diameter, etc., at a blast site are disclosed. One method involves accumulating the burden contributed by successive layers of rock and matching the accumulated rock burden to a target value for a borehole having a length related to the average height of the layers. Another method relates to varying drill pattern parameters and characteristics to match blast design constraints, including the substitution of one explosive material for another by the proper balance of materials and/or output energies to the associated rock burden. Analysis of deviations from target rock burdens and corrective measures are disclosed, as well as cost optimization methods. The various methods can be practiced using an appropriately programmed general purpose computer. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119079 | GOLF BALL AND MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SAME - The accuracy or computation speed of mechanical analysis of a golf ball using the finite element method is increased. In the mechanical analysis, a model representing the golf ball is prepared on a computer, and computation is made by the finite element method using elements and nodes. At this time, the elements are made solid elements of hexahedron, the aspect ratio of the shape of each element is set so as to be not lower than 1.0 and not substantially higher than 6.5, and nodes are provided on the sides and at the vertexes of the hexahedron of element. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119080 | Computational simulation systems and methods using boundary integral equations - A system, method, and computer-readable medium including instructions for predicting a characteristic of an object is described. The system includes an object model comprising a thin crack geometry representation of at least a portion of the object; a boundary condition model of a predetermined process applicable to the object (FIG. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119081 | Stability Performance of the Coupled Algorithms for Viscoelastic Ink Jet Simulations - A system and method for simulating the flow of a viscoelastic fluid through a channel. The simulation including a interface between a first fluid and a second fluid. The simulation including the formation of a droplet. The simulation includes solving equations governing the viscoelastic flow of the first fluid through the channel, including viscoelastic stress equations that include a normalized relaxation time greater than or equal to 5. The calculations simulate the flow of the first fluid through the channel. The simulation is stable over a period time in which a droplet is formed. The simulation including a level set function that describes the position of the interface between the first and second fluids, and the evolution of the level set function over time describes the shape and position of the interface. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119082 | RESERVOIR FRACTURE SIMULATION - Reservoir fracture simulation relates to a method of evaluating a reservoir. Data associated with properties of the reservoir as well as properties of a fracture in the reservoir, is collected. This data is then used in conjunction with a correlation matrix to determine modification parameters of a reservoir model of the reservoir. The correlation matrix corresponds to an empirical functional relationship between the modification parameters and the data, and is obtained based on a plurality of experimental fractures defined in the reservoir. Effects of the fracture are then emulated by selectively modifying the reservoir model using the modification parameters to generate a modified reservoir model. The reservoir is then modeled with the fracture by using the modified reservoir model to generate a result. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119083 | Family inheritance - Displaying a comparison of genetic data is disclosed, including receiving an indication of a first individual, receiving an indication of a second individual, retrieving the genotypic information for the first individual and the second individual, comparing the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual, displaying an indication of the comparison of the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual graphically. A first graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are identical. A second graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are half identical. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119084 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SIMULATING TEST EQUIPMENT - A simulation system includes a Response database for storing Response Data in which an output result of a device-under-test (DUT) model for a predetermined test item is set, and a framework for causing the test plan program to operate. The framework determines an output result of a DUT or a DUT model for a predetermined test item, which is executed based on the test plan program, based on the Response Data stored in the Response database. That enables a test flow to be verified in an offline simulation environment of the test equipment without loading a pattern program. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119085 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A TRANSISTOR - Method and system are disclosed for modeling dynamic behavior of a transistor. The method includes representing static behavior of a transistor using a lookup table, selecting an instance of the transistor from the lookup table for modeling dynamic behavior of the transistor, computing a previous state of the instance using a non-quasi static analytical model, computing a variation in channel charge of the instance according to a rate of change in time, computing a current state of the instance using the previous state and the variation in channel charge, computing a modified terminal voltage that includes a dynamic voltage across a parasitic resistance at the terminal of the transistor according to the current state and previous state of the instance, and storing the modified terminal voltage in a memory device for modeling dynamic behavior of the transistor at the current state. