25th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130158881 | AUTONOMOUS MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM USING SENSORS OF DIFFERENT SENSITIVITIES - A method and system of monitoring for chemical or other toxic agents includes operating a plurality of first type sensors having a first level of sensitivity to an agent in a monitored area. Concurrently a second type sensor is operated having a second level of sensitivity to the agent in the monitored area, where the second level of sensitivity is at least ten times more sensitive than the first level of sensitivity. Input from the plurality of first type sensors and the second type sensor is received and analyzed, at a central location, in order to determine the presence of the agent in the monitored area. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158882 | METHOD OF FORMING MASS IMAGE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method of comprehensively visualizing a constituent in tumor tissue or the like at a cellular level. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158883 | INTENTION CONVEYANCE SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD - According to a conventional BMI technology for controlling external equipment or transmitting an intention to another person by focusing on a biosignal such as brain activity, there has been the problem that a large-sized apparatus is required, the operation method is complex from the user's viewpoint, and noise is large. The present invention provides an apparatus and method such that an intention in the brain can be analyzed with high accuracy and at high speed and transmitted in real-time. A communication assist apparatus according to the present invention comprises an apparatus for presenting a visual stimulus on a display screen and the like, and a processing apparatus for processing brain wave data from an electroencephalograph that measures a brain wave after stimulus presentation by the presenting apparatus. The processing apparatus determines that a specific intention decision has been made in the brain when the product of an accumulated discrimination score according to a discriminant analysis function obtained by analyzing the brain wave data and a success rate exceeds a threshold value, and then outputs a determination result to a device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158884 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE, METHOD FOR ACQUIRING SECONDARY STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE, APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE, APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING SECONDARY STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE, PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFYING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE, AND PROGRAM FOR ACQUIRING SECONDARY STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for identifying a nucleotide sequence necessary for expressing affinity for a target substance with respect to a nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid molecule such as an aptamer having such affinity for the target substance, based on similarity between nucleotide sequences and an evaluated value of the affinity of the nucleotide sequence, and a method for predicting a secondary structure of the nucleic acid molecule including the identified nucleotide sequence. The method of present invention includes the steps of extracting a single-stranded region by excluding based capable of forming a stem structure from the nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid molecule; and searching a motif sequence from the single-stranded region, based on an evaluated value of the affinity. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158885 | GENOME SEQUENCE MAPPING DEVICE AND GENOME SEQUENCE MAPPING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a genome sequence mapping device and a genome sequence mapping method. The genome sequence mapping device may include a controller and a genome sequence analyzer configured to map target sequence data to reference sequence data. The genome sequence analyzer transforms the reference sequence data and the target sequence data into frequency domains to determine a position of the target sequence data to be mapped among the reference sequence data. The genome sequence mapping device calculates a correlation between reference sequence data and target sequence data in a frequency domain to immediately determine whether the reference sequence data and the target sequence data match each other. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158886 | Accurate Measurement of glutathione for disease diagnosis and drug metabolite screening - A method of measuring and calculating (preferably by a computer with output to a user) tGSH (total glutathione very particularly defined) with sample preparation and assay methods that have been confirmed to provide accurate and reliable tGSH and related diagnostic assays in blood or tissue from a patient. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158887 | COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT/EXPERIMENT MONITORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A sensor-selectable environment/experiment monitoring device including at least one selectable environment/experiment monitoring sensor operative to collect environment/experimental data and a sensor selector cover operable to provide access to at least a first one of the at least one selectable environment/experiment monitoring sensor and to simultaneously prevent access to at least a second one of the at least one selectable environment/experiment monitoring sensor. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158888 | CONTINUOUS AIR MONITORS - The invention provides for a continuous air monitor for detecting Alpha emitting radionuclides. The monitor measures and records the energy of each detected Alpha count in one of a plurality of channels and compensates for counts due to the presence of Radon. It does this by carrying out a channel by channel statistical test comparing the measured count in each channel to the expected count due to radon daughter products, and determining if any deviation from the expected count is statistically significant. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158889 | METHOD FOR MAPPING OXYGEN CONCENTRATION - A method for determining the oxygen concentration of a sample made of a semiconductor material includes a heat treatment step of the sample to form thermal donors, the measurement of the resistivity in an area of the sample, the determination of the thermal donor concentration from a relation expressing the charge carrier mobility according to an ionized dopant impurity concentration, by adding to the dopant impurity concentration four times the thermal donor concentration, and from the measured resistivity value. The method finally includes determining the oxygen concentration from the thermal donor concentration. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158890 | METHODS FOR EVALUATING GREEN DIESEL FUEL COMPOSITIONS - Methods for evaluating a diesel fuel are provided. In one embodiment, a method of evaluating a diesel fuel includes obtaining a testing sample from the diesel fuel and analyzing the testing sample to detect an amount of at least one selected component. The method also provides for determining if the diesel fuel is green depending on either detection of at least one selected component in the testing sample or observation of at least one non-normal molecular class distribution in the testing sample. Further, the specific component can indicate the specific biological feedstock used to produce the green diesel based on the molecular fingerprinting database. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158891 | METHOD FOR IN-FLIGHT ASSESSMENT OF FREEDOM FROM FLUTTER OF AN AIRPLANE - A computer-implemented method for in-flight assessment of freedom from flutter of an airplane, involving analyzing the airplane structure vibrations based on signals indicated by sensors located on the airplane structure. The computations are performed in real-time based on current measurement data collected from the sensors. For measurement data from individual sensors there are determined mode shapes of vibrations. The relevancy of modes of vibrations is determined by subtracting from the vibrations signal the particular mode of vibrations and calculating the value of decrease in the rest sum of squares. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158892 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A RESOURCE FROM A PLURALITY OF PROCESSING RESOURCES SO THAT THE PROBABLE TIMES TO FAILURE OF THE RESOURCES EVOLVE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL MANNER - A method for selecting, from a plurality of processing resources capable in an information-processing system of carrying out one and the same type of process, one of the resources so that it carries out a process of said type, the method including estimating the probable time to failure for each of the resources, the resource being selected so that the probable times to failure of the resources evolve in a substantially identical manner. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158893 | Systems and methods projecting available runtimes of emergency power supply systems - Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for managing and monitoring a plurality of emergency power supply systems (EPSS's) at a facility via an emergency power management system (EPMS). The EPMS generally comprises EPSS equipment, a management computer system for managing, monitoring, and testing the operational characteristics of the EPSS equipment, and a plurality of interface modules for providing unified communication capabilities between the management computer system and the EPSS equipment. Additional aspects relate to methods for easily and efficiently creating and installing an EPMS at a facility. Further aspects are directed to providing predictive analyses related to the EPSS equipment. Also, aspects of the present disclosure relate to normalizing EPSS equipment information across varying vendors, makes, and models of equipment so as to provide a unified view of all equipment across a given facility. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158894 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD OF TRAIN WHEEL WEAR - Provided is a measuring apparatus and method of train wheel wear, the apparatus including a speed measuring unit measuring speed of a train, a position measuring unit measuring a position of the train, and a calculation unit calculating abrasiveness of a train wheel on a train based on the measured speed and position of the train, whereby status of the train wheel can be accurately learned to minimize the number of devices that may be additionally installed, and to quickly measure abrasiveness of the train wheel as well. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158895 | Signal Processing System - A system and method for processing sensor signals is disclosed. The system comprises a sensor array, a multiplexer, a converter, a selection module and a combination module. The sensor array measures a physical parameter in a first dimension on a seat and generates a first set of sensor signals. The sensor array measures the physical parameter in a second dimension on the seat and generates a second set of sensor signals. The multiplexer multiplexes the first set of sensor signals into a first signal stream and the second set of sensor signals into a second signal stream. The converter converts the first signal stream to a first set of digital signals and the second signal stream to a second set of digital signals. The selection module determines a set of first-dimension data and a set of second-dimension data. The combination module forms a set of two-dimensional data. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158896 | PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE - A pressure testing device for calculating a pressure in a flexible line comprises a housing unit, a force sensor mounted on the housing unit and a clamp assembly having a clamp mounted on the housing unit. The clamp is operable to compress the flexible line against the force sensor by a predetermined degree of deformation of the flexible line. The device includes a displacement sensor adapted to measure a displacement of the clamp. The device also includes a controller having a processor in communication with the force sensor and the displacement sensor, and a memory unit containing stored data. At the predetermined degree of deformation of the flexible line, the processor compares a first signal from the force sensor and a second signal from the displacement senor with the stored data to estimate the pressure within the flexible line. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING A TRANSFORMER - A system, a method and a computer program to monitor a plurality of transformer operating parameters, as well as to accurately control one or more of the transformer operating parameters. Calculate loss of life and give diagnosis for recovery and provide maintenance notification, monitor the operation of the LTC. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158898 | MOBILE-OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS, MOBILE-OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD, MOBILE-OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile-object information acquiring apparatus ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130158899 | METHOD OF MEASURING THE VISCOCITY OF A FLUID AND VISCOSIMETER - A method for measuring the viscosity of any liquid gaseous or supercritical, optionally multiphase fluid, under extended conditions of pressure, temperature and chemical composition, the method is based on the application of a flow law of the fluid through a permeable medium, the permeability of which is known. A viscosimeter for carrying out this measurement method is also described. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158900 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND EVALUATION CALCULATION METHOD - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including: a two-dimensional elasticity image forming unit that calculates elasticity frame data indicating the elasticity distribution measured by scanning an object in a three-dimensional manner using an ultrasonic wave; an elasticity volume data generation unit that generates elasticity volume data by collecting the plurality of elasticity frame data items; a three-dimensional elasticity image forming unit that forms a three-dimensional elasticity image by performing volume rendering of the elasticity volume data; and a quality calculation unit that calculates a volume evaluation value indicating the quality of the elasticity volume data on the basis of an autocorrelation value between a pair of tomographic frame data items, which are a basis for calculating the elasticity frame data, and a frame evaluation value indicating the quality of the elasticity frame data. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158901 | Method and System for Detecting Unbalance in Power Grids - A method for detecting unbalance in a 3-phase voltage signal includes sampling the signal over an observation widow to determine a set of observations, and detecting the unbalance of the signal based on a probability density function (pdf) of the set of observations. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158902 | MULTI-CHANNEL LEAKAGE CURRENT MONITORING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a multi-channel leakage current monitoring system configured to monitor leakage currents transmitted to loads from a plurality of molded case circuit breakers (MCCBs), and to transmit the leakage currents to a smart meter. The system comprises: a plurality of current transformers configured to measure power information data about loads connected to secondary side power lines of the MCCBs; and a multi-channel measuring unit (MCMU) configured to detect a leakage current by analyzing the power information data received from the current transformers. Under such a configuration, the size of the system can be reduced, and the number of communication lines can be minimized. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158903 | Method and System for Detecting Transients in Power Grids - Conditions in a power grid are detected by sampling a voltage in the grid. A normal condition hypothesis is modeled as a sinusoid, and a transient condition hypothesis is modeled as a sum of damped sinusoids. The samples are used to construct probability density function. A likelihood ratio based on the pdf and the hypotheses is compared to a threshold to determine whether the condition is normal or transient. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158904 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE INTEGRITY OF ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER - An apparatus for determining integrity of an electronic device in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprises a controller operably coupled to a high voltage measuring circuit and to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The high voltage measuring circuit receives a high voltage signal and includes at least one stressed resistor for reducing the high voltage signal into a suitable voltage signal. The ADC performs a measurement with the suitable voltage that is indicative of the high voltage signal in a normal operation mode. The controller is configured to apply a calibrated voltage to the at least one stressed resistor in a calibration mode. The controller is further configured to calculate a resistance value of the at least one stressed resistor based on applying the calibrated voltage to the at least one stressed resistor to determine if the at least one stressed resistor is in a stressed state. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158905 | TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - A synchronization pattern generating unit generates a synchronization pattern required for a clock recovery unit which has been built into a DUT to maintain a link with an external circuit. A gate signal generating unit generates a gate signal which is asserted in a period in which a vector pattern is to be supplied to the DUT. In a first mode, a pattern selecting unit is configured such that it outputs the vector pattern during a period in which the gate signal is asserted and outputs a fixed output level during a period in which the gate signal is negated. In a second mode, the pattern selecting unit is configured such that it outputs the vector pattern during a period in which the gate signal is asserted and outputs the synchronization pattern during a period in which the gate signal is negated. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158906 | Resampling a Signal to Perform Power Quality Measurement - Performing power quality and synchrophasor analysis on a resampled signal. A first signal may be initially received which corresponds to a power system. The first signal may have a plurality of cycles and may have a frequency that varies over time. One or more parameters may be determined from the first signal. Based on the one or more parameters, the first signal may be resampled to produce an even angle signal. Various power quality measurements may be performed on the even angle signal. Similarly, further processing may be performed to perform synchrophasor measurements, e.g., to determine phasor, frequency, and/or rate of frequency change for the first signal. In some embodiments, the resampling processing elements (e.g., circuitry, programmable hardware elements, processors and memories, etc.) may be shared between the two analyses. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158907 | Resampling a Signal to Perform Power Quality and Synchrophasor Measurement - Performing power quality and synchrophasor analysis on a resampled signal. A first signal may be initially received which corresponds to a power system. The first signal may have a plurality of cycles and may have a frequency that varies over time. One or more parameters may be determined from the first signal. Based on the one or more parameters, the first signal may be resampled to produce an even angle signal. Various power quality measurements may be performed on the even angle signal. Similarly, further processing may be performed to perform synchrophasor measurements, e.g., to determine phasor, frequency, and/or rate of frequency change for the first signal. In some embodiments, the resampling processing elements (e.g., circuitry, programmable hardware elements, processors and memories, etc.) may be shared between the two analyses. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158908 | Method for Unsupervised Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring - A method distinguishes electrical signals corresponding to an activation or deactivation of a single electrical power consuming device from an electrical signal that supplies electricity to multiple electrical power consuming devices has been developed. The method includes generating signatures corresponding to activation and deactivation of a plurality of electrical devices from a transformation of an electrical power signal using sparse deconvolution to cluster and then identify the activation and deactivation of one of the plurality of electrical devices. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158909 | POWER QUALITY MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention includes a calculating unit for calculating an absolute value of an applied commercial voltage, an accumulating unit for accumulating the absolute value of the applied commercial voltage per a constant period to output, an extracting unit for sampling an absolute value accumulative maximum value of the commercial voltage for each period and a determining unit for determining a quality of the commercial voltage by using the absolute value accumulative maximum value of the sampled commercial voltage. It has an advantage that the power quality can be monitored at high speed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158910 | ELECTRIC POWER MONITOR DEVICE - An electric power monitor device is provided. The electric power monitor device is electrically connected to an alternating current source which supplies electric power to a plurality of under-test current loops. The electric power monitor device comprises a voltage input interface, a voltage measuring unit, a plurality of current measuring components and a processing unit. The voltage input interface is configured to receive an input power source from the alternating current source. The voltage measuring unit is configured to generate voltage values based on the input power source. The current measuring components are capable of adjusting phase configuration based on different phases of the wires of the current loops, and are configured to determine current values of the current loops. The processing unit is configured to calculate an electric power monitor value according to the voltage values and the current values. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158911 | QUANTISED MONITORING OF POWER-CONSUMPTION - A power-consumption monitoring device, for taking measurements of the power consumed by an appliance. The device is connectable to a mains electrical circuit and operable to transmit the measurements to a master device through the circuit. The device is adapted: to measure the energy consumed by the appliance in each of a series of time intervals, and maintain a first cumulative sum of the resulting energy measurements; to periodically transmit, to the master device, a first quantised value representing the cumulative sum; and to subtract the transmitted quantised value from the cumulative sum. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158912 | Apparatus for Measuring the State of Health of a Cell Pack - Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring and classifying a cell pack based on statistical parameters of charge of and discharge from the cell pack. The apparatus includes a control unit, a register, a database, a display, a charger and a load. The register, the database, the display, the charger and the load are connected to the control unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158913 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CHARGING AND DISCHARGING POWER LEVELS FOR A BATTERY PACK - A system and a method for determining charging and discharging power levels for a battery pack are provided. The battery pack has an enclosure holding a battery module therein. The system includes a computer that determines a temperature correlation value based on first and second temperature values associated with the battery pack. The computer determines a third temperature value indicative of a temperature level of a first battery cell disposed adjacent to the end of a housing in the battery pack based on the first temperature value and the temperature correlation value. The computer determines a desired charging power level for the battery pack based on the third temperature value. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158914 | Apparatus for Measuring the State of Charge of a Battery Pack via Measuring an Open Circuit Voltage - Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring the state of charge of a battery pack via measuring an open circuit voltage. The apparatus includes a voltage measurement unit electrically connected to the battery pack, a current sensor electrically connected to the battery pack, a current measurement unit electrically connected to the current sensor, and a processor electrically connected to the voltage measurement unit and the current measurement unit. The processor measures the voltage and current of the battery pack via the voltage measurement unit and the current measurement unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158915 | Method, Arrangement and Computer Program Product for Determining an End-of-Life State of a Battery - The present disclosure relates to a method, an arrangement and a computer program product for determining an end-of-life state of a battery. It is an object of the present invention to more reliably determine an end-of-life (EOL) state of a battery even when the load of the system to be powered by the battery varies. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158916 | BATTERY FUEL GAUGE - A system for estimating battery state of charge (SoC) includes evaluating a battery model to produce an estimated battery voltage using a previously produced SoC. Current and voltage measurements are combined with the estimated battery voltage to produce a present battery SoC. The battery model may be updated by taking battery measurements when certain conditions occur. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158917 | BATTERY ABNORMALITY PREDICTION SYSTEM - A battery abnormality prediction system includes a normal range determination unit which acquires parameter values representing the states of a plurality of unit cells ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130158918 | INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ENHANCED POWER QUALITY MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY - An intelligent electronic device IED has enhanced power quality and communications capabilities. The IED can perform energy analysis by waveform capture, detect transient on the front-end voltage input channels and provide revenue measurements. The IED splits and distributes the front-end input channels into separate circuits for scaling and processing by dedicated processors for specific applications by the IED. Front-end voltage input channels are split and distributed into separate circuits for transient detection, waveform capture analysis and revenue measurement, respectively. Front-end current channels are split and distributed into separate circuits for waveform capture analysis and revenue measurement, respectively. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158919 | PLUG TYPE DETECTION - Techniques for detecting the type of a media plug inserted into a corresponding jack. In an exemplary embodiment, the output of a first power amplifier for driving a media plug terminal, e.g., the right headphone or left headphone, is selectively coupled to a reference voltage. Measurements of the voltage at a microphone terminal of the media plug may be alternately made for the reference voltage being at a first value and a second value. In an embodiment, the first power amplifier output voltage may be varied by opening or closing a switch. Alternatively, the first power amplifier output voltage may be directly set by an input voltage to the first power amplifier. By detecting changes in the voltages measured at the microphone terminal, it may be determined whether the media plug is of a North American type or European type. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158920 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATED VOLTAGE MEASURING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A voltage measuring circuit includes a rectifier to receive an alternating current (AC) voltage to be measured and to provide a rectified output; a comparator for comparing the rectified output and producing therefrom a square wave having a pulse width indicative of the rectified output exceeding a threshold; a calculation circuit for converting a measurement of the pulse width into a measurement of the voltage and optionally an opto-isolator interconnecting the comparator to the calculation circuit. The rectifier may provide operating power to the comparator and an input side of the opto-isolator, from the AC voltage signal being measured. The remainder of the measuring circuit may powered by a source isolated from the voltage to be measured. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158921 | LOAD IMPEDANCE DETECTION - Techniques for determining the impedance of a load coupled to an amplifier. In an exemplary embodiment, a mirroring transistor is provided to mirror the current through a transistor of the amplifier output stage to a predetermined ratio. The impedance of the load may be calculated based on the mirrored current and the amplifier output voltage provided to the load. In an exemplary embodiment, the mirrored current may be digitized and provided to a digital load impedance calculation block, which estimates the load impedance based on the digitized current and an indication of the amplifier output voltage. Further techniques are described for calibrating the load impedance calculation scheme, and for differentiating between stereo and mono audio plugs using said techniques. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158922 | ESTIMATION OF A QUANTITY RELATED TO IMPEDANCE - Method, arrangement and network node/device for estimating a quantity related to impedance in a first frequency interval, D | 2013-06-20 |
