24th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140163686 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERVERTEBRAL STAPLE DISTRACTION DEVICES - Multiple, small, staple-like supports are inserted through a small tube into the disc space then rotated into position on the edge of the vertebral bodies. The tooth-like geometry of the proximal and distal faces of these staples mates with the outer edge of the vertebral body, extending past the front of the endplate anteriorly. The staples have teeth that dig into the endplate on the inside of the rim as well. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163687 | TIBIAL BEARING COMPONENT FOR A KNEE PROSTHESIS WITH IMPROVED ARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS - An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial bearing component with articular features which operate to protect adjacent soft tissues of the natural knee, promote and/or accommodate desired articulation with an abutting femoral component, and facilitate expedient and effective implantation by a surgeon. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163688 | Malleolar Replacement Devices - A prosthesis and kit for replacing an ankle joint, and methods of applying the devices or systems. The prosthesis is an intramedullary device directed towards replacement of either of the tibia or fibula bone, wherein the prosthesis is a replacement for the lateral malleolus or the medial malleolus, respectively. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163689 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE CAPSULAR AUGMENTATION OF CANINE COXOFEMORAL JOINTS - The present technology relates to methods and devices for augmenting the canine coxofemoral joint. In particular, methods for augmenting the capsule of the canine coxofemoral joint are provided. In some embodiments, augmentation can be performed by injecting an implantable device comprising a biodegradable matrix and microparticles into the capsule. In some embodiments, augmentation can be performed by imbricating an implantable device comprising a biodegradable matrix and microparticles at the capsule. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163690 | REPOSITIONABLE ENDOLUMINAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND ITS APPLICATIONS - An endo luminal support structure includes strut members interconnected by swivel joints to form a series of linked scissor mechanisms. The structure can be remotely actuated to compress or expand its shape by adjusting the scissor joints within a range of motion. In particular, the support structure can be repositioned within the body lumen or retrieved from the lumen. The support structure can be employed to introduce and support a prosthetic valve within a body lumen. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163691 | OSTEOSYNTHESIS IMPLANT - The invention relates to an osteosynthesis implant ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140163692 | Securable Implantable Component - Implantable components configured to be secured to a recipient with a bonding agent are presented herein. The implantable components are configured to be implanted adjacent to a recipient's bone and/or tissue and have a surface for attachment to the bonding agent. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163693 | REMOTE ACTUATED VALVE IMPLANT - Valve implant systems positionable within a flow passage, the systems having an inlet, an outlet, and a remotely activatable valve between the inlet and outlet, with the valves being operable to provide intermittent occlusion of the flow path. A remote field is applied to provide thermal or magnetic activation of the valves. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163694 | PREFORM FOR AND AN ENDOLUMINAL PROSTHESIS - An endoluminal prosthesis may include a tubular graft extending in a longitudinal direction, where the graft has an inner surface forming a lumen extending a length of the graft. An elongate member may be attached to the graft in a circumferentially and longitudinally extending manner such that the elongate member forms a series of longitudinally spaced apart turns, each turn extending substantially around a circumference of the graft. The elongate member may torsion the graft in at least the circumferential direction and cause the graft to form circumferentially and longitudinally extending folds in the portions of the graft disposed between longitudinally adjacent turns of the elongate member. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163695 | ARTHROSCOPIC TISSUE SCAFFOLD DELIVERY DEVICE - A small diameter delivery device capable of delivering a tissue loaded scaffold arthroscopically to a tissue defect or injury site without reducing the pressure at the injury site is provided. The scaffold delivery device of the present invention comprises a plunger system that includes two main components: an insertion tube and an insertion rod. The insertion tube has a flared proximal end for holding a tissue scaffold prior to delivery. An elongate, hollow body extends from the flared proximal end to a distal end of the insertion tube, and defines a passageway that extends through the body for delivery of the tissue scaffold. The insertion rod has an elongate body that extends into a handle at a proximal end and a tip at a distal end. The insertion rod is configured to be removably disposed within the insertion tube for sliding along the passageway to effect delivery of the tissue scaffold through the insertion tube. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163696 | POROUS IMPLANT WITH EFFECTIVE EXTENSIBILITY AND METHODS OF FORMING AN IMPLANT - The implant includes an outer layer of ePTFE which exhibits extensibility normally not associated with ePTFE. The ePTFE is reduced in length by deforming the fibrils between the nodes while maintaining the nodes in a substantially flat configuration. Various implant configurations that can include the outer layer described are also disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163697 | Systems and Methods for Modifying Prosthetic Sockets - Systems, methods, and software are provided for modifying a prosthetic socket to better fit a residual limb of a patient. The embodiments disclosed herein may align and compare a first shape corresponding to an interior surface of the prosthetic socket or a residual limb shape to a second shape corresponding to a desired socket shape or a rectified residual limb shape. A socket insert or pad may be manufactured per the comparison. The socket insert or pad may be configured to be affixable within the patient's prosthetic socket to modify the interior surface of the prosthetic socket such that the modified prosthetic socket provides a better fit to the residual limb of the patient. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163698 | PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A PLC communication system includes a PLC; a plurality of devices; three or more communication processing nodes that are provided respectively in the PLC and the devices to allow the PLC to communicate with each of the devices; and a plurality of communication lines that connect the communication processing nodes to each other to allow data communication. The PLC detects an incommunicable state between two of the communication processing nodes. The PLC communication system further includes a display device, and in a case where there are a plurality of types of incommunicable states detected by the PLC, the display device displays a portion where communication lines constituting the incommunicable states among the plurality of communication lines overlap with each other, as a line failure portion. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163699 | UNIVERSAL REMOTE MACHINERY MONITOR - A system is provided herein for remotely monitoring machinery, the machinery having a control network for control thereof, one or more switches coupled to the control network for controlling the machinery via the control network. The system includes a controller hardwired coupled to the control network of the machinery. The controller is configured to monitor operation of the machinery. In addition, the system includes an arrangement for receiving signals for controlling the controller from a remote location and an arrangement for transmitting, to a remote location, information collected by the controller resulting from the controller monitoring operation of the machinery. Advantageously, with the subject invention, the system can monitor machinery from remote locations directly. In the event of faults or failures, corrective action may be taken using the subject invention. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163700 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A control device for controlling a power management system to enter an operating mode includes a power converting device, for providing input power for the control device; an operating mode control signal, for controlling the power management system to enter the operating mode, wherein the operating mode control signal is a first signal of the power management system; and an operating result displaying signal, for displaying at least one operating result in the operating mode, wherein the operating result displaying signal is a second signal of the power management system. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163701 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS USING MULTIPLE POWER SOURCES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A job processing apparatus that performs job processing by using power supplied from a first power supply and a second power supply includes a receiving unit that receives a job; a calculating unit that calculates an amount of power consumed to process the received job; a determining unit that determines whether the received job is executable with a first amount of power that can be supplied from the first power supply and the calculated amount of power; and a control unit that performs control so that the job is processed with the power supplied from the first power supply if the determining unit determines that the job is executable with the first amount of power and the job is processed with the power supplied from the second power supply if the determining unit determines that the job is not executable with the first amount of power. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163702 | CROSS-FEEDBACK-CONTROLLED HYSTERON SYNTHESIZED HYSTERESIS NETWORKS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING, CONTROLLERS, MUSIC, AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS IN PHYSICS, ENGINEERING, AND ECONOMICS - A method for synthesis of an advanced hysteresis function of a plurality of inputs providing cross-feedback-controlled hysteron synthesized hysteresis networks for signal processing, controllers, music, and computer simulations in physics, engineering, and economics is described. The method includes receiving and processing of a plurality of input signals with at least two parameterized multivariable nonlinearities, each parameterized multivariable nonlinearity serving as a parameterized hysteron, to produce at least one associated output signal. The output signals are processed by controller functions, each controller function comprising memory and producing at least one control signal responsive to at least one of the output signals and for controlling an associated parameterized hysteron. The resulting system provides a hysteretic response to at least one of the plurality of input signals, and can be used in the modeling and nonlinear control of systems involving networks of gears, electrical transformers, economic processes, or other networked hysteretic elements. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163703 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MULTI-OCCUPANT TRACKING - A computer implemented method and system for multi-occupant motion tracking and monitoring may include partitioning out of a controlled space one or more interior regions, tracking one or more occupants within the controlled space by collecting a sequence of images of the controlled space, determining from the sequence of images one or more contiguous pixel groupings corresponding to non-persistent motion (referred to as blobs), and generating one or more bounding boxes that encompass each of the contiguous pixel groupings. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163704 | SYSTEM, APPAREL, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PERFORMANCE OF WORKOUT ROUTINES - A system for automatically identifying performance of workout routines is provided. The system includes a set of sensors wearable on a body of an exerciser during performance of exercises. Each sensor is configured to measure a parameter selected from motion, acceleration, position, and applied force, and to communicate parameters measured. The system also includes a device configured to receive a set of parameters measured over a period of time by the set of sensors and to access stored pattern information corresponding to a plurality of predetermined exercise activities and a plurality of predetermined workout routines to identify one or more performed exercise activities performed by the exerciser and to identify a performed workout routine performed by the exerciser during the period of time. Apparel and methods are also disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163705 | INCORPORATING OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS OF FANTASY-TEAM-OWNERS' PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTO FANTASY SPORT PLATFORMS - A method and system that involves articulating a set of methods for incorporating objective assessments of fantasy-team-owners' physical activity into Fantasy Sport platforms. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163706 | Commercial Game System and Method - A system and method for providing a commercial game that poses questions to a user related to advertisements that the user views or listens to using a multimedia device such as a computer connected to the Internet. Points may be awarded to the user based on the number of questions answered correctly, the number of advertisements viewed, the length of time advertisements are viewed, the number of attempts at answering each question before providing the correct answer, or other advertiser-selected criteria. Points earned by the user are immediately redeemable for services such as subscription services, movies downloads, Pay-Per-View credits, or for any other tangible or intangible good, service, or reward representing a monetary value. If the user provides an incorrect answer to a question, the user is permitted to watch the advertisement multiple times until a correct answer is provided and points are awarded. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163707 | Apparatus for distributing media files containing audio recordings and for distributing utility programs to implement media file players on remotely located client devices - An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The host organizes the program segments by subject matter and creates scheduled programming in accordance with preferences associated with each subscriber. Program segments are associated with descriptive subject matter segments, and the subject matter segments may be used to generate both text and audio cataloging presentations to enable the user to more easily identify and select desirable programming. A playback unit at the subscriber location reproduces the program segments received from the host and includes mechanisms for interactively navigating among the program segments. A usage log is compiled to record the subscriber's use of the provided program materials, to return data to the host for billing, to adaptively modify the subscriber's preferences based on actual usage, and to send subscriber-generated comments and requests to the host for processing. Voice input and control mechanisms included in the player allow the user to perform hands-free navigation of the program materials and to dictate comments and messages which are returned to the host for retransmission to other subscribers. The program segments sent to each subscriber may include advertising materials which the user can selectively play to obtain credits against the subscriber fee. Parallel audio and text transcript files for at least selected programming enable subject matter searching and synchronization of the audio and text files. Speech synthesis may be used to convert transcript files into audio format. Image files may also be transmitted from the server for synchronized playback with the audio programming. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163708 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND PLAYBACK METHOD - Provided is a portable electronic device including a signal processing unit, a controller that supplies a control signal to the signal processing unit, and a power generation unit that generates an electrical signal as power and supplies the generated electrical signal to the signal processing unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163709 | EMBEDMENT POSITIONING SYSTEM - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an embedment positioning system that facilitates the positioning of a plurality of embedments along an edge of a concrete form. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an embedment positioning tape formed with embedment position indicators indicating the positions at which a plurality of embedments are to be positioned along a concrete form. In operation, a user unrolls and attaches the embedment positioning tape along the concrete form such that the control line location indicator lines up with the actual control line. The user then uses the embedment positioning indicators to position the embedments at the correct positions along the edge of the concrete form without having to hand-measure those positions for each embedment. The present disclosure also provides an embedment positioning tape forming system and method. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163710 | Method for Creating Personalized Functional Objects, Computer, Computer Readable Medium and Computer Program Related Thereto - A method for creating personalized objects having a mechanically functional portion the method comprising at least one step of editing a three-dimensional model ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140163711 | NC PROGRAM SEARCHING METHOD, NC PROGRAM SEARCHING UNIT, NC PROGRAM CREATING METHOD, AND NC PROGRAM CREATING UNIT - In the invention, there are included a first image generating that generates image data corresponding to a shape data of a machining target as machining target image data, a second image generating that generates, based on NC programs created in the past, image data of a machining finish shape as finish shape image data, a storing that stores the finish shape image data associating with an NC program corresponding thereto, a similarity calculating that compares the machining target image data and the finish shape image data to calculate similarity of both the image data, a searching that searches, based on the similarity, candidates of finish shape image data similar to or matching the machining target image data and displays the candidates, and a first program displaying that displays, out of the candidates of the finish shape image data, an NC program for designated finish shape image data. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS IDENTIFICATION OF PARTICLE CONTAMINATION DUE TO ISOLATED PROCESS EVENTS AND SYSTEMATIC TRENDS - A system and method for autonomously tracing a cause of particle contamination during semiconductor manufacture is provided. A contamination analysis system analyzes tool process logs together with particle contamination data for multiple process runs to determine a relationship between systematic particle contamination levels and one or more tool parameters. This relationship is used to predict expected contamination levels associated with regular usage of the tool, and to identify which tool parameters have the largest impact on expected levels of particle contamination. The contamination analysis system also identifies process logs showing unexpected deviant particle contamination levels that exceed expected contamination levels, and traces the cause of the deviant particle contamination to particular process log parameter events. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163713 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF COMPLEX ASSETS - A system and method for managing a system of a plurality of complex assets are provided. The system includes a processor-based asset management and analytics tool wherein the processor is communicatively coupled to a memory and the tool includes a plurality of asset analytics engines each associated with a complex asset of a plant and each communicatively coupled to a source of data relating to the complex asset, a plant analytics engine communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of asset analytics engines and configured to receive an output generated by at least some of the plurality of asset analytics engines, the plant analytics engine configured to generate an operational state of the plant based on the received output, and an output module configured to transmit the received state to a user. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163714 | THERMOELECTRIC EVALUATION AND MANUFACTURING METHODS - A means for determining the electrical resistance and resistivity of thermoelectric material allows quality control at all steps in the construction of a bismuth telluride and antimony telluride thermoelectric generator. The method involves measuring negative thermoelectric voltage with no current flowing and then a measure of negative thermoelectric voltage while forcing known current through the material in the same direction as shorted to accurately determine thermoelectric resistance. A manual and automatic method of manufacturing thermoelectric rings using forcing current for in-process testing means. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163715 | LINE TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR AIRPLANE - A method is provided for establishing a physical reference inside an airplane representing the airplane's optimized line of flight based on the as-built orientation of aerodynamically significant features of the airplane. Values generated for aerodynamic pitch, roll and yaw representing the optimized line of flight are used to orient a tool reference surface outside the airplane. The orientation of the tool reference surface is recorded using an inertial reference unit placed on the tool reference surface. The tool reference surface and inertial reference unit are moved into the airplane where they are used to establish the physical reference on the airframe. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163716 | BRIDGE DEVICE, AUTOMATED PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF FOR STORAGE DEVICE - A bridge device for manufacturing a storage device, including a first transmission interface, a second transmission interface, a mode select unit, a power control unit, and a bridge controller is provided. The mode select unit generates a mode select signal responsive to a manufacturing process command. The power control unit controls powering operation of the storage device. The bridge controller receives the manufacturing process command through the first transmission interface. When the bridge controller detects the presence of the storage device, drives the power control unit turning off the storage device. After a first predetermined period, the bridge controller drives the mode select unit transmitting the mode select signal to the storage device through unused pin of the second transmission interface. The bridge controller drives the power control unit turning on the storage device after a second predetermined period to have the storage device entering a predefined mode. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163717 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND REPAIR OF METAL COMPONENTS - Scanning Laser Epitaxy (SLE) is a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process that allows for the fabrication of three-dimensional objects with specified microstructure through the controlled melting and re-solidification of a metal powders placed atop a base substrate. SLE can be used to repair single crystal (SX) turbine airfoils, for example, as well as the manufacture functionally graded turbine components. The SLE process is capable of creating equiaxed, directionally solidified, and SX structures. Real-time feedback control schemes based upon an offline model can be used both to create specified defect free microstructures and to improve the repeatability of the process. Control schemes can be used based upon temperature data feedback provided at high frame rate by a thermal imaging camera as well as a melt-pool viewing video microscope. A real-time control scheme can deliver the capability of creating engine ready net shape turbine components from raw powder material. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163718 | Method for Tailoring Garments - A method for tailoring garments includes steps for browsing and selecting a manufacturing country and a main design for a garment, browsing and selecting auxiliary designs for the main design, inputting sizes and dimensions of the user for the garment, finalizing the main design and the auxiliary designs for the garments, patterning fabric with grade marking in an off-line workshop according to the main design, cutting the fabric according to the grade marking in the off-line workshop, finishing the garment in the off-line workshop using the cut fabric and auxiliary material procured according to the auxiliary designs, and delivering the finished garment to the user in the off-line workshop. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163719 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR CUTTING - The present invention relates to a system for controlling the cutting of a first rip out of a first board and a second rip out of the first board or out of a second board. The system including a control module which provides instructions to stack and/or align the first board and the second board or the first rip and the second rip and instructions to process the first rip and the second rip simultaneously. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163720 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Analyzing Machined Part Manufacturability And Performing Process Planning - A Web-based system and method uses a model of the manufacturing setup and knowledge of a designed part with arbitrary geometry to produce process plans in two successive stages. First, the part geometry is analyzed. A query of determining the maximal volume machinable from an oriented machining tool is transformed into determining the visibility of the part surface from the perspective of a hypothetical camera placed at the tip of the oriented machining tool. Second, a collection of the maximal machinable volumes over the set of all tool orientations is collected. Combinations of the maximal machinable volumes covering the entire difference between the raw stock and the desired part are evaluated for providing feedback on manufacturability and process plans. In a further embodiment, manufacturability is analyzed for tools and machines with arbitrary geometric complexity using high dimensional configuration space analysis. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163721 | ARTICLE LOADING SYSTEM, ARTICLE LOADING AND CARRYING-OUT METHOD - An article loading system for loading and carrying out, in one of a plurality of containers each having identification information, articles of plural types which correspond to the container, includes a holding shelf which temporarily holds the containers that are carried in, container placement units on each of which the container into which an article is to be loaded by a worker is placed, a transporting unit which transports an arbitrary container between the holding shelf and an arbitrary container placement unit, and a control unit programmed to control the transporting unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163722 | Apparatus and Method to Store Information - A data storage facility comprising a plurality of data storage media, an automated data storage library comprising a first plurality of storage cells, one or more data storage devices in communication with the controller, and a controller in communication with one or more host computers, a vault comprising a second plurality of storage cells, wherein the vault does not comprise any data storage devices, and a robotic accessor in communication with the controller, wherein the accessor comprises a gripper mechanism, and wherein the robotic accessor can bidirectionally transport each of the plurality of portable data storage media between the first plurality of storage cells and the one or more data storage devices. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163723 | FEED STATION FOR FEEDING FLAT ITEMS TO A PROCESSING APPARATUS - A feed station has a pre-separation region, a separation region and a transport region in succession along a transport path. A first sensor is at the start of the separation region and a second sensor is at the start of the transport region. A control unit processes signals from the sensors and encoders to determine the position of the flat item, and is connected with a separation motor to drive the separation device, so that a flat item is separated from a stack with a predetermined separation velocity. If unacceptably small gaps exist between the flat items, the separation process is stopped when the leading edge of a subsequent flat item reaches the second sensor and is continued when the preceding separated flat item achieves a predetermined clearance from the leading edge of the aforementioned flat item due to its transport. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163724 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR REGULATING A FLUID CONVEYOR FOR CONVEYING A FLUID WITHIN A FLUID LINE - A method for controlling/regulating a fluid conveyer for conveying a fluid within a fluid line is provided. The method includes the steps, receiving information regarding a setpoint flow rate of the fluid within the fluid line, determining an energy consumption of the fluid conveyer during operation within a working range of the fluid conveyer, controlling the fluid conveyer, with regard to a generated flow of the fluid, on the basis of the information regarding the setpoint flow rate of the fluid within the fluid line in such a way that the setpoint flow rate of the fluid is stained and the energy consumption required for this is minimized, wherein it is taken into consideration that the working range of the fluid conveyer is bounded by a non-linear boundary. Also described is a corresponding device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163725 | LIQUID DISPENSATION - A liquid dispensation framework is described for dispensing liquid. A serving station may include one or more liquid containing devices, one or more taps, a data processor, a payment module, a monitoring module, and a cabinet with a lock. The serving station may be configured to determine an identity of a user and whether the user is authorized to withdraw liquid. If the serving station determines that the user is authorized to withdraw liquid, the amount or volume of liquid dispensed may be controlled, and an account associated with the user (or another) may be charged based on the amount or volume of liquid dispensed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163726 | Daisy Chain Array of Medications Cabinets - A group of locking medical storage are connected together using a daisy-chain connection based on i2C protocol. Each of the storage cabinets has one or more locking compartments. A control PC computer is connected to a first one of the cabinets, and that cabinet is connected to each of the other cabinets using i2C daisy chain cabling. The cabinets each have a control circuit module that controls locking and unlocking of doors and drawers, and sensors to detect open or closed status and locked or unlocked status. RFID readers detect which items or medications have been removed from the cabinet. Each cabinet is assigned a unique independent address for identification when it is joined to the daisy chain, which can include an unlimited number of cabinets. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163727 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING GAS CYLINDERS, INCLUDING MEANS FOR IDENTIFYING THE TYPE OF CYLINDER, COMPRISING A COLOR SENSOR AND A SENSOR FOR DETECTING FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL - This system ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140163728 | CAMERA AUDIT ACCEPTER MECHANISM AND CAMERA AUDIT DISPENSING MECHANISM - A system for receiving and auditing objects according to an embodiment of the invention includes a housing having a front panel, a receiving area, an auditing area, and a drop chute, wherein the receiving area includes a shelf, the front panel includes an opening, a door assembly having a pushing wall and a second pushing wall and assembly moveable between an open position in which an object can be inserted through the opening and into the receiving area, and a closed position in which the door assembly prevents access to the receiving area, wherein the pushing wall moves the object from the shelf into the auditing area as the door assembly closed; and a control system coupled to a camera and switch, wherein the door assembly activates the switch when it is in the closed position, the control system images the object with the camera in response to switch activation. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163729 | Planning a Grasp, for Use by a Robotic grasper to Pick Up a Complex Object, Based on Object, Grasper, and Grasper Approach Data - A system, for planning a grasp for implementation by a grasping device having multiple grasping members, comprising a processor and a computer-readable storage device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform multiple operations. The operations include generating, for each of the multiple grasping members, multiple planar polygon representations of a three-dimensional object model. The operations also include transforming a planar polygon, of the multiple polygons generated, to a frame of a link of multiple links of a subject member of the multiple grasping members, forming a transformed polygon, being a cross-section of the object model taken along a member-curling plane of the subject member. The operations further include sweeping, in iterations associated respectively with each link of the subject member, the link from a fully-open position for the link to a point at which the link contacts the transformed planar polygon. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163730 | Human Augmentation of Robotic Work - A solution for performing a set of tasks using one or more robotic devices is provided. The robotic device can be configured to perform each task using one or more effector devices, one or more sensor devices, and a hybrid control architecture including a plurality of dynamically changeable levels of autonomy. The levels of autonomy can include: full autonomy of the robotic device, teleoperation of the robotic device by a human user, and at least one level of shared control between the computer system and the human user. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163731 | Planning a Grasp Approach, Position, and Pre-Grasp Pose for a Robotic Grasper Based on Object, Grasper, and Environmental Constraint Data - A system including a memory having instructions causing a processor to perform operations, for planning a grasping-device approach to an object by a grasping device, a pre-grasp device position, and a pre-grasp device pose. The operations comprise obtaining input data including grasping-device data, object data, and environmental-constraint data, determining, based on the grasping-device data, a grasp volume model, determining a test approach vector, and determining, using the vector, the constraint data, and the model, whether approach vector modification is needed. The operations also include modifying, if modification is needed, the test approach, yielding a resulting approach vector, and determining, if modification is not needed, that the test approach is the resulting approach vector. And the operations include determining a virtual floor indicating a position below which the grasping device cannot move, and determining, based on the resulting vector, virtual floor, model, and object data, the device approach, position, and pose. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163732 | METHOD FOR CHECKING A TRAVELABLE AREA OF A PLANE OF TRAVEL FOR A ROBOT, ROBOT AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a method for checking a moving available area of a robot on a moving surface robot. The method for checking a moving available area of a robot on a moving surface robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a) generating a geometric model of the moving surface, b) generating a triangle mesh by triangulating curved surfaces of the moving surface by using the geometric model, c) calculating angles between any one triangle of a plurality of triangles positioned within the triangle mesh and triangles adjacent to the any one triangle, and d) primarily checking moving available areas of a robot by determining whether or not the angles between any one triangle and the triangles adjacent to the any one triangle are within a predetermined range. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163733 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOT'S COLLISION WITH AN OBSTACLE, A ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A ROBOT'S COLLISION WITH AN OBSTACLE - The invention is related to a system for controlling a robot collision with an obstacle, characterized by having an electronics system ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140163734 | Motorized Assistance in the Movement of a Medical Apparatus - An arrangement for motorized assistance in movement of manually movable components of medical apparatuses is provided. The arrangement includes at least one torque sensor that is arranged in a drivetrain of a movable component of a medical apparatus. The at least one torque sensor detects the moments occurring in the drivetrain in a stationary state and in motion. Using an evaluation unit, the torque detected by the at least one torque sensor may be compared against a predefinable first threshold value. The first threshold value is predefined according to a possible position of the movable component. The arrangement includes a drive unit, by which the drive of the drivetrain may be provided with motorized assistance when the first threshold value is exceeded. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163735 | ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT, AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE - A robot system includes a robot and a robot control device. The robot includes a plurality of links connected to via a plurality of joint axes, servo motors that drive the joint axes, and a contact detection sensor that detects that one of the links touches an object. The robot control device includes a contact position determination unit that determines a contact position of the link based on an output of the contact detection sensor, a retracting direction vector calculation unit that calculates a retracting direction vector in a retracting direction of the link corresponding to the contact position, an assist torque calculation unit that calculates assist torque references for moving the links in the direction of the retracting direction vector, and a flexible control unit that adds the assist torque references to torque references for the servo motors to flexibly control the links. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163736 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE DURING CONTROLLED MOVEMENT OF IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND MANIPULATABLE DEVICE MOVABLE ARMS - A system and method for movement control includes a controller coupled to a computer-assisted surgical device having a first movable arm coupled to a manipulatable device having a working end and a second movable arm coupled to an image capturing device. The controller is configured to receive first configurations for the first movable arm; receive second configurations for the second movable arm; receive a plurality of images of the working end from the image capturing device; determine a position and an orientation of the working end; determine a first movable arm position and trajectory for the first movable arm; determine a second movable arm position and trajectory for the second movable arm; determine whether motion of the movable arms will result in an undesirable relationship between the movable arms; and send a movement command to the first or second movable arm to avoid the undesirable relationship. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163737 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system includes: a robot including a camera unit shooting an object in a container, a hand gripping the object, and a contact detector detecting that the hand contacts the container; and a robot control device, which includes a control unit causing the hand to contact the container; a contact detection unit detecting by the contact detector that the hand contacts the container, and finding a contact position thereof; a first processing unit calculating a position of the container from a stereo image of the container acquired by the camera unit; a second processing unit calculating a difference between the position of the container calculated by the first processing unit and the contact position found by the contact detection unit as a correction amount; and a third processing unit correcting information on a position in a height direction of the object in the container based on the correction amount. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163738 | MULTI-AXIS CONTROL SYSTEM SETTING/ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION SUPPORTING APPARATUS - A multi-axis control system setting/adjustment function supporting apparatus having a setting/adjustment function through an input unit and an output unit for a multi-axis control system that includes a plurality of axes, the multi-axis control system executing a positioning control by synchronizing the plurality of axes according to a command from a motion controller, wherein the apparatus set, for a system configuration of the plurality of axes provided with respective numbers displayed in a list form on the output unit, an attribute of a group to each of the plurality of axes by the input unit, and the apparatus sort, when the system configuration of the plurality of axes is displayed in the list form on the output unit, the plurality of axes by each of the numbers or the groups according to a command from the input unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163739 | DYNAMICALLY-CONFIGURABLE LOCAL OPERATOR INTERFACE FOR UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS WELLHEAD CONTROL AND MONITORING - A local operator interface provides a graphical user interface to a programmable process controller (PPC) for oil and gas wellhead equipment. Configuration data reflecting the configuration of the wellhead equipment is stored by the PPC and used in controlling the operation of the wellhead equipment. A local operator interface unit retrieves the configuration data from the PPC and generates a graphical user interface on its display based on the configuration data. The operator can then selectively control operation and interact with the PPC and wellhead equipment via the graphical user interface. The local operator interface unit can be an Android-based system that also includes database management software to provide data storage and reporting capabilities. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163740 | Alarm Visualization - A method and device of controlling an industrial process. The method includes the steps of monitoring a plurality of values of at least one physical property of the industrial process to be controlled and determining whether the respective value of the at least one physical parameter deviates from a nominal value. Further, the method includes the step of displaying on a display screen, in chronological order, current state of the at least one physical property over time, which current state reflects the deviation of the respective value from the nominal value. Finally, the method includes the steps of providing on the display screen, when a user selects one of the current states, detailed information pertaining to the selected state and controlling the industrial process on the basis of the detailed information. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163741 | WASTE PROCESSING MACHINE, VIGILANCE CONTROL SYSTEM, TIMER, AND METHODS THEREFOR - A control system for a waste processing machine includes an actuator and a timer operatively connected to one another, wherein at least one of the actuator and the timer are in communication with and adapted to control at least one of the feed system, the cutting system, and the power system of the waste processing machine in response to the position of the actuator and a time frame or interval. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163742 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING WINDOW COVERINGS TO ADJUST ADMITTED DAYLIGHT - The present invention is an apparatus, system, method, computer program, and computer program product for controlling window coverings to adjust admitted daylight. More particularly, the present disclosure plates to a control system for controlling the amount of daylight admitted through adjustable window coverings. In an embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a stand-alone open loop proportional control subsystem including a calculation or algorithm that is operable to convert a sunlight sensor signal to a blind slat position based on a predetermined curve stored in memory. In another embodiment of the present invention, the system is operable to transmit the sunlight sensor information, for example, such as in Lux, to an external system, which may then provide blind slat position requests based on some other curve, algorithm, or user need. The blind slat position may be controlled by the system to avert undesirable solar heat gains and also achieve significant daylight harvesting. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to obtain data including a temperature in a space where each of a plurality of air conditioning apparatuses is installed, a temperature outside the space, and power consumption of the plurality of air conditioning apparatuses, calculate a factor to obtain relationship between the temperature in the space, the temperature outside the space, and the power consumption related to each of the plurality of the air conditioning apparatuses based on the obtained data, and calculate, in a case of changing a setting temperature of the plurality of air conditioning apparatuses, a change width of each of the setting temperatures of the plurality of air conditioning apparatuses in such a manner that variation in the change width becomes a control unit using an objective function expressing a cost of a power supplier and the calculated factor. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163744 | FAULT DETECTION IN A COOLING SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF IDENTICAL COOLING CIRCUITS - In a cooling system having a plurality of identical cooling circuits, fault detection is determined by a controller if monitored operating parameters of the cooling circuits differ from each other by an appreciable amount. In an aspect, the controller uses a comparison of the operating parameters of a cooling circuit to a snapshot of the operating parameters of that cooling circuit taken after the cooling circuit is determined to be operating properly after start-up. In an aspect, the controller uses known operating parameters of a cooling circuit and a system model of the cooling circuit to calculate remaining operating parameters of the cooling circuit (system model operating parameters) and uses a comparison of the system model operating parameters to the monitored operating parameters. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163745 | Method for Optimizing the Configuration of Distributed CCHP System - A method for optimizing the configuration of a distributed CCHP system is disclosed. The method includes: creating a digital model database containing digital models of various energy use, conversion forms in the distributed CCHP system; creating a feasible configuration solution database according to load demands, constraints and combined screening strategy, wherein the total number of the configuration solutions in the configuration solution database is set as N; performing an all-year hourly operational strategy optimization on each configuration solution in the configuration solution database, based on an annual load demand curve, until the annual operating costs, annual one-time energy consumption and annual pollutant emission of the i | 2014-06-12 |
20140163746 | Apparatus and Method for Determining Load of Energy Consuming Appliances Within a Premises - Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of apparatus and methods for determining and/or monitoring load of energy consuming appliances within a premises. In an exemplary embodiment, there is a thermostat for monitoring energy consumption associated with an HVAC unit having a compressor. The thermostat is configured to communicate information on energy consumption and/or information on duration of time of operation associated with the HVAC unit to a user. In another exemplary embodiment, there is a system for monitoring energy consumption for an energy consuming load in a premises that is supplied with power monitored by a utility meter. A gateway is in connection with the controller for enabling connection via the internet to a website. At least one of the gateway and the controller is configured to communicate information on energy consumption associated with the energy consuming load to an energy service provider and/or a consumer. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163747 | STREAMING GRAPHIC METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEMS - A building system server includes a processing device executing a server program. The processing device receives a request from a remote device for information regarding a building control system. The processing device provides, responsive at least in part to the request for information, at least one software program. The remote device executes the software program to: request and receive background graphic data corresponding to the request; request and receive first data identifying at least one variable control, and a format of the at least one variable control; request and receive second data containing a building control value corresponding to the at least one variable control; and cause a compatible web browser to build a graphics page based on the graphic data, first data and second data. The processing device provides the graphics page to the remote device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163748 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - A control system for a variable displacement pump driven by a drive source for driving a vehicle is provided. The variable displacement pump pressurizes hydraulic oil, and is switchable between a full capacity operation in which a discharge flow rate is maximized and a partial capacity operation in which the discharge flow rate is lower than that in the full capacity operation. It is determined whether an operation for starting the drive source has been performed. A rotational speed of the drive source and a temperature of the hydraulic oil are detected. When the rotational speed of the drive source is equal to or higher than a predetermined rotational speed and the hydraulic oil temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature, immediately after the operation for starting the drive source is performed, the partial capacity operation of the variable displacement pump is performed. This control suppresses generation of untoward noises caused by the operation of the variable displacement pump when starting to drive the vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163749 | REMOTE CONTROL OF FLUID-HANDLING DEVICES - Provided is a process, including: receiving, via the network interface, from a remote user device, a command to change a state of the fluid-handling device to a target state; translating the received command into a translated command operative to cause a local controller of the fluid-handling device to drive the fluid-handling equipment to the target state, the local controller being responsive to the command and feedback from the fluid-handling device indicative of whether the fluid-handling device is in the target state; and sending the translated command to the local controller | 2014-06-12 |