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119086 | System and method for clock modeling in discrete-event simulation - Local clock modeling for a discrete event simulator is described. A local clock generator provides realistic clock characteristics in terms of clock precision and clock drift and clock mapping utilities provide API for other modules and/or protocols in the discrete event simulator to schedule events on local clocks instead of global clock of the simulator. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119087 | PASS-THROUGH AND EMULATION IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A virtual device emulated in software and included in a virtual machine is provided in a virtualized computer system. The virtual device includes an emulation mode and a pass through mode. The emulation mode is used for a first plurality of device operations. The pass through mode is used for a second plurality of device operations. The virtual device is configured to communicate with a physical device and each of the second plurality of device operations are configured to be handled by the physical device. The virtual device also includes a switching logic to switch between the emulation mode and the pass through mode based on a device operation to be performed by the virtual machine of the virtual device. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119088 | Method of Designing, Modelling or Fabricating a Communications Baseband Stack - The present invention contemplates applying a form of emulation to the domain of communications baseband stack design, in which baseband stack resource requirements, capabilities and behaviour are modelled and described. and the resultant description input to software comprising a virtual machine layer optimised for a communications DSP in order to generate an emulation of the baseband stack. The virtual machine layer is not custom written for a specific task but is instead pre-fabricated as a general purpose layer designed to de-couple low MIPS control code from having to interface directly with high MIPS baseband processing algorithms. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119089 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND FULL-SYSTEM SIMULATOR FOR SPEEDING MMU SIMULATION - A method, apparatus, and full-system simulator for speeding memory management unit simulation with direct address mapping on a host system, the host system supporting a full-system simulator, on which a guest system is simulated, the method comprising the following steps: setting a border in the logical space assigned for the full-system simulator by the host system, thereby dividing the logical space into a safe region and a simulator occupying region; shifting the full-system simulator itself from the occupied original host logical space to the simulator occupying region; and reserving the safe region for use with at least part of the guest system. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119090 | Principled Approach to Paraphrasing - A principled approach to paraphrasing analyzes input text and paraphrases at atomic linguistic level, instead of analyzing the input text and paraphrases as a whole set at one time. The principled approach extracts atomic linguistic elements from the input text and identifies matching atomic paraphrasing elements to form candidate atomic paraphrasing pairs. A variety of atomic transformation types are identified to form atomic paraphrasing pairs. The candidate atomic paraphrasing pairs are evaluated using feature functions and a probability model. The principled approach scores a combination of multiple candidate atomic paraphrasing pairs using a score function which derives its value from the feature functions of the candidate atomic paraphrasing pairs. A combination which has a high score may be used for constructing a paraphrasing text. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119091 | Automated pattern based human assisted computerized translation network systems - A system and method for automated languages translation comprising a database containing pre-translated patterns that were translated by human translators, generating a transparent and seamless translation service. Whenever a user issues a translation request, the system offers suitable translated sentences from the aforementioned database. The system does so by separating the submitted text into elements and using a pattern recognition mechanism to identify a matching translation to each element. If there is no matching translated pattern in the database or if the user does not approve the translated sentence, the system transparently uses a suitable registered human translator to translate. The new translation is stored in the database, thus perfecting the database, and the translation request is delivered. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119092 | ENSURING PRODUCT CORRECTNESS IN A MULTILINGUAL ENVIRONMENT - A language package system that prevents undesirable behaviors resulting from an incompatibility between a core package of a software product and its language packages is provided. The language package system executes when a user starts the execution of the core package on a computing device. The language package system retrieves a language package version number from the core package that indicates the version number of compatible language packages and an indication of the preferred language of the user. The language package system then determines whether the computing device has a compatible language package that is available. When the computing device has a compatible language package, the software product uses that language package. When the computing device has no compatible language package, the language package system then performs processing that factors in the unavailability of a compatible language package. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119093 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PARSE ADDRESSES USING A PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method and system for parsing an address is disclosed. The method and system comprise separating the address into a plurality of tokens and providing one or more token meaning discovery passes based upon region specific configuration information to determine the meaning of each token in the address. In so doing, an address can be parsed by a processing system in an efficient and effective fashion. By disclosing the meaning of each token of the address in accordance with a region specific configuration information rule set a parsing process is provided which allows for easy modification as the requirements for the parsing change. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119094 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LINGUISTIC SCORING - In embodiments of the invention, a system receives selections from a user based on a list of pre-defined monitoring categories and/or optionally receives custom category definitions from the user. The option for custom category definitions may be advantageous due to the flexibility provided to a system administrator or other user. In embodiments of the invention, the pre-defined and/or custom monitoring categories may be or include complex hierarchical behavior. Such an approach provides monitoring algorithms that can achieve improved accuracy compared to known methods. In embodiments of the invention, the order of computations used in resolving a monitoring category may be re-ordered, statically and/or dynamically, to improve the efficiency of monitoring operations. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119095 | Machine Learning Systems and Methods for Improved Natural Language Processing - Disclosed is a method to generate at least one new set of concepts to be used to perform natural language processing (NLP) on data. The method includes receiving one or more sources of input data, and determining, based on the one or more sources of input data and on at least one initial set of concepts, at least one attribute representative of a type of information detail to be included in the at least one new set of concepts. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119096 | PARTIAL SPEECH RECONSTRUCTION - A system enhances the quality of a digital speech signal that may include noise. The system identifies vocal expressions that correspond to the digital speech signal. A signal-to-noise ratio of the digital speech signal is measured before a portion of the digital speech signal is synthesized. The selected portion of the digital speech signal may have a signal-to-noise ratio below a predetermined level and the synthesis of the digital speech signal may be based on speaker identification. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119097 | PITCH SELECTION MODULES IN A SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SUNG OR HUMMED MELODIES - The technology disclosed relates to audio signal processing. It includes a series of modules that individually are useful to solve audio signal processing problems. Among the problems addressed are buzz removal, selecting a pitch candidate among pitch candidates based on local continuity of pitch and regional octave consistency, making small adjustments in pitch, ensuring that a selected pitch is consistent with harmonic peaks, determining whether a given frame or region of frames includes harmonic, voiced signal, extracting harmonics from voice signals and detecting vibrato. One environment in which these modules are useful is transcribing singing or humming into a symbolic melody. Another environment that would usefully employ some of these modules is speech processing. Some of the modules, such as buzz removal, are useful in many other environments as well. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119098 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VOICE DECODER - The present invention discloses a signal processing method adapted to process a synthesized signal in packet loss concealment. The method includes the following steps: receiving a good frame following a lost frame, obtaining an energy ratio of energy of a signal in the signal of the good frame signal to energy of a synthesized signal corresponding to the same time of the good frame, and adjusting the synthesized signal in accordance with the energy ratio. The present invention also discloses a signal processing apparatus and a voice decoder. Through using the method provided by the present invention, the synthesized signal is adjusted in accordance with the energy ratio of the energy of the first good frame following the lost frame to the energy of the synthesized signal to ensure that there be not a waveform sudden change or an energy sudden change at the place where the lost frame and the first good frame following the lost frame are jointed in the synthesized signal, to realize the waveform's smooth transition and to avoid music noises. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119099 | System and method for automobile noise suppression - A system and a method for automobile noise suppression in an automobile are provided. The system comprises a processor and a noise suppression device. The noise suppression device is configured for receiving a voice signal, which includes a speech signal and a noise signal. The processor is configured for determining an adjusting parameter set according to an automobile speed signal corresponding to a speed of the automobile. The noise suppression device can suppress the noise signal according to the adjusting parameter set, whereby enhancing the voice quality. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119100 | ASSOCIATING ANNOTATION RECORDING WITH A CELL PHONE NUMBER - A method, system and computer program product for creating voice annotations during a mobile phone call. During the phone call a user engages a trigger on the communication device prompting the phone to first mute the device of the user, and then record an audible message. The audible message, or voice annotation, is automatically linked to the current call information. The voice annotation may be transcribed and stored as a textual annotation. The voice or textual annotation may be retrieved utilizing a graphical user interface (GUI). | 2009-05-07 |