20130158923 | FREQUENCY MASK TRIGGER WITH NON-UNIFORM BANDWIDTH SEGMENTS - Disclosed is a test and measurement instrument having a multiple variable bandwidth frequency mask. The instrument includes an input processor for receiving an input signal and producing a digital signal, as well as a trigger signal generator for generating a trigger signal on the occurrence of a trigger event. A time to frequency converter converts a frame of digital data from the digital signal into a frequency spectrum having at least two frequency bins of dissimilar frequency widths. Each frequency bin has a power amplitude value. The trigger signal is generated when the power amplitude value of any of the at least two frequency bins violates an associated reference power level. In some cases the output may be shown as a density trace, and the trigger signal generated when any point of the density trace violates an associated density threshold. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158924 | DIGITAL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AC VOLTAGE VALUES - An AC measurement circuit includes a rectifier for receiving an AC signal; a peak detection circuit; and a voltage divider, interconnected with an output of the rectifier, and the input of the peak detection circuit to provide the peak detection circuit with a voltage value equal to a fraction of the AC signal. An analog to digital converter, has its analog input interconnected with an output of the peak detection circuit, for providing a digital output corresponding to its analog input. A summing circuit sums n samples of the digital output. The voltage divider is configured so that the summing circuit calculates an average measurement of the AC signal by summing n samples and without floating point division. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158925 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING DIFFERENTIAL PAIR - A computer-based method and a computing device for checking differential pairs of a printed circuit board layout are provided. The computing device determines the via pitch between switching vias of a differential pair according to the coordinates of the centers of the switching vias, determines the via gap between the switching vias of adjacent two differential pairs according to the radius and the coordinates of the centers of the switching vias, and determines that the switching vias does not satisfy design standards if the via pitch does not fall in an input via pitch range, or the via gap does not fall in an input via gap range. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158926 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF A MEDIUM WITH COMPUTING OF A SIGNAL CORRECTED AS A FUNCTION OF A FIRST MODELING FUNCTION FOR A REFERENCE MEDIUM AND OF A SECOND DISTRIBUTION FOR A MEDIUM TO BE CHARACTERIZED, AND ASSOCIATED RECONSTRUCTION SYSTEM - A method reconstructing optical properties of a medium uses a reconstruction system having a radiation source illuminating a medium and a detector receiving a signal emitted by the medium. This method includes establishing, for a source-detector pair, a first distribution of a signal received by the detector for a reference medium, the received signal emitted by the reference medium subsequent to the illumination of the medium by the source, determining, for the source-detector pair, a first modeling function of a light scattering signal between the source and the detector in the reference medium, establishing, for the source-detector pair, a second distribution of a signal received by the detector for the medium, the received signal being emitted by the medium to be characterized subsequent to illumination of said medium by the source, and computing a signal corrected as a function of the first modeling function and of the second distribution. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158927 | CALIBRATION DEVICE FOR A NETWORK ANALYZER (as amended) - A calibration device for a network analyzer with several ports provides a calibration circuit, which is connected in each case via a terminal port respectively to one of the several ports of the network analyzer. A first transistor and a second transistor are connected in series to each terminal port. In this context, both transistors are connected by their common connection to the terminal port. The first transistor and/or the second transistor is operated as an adjustable load. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158928 | SENSOR FUSION OF MOTION DATA OBTAINED FROM PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method for determining an orientation of a portable or mobile electronic device includes determining an orientation of the device using at least a first inertial motion sensor (e.g., a gyroscope) with which the portable electronic device is equipped. A correction factor is provided to the orientation of the electronic device using a feedback control signal based on motion data obtained from at least a second inertial motion sensor (e.g. an accelerometer) to reduce drift in motion data obtained from the first inertial sensor. Responsive to a loss of valid motion data from the first inertial motion sensor, a rate at which the correction factor is provided to the orientation of the portable electronic device is increased. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158929 | Optical Measurement Device Calibration - Optical measurement device calibration systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving calibration information from a plurality of optical measurement devices (200) at a central data store (124), the calibration information comprising at least real-time measurement data stored on the plurality of optical measurement devices, the plurality of optical measurement devices each at different print facilities. The method also includes analyzing at least one trend in the calibration information at the central data store. The method also includes issuing an instruction to at least one of the plurality of optical measurement devices to update a calibration parameter in the at least one optical measurement device based on the at least one trend. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158930 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE HARDWARE OF IMAGE MEASUREMENT MACHINE - A method for detecting defective hardware of an image measurement machine, the method creates a hardware-recording table that records abnormalities to occur in hardware components of the image measurement machine, and detects device connecting faults, port connecting faults, and hardware faults of the image measurement machine. If any fault is detected, the method searches a serial number and one or more solutions for the fault from the hardware-recording table, and displays the serial number and the one or more solutions on a display screen of the computing device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158931 | VOLTAGE TESTING DEVICE - An exemplary voltage testing device includes a testing circuit and an oscillograph. The testing circuit includes a filtering unit, a rectifier unit, and a voltage dividing unit. The filtering unit receives and filters an alternating current (AC) voltage. The rectifier unit receives the filtered AC voltage and rectifies the filtered AC voltage into a first direct current (DC) voltage. The voltage dividing unit receives the first DC voltage, and dividess the first DC voltage into a second DC voltage equaling an effective value of the AC voltage, thereby the second DC voltage is tested and displayed on the oscillograph. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158932 | Systems and methods for testing emergency power supply systems - Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for managing and monitoring a plurality of emergency power supply systems (EPSS's) at a facility via an emergency power management system (EPMS). The EPMS generally comprises EPSS equipment, a management computer system for managing, monitoring, and testing the operational characteristics of the EPSS equipment, and a plurality of interface modules for providing unified communication capabilities between the management computer system and the EPSS equipment. Additional aspects relate to methods for easily and efficiently creating and installing an EPMS at a facility. Further aspects are directed to providing predictive analyses related to the EPSS equipment. Also, aspects of the present disclosure relate to normalizing EPSS equipment information across varying vendors, makes, and models of equipment so as to provide a unified view of all equipment across a given facility. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158933 | SYSTEM OF TESTING MULTIPLE RF MODULES AND METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a system of testing multiple RF modules. The system includes a RF signal analyzer, a RF switch, a control module, and a plurality of testing modules. The RF switch is electrically coupled to the RF signal analyzer, and operational bands of the RF switch includes operational bands of the RF modules for transmitting and receiving RF signals. The controller module controls the RF signal analyzer and the RF switch. The testing modules are electrically coupled to the controller module and controlled by the controller module. Each testing module has a memorizing unit for storing testing results for the RF modules transmitting and receiving the RF signals. The RF switch and the testing modules are used to electrically couple each RF module. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158934 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY TESTING COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONALITY OF DEVICE UNDER TEST AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA THEREOF - An exemplary embodiment of present disclosure illustrates a method for automatically testing communication functionality of a device under test (DUT). The method is adapted for driving and controlling at least an instrument to test communication functionality of a DUT through a computing device. The method includes steps described as follows establishing a communication functionality testing system and providing a user interface installed in the computing device, wherein the user interface includes a DUT selection window providing a plurality of DUT module selections; a testing menu window, providing various preset testing item selections; a selected test list displaying configurable sequence for the selected testing items of a specific testing task; a property table provides property and parameter configurations associated with a selected testing item; and a DUT and instrument configuration window for configuring hardware properties of the DUT and instruments as well as the calibration data of the instruments. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158935 | Ambient Signal Identification - A method and apparatus for identifying ambient signal data in a test signal data set. A cumulative amplitude distribution of data elements is identified in the test signal data set in order by amplitude values. The data elements comprise frequency values and corresponding amplitude values. A subset of data elements from the test signal data set is identified. The subset of data elements comprises the data elements with the amplitude values greater than a first threshold value. The data elements in the subset of data elements are identified wherein a difference between the amplitude values of adjacent data elements in the cumulative amplitude distribution of data elements is greater than a second threshold value. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158936 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING UNAUTHORIZED BATTERIES OR TAMPERING BY MONITORING A THERMAL PROFILE - According to one aspect, a portable electronic device having a heat generating component, a thermal sensor, an energy storage device for powering the portable electronic device, a thermal element thermally coupled to the heat generating component, the energy storage device, and the thermal sensor. The thermal element is sized and shaped so that heat generated by the heat generating component flows through the thermal element towards the thermal sensor and interacts with the energy storage device. The thermal sensor is used to monitor a thermal profile for the thermal element, and the monitored thermal profile is compared with an expected thermal profile to determine if the integrity of the portable electronic device has been compromised. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158937 | Temperature Prediction Transmitter - A system and method is provided for predicting a physical quality such as temperature, the measurement of which tends to be hindered by a time-related impediment. A single sensor is configured to detect, in real time, the physical quality Q | 2013-06-20 |
20130158938 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING LOCATION OF THE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for reporting a location of a portable electronic device, an acceleration of the portable electronic device is detected via an accelerometer of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device is determined as falling when a difference between the acceleration of the portable electronic device and an acceleration of gravity is in a predetermined range. An angular velocity of the portable electronic device is detected via a gyroscope of the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is determined as falling. The portable electronic device is determined as static when the angular velocity of the portable electronic device equals zero. If the portable electronic device is static for a predetermined time period, location information of the portable electronic device is collected from a global position system receiver of the portable electronic device. The location information is sent to a target electronic device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158939 | METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR FITTING TENNIS RACKET AND ANALYSIS DEVICE - A tennis racket fitting method according to the present invention comprises: a first step of preparing a plurality of test tennis rackets, at least one type of racket property that influences swing for hitting a ball being defined for each of the test tennis rackets; a second step of causing a reference tennis racket to be swung at least one time by a user in order to hit a tennis ball, and acquiring a measured value by measuring transition in at least one of the position, the velocity, the acceleration, and the angular velocity of the reference tennis racket in at least a portion of an interval from when the swing starts until when the swing ends; a third step of calculating at least one evaluation indicator to be an evaluation of the swing of the reference tennis racket based on the measured value; and a fourth step of, based on the racket property, selecting a tennis racket that can improve at least one evaluation indicator from among the test tennis rackets. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158940 | VESTIBULAR DYNAMIC INCLINOMETER - A method of determining orientation parameters of a rigid body ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130158941 | MOVING DIRECTION DETERMINATION WITH NOISY SIGNALS FROM INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS ON MOBILE DEVICES - Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to indoor localization, for example, where GPS or other localization signals are unavailable. More specifically, aspects relate to using inertial navigation systems ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130158942 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING FAULT OF MULTI-SENSOR OF MOTOR - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for diagnosing a fault of a multi-sensor of a motor. The apparatus includes: a plurality of tachometers attached to the motor to measure rotation speeds; and a plurality of processors each connected directly to the plurality of tachometers to receive the measured rotation speeds, thereby securing a plurality of directly obtained rotation speeds, sharing the obtained rotation speeds with each other, thereby obtaining a plurality of indirectly obtained rotation speeds, and performing a fault diagnosis on the plurality of tachometers using the plurality of directly obtained rotation speeds and the plurality of indirectly obtained rotation speeds. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158943 | Threat detection systems and methods using image intensifiers and position-sensing photodiodes - Threat detection systems and methods are disclosed that employ position-sensing photodiodes (PSDs) to locate a munitions flash within a field of view of a collection optical system. Image intensifiers are used to form intensified first and second focus spots from the focus spots formed by the collection optical system over two different wavelength bands. The intensified focus spots are then detected by corresponding PSDs. The flash is then located on a map of the monitored terrain, which map can be displayed to a system user. Processing electronics determine whether the flash is actually munitions-based or is from another non-threatening light source. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158944 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING MOTIONS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOTIONS - The present invention relates to a device for detecting motions and a method for detecting motions and includes a change rate calculation unit for calculating a change rate of signals outputted from the sensor, a decision range determination unit for determining the decision range in proportion to the change rate calculated in the change rate calculation unit, a motion decision unit for deciding the existence and inexistence of the motions from the signals outputted in the sensor based on the decision ranged determined in the decision range determination unit and an output unit for outputting the decision result of the motion decision unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158945 | ANGLE DETECTOR - An angle detector detects an operation angle of an electric actuator having an electric motor. The electric motor generates rotation force when being energized. The angle detector includes a controller. The controller calculates an average current flowing through the electric motor during operation of the electric actuator. The controller calculates the operation angle of the electric actuator from a predetermined formula by using the average current. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158946 | MODELLING OF HAND AND ARM POSITION AND ORIENTATION - The present invention provides a method for modelling a position and orientation of a hand with as small a number of sensors as possible. A first sensor is attached on a phalanx distalis of a finger. The first sensor is adapted to provide information on at least five degrees of freedom that correspond to three translations, yaw and pitch. A second sensor is placed at a fixed position relative to a dorsum or palm of the hand. The second sensor is adapted to provide information on at least six degrees of freedom that correspond to three translations, yaw, pitch and roll with respect to a point of the dorsum or palm of the hand. A position and orientation of each of the first and second sensors is detected. A first distance between said point and a metacarpal-phalangeal joint of the finger, a second distance between the metacarpal-phalangeal joint and a proximal interphalangeal joint, a third distance between the proximal interphalangeal joint and a distal interphalangeal joint, and a fourth distance between the distal interphalangeal joint and the first sensor are measured. A position and orientation of each of the three joints is calculated on the basis of the measured first to fourth distances, the detected position and orientation of the first sensor, and the detected position and orientation of the second sensor. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158947 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises a first sensor unit configured to obtain, as first information, two-dimensional information or three-dimensional information about a target object; a first measurement unit configured to measure a position and orientation of the target object by analyzing the first information; a second sensor unit mounted on a robot for executing an operation for the target object, and configured to obtain, as second information, two-dimensional information or three-dimensional information about the target object in a position and orientation determined based on a measurement result by the first measurement unit; and a second measurement unit configured to measure the position and orientation of the target object by analyzing the second information. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158948 | TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZED SCATTEROMETRY - Provided are optimized scatterometry techniques for evaluating a diffracting structure. In one embodiment, a method includes computing a finite-difference derivative of a field matrix with respect to first parameters (including a geometric parameter of the diffracting structure), computing an analytic derivative of the Jones matrix with respect to the field matrix, computing a derivative of the Jones matrix with respect to the first parameters, and computing a finite-difference derivative of the Jones matrix with respect to second parameters (including a non-geometric parameter). In one embodiment, a method includes generating a transfer matrix having Taylor Series approximations for elements, and decomposing the field matrix into two or more smaller matrices based on symmetry between the incident light and the diffracting structure. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158949 | Method of Selecting Kind of Size of a Helmet and Shape of a Pad, Method of Adjusting Helmet Size by Using the Selection Method, and Head Size Measuring Tool Used in Aforesaid Selection Method - In the present invention, by inputting an upper head size to a computer in addition to a front & back length-size and a right & left width-size of a head portion of a helmet wearer and by data-processing them, there is employed a configuration in which a kind of the helmet size and a shape of a pad such as a pad, in the region consisting of the head-top portion and the vicinity thereof, or the like, which fit the head portion of the helmet wearer, are to be selected. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a selection method in which it is possible to easily select a kind of a preferable size of the helmet, and a preferable shape of the pad in the region consisting of the head-top portion and the vicinity thereof. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158950 | APPLICATION PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS THAT IS ADAPTIVE TO BUSINESS ACTIVITY PATTERNS - The present invention relates to a system and method for assessing application performance. hi some embodiments, the analysis considers external factors, such as business hours, time zone, etc., to identify or recognize distinctive intervals of application performance. These distinctive intervals correspond to different periods of activity by an enterprise or business and may occur in a cyclical manner or other type of pattern. The distinctive intervals defined by external factors are employed in the analysis to improve aggregating of statistics, setting of thresholds for performance monitoring and alarms, correlating business and performance, and the modeling of application performance. The metrics measured can include, among other things, measures of CPU and memory utilization, disk transfer rates, network performance, queue depths and application module throughput. Key performance indicators, such as transaction rates and round-trip response times may also be monitored. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158951 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING TEST DATA IN DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF DRUG TREATMENTS - Methods and apparatus provide for: receiving pre-clinical data measured during drug treatment of a plurality of mammals including at least two treatment groups; performing at least one EXACT, non-parametric, statistical hypothesis test comparing the pre-clinical data for the at least two treatment groups; and performing a Multiple Comparison Procedure (MCP) on the pre-clinical data for at least two comparisons, where the EXACT, non-parametric, statistical hypothesis test and the MCP are conducted on the pre-clinical data to produce one or more p-values, each p-value representing whether an associated one of the treatment groups has experienced a statistically significant improvement or decline in one or more conditions of the mammals associated with the treatment. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIGHTING OPTIMIZATION - In an embodiment in accordance with the present invention, a method for determining a series of alternative lighting systems having reduced energy usage over a baseline lighting system comprises determining and presenting a series of alternative lighting systems. The method receives an identification of a plurality of baseline components of the baseline lighting system and calculates estimates of performance characteristics of the baseline lighting system based on specified performance characteristics of the identified baseline components. The series of alternative lighting systems is then determined based on the estimates of performance characteristics of the baseline lighting system. Each alternative lighting system includes a plurality of mutually compatible components obtained from a database specifying performance characteristics for a plurality of components including the mutually compatible components. The series of alternative lighting systems are presentable hierarchically based on at least one of energy usage, economic criteria, and rated life. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158953 | VISUALIZING SENSITIVITY INFORMATION IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN - A method, system, and computer program product for visualizing sensitivity information in integrated circuit (IC) design are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A plurality of sensitivity information corresponding to a first component in the IC design is received, wherein the plurality of sensitivity information includes a first sensitivity information indicating a first variation in a first electrical characteristic of a group of components as a result of a variation in an electrical characteristic of the first component. A plurality of aspects of the first sensitivity information are rendered in visual form to form a first visualization. The first visualization is presented on a schematic view of the IC design in an IC design tool such that the first sensitivity information is visually associated with the first component in the IC design. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158954 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING THE CONFIGURATION OF A SOLAR POWER SYSTEM - An optimization engine determines the optimal configuration for a solar power system by simulating the performance of different solar module arrays projected onto a target surface. The optimization engine selects the optimally-performing solar module array and then simulates the performance of additional solar module subarrays projected onto various regions of the target surface not already covered by the optimally-performing solar module array. The optimal configuration includes the optimally-performing solar module array and one or more optimally-performing solar module subarrays. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158955 | Customer Aircraft Customization System - A method and apparatus for managing options for an aircraft. A selected option for the aircraft is received. A number of engineering options is identified for the selected option. The number of engineering options is in an aircraft option database comprising engineering options for the options for the aircraft. An engineering option in the engineering options is a pre-certified design meeting a group of regulations pertaining to airworthiness of the pre-certified design in the aircraft. A final design including the number of engineering options associated with resources in which the final design is for building the selected option in the aircraft is generated using the number of engineering options identified in the aircraft option database for the selected option. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158956 | SELECTING METHOD OF LIGHT GUIDE PLATE OF BACKLIGHT MODULE - A selecting method of light guide plate of backlight module is described. The selecting method includes the steps of: calculating a plurality of mura indexes (MI) corresponding to a plurality of mura statuses of a plurality of first light guide plate (LGP) types, respectively; defining a plurality of film structures, wherein each of the film structures corresponds to each of mura indexes for mapping the mura indexes (MI) of the first LGP types with the film structures to construct a mapping database; and selecting one of the film structures and one of the mura indexes (MI) correspondingly from the mapping database for determining a critical dot dimension (CDD) of a second LGP type of the selected film structure. The selecting method avoids the mura, speed up the research and development procedure of the backlight module, labor cost and manufacturing cost when the LGP is assembled with the film structure. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158957 | LIBRARY GENERATION WITH DERIVATIVES IN OPTICAL METROLOGY - Methods of library generation with derivatives for optical metrology are described. For example, a method of generating a library for optical metrology includes determining a function of a parameter data set for one or more repeating structures on a semiconductor substrate or wafer. The method also includes determining a first derivative of the function of the parameter data set. The method also includes providing a spectral library based on both the function and the first derivative of the function. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158958 | DENTAL ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system for designing the dentition of a patient, comprising a first input for providing an image of the smile of the patient to the system, an output, a processor for computing and applying a first set of visual indicators onto the image of the smile of the patient through the output, the first set of visual indicators indicating ideal positioning of the teeth of the patient, and for computing and applying a second set of visual indicators onto the image of the smile of the patient through the output, the second set of visual indicators providing adjustment of positioning of the teeth of the patient, a memory having stored therein a library of 2D digital images of smiles and associated 3D dentition models, a user interface for selecting a desired 2D digital image to be applied to the image of the smile of the patient and adjusting the second set of visual indicators, the adjustment of the second set of visual indicators modifying the 2D digital image, wherein the processor modifies the 3D dentition model associated with the 2D digital image and provides a virtual wax-up of a dental restoration of the dentition of the patient. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING HIGH SOLIDS CONTENT FLUID FRACTURING - An example apparatus includes a formation description module that interprets a formation description corresponding to a formation of interest, a fluid description module that interprets a high solids content fluid (HSCF) description, and a fracture modeling module that models a fracturing operation in the formation of interest in response to the formation description and the HSCF description. The apparatus further includes a fracture results module that provides a fracture treatment description parameter in response to the model. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158960 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR VALIDATING AN ILLUMINATION-RANGE TEST VALUE OF A LIGHT CONE OF A VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A method for validating an illumination-range test value of a light cone of at least one headlight of a vehicle. The method includes reading in a reflection intensity of a