20140163750 | Configuring Building Energy Management Systems Using Knowledge Encoded in Building Management System Points Lists - Techniques for configuring a Building Energy Management System (BEMS) using knowledge encoded in BMS point lists are provided. In one aspect, a method for configuring a BEMS of a site is provided. The method includes the following steps. A knowledge base is derived from subject matter expertise. The knowledge base is used to extract one or more building characteristics from a point list of a building management system (BMS) that are not directly available from the BMS point list. The BEMS is configured using the one or more building characteristics extracted from the BMS point list. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163751 | WIRELESS POWER, LIGHT AND AUTOMATION CONTROL - A power control unit and method of use thereof for varying the supply of electricity to an electrical apparatus using a peer-to-peer wireless communications link between a controller and the power control unit. The communications link may be established using Wi-Fi Direct or Bluetooth communications technology. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163752 | Universal control system with universal interface to operate a plurality of devices - This invention pertains to a controlling device for operating various appliances. It includes a personal computer, which is programmed to provide for regulation of the sequence of operations of various electrical devices, such as a controller, the controller functions to initiate or turn OFF a relay or switching electronics device, which can provide for the operations of an appliance, whether it be an industrial or household appliance, or appliances that are used specifically in the entertainment field, such as a scent emitting device, a dimmer, a misting mechanism, and a vibratory motor. These are examples. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163753 | Configuring Building Energy Management Systems Using Knowledge Encoded in Building Management System Points Lists - Techniques for configuring a Building Energy Management System (BEMS) using knowledge encoded in BMS point lists are provided. In one aspect, a method for configuring a BEMS of a site is provided. The method includes the following steps. A knowledge base is derived from subject matter expertise. The knowledge base is used to extract one or more building characteristics from a point list of a building management system (BMS) that are not directly available from the BMS point list. The BEMS is configured using the one or more building characteristics extracted from the BMS point list. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163754 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE THAT IS DECOUPLED FROM A POWER GRID - A method includes: determining a total power load from an electrical power consumption entity configured to receive all or a portion of the total power load from each of (i) an alternative energy source (“AES”), (ii) a power grid, and (iii) a rechargeable energy storage device. The AES and the power grid are connected using a reverse power relay. The method also includes: for a first time period, determining a first power supply from the AES. The first power supply is affected by natural events that are uncontrolled by a user. The method also includes in accordance with a determination that, during the first time period, the power supply from the AES exceeds the power load: storing an excess portion of the power supply in the energy storage device, without releasing electrical power from the AES to the power grid. The excess portion is less than the energy storage device's maximum capacity. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163755 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING GENERATOR EFFICIENCY IN AN ISOLATED POWER CONSUMPTION SYSTEM - A method for improving electrical generator efficiency using a rechargeable battery includes, at a computer system, determining a load from an electrical-power consumption entity for a prospective time period; and calculating a first supply from a renewable electrical power supply source for the same prospective time period. The renewable electrical-power supply source comprises one or more photovoltaic devices, and the renewable electrical-power supply source is independent from a power grid. The method also includes quantifying a deficiency in an ability of the first supply to satisfy the load during the prospective time period; and in accordance with the quantification of the deficiency in the ability of the first supply to satisfy the load during the prospective time period: optimizing a spinning reserve schedule for a plurality of power generators to thereby make up the deficiency. The optimization of the spinning reserve schedule improves the non-renewable energy consumption. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163756 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING ENERGY COSTS FOR A POWER CONSUMPTION SYSTEM THAT HAS ACCESS TO OFF-GRID RESOURCES - A method includes: calculating a load prediction arising from an power consumption entity over a prospective time period; calculating a predicted off-grid power supply from an off-grid power supply; minimizing, for a respective time interval, a calculated amount of electrical-power to import from a power grid, in accordance with output from a cost function; and, for at least one interval, importing, from the power grid, the corresponding calculated amount of electrical-power corresponding to the at least one interval. The cost function uses: (i) a multi-component time of use tariff schedule associated with the power grid that includes a first power rate during a prospective time period and second power rate during a second time period, (ii) the load prediction over the prospective time period, (iii) the predicted off-grid electrical-power supply over the prospective time period, (iv) a state of a rechargeable battery. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163757 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SERVER, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MEDIUM - According to an embodiment, server includes estimator, condition setter, calculator, receiver, and controller. Estimator estimates an energy demand in building where electrical apparatuses are equipped based on apparatus data. Condition setter sets energy consumption suppression conditions. Calculator calculates operation schedule of apparatuses which can optimize an energy balance in building based on the demand and condition. Receiver receives DR signal including energy consumption suppression condition. Controller controls the apparatuses based on operation schedule calculated based on the condition corresponding to that included in the DR signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163758 | SOLVING LARGE-SCALE SECURITY-CONSTRAINED ECONOMIC DISPATCH PROBLEM IN REAL-TIME - A system, a method and a computer program product for determining an amount of an electric power to be generated in an electric power system and determining a total cost for generating the amount of electric power while satisfying at least one contingency constraint and one or more customer request. The system creates an optimization problem for calculating amount of the electric power to be generated and a total cost for generating the calculated amount of the electric power while meeting the at least one contingency constraint. The system runs the optimization problem in real-time. The system outputs, from the optimization problem, an output specifying the calculated amount of the electric power and the total cost to generate the calculated amount of the electric power. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163759 | DIGITAL BUILDING OPERATING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED BUILDING AND ELECTRIC GRID MONITORING, FORECASTING, AND ALARM SYSTEMS - A system and method for monitoring status of an electrical grid and one or more building subsystems. The system includes sensors in communication with an electrical grid, buildings that provide data related to the building subsystems, and a digital building operating system that includes a processor that performs instructions to process the data, identify the status of the electrical grid and the building subsystem, predict one or more events based on the data, and provide recommendations to the buildings such as how to prevent the bad event. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163760 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TRANSFORMER FAILURE DETECTION AND CONTROL - A system includes an excitation system configured to regulate one or more outputs of a power generating system. The excitation system includes data processing circuitry configured to obtain an electrical voltage measurement and an electrical current measurement associated with the power generating system, a transformer failure detection system configured to detect an abnormality associated with the electrical voltage and electrical current measurements as an indication of a possible transformer failure, and a failure detection deactivation system configured to deactivate the transformer failure detection system based at least in part on whether the abnormality comprises one of a first condition or a second condition. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163761 | UTILITY MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and devices for monitoring one or more utilities consumed within a monitored area. At least certain disclosed methods include detecting an amount of a first utility consumed by a load associated with a device. An amount of a second utility consumed by a load associated with the device is detected. The identity of the device is determined based on the amount of the first and second utility consumed. In further disclosed methods, a utility monitoring method is disclosed that includes measuring an amount of a utility consumed by a first device at a first time and an amount of a utility consumed by a second device at a second time. The identity of the first device is determined based on the measured consumption of the first and second devices at the first and second time. In certain implementations, the electricity meter uses an effective variance analysis of the conductance waveform on an electrical circuit to identify specific appliances. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163762 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND POWER CONTROL METHOD - A control apparatus comprises: a first control unit that controls power generation of a fuel cell to follow power consumption of a load; a second control unit that controls a power supplying device to supply a second power to the load in accordance with an increased amount of the power consumption when the increased amount of the power consumption is equal to or more than an increased amount that can be followed by the fuel cell; and a power detection unit detecting the second power. The first control unit increases the amount of the first power when the second power is detected, to decrease the amount of the second power. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163763 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING AN APPLIANCE OPERATION - A method for scheduling an appliance operation is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of signals. Each signal has an on-peak signal. Based upon the plurality of signals, a predicted on-peak time value is determined. The predicted on-peak time value can be used to determine when to execute an appliance operation in order to avoid operating the appliance during an on-peak time period. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163764 | EFFECTIVENESS-WEIGHTED CONTROL OF COOLING SYSTEM COMPONENTS - Energy efficient control of cooling system cooling of an electronic system is provided based, in part, on weighted cooling effectiveness of the components. The control includes automatically determining speed control settings for multiple adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on weighted cooling effectiveness of the components of the cooling system, and the determining operates to limit power consumption of at least the cooling system, while ensuring that a target temperature associated with at least one of the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range by provisioning, based on the weighted cooling effectiveness, a desired target temperature change among the multiple adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. The provisioning includes provisioning applied power to the multiple adjustable cooling components via, at least in part, the determined control settings. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AMBIENT TEMPERAURE FROM A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - Various embodiments of methods and systems for estimating environmental ambient temperature of a portable computing device (“PCD”) from temperature measurements taken within the PCD are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, it may be recognized that the PCD is in an idle state, thus producing little or no thermal energy. Temperature measurements are then taken from temperature sensors within the PCD and used to estimate the environmental ambient temperature to which the PCD is exposed. Certain embodiments may simply render the estimated ambient temperature for the benefit of the user or use the estimated ambient temperature as an input to a program or application running on the PCD. It is envisioned that certain embodiments of the systems and methods may use the estimated ambient temperature to adjust temperature thresholds in the PCD against which thermal management policies govern thermally aggressive processing components. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163766 | SYSTEM PERFORMANCE USING COOLING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION - A method, system, and computer program product for improving system performance using cooling configuration information are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of components in a data processing system is indexed according to corresponding amounts of cooling available to the components in the set. Priorities are assigned to component users in a set of component users. Using a processor and a memory, a component whose index value represents a higher than threshold amount of cooling availability to the component is allocated to a component user whose priority is higher than a threshold priority. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163767 | EFFECTIVENESS-WEIGHTED CONTROL OF COOLING SYSTEM COMPONENTS - Energy efficient control of cooling system cooling of an electronic system is provided based, in part, on weighted cooling effectiveness of the components. The control includes automatically determining speed control settings for multiple adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on weighted cooling effectiveness of the components of the cooling system, and the determining operates to limit power consumption of at least the cooling system, while ensuring that a target temperature associated with at least one of the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range by provisioning, based on the weighted cooling effectiveness, a desired target temperature change among the multiple adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. The provisioning includes provisioning applied power to the multiple adjustable cooling components via, at least in part, the determined control settings. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163768 | EVENT AND CONDITION DETERMINATION BASED ON SENSOR DATA - Sensors on vehicles may be used to automatically obtain data about events and conditions pertaining to vehicles. The data may be automatically provided to a server, third party, agency, subscriber, a vehicle, a driver, or the like. In example embodiments, data may be obtained regarding vehicles pertaining to, for example, location, braking, acceleration, turning, stopping, speed, direction, video data (e.g., via a camera on the vehicle), tire pressure, depth, or the like, or any appropriate combination thereof. The obtained data may aggregated. The aggregated data may be utilized to determine if events related to the vehicle are occurring and to determine a condition associated with the event. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA IN A CONSIST - A system for communicating a dataset may include at least a first and a second communication line. The system may also include a first transceiver configured to communicate a first data signal indicative of the dataset over the first communication line and a second transceiver configured to communicate a second data signal indicative of the dataset over the second communication line. The system may also include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive the first data signal and the second data signal and compare the first data signal and the second data signal to determine whether the first data signal or the second data signal comprises a more accurate signal. The processor may also be configured to determine the dataset based upon the more accurate signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163770 | ROAD SURFACE CONDITION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND ROAD SURFACE CONDITION ESTIMATING APPARATUS - The invention provides a method and apparatus capable of accurately estimating a road surface condition under a traveling vehicle using unsprung acceleration and wheel speed data. The unsprung fore-aft acceleration (Gx) is detected by an acceleration sensor ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140163771 | OCCUPANT INTERACTION WITH VEHICLE SYSTEM USING BROUGHT-IN DEVICES - In a first illustrative embodiment, a computer readable storage medium for storing instructions that, when executed by a processor is configure to establish communication with at least one of a plurality of handheld computing devices connected to a vehicle computing system. The processor may receive input identifying a connected device as a non-driver handheld computing device. Once connected to the vehicle-based computing system, the processor may allow the non-driver handheld computing device to control infotainment features and functions. The non-driver handheld computing device control of certain features may be represented to other occupants in the vehicle with updates being shown on a core controls display usually located in the center stack of the vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163772 | Aerial Forest Inventory System - A method and apparatus for generating information about a forest. A number of locations in the forest are identified over which an electromagnetic energy sensor system in an unmanned aerial vehicle generates the information about the forest by generating a point cloud with a resolution that meets a point cloud threshold. A route is generated for the unmanned aerial vehicle to move to the number of locations and generate the information about the forest in the number of locations. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163773 | METHOD OF MANAGING A WORKSITE - A method is disclosed for calibrating a vehicle model used to autonomously control a machine on a worksite. The method may include measuring a first value indicative of an operating condition of the machine, predicting a second value, using the vehicle model, corresponding to the first value and indicative of the operating condition, and determining a difference between the first value and the second value. The method may also include autonomously directing the machine to a calibration site of the worksite in response to determining that the difference between the first value and the second value is greater than a predetermined threshold, wherein the calibration site is automatically selected from a plurality of locations at the worksite based on a suitability index of the calibration site. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING OCCUPANT LOCATION USING CONNECTED DEVICES - A vehicle computing system enabling one or more processors to establish a communication connection with at least one of a plurality of handheld computing devices within a vehicle while enabling and determining infotainment control based on the location of the handheld device in the vehicle. The system may determine if the at least one of a plurality of handheld computing devices is a driver or non-driver handheld computing device based on a detected location of the communication connection. The system may determine that the at least one of a plurality of handheld computing devices is a non-driver handheld computing device based on the detected location, therefore enabling infotainment control from the non-driver handheld device. The system may determine that the at least one of a plurality of handheld computing devices is a driver handheld computing device based on the detected location, therefore limiting infotainment control from the driver handheld device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163775 | GEODETIC MARKING SYSTEM FOR MARKING TARGET POINTS - A geodetic marking system for marking a known target point, having an automotive, unmanned, remotely controllable air vehicle and having a geodetic position determination arrangement for determining the external actual position of the air vehicle. The air vehicle also has a marking unit for marking the target point, and the marking system has a control unit such that the air vehicle can be positioned relative to the target point position on the basis of the external actual position, which can be determined continuously. The control unit is also configured in such a manner that it is possible to control the marking unit for marking the target point taking into account the actual position, the desired position and a defined marking direction from the marking unit to the target point, with the result that the target point can be marked with geodetic accuracy in the defined marking direction. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163776 | VEHICLE DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle driving control system and method for selecting a driving pattern using a predetermined program (or application) and for operating vehicle driving via a terminal that provides driving information of the selected driving pattern. The vehicle driving control system may include a terminal configured to transmit a selected driving pattern mode and driving pattern control information on the selected driving pattern mode to a vehicle controller when a predetermined vehicle driving pattern control program is executed. A vehicle controller is configured to operate an object of a vehicle related to driving based on the driving pattern mode and the driving pattern control information transmitted by the terminal. A transceiver is configured to transmit and receive signals between the terminal and the vehicle controller. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163777 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a mobile communication device that controls in-vehicle devices remotely, a drive controller that controls drive of the vehicle, a communication controller that controls the wireless communication with the mobile communication device, and an auxiliary battery that activates the communication controller and an in-vehicle-device controller controlling the in-vehicle devices. The communication controller includes a stopper that stops the wireless communication if a correlating temperature is lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the correlating temperature correlating with the temperature of the auxiliary battery acquired at a first predetermined time after a stop of the drive controller. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163778 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER-SPECIFIC SETTINGS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ASSIGNMENT OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE TO A MOTOR VEHICLE FROM A PLURALITY OF MOTOR VEHICLES - Data and consequently settings in a motor vehicle are personalized in the present case using a central data processing device. The latter knows the positions of a motor vehicle or a plurality of motor vehicles and transmits these positions to a mobile communication appliance, which compares the transmitted positions with its own. If the result of the comparison is that the mobile communication appliance is situated in proximity to one of the motor vehicles, personalized data are transmitted, which can then be used to make personalized settings. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163779 | METHOD OF MANAGING A WORKSITE - A method is disclosed for calibrating a vehicle model used to autonomously control a machine on a worksite. The method may include measuring a first value indicative of an operating condition of the machine, predicting a second value, using the vehicle model, corresponding to the first value and indicative of the operating condition, and determining a difference between the first value and the second value. The method may also include autonomously directing the machine to a calibration site of the worksite in response to determining that the difference between the first value and the second value is greater than a predetermined threshold, wherein the calibration site is automatically selected from a plurality of locations at the worksite based on a suitability index of the calibration site. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163780 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE PROCESS EMULATION AND CONFIGURATION ON A MOBILE PLATFORM - A computer-implemented method includes providing an interface on a wireless device corresponding to an interface for vehicle infotainment system control. The method also includes providing simulated functionality of controls on the interface, such that activation of a control informs a user of what would occur if the control were activated on a vehicle interface. Further, the method includes saving at least one user setting input into the interface. The method additionally includes transferring the saved setting to a vehicle computing system (VCS) for use in infotainment system control when the wireless device is in communication with the VCS. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163781 | Tree Metrology System - A method and apparatus for identifying a number of diameters for a group of trees. An unmanned aerial vehicle moves on a route through the group of trees at a height that is configured to allow measurement of the number of diameters for the group of trees by a sensor system associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle. Information is generated about the number of diameters for the group of trees using the sensor system associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163782 | Aircraft data management system - An aircraft data management system comprises a first storage device for data representative of operating parameters of the aircraft, the first device being situated on the ground, and second storage device for data representative of parameters of said aircraft, the second device being embedded onboard said aircraft. The system also comprises a device for accessing the data contained in said first and second storage devices. The system also comprises a device for determining the stopping of the aircraft on the ground, a device for synchronizing the data contained in the first and second storage devices, according to information from the determination device. Furthermore, the access device also being designed to select the first or the second storage device to access the data, according to the information from the determination device authenticate a user accessing the data. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163783 | METHOD FOR REGULATING THE TORQUE OF A CONTROL SURFACE ACTUATOR WITH A CONTROLLED ANGULAR POSITION ON AN AIRCRAFT WITH MECHANICAL FLIGHT CONTROL - A method for regulating an actuator for a control surface is provided, which actuator has an angular position controlled by an autopilot on an aircraft with mechanical flight control. When the value of the torque exerted by the actuator is less than a threshold torque value, the actuator is regulated in terms of position and the maximum speed of movement of the control surface is limited to a value that is dependent on the torque value. When the value of the torque exerted by the actuator is greater than the threshold torque value, the actuator is regulated in terms of torque. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICALLY GENERATING AN APPROACH/DEPARTURE COURSE - A system and method for graphically creating an approach course on a navigation display is provided. A processor operatively coupled to a display and is configured to generate an approach course by (1) generating a graphical representation of at least one terminal area procedure, (2) selecting the at least one terminal area procedure on the display, and (3) displaying the approach course including the at least one terminal area procedure. The approach course is then accepted and inserted into a flight plan. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163785 | Apparatus for controlling railcar and methods for detecting synchronous slide/slip - A railcar control apparatus comprises a synchronous slide/slip detector which determines that the axles are synchronously sliding/slipping if an absolute value of axle's speed difference is less than a synchronous slide/slip speed difference threshold and an absolute value of axle's acceleration is greater than a predetermined synchronous slide/slip acceleration threshold. | 2014-06-12 |