20090119101 | Transcript Alignment - An approach to alignment of transcripts with recorded audio is tolerant of moderate transcript inaccuracies, untranscribed speech, and significant non-speech noise. In one aspect, a number of search terms are formed from the transcript such that each search term is associated with a location within the transcript. Possible locations of the search terms are then determined in the audio recording. The audio recording and the transcript are then aligned using the possible locations of the search terms. In another aspect a search expression is accepted, and then a search is performed for spoken occurrences of the search expression in an audio recording. This search includes searching for text occurrences of the search expression in a text transcript of the audio recording, and searching for spoken occurrences of the search expression in the audio recording. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EXPLOITING PROSODIC FEATURES FOR DIALOG ACT TAGGING IN A DISCRIMINATIVE MODELING FRAMEWORK - Disclosed are a system and method for exploiting information in an utterance for dialog act tagging. An exemplary method includes receiving a user utterance, computing at periodic intervals at least one parameter in the user utterance, quantizing the at least one parameter at each periodic interval, approximating conditional probabilities using an n-gram over a sliding window over the periodic intervals and tagging the utterance as a dialog act based on the approximated conditional probabilities. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119103 | SPEAKER RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A method automatically recognizes speech received through an input. The method accesses one or more speaker-independent speaker models. The method detects whether the received speech input matches a speaker model according to an adaptable predetermined criterion. The method creates a speaker model assigned to a speaker model set when no match occurs based on the input. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119104 | Switching Functionality To Control Real-Time Switching Of Modules Of A Dialog System - Systems and methods are described that automatically control modules of dialog systems. The systems and methods include a dialog module that receives and processes utterances from a speaker and outputs data used to generate synthetic speech outputs as responses to the utterances. A controller is coupled to the dialog module, and the controller detects an abnormal output of the dialog module when the dialog module is processing in an automatic mode. The controller comprises a mode control for an agent to control the dialog module by correcting the abnormal output and transferring a corrected output to a downstream dialog module that follows, in a processing path, the dialog module. The corrected output is used in further processing the utterances. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119105 | Acoustic Model Adaptation Methods Based on Pronunciation Variability Analysis for Enhancing the Recognition of Voice of Non-Native Speaker and Apparatus Thereof - The example embodiment of the present invention provides an acoustic model adaptation method for enhancing recognition performance for a non-native speaker's speech. In order to adapt acoustic models, first, pronunciation variations are examined by analyzing a non-native speaker's speech. Thereafter, based on variation pronunciation of a non-native speaker's speech, acoustic models are adapted in a state-tying step during a training process of acoustic models. When the present invention for adapting acoustic models and a conventional acoustic model adaptation scheme are combined, more-enhanced recognition performance can be obtained. The example embodiment of the present invention enhances recognition performance for a non-native speaker's speech while reducing the degradation of recognition performance for a native speaker's speech. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119106 | BUILDING WHITELISTS COMPRISING VOICEPRINTS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH FRAUD AND SCREENING CALLS USING A COMBINATION OF A WHITELIST AND BLACKLIST - According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a method, comprising collecting voiceprints of callers; identifying which of the collected voiceprints are associated with fraud; and generating a whitelist comprising voiceprints corresponding to the collected voiceprints not identified as associated with fraud. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119107 | SPEECH RECOGNITION BASED ON SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF A TARGET SENTENCE - Systems and methods for processing a user speech input to determine whether the user has correctly read a target sentence string are provided. One disclosed method may include receiving a sentence array including component words of the target sentence string and processing the sentence array to generate a symbolic representation of the target sentence string. The symbolic representation may include a subset of words selected from the component words of the target sentence string, having fewer words than the sentence array. The method may include processing user speech input to recognize in the user speech input each of the words in the subset of words in the symbolic representation of the target sentence string. The method may further include, upon recognizing the subset of words, making a determination that the user has correctly read the target sentence string. | 2009-05-07 |