23rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 73 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100144769 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED BIOAVAILABILITY AND ENHANCED BRAIN DELIVERY OF 5 5-DIPHENYL BARBITURIC ACID - The present invention relates to a composition and a method of delivering a barbituric acid derivative to the central nervous system of a mammal in need of treatment for neurological conditions. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of administering an oral dosage form of a sodium salt of 5,5-diphenyl barbituric acid to enhance the bioavailability of 5,5-diphenyl barbituric acid and brain delivery of same. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144795 | TREATMENT OF ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER - 3-(5,6-Dichloro-pyridin-3-yl)-1S,5S-3,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane and salts thereof are effective nicotinic receptor agonist compounds that demonstrated pharmacological effect for symptoms associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144811 | COMBINATION - The present invention relates to a combination, especially a pharmaceutical composition, comprising as active ingredients
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20100144814 | NOVEL 4-PHENYLIMIDAZOLE-2-THIONE TYROSINASE INHIBITORS AND PHARMACEUTICAL/COSMETIC APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Novel 4-phenylimidazole-2-thione tyrosinase inhibiting compounds corresponding to the following general formula (I): | 2010-06-10 |
20100144835 | INHIBITION OF GPR4 - The present invention relates to the use of a GPR4 inhibitor for the manufacture of a medicament for the inhibition of angiogenesis, for instance for the inhibition of tumour growth in the treatment of cancer. In a preferred embodiment, said inhibitor is a siRNA, preferably double-stranded. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144863 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS - The present invention relates to a compound of the following formula (I): | 2010-06-10 |
20100144882 | Method of Treating Post-Surgical Acute Pain - A method is provided for treating pain in patients recovering from post-surgical trauma by administering between about 13 to about 30 mg of diclofenac potassium in a liquid dispersible formulation over a period of at least 24 hours, wherein the daily total amount of diclofenac potassium administered is less than or equal to about 100 mg. The method is particularly useful in treating acute pain in bunionectomy patients. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144906 | Method and system for handling slurries of varying liquid rates and solids content - A method and system for collecting a plurality of slurries containing solid particles of varying particle size distribution and amount and performing a classification and separation on the slurries is provided whereby a fines-rich stream and a stream containing substantially coarse particles is obtained. The method and system includes separating the fines from the slurry liquid and thickening the separated coarse particles in a settling zone for subsequent use. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144909 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL, FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL, SHEET-LIKE STRUCTURE AND SANITARY PRODUCT - Provided is a method for producing a functional material, including the steps of: bringing a polyvalent metal cation aqueous solution into contact with a base material; bringing a polyanion aqueous solution containing a functional component into contact with the base material previously in contact with the polyvalent metal cation aqueous solution to bond the polyvalent metal cations and the polyanions to each other, and thereby forming an insoluble compound containing the functional component; and drying the base material including the insoluble compound. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144927 | THERMAL CURABLE POWDER COATING COMPOSITION - A powder coating composition based on including at least one specific kind of the polyuretdione resin having a carboxyl value in the range of 20 to 300 mg KOH/g which exhibits higher crosslinking density in thin films, high flexibility, and excellent weather resistance. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144953 | PROCESS FOR RECYCLING POLYOLEFIN BLEND COMPOSITION USING AN ETHYLENE COPOLYMER COMPATIBILIZING AGENT - A process is provided for preparing polymer composites from compositions comprising i) a polyolefin, ii) a polymer selected from the group consisting of polymers having hydroxyl groups and polymers having amino groups and iii) a polar ethylene copolymer having copolymerized units selected from the group consisting of C | 2010-06-10 |
20100144954 | TREAD RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR STUDLESS TIRE AND STUDLESS TIRE - The present invention has its object to provide a tread rubber composition for a studless tire having favorable performance on ice and snow and excellent abrasion resistance while reducing strain dependence of hardness of the tread rubber and maintaining rigidity on roads that are not covered with snow. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144958 | POLYMERS - The present invention relates to a branched polymer obtainable an addition polymerisation process, preferably a free-radical polymerisation process, which is the reaction product of: (a) an initiator, optionally but preferably a free-radical initiator, (b) optionally but preferably a compatible chain transfer agent (E and E′), (c) at least one ethylenically monounsaturated monomer (G and/or J), (d) at least one ethylenically polyunsaturated monomer (L), wherein at least one of (a)-(d) has a molecular weight of at least 1000 Daltons, and the mole ratio of (d) to (c) is greater than 0.0005 to 1. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144993 | CURABLE FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION PREPARED FROM SAME AND ANTIREFLECTION FILM - A curable fluorine-containing polymer having a number average molecular weight of from 500 to 1,000,000 and is represented by the formula (1): -(A)-(M)- in which the structural unit M is a structural unit derived from a fluorine-containing ethylenic monomer and represented by the formula (M): [—(CX | 2010-06-10 |
20100145034 | SELECTIVE PLACEMENT OF CARBON NANOTUBES THROUGH FUNCTIONALIZATION - The present invention provides a method for selectively placing carbon nanotubes on a substrate surface by using functionalized carbon nanotubes having an organic compound that is covalently bonded to such carbon nanotubes. The organic compound comprises at least two functional groups, the first of which is capable of forming covalent bonds with carbon nanotubes, and the second of which is capable of selectively bonding metal oxides. Such functionalized carbon nanotubes are contacted with a substrate surface that has at least one portion containing a metal oxide. The second functional group of the organic compound selectively bonds to the metal oxide, so as to selectively place the functionalized carbon nanotubes on the at least one portion of the substrate surface that comprises the metal oxide. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145041 | Thiazolyl-dihydro-quinazoline compounds and processes for preparing same - Disclosed are thiazolyl-dihydro-quinazolines of general formula (I) | 2010-06-10 |
20100145042 | SULFONYLPYRAZOLE AND SULFONYLPYRAZOLINE CARBOXAMIDINE DERIVATIVES AS 5-HT6 ANTAGONISTS - This invention concerns compounds of the general formula (1): | 2010-06-10 |
20100145069 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 6,6-DIMETHYL-3-AZABICYCLO-[3.1.0]- HEXANE COMPOUNDS UTILIZING BISULFITE INTERMEDIATE - The present invention provides for a process for preparing 6,6-Dimethyl-3-aza-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2-sulfonate, an intermediateuseful in the efficient preparation of (1R,2S,5S)-methyl 6,6-dimethyl-3-azabicyclo[3,1,0]hexane-2-carboxylic acid and esters and salts thereof, processes for preparing (1R,2S,5S)-methyl 6,6-dimethyl-3-azabicyclo[3,1,0]hexane-2-carboxylic acid and esters and salts thereof from the sulfonate intermediate and processes for preparing 6,6-Dimethyl-3-aza-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2-sulfonate. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145082 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING COALESCENCE-INHIBITED EMULSIONS FROM WHOLE-CELL BIOTRANSFORMATIONS WITH COMPRESSED OR SUPERCRITICAL GASES,IN PARTICULAR WITH CARBON DIOXIDE - The method presented represents a possibility for separating emulsions derived from whole-cell biotransformations, which method makes it possible to effectively separate stable emulsions derived from typical biocatalytic two-phase processes that result in connection with such a biotransformation, by means of at least one compressed or supercritical gas. In this connection, a supercritical extraction to obtain the valuable product can follow directly, because of the use of compressed or supercritical gas as the separation agent. It is unimportant, in this connection, whether the valuable product is present in the aqueous or the organic phase. Recycling of the organic phase is possible, since the surfactant cell components, which are decisively responsible for the formation of the stable emulsion, can be separated off by means of sedimentation, because of the treatment. The separation that is achieved remains in existence even after the compressed or supercritical gas has gassed out, so that aside from extraction, other methods for product isolation can also follow, if this is necessary. In this connection, the invention contains tremendous potential for industrial use of biocatalytical two-phase processes, which are of great interest economically and ecologically. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145098 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDES - A process for producing carboxylic acid anhydrides by the carbonylation reaction of a carboxylic acid ester, derived from an alcohol and a carboxylic acid, with carbon monoxide containing a small amount of hydrogen in a liquid reaction medium in the presence of a Group VIII B catalyst to produce a carboxylic acid anhydride. The reaction medium comprises the Group VIII B catalyst, an organic halide, the carboxylic acid ester, an alkali metal salt, the carboxylic acid anhydride, the carboxylic acid, and at least one ionic liquid consisting of a cation and an anion where the cation of the ionic liquid has a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic structure. The ionic liquid has at least one of the following structural forms: | 2010-06-10 |
20100145122 | Diisobutylene process - This invention is a process for producing diisobutylene from isobutylene. The process comprises first passing water through a downflow reactor containing a bed of sulfonic acid resin to produce an effluent stream having a pH of at least 5, then dimerizing isobutylene by contacting the sulfonic acid resin with a reaction feed comprising isobutylene and tertiary butyl alcohol. The downflow reactor comprises a bottom, an inlet located above the resin bed, an outlet located below the resin bed, and inert material in the space from the bottom of the reactor to at least above the outlet. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145130 | Treatment Method for Stabilizing Selenium in Coal Combustion Ash - Treatment of heavy metal-containing waste products including selenium- and arsenic-containing waste products, from flue gas desulfurization (FGD) treatment systems utilizing alternative alkali materials such as soda ash (Na | 2010-06-10 |
20100145172 | OXYGEN ENHANCING MEMBRANE SYSTEMS FOR IMPLANTABLE DEVICES - The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for increasing oxygen availability to implantable devices. The preferred embodiments provide a membrane system configured to provide protection of the device from the biological environment and/or a catalyst for enabling an enzymatic reaction, wherein the membrane system includes a polymer formed from a high oxygen soluble material. The high oxygen soluble polymer material is disposed adjacent to an oxygen-utilizing source on the implantable device so as to dynamically retain high oxygen availability to the oxygen-utilizing source during oxygen deficits. Membrane systems of the preferred embodiments are useful for implantable devices with oxygen-utilizing sources and/or that function in low oxygen environments, such as enzyme-based electrochemical sensors and cell transplantation devices. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145179 | HIGH-DENSITY MICRO ELECTRODE ARRAY AND SERIAL CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Each micro electrode of a high-density micro electrode array is connected to the same conducting wire. Serial switches enable sequential electrical connection of the micro electrode array. Given reasonable temporal resolution, the separation interval of two consecutive instances of the same micro electrode entering the ON state matches the temporal resolution. The micro electrode array has simple layout and small area, thereby maximizing the number of micro electrodes installed per unit area. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145182 | METHOD TO CONTROL THE ACQUISITION OPERATION OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE IN THE ACQUISITION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA OF A PATIENT, AND ASSOCIATED MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE - In a method to control the acquisition operation of a magnetic resonance device in the acquisition of magnetic resonance data of a patient, and associated magnetic resonance device, patient-related acquisition parameters are determined, technical control parameters are automatically determined taking into account the patient-related acquisition parameters, and the magnetic resonance device is controlled according to the control parameters. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145206 | ALTERNANS AND CARDIAC ISCHEMIA - One or more electrocardiographic signals are detected from a subject. The occurrence of alternans in the electrocardiographic signals are detected using one or more processors. One or more characteristics of detected alternans are determined. The determined characteristics of the detected alternans are analyzed to determine whether cardiac ischemia is present. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145207 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING T-WAVE ALTERNANS - A method for generating a cardiac electrical instability assesment is disclosed herein. The method includes obtaining a SDTWA measurement, obtaining a LDTWA measurement, and obtaining a cardiac electrical instability assessment based on both the SDTWA measurement and the LDTWA measurement. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145234 | HAND-HELD DEVICE FOR DETECTING ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AND SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - There are provided a hand-held device for detecting activities of daily living, and a system for detecting activities of daily living using the same. The hand-held device comprises a behavior information detector unit detecting physical activity information from user's movements; an article use information detector unit detecting article use information on whether the user uses the article from a sensor module attached to the article; a controller unit generating information on activities of daily living of the user from the physical activity information and the article use information; and a memory unit storing the information on the activities of daily living of the user. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145272 | Wax Micro Actuator - An actuator comprises a cavity containing a working medium that reversibly expands as it undergoes a phase change from a solid to a liquid state, a diaphragm disposed adjacent the cavity such that expansion and contraction of the expandable working medium causes the diaphragm to deflect, and a semiconductor element disposed in the cavity, wherein the semiconductor element is adapted to heat the working medium to cause it to undergo the phase change into the liquid state. The actuator may be used in a pump for an infusion system. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145282 | INJECTION BUTTON - A push button connection for an injection device comprising a push button ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100145290 | MEDICAL SUCTION CONTROL WITH ISOLATION CHARACTERISTICS - A suction regulator for controlling a level of negative pressure in a system in which compensatory clean airflow is used to isolate a control device for regulating suction delivered to a patient is disclosed. The regulator comprises an inlet; an outlet; a controller for controlling the suction delivered to the inlet; and a barrier for isolating the controller from the inlet. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145292 | Stoma Cap Device for Ostomy Maintenance Assistance - Provided is a cap device for home use to temporarily cover the stoma resulting from a urostomy, colostomy or ileostomy procedure. It provides a favorable means of preventing leakage during routine cleaning around the stoma during the ostomy pouch replacement process. The device may include, in any combination, use of a flexible elastomeric material for creating low suction to assist with retention, a shaped lip for comfort and sealing, a disposable liner, or internal absorption material to help avoid spillage and leakage. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145338 | Bone Plate - A bone plate for fixation of proximal humerus fractures comprises an elongated shaft portion having a first width and a head portion connected to the shaft portion having a second width greater than the first width. The head portion and the shaft portion define a common longitudinal axis. At least one first screw hole may be located in the head portion, and at least one second screw hole may be located in the shaft portion. At least one of the first and second holes is configured to engage a head of a bone screw to form an angularly stable connection with the bone screw. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145341 | TROCAR-TIPPED DRILL BIT - A drill bit comprising a trocar tip on an end of a fluted portion is disclosed. The trocar tip may configured to cut through relatively hard bone. The drill bit may also have a fluted portion for cutting through softer bone. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145349 | Systems and Methods for Compressing and Distracting Vertebrae of the Spinal Column - Spinal surgical systems include a compressor mountable to a first vertebra and positionable relative to a fulcrum mountable to a second vertebra. The compressor and fulcrum are manipulated relative to one another to compress the first and second vertebrae. The systems further include a distractor mountable to a first vertebra and positionable relative to a fulcrum mountable to a second vertebra. The distractor and fulcrum are manipulated relative to one another to distract the first and second vertebrae. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145395 | Tissue Repair Assembly - The present disclosure relates to a tissue repair assembly. The assembly includes an interference device and a fixation device coupled to the interference device, wherein the fixation device includes a coupling portion and a capturing portion. Other assemblies and methods are also disclosed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145396 | Bolt Apparatus - The invention provides a bolt apparatus for fixation of bones, the bolt apparatus comprising an expandable section having respective ends, the expandable section being operable between a contracted position and an expanded position; and expanding means in operable association with the expandable section, to displace the expandable section between the contracted position and the expanded position by simultaneously applying force to the respective ends of the expandable section, such that each of the respective ends of the expandable section are advanced toward the opposing respective end. The invention also provides a method for fixation of bones. The method comprises the steps of reducing the fracture; providing a channel across the fracture; inserting a bolt apparatus of the invention; and fixing the bolt apparatus in the channel. Preferably, the method also comprises providing a plate in operative association with the bolt. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145401 | MYOCARDIUM CONDITIONING USING MYOCARDIAL AND PARASYMPATHETIC STIMULATION - Various system embodiments comprise a neural stimulator, a pulse generator, and a controller. The neural stimulator is adapted to generate a neural stimulation signal. The pulse generator is adapted to generate a pacing signal to provide myocardium pacing. The controller is adapted to control the neural stimulator and the pulse generator to provide a cardioprotective conditioning therapy. The conditioning therapy includes neural stimulation to elicit a parasympathetic response and myocardium pacing. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145409 | LAPAROSCOPIC IMPLANTATION OF NEUROSTIMULATORS - A method for altering operation of a nerve related to a given body condition includes the steps of identifying at least one nerve root of a nerve related to the given body condition; laparoscopically implanting at least one electrode on the nerve root; and operating the electrode to electrostimulate the nerve root and alter operation of the nerve. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A LOCALIZED HEATING - A method and apparatus for generating a localized heating are provided, the method comprising: transmitting a spatially localized or shaped electromagnetic field via a plurality of coils to a subject and generating magnetic resonance signals; performing magnetic resonance imaging based on the magnetic resonance signals to generate an image of a region of interest of the subject; and controlling the plurality of the same imaging coils to radiate radio frequency (rf) energy to generate the localized heating on a region of interest. The invention provide a more efficient manner for generating localized heating and means for verifying the heating pattern without the need to measure temperature rises in the patient. This is useful to check the localization prior to the application of hyperthermia. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145455 | Lockable spinal implant - A spinal implant which is configured to be deployed between adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant has at least one extendable support element with a retracted configuration to facilitate deployment of the implant and an extended configuration so as to expand the implant and effectively distract the disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. Angular deformities can also be corrected, and natural curvatures restored. Preferably, the implant has a minimal dimension in its unexpanded state that is smaller than the dimensions of the neuroforamen through which it typically passes to be deployed within the intervertebral space. The implant is provided with a locking system preferably having a plurality of locking elements to lock the implant in an extended configuration. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145459 | ZERO-PROFILE INTERBODY SPACER AND COUPLED PLATE ASSEMBLY - An implant for insertion into a disc space between vertebrae, wherein the implant includes a spacer portion, a plate portion coupled to the spacer portion, two bone fixation elements for engaging the vertebrae and a retention mechanism for preventing the bone fixation elements from postoperatively backing-out of the plate portion. The retention mechanism may be in the form of a spring biased snapper element that is biased into communication with the bone fixation elements so that once the bone fixation element advances past the snapper element, the snapper element is biased back to its initial position in which the snapper element interfaces with the bone fixation elements. Alternatively, the retention mechanism may be in the form of a propeller rotatable between a first position in which the bone fixation elements are insertable to a second position where the bone fixation elements are prevented from backing-out. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145473 | Gradient Template for Angiogensis During Large Organ Regeneration - This invention relates to highly porous scaffolding and methods of producing the same. Specifically, the scaffolding comprises a pore volume fraction of no less than 80% (v/v) of the total volume of the scaffold and interconnecting pores forming channels in the scaffold. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145494 | Embroidery data generating device and computer-readable medium storing embroidery data generating program - An embroidery data generating device includes a line segment data generation device that generates a plurality of line segment data pieces based on image data, a distance calculation device that calculates a distance from an ending endpoint of one of a plurality of line segments to an endpoint of another of the plurality of line segments, an angle calculation device that calculates an angle formed by the one of the plurality of line segments and the other of the plurality of line segments, a connecting endpoint determination device that determines which of endpoints of the plurality of line segments is a connecting endpoint to be connected to the ending endpoint, a line segment connecting device that connects the plurality of line segments by connecting the ending endpoint and the connecting endpoint, and an embroidery data generation device that generates embroidery data for forming stitches following the plurality of line segments. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145502 | LOADING AND UNLOADING ITEMS OF FLIGHT LUGGAGE - The invention relates to the loading and unloading of items of flight luggage in an airport. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145504 | ADDRESS LABEL RE-WORK STATION - An address label rework station according to the invention includes a conveyor which can simultaneously transport a series of spaced parcels along a conveyor path in a substantially horizontal stream. The station includes a camera, A work space, a microphone is usable by an operator in the work space, a targeting device directing a human operator in the work space. Station also includes a sensor system, a labeler and a printer to print shipping information. The station also includes a computer configured to receive and recognize image and voice data, generate a label with a recognized shipping address, and control the conveyer to apply a new label to the parcel by the labeler at the position selected using the targeting device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145506 | Method, System and Apparatus for Dispensing Drugs - A method, system and apparatus is provided for dispensing drugs quickly, conveniently, securely, and accurately and at relatively less cost than traditional pharmacy-based dispensing systems. A script for a drug prescribed to a user is generated comprising a human readable description of the drug and the user or a machine readable description of the drug and the user. The script is provided to a robotic prescription dispensary operable to recognize either the human readable description or the machine readable description, and validate and dispense the drug accordingly. The robotic prescription dispensary includes a user interface, a teleconferencing or videoconferencing means enabling communication between the user and a human validation agent, and a scanning means for capturing an image of the script. A method for managing inventory and distribution of drugs is also provided. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145508 | Collectibles dispensing apparatus and method - The present invention is an apparatus and method for dispensing collectibles to a user comprising a housing with a user interface, such as displays, speakers, touch screens, push buttons, joy sticks, track balls, mouse(s), spinning dials, wheels, microphone and/or pull actuators. The user interface provides audio visual information related to one or more collectibles. A plurality of hoppers are coupled to a dispensing mechanism and are adapted to hold the collectibles. A controller is coupled to the user interface and the dispensing mechanism. The user may designate one or more collectibles through the user interface. The dispensing mechanism releases the designated collectibles from the appropriate hoppers. The apparatus and method may incorporate one or more games that may be configured to allow a user to affect the collectible being dispensed. Tracking the inventory of available collectibles may also affect the availability of specific collectibles. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145547 | THERMOCOUPLE - A thermocouple for use in a semiconductor processing reaction is described. The thermocouple includes a sheath having a measuring tip and an opening at the opposing end. A support member that receives a portion of a first wire and a second wire is received within the sheath. The first and second wires form a junction that contacts the inner surface of the sheath at the measuring tip. A spacing member is secured at the opening of the sheath and receives the support member. The spacing member allows the support member, first wire, and second wire to freely thermally expand relative to each other without introducing compression or tension stresses therein. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145569 | Method and System for Providing Environmentally-Optimized Navigation Routes | 2010-06-10 |
20100145601 | NAVIGATION BASED ON USER-DEFINED POINTS AND PATHS - A device receives, from a user device, a user-defined starting point associated with a path to be navigated by a user associated with the user device, a user-defined destination point associated with the path, and one or more user-defined intermediate points provided between the user-defined starting point and the user-defined destination point. The device also creates a user-defined path based on the user-defined starting point, the user-defined destination point, and the one or more user-defined intermediate points, and provides the user-defined path to the user device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145618 | VEHICLE COLLISION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Vehicle collision management systems and methods for use in a first vehicle are provided. The system includes an information collection unit, an information filter, and a collision calculation unit. The information collection unit receives driving data corresponding to a second vehicle, wherein the driving data includes a position of the second vehicle, and a driving course and a velocity of the second vehicle. The information filter filters the driving data of the second vehicle according to the driving data of the second vehicle and the first vehicle. The collision calculation unit performs a collision management for the first vehicle according to the filtered driving data of the second vehicle and the first vehicle. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145633 | FLOW CONTROLLER, FLOW MEASURING DEVICE TESTING METHOD, FLOW CONTROLLER TESTING SYSTEM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A testing method for testing a flow controller with high accuracy by shortening as much as possible the time required for the test including the wait time. A testing-subject flow controller and a testing-standard flow controller are arranged in that order in series from the upstream side in a flow channel through which a fluid whose flow is to be controlled flows. In a flow-uncontrolled state in which the valve of the testing-subject flow controller is practically in the full-open state, and with the fluid flow controlled to a predetermined flow rate by the testing-standard flow controller, whether the actual flow-rate measurement according to the testing-subject flow controller falls within a predetermined range of actual flow-rate measurements according to the testing-standard flow controller is determined. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145642 | System and Method for Compensating for Potential and Current Transformers in Energy Meters - A meter device for measuring electrical energy is provided. The meter device includes circuitry for measuring at least one parameter of electrical energy provided to the meter device. A storage device is provided for storing at least one calibration factor for compensating for errors associated with at least one of at least one external current transformer (CT) and at least one external potential transformer (PT) that operates on the electrical energy provided to the meter device. At least one processor is provided for processing the at least one calibration factor for adjusting the measuring for compensating for the errors when measuring the at least one parameter of electrical energy. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145698 | Systems and Methods for Assessment of Non-Native Spontaneous Speech - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for assessing non-native spontaneous speech pronunciation. Speech recognition on digitized speech is performed using a non-native acoustic model trained with non-native speech to generate word hypotheses for the digitized speech. Time alignment is performed between the digitized speech and the word hypotheses using a reference acoustic model trained with native-quality speech. Statistics are calculated regarding individual words and phonemes in the word hypotheses based on the alignment. A plurality of features for use in assessing pronunciation of the speech are calculated based on the statistics, an assessment score is calculated based on one or more of the calculated features, and the assessment score is stored in a computer-readable memory. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145701 | USER VOICE MIXING DEVICE, VIRTUAL SPACE SHARING SYSTEM, COMPUTER CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A sensation of presence of voice chat in a virtual space is enhanced. A user speech synthesizer used in a virtual space sharing system where information processing devices share the virtual space. The user speech synthesizer comprises a speech data acquiring section ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100145710 | Data-Driven Voice User Interface - A method for developing a voice user interface for a statistical semantic system is described. A set of semantic meanings is defined that reflect semantic classification of a user input dialog. Then, a set of speech dialog prompts is automatically developed from an annotated transcription corpus for directing user inputs to corresponding final semantic meanings. The statistical semantic system may be a call routing application where the semantic meanings are call routing destinations. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM - A method and system may allow a physician to traverse computerized clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) when examining, diagnosing and treating patients, allowing for “bookmarking” or pausing the CPGs. The CPGs may be updated and the updates applied to a physician's use of the CPG. A method and system may automate the process of requesting approval for a patient's treatment from an organization, e.g., referrals. A method and system may automatically inform a physician that a symptom is caused by a drug currently being taken by a patient. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145735 | System for apparaising life insurance and annuities - A method and system of appraising a life insurance or annuity product includes receiving a request for a life insurance or annuity product and information about a party requesting the life insurance or annuity product; preparing a bid solicitation for the life insurance or annuity product based on the request and information and transmitting the bid solicitation to a plurality of product carriers; a plurality of product carriers submitting initial proposals for providing the life insurance or annuity product; generating ratings for the initial proposals, respectively; and generating appraisals for the initial proposals; and informing the product carriers of the decision. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145736 | HEALTHCARE INCENTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for rewarding providers who are parts of virtual teams may permit a payer to establish practice goals, clinical goals, cost containment goals, or other goals by rewarding outcomes deemed to be beneficial by the payer, providers, or both. Providers may participate in one or more member management objects, which may be software that define provider and patient goals and a set of rewards for achieving the provider and patient goals. Subscribing to a member management object may reward providers with bonus payments when a provider goal is met, which may be met by achieving patient goals. The patient goals may be defined in the member management object, and may relate to medical practices, including procedures performed, procedures not performed, clinical results, lab and other test results, diagnoses, referrals, and cost objectives. By subscribing to member management objects, providers may become parts of virtual teams of providers, each virtual team rendering services for one patient. Provider team members may be able to view the other virtual team members, the past services rendered by the other virtual team members, and the results of the services provided by the other virtual team members. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145757 | MATCHING RESOURCES OF A SECURITIES RESEARCH DEPARTMENT TO ACCOUNTS OF THE DEPARTMENT - Systems and methods for allocating limited resources of a securities research department to accounts of the department are disclosed. According to various embodiments, the system includes an account scoring module and a resource matching module. The account scoring module is for generating a score for each account, and the resource matching module is for matching the resources of the department to the accounts based on the scores for each account. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE OR ADDING BENEFIT TO SOCIAL NETWORKS - A system and method for enhancing the revenue and/or efficiency of a network service is disclosed. The system constructs a graph of a social network in which users are capable of two-way communication with other users, the network service provider, or other entities such as advertisers. Using such methods as social VIP ranking, the system is capable of performing a variety of analyses, the results of which provide the network service provider insights on how to best perform such tasks as monitoring and enhancing campaign effectiveness, identify fraud, optimize resource allocation and ensure the quality of network management. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145787 | METHOD FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION - The method is providing an energy saving service. Customers of a household participate in an energy saving service provided by a service provider. The household prepays an amount for energy consumption in a subsequent time period. The customers determine at an end of a time period whether actual energy consumption during the time period is less than a reference energy-consumption. The household is rewarded with service points corresponding to a difference between the actual energy consumption and the reference energy consumption. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145823 | MORTGAGE AND REAL ESTATE DATA INTEGRATION AND PRESENTATION SYSTEM - A method of presenting real estate data is provided. A plurality of property listings can be presented, and a selection of one of the presented property listings may be received from a user. The user may be associated with a financial profile, which may be specified via user input. In response to receiving the selection by the user, at least one loan offer corresponding to the property listing may be automatically presented, for example, together with the property listing. The loan offer may be at least partially based on the financial profile, and may also be based on a property corresponding to the selected property listing. For example, the property listing and the financial profile may be automatically transmitted to one or more loan providers in response to receiving the selection by the user of the property listing, and in response loan offers may be received from some of the loan providers. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145831 | AUTOMATED DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An automated data management system that includes a database that receives and stores data related to multiple products and services sold by resellers and distributors. The database contains current and historic sales data that is cross-referenced by product identifier, reseller, and distributor. The data management system also includes a user interface that permits a user to access the data management system and generate reports that summarize and display the sales data in selected formats. A method of implementing and operating such a data management system is also disclosed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145838 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR OPENING ACCOUNTING DATA CAPABILITIES - A method for opening accounting data capabilities includes: by a unified accounting data management system, receiving a Balance Control Request (BCR) from a charging system, where the BCR carries a request type; performing an accounting data management operation corresponding to the request type; and returning a Balance Control Answer (BCA) to the charging system, where the BCA carries a result of the accounting data management operation. A system for opening accounting data capabilities is also provided. According to the present invention, the accounting data of the user is sharable between the charging systems, and a specific implementation mode for interactions in the accounting data management is provided. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145857 | DYNAMIC HOLD DECISIONING USING ADJUSTED DEPOSIT AMOUNT - Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for determining, communicating, and/or executing hold decisions for deposit items. For example, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving information associated with a deposit item; (b) determining an actual deposit amount identified by the deposit item; (c) determining a payee account to receive the deposit item and a drawer account on which the deposit item is drawn; (d) determining a hold limit for the payee account; (e) determining an adjusted deposit amount for the deposit item based at least partially on: (i) the actual deposit amount identified by the deposit item, and (ii) one or more characteristics associated with the drawer account, and (f) determining a hold decision for the deposit item based at least partially on a comparison of the adjusted deposit amount to the hold limit. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145871 | PAPERLESS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MAIL - A system and method for receiving, sorting, distributing, transporting, and delivering electronic documents via the U.S. Postal Service's fleet of surface mail delivery vehicles, or the vehicles of any other suitable entity having a surface delivery fleet, is disclosed. Electronic “mail” generated by senders is electronically received and sorted by the Postal Service. Each received piece of mail includes a street address tag that identifies the physical street address (or P.O. Box) to which the communication is to be delivered. The received communications are sorted and all communications intended for delivery on a certain route are stored on a data storage device, such as a USB flash drive, for delivery via a surface fleet vehicle to the intended recipient's mailbox. Mailboxes are adapted with an electronic data storage module capable of receiving and storing digital documents from the delivery person's data storage device. The postal delivery person plugs the flash drive into a data transfer port associated with the mailbox. Once plugged in, the data automatically synchronizes such that all data intended for that recipient is transferred from the flash drive to a data storage device physically incorporated in the otherwise conventional mailbox. The recipient may retrieve the “mail” by plugging in his/her flash drive whereby the data is electronically transferred to the recipient's flash drive whereafter it may be retrieved and viewed using a display, such as found on a home computer. The invention thus reduces and/or eliminates paper mail and saves labor and fuel. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145880 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Order Queue Information - A system and method for providing market information are disclosed. In this application, updates are received for a tradeable object at a price level from at least one exchange. To the extent that the updates do not include enough details to compute the number of orders resting at a particular price level in a market, estimation may be used to provide order queue information. As a result, the number of orders which are pending in the market at various price levels may be determined using the techniques described herein. The interface disclosed herein may be used to display the number and/or quantity of the orders in the order queue. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145884 | ENERGY SAVINGS AGGREGATION - A power reduction aggregation system includes a central server and a plurality of power reduction devices. The central server of the power reduction aggregation system includes: a network interface configured to transmit and receive information to and from a communication network; a power grid status module coupled to the network interface and configured to transmit a power status message to the network, via the network interface, toward at least two power reduction devices connected to the network; and a power savings compensation module configured to determine an aggregate compensation earned for providing an aggregate energy reduction induced by the at least two power reduction devices in response to receiving the power status message, and further configured to determine individual portions of the aggregate compensation associated with each of the at least two power reduction devices. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145891 | GENERATING EXTENDED DATA FROM A PATTERN-RECOGNITION MODEL FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that generates extended data for a pattern-recognition model used in electronic prognostication for a computer system. During operation the system determines, for each sensor in a set of sensors, a regression coefficient between training data from the sensor and training data from each of the other sensors in the set of sensors. Next, for each sensor in the set of sensors, the system stretches the training data from each of the other sensors by a predetermined amount, and generates extended data for the sensor based on the stretched training data for each of the other sensors and the regression coefficients between training data from the sensor and training data from each of the other sensors. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145899 | Systems and Methods for Distributed Monitoring of Remote Sites - Rules are applied to video surveillance data to detect events. Localization of the events is achieved by decomposing events into distinct components, each of which can, in some embodiments, be defined at different locations and by different users. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145938 | System and Method of Keyword Detection - A system and method are disclosed to detect keywords in media content. The system and method include sending a stream of media content to a media receiver, scanning the stream of media content to locate at least one keyword within the stream of media content, and providing a search result to be displayed concurrently with the media content. The search result contains results of a search using the identified keyword. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145954 | Role Based Search - A computing device includes a processing unit, and a system memory connected to the processing unit. The system memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to create: a demographic identification module that retrieves demographic profile information associated with a user and identifies a relevant demographic category based on the demographic profile information; a population search module that categorizes search information from other users within the relevant demographic category as the other users search for information, the search information including search terms used by the other users and destination content reviewed by the other users; and a search result module that filters a search query from the user by applying the categorized search information for the relevant demographic category and presents filtered search results to the user. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RECIPES USING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for managing recipes using an electronic device controls a camera unit to capture a label image of a food source, converts a description in the label image into text. The method further searches a storage in the electronic device for the recipes containing the text of the food source, displays the found recipes containing the text corresponding the food source on the user interface of the electronic device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100145990 | SELECTION AND PERFORMANCE OF HOSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IMAGING ANALYSIS SERVICES - A patient's image data and associated metadata describing the image data and characteristics of the patient are received and stored in a memory area. Information that describes one or more imaging analysis services and associated service criteria is accessed and compared to the metadata. Based on matches between the image metadata and service criteria, services are selected and executed, producing an output. Iterative rounds of service matching based on the metadata and the output of previous services and service execution proceed. The output of the services is associated with the image data and metadata, stored in the memory area, and made available to the user. A data repository, including the original images, metadata, and service output is accessible via the services for use in comparative analyses. Such services can utilize the repository to dynamically update indices and algorithms used in the comparative analyses. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146001 | SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING DOMAIN NAMES RELEVANT TO CURRENT EVENTS - Systems of the present inventions allow for generating domain names relevant to current events. An exemplary system may comprise a website (hosted on at least one server) that may have one or more fields for submitting a request for a domain name that relates to current events, wherein the request may not include a keyword, search term, or suggested domain name. The system also may comprise a domain name generation module and a domain name registration module, both of which may run on at least one server. The domain name generation module may generate at least one domain name relevant to current events, and the domain name registration module may offer such generated domain names for registration, if available. The system also may comprise a network communicatively coupling the at least one server, domain name generation module, and domain name registration module. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146031 | Direct Decimal Number Tripling in Binary Coded Adders - The digital propagate, digit generate, sum+0, and sum+1 terms used in typical carry-propagate adders are generated directly off the multiplicand. During the direct generation, the logic takes into account that each digit will be tripled and if each digit's next less significant digit is greater than 4. Using this technique, the generation of the multiplicand is significantly faster and uses less circuitry. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146042 | INTERACTIVE CUSTOMIZABLE BROADCAST - The present invention concerns an interactive customizable broadcast which is characterized by the ability of the user to select those individual broadcast stories or materials offered by a broadcaster (content provider) that are of particular interest to the user for assembly into a customized broadcast that is played immediately or at a later time. The customized broadcast may be supported by advertising which is also selected by the user from a menu of choices provided by the broadcaster. The broadcast may also be interactive providing the user with the ability to provide feedback to the broadcaster or the ability of the user to explore related or additional material to the offerings selected by the user. The interactive customizable broadcast service is also a smart service which is capable of learning the categorical preferences of the user for content and advertising. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146048 | SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Social network systems and methods are disclosed. The system includes at least one computer which provides content to a first group of members and a second group of members. A first portion of the content is associated with a first social network and a second portion of the content is associated with a second social network. The first social network is associated with a first entity, and the first group of members. The first portion of the content includes first member-generated content. The second social network is associated with a second entity and the second group of members. The second portion of the content includes second member-generated content. The computer provides to the first group of members: (i) the first member-generated content, and (ii) at least a portion of the second member-generated content. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146067 | MESSAGE SEND QUEUE REORDERING BASED ON PRIORITY - A method and system for communicating serialized data provides a mechanism for ordering the data in response to a priority. In an embodiment, a server sending the data uses the priority to order the data in a message send queue for sending the data to a requesting device. The server may comprise a gateway and the second device a wireless device communicating with the gateway. The wireless device may send a priority indication in association with a request for the data to facilitate the ordering. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146070 | FILTERING TRANSFERRED DATA - A data transfer client device comprising: memory for storing at least one dataset comprising a plurality of data fields and at least one filter definition comprising data defining which of the data fields can be accessed by a particular server; an interface for communicating with a data transfer server, whereby a data transfer server can access a dataset stored in the memory; and a data transfer controller for policing access during a data transfer operation by a data transfer server to the data fields, the data transfer controller being arranged to determine in dependence on the filter definition whether the data transfer server can access particular data fields and to deny the server access to those data fields to which the data transfer controller determines that the data transfer server cannot have access. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146137 | Synchronizing Buffer Map Offset in Peer-to-Peer Live Media Streaming Systems - A method performed by a new joining peer device in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network comprises receiving a plurality of buffer maps, each of the received buffer maps associated with a respective other peer device in the P2P network. The method also includes discerning playback positions associated with the received buffer maps, generating a starting offset for the new joining peer using one or more of the discerned playback positions. Requests for portions of a media stream are scheduled in accordance with the starting offset, and the scheduler will build a buffer map from this offset and begin to request the media buffer. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146140 | System and method for multiple data channel transfer using a single data stream - A number of channels of data, including audio, image, text, and support data are collected at one or more centralized servers. The individual channels are edited and processed for content and format, including the deletion and insertion of advertising content as well as inserting markers to indicate acceptable locations for additional content to be added. The edited and processed channels are sent to a plurality of transmission servers for additional processing and transmission. The transmission servers process one or more of the channels including the insertion of content at designated markers and the combination of the channels of data into a single; packetized data transfer stream. The data transfer stream is broadcast to a plurality of receiving units which de-packetize the original data channels and present any selected channel to the user of the receiving unit. The receiving units send status information back to the centralized servers where the data is processed and analyzed to evaluate the present use, and determine the future use of advertisements. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146162 | Apparatus and Method to Maximize Buffer Utilization in an I/O Controller - An apparatus and method for maximizing buffer utilization in an I/O controller using credit management logic contained within the I/O controller. The credit management logic keeps track of the number of memory credits available in the I/O controller and communicates to a chipset connected to the I/O controller the amount of available memory credits. The chipset may then send an amount of data to the I/O controller equivalent to or less than the communicated available amount of memory credits to reduce the occurrence of a “retry” event. The amount of available memory credits is determined by comparing the available memory in each buffer within the I/O controller and designating that the “available” amount of memory for the I/O controller is an amount equivalent to the amount of memory contained in the buffer with the least amount of available memory. This “available” amount of I/O controller memory may then be converted into memory credits and communicated to the chipset. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146164 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USB PASS THROUGH CONNECTIVITY - Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating pass-through USB connectivity are provided. A computing device engages with an accessory device such that the computing device connects to a corresponding USB engine in the accessory device. A signal corresponding to an engagement of an external device to the accessory device is detected and a determination of whether to disconnect the computing device from the corresponding USB engine is made as a function of a set of logic operations upon detecting the signal. A USB connection between the computing device and the external device is established as a function of the set of logic operations such that the USB connection is only established if the computing device has been disconnected from the accessory device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146167 | Control and/or data-transmission module - The invention relates to a control and/or data-transmission system comprising a number of I/O modules connected in series one adjacent to the other and a control and/or data-transmission module, as well as a control and/or data-transmission module for controlling I/O modules for such a control and data-transmission system. The invention proposes a control and data-transmission system that comprises a number of I/O modules connected in series one adjacent to each other, wherein each I/O module comprises at least one I/O signal channel and also at least one first signal terminal for connecting the I/O signal channel to a data bus and at least one second signal terminal for connecting a bus subscriber to the I/O signal channel, and wherein the system comprises a control and/or data-transmission module that comprises control electronics for the selective control of the number of I/O modules and that forms a detachable unit. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146172 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling a Master/Slave System via Master Device Synchronization - A method of operating a master/slave system includes the step of identifying a master receive data phase value to coordinate the transfer of data from a slave device without phase alignment circuitry to a master device with a universal phase aligner. Data is transferred from the slave device to the master device in accordance with the master receive data phase value. The master device characterizes a master transmit data phase value to coordinate the transfer of data from the master device to the slave device. Subsequently, the master device routes data to the slave device in accordance with the master transmit data phase value. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146219 | MEMORY ACCESS DEVICE INCLUDING MULTIPLE PROCESSORS - Provided is a memory access device including multiple processors accessing a specific memory. The memory access device includes first and second processors, first and second transaction controllers, a memory access switch, and a memory controller. The first and second transaction controllers are connected respectively to the first and second processors. The memory access switch is connected to the first and second transaction controllers. The memory controller is connected to the memory access switch to control a memory device. Herein, if the first and second processors simultaneously access the memory device, the second processor stores an address or data in the second transaction controller while the first processor is accessing the memory device. Accordingly, the memory access device enables multiple processors, which are to simultaneously access a specific memory, to perform other operations during the standby time taken to access the specific memory. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146220 | EFFICIENT PROGRAM INSTRUMENTATION FOR MEMORY PROFILING - A system and method for performing efficient program instrumentation for memory profiling. A computing system comprises a memory profiler comprising a static binary instrumentation (SBI) tool and a dynamic binary analysis (DBA) tool. The profiler is configured to selectively instrument memory access operations of a software application. Instrumentation may be bypassed completely for an instruction if the instruction satisfies some predetermined conditions. Some sample conditions include the instruction accesses an address within a predetermined read-only area, the instruction accesses an address within a user-specified address range, and/or the instruction is a load instruction accessing a memory location determined from a data flow graph to store an initialized value. An instrumented memory access instruction may have memory checking analysis performed only upon an initial execution of the instruction in response to determining during initial execution that a read data value of the instruction is initialized. Both unnecessary instrumentation and memory checking analysis may be reduced. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146227 | Machine-Implemented Method For Categorizing Storage Media, And Machine-Implemented Method For Storing Target Codes - A machine-implemented method, which is for categorizing a plurality of to-be-categorized storage units of a storage medium, includes: a) using a processor to write categorizing data for filling each of the to-be-categorized storage units of the storage medium; b) using a processor to determine a data access time of each of at least some of the to-be-categorized storage units by reading the categorizing data therein and to record the data access times of said at least some of the to-be-categorized storage units; and c) using a processor to categorize the to-be-categorized storage units into a plurality of groups that respectively correspond to a plurality of data access speed categories with reference to the recorded data access times. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146281 | SECURITY AND CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC BUSINESS TO BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS - Methods, systems, and devices are described for the secure electronic exchange of procurement documents. A server computer system may manage different sets of security procedures, distributing certificates to trading partners. These certificates may be community-specific certificates for a limited community of trading partners. When particular trading partners (e.g., of the community) agree to exchange procurement documents, they may first exchange their certificates (or portions thereof) with each other. A sending trading partner may then provide an electronic signature for a procurement document to be transmitted, and encrypt the signed procurement document using the receiving trading partner's public key. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146341 | DRIVER DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A detecting system for detecting functions of a driver includes a storage unit, a control unit, and an human machine interface (HMI). The control unit samples a plurality of functions of the driver to generate a plurality of sampled values at each preset sampling time. The control unit determines if the plurality of sampled values are normal according to a plurality of preset reference ranges for the plurality of functions stored in the storage unit. When one or more of the plurality of sampled values is abnormal, the control unit generates an alarm signal, and the HMI displays the plurality of sampled values. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146344 | MULTI-PARTITION COMPUTER SYSTEM, FAILURE HANDLING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - The present invention determines an incorrect packet from a faulty partition quickly and reliably and prevents the packet from flowing into normal partitions through simple control actions. The multi-partition computer system is a multi-partitioned computer system in which a plurality of nodes are logically divided into a plurality of partition, and each node contained in the partitions includes a packet identification unit which, upon receiving a packet, compares the partition identification information uniquely assigned to own partition against the partition identification information contained in the receive packet, and if these pieces of information do not match each other, judges and discards the receive packet as an incorrect packet. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146351 | ERROR CORRECTING SCHEME FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A system for implementing self aggregating communication operations. Wireless communication transports may utilize basic radio transmission units for communication (e.g., such as a symbol, groups of symbols, etc.). Radio transmission units may comprise, for example, one or more message packets. The one or more message packets may be added to a radio transmission unit in preparation for wireless transmission. If unused space exists in the radio transmission unit after the one or more packets have been added, copies of the one or more the packets may also be inserted into the radio transmission unit. Any unfilled space remaining in the radio transmission unit that cannot accommodate complete copies of the one or more message packets may be filled utilizing zero padding. Radio transmission units composed in this manner (e.g., including multiple occurrences of each packet) may be deemed “self aggregated.” | 2010-06-10 |
20100146352 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus which can communicate a data packet, a recovery packet used to recover a data packet that failed to be communicated, and a retransmit packet for the data packet that failed to be communicated, the communication apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine, when a first packet of a plurality of packets that failed to be communicated is normally communicated, a packet that can be recovered, from among the plurality of the packets that failed to be communicated based on the first packet and the normally communicated recovery packet, and a retransmit determination unit configured to determine not to retransmit at least a part of the plurality of packets that can be recovered, when the first data packet is retransmitted which is determined to recover a plurality of data packets if it is normally communicated. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146356 | WIRELESS SENSOR NODE - A wireless sensor node is provided which is divided into functional modules on a function basis and operates the functional modules to cooperatively perform its individual functions. The wireless sensor node includes a wireless transceiver to wirelessly communicate with a control node; a primary configuration unit to set a node identification address in communication with a control node; a secondary configuration unit to use the node identification address to register with the control node and set an address for communication which is assigned by the control node; a basic power supply to supply power to modules for communication and sensor control; functional modules to perform data processing and sensor control; and a functional module activator to activate the functional modules according to a type of received data or an operation for data transmission. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146382 | Differencing and Merging Tree-Structured Documents - Differencing and merging tree-structured documents, such as eXtensible Markup Language (XML) documents, is disclosed. A differencing-and-merging system for tree-structured documents of one embodiment of the invention includes a difference processing unit and a merging processing unit. The differencing processing unit performs a difference operation on at least two tree-structured documents, in accordance with difference configuration information regarding the documents. The merging processing unit performs a merging operation on the tree-structured documents from correspondence information generated by the difference processing unit, based on the difference operation configuration information regarding the documents. The correspondence information indicates differences among nodes of the documents. The difference operation configuration information specifies one or more nodes among the documents that are to be considered equivalent when the difference operation is performed, and one or more nodes among the documents that are to be ignored when the difference operation is performed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100146392 | METHOD OF SELECTING A FRAME FROM MOTION VIDEO - A method of selecting a frame (e.g., | 2010-06-10 |
20100146410 | MARKUP LANGUAGE STREAM COMPRESSION USING A DATA STACK - Markup language streams are compressed during transport by using a data stack. During parsing of the stream, a push command is sent in conjunction with an encountered open tag to instruct that the encountered open tag be pushed onto a next location of the data stack of a destination device. The encountered open tag is to be used to start an expression within a copy of the markup language stream being reconstituted at the destination. Encountered textual data strings of the stream are sent for inclusion in the expression within the markup language stream being reconstituted at the destination device. A pop command is sent that instructs that the encountered open tag present in the data stack at the current location be used as an encountered close tag to close the expression within the copy of the markup language stream being reconstituted at the destination device. | 2010-06-10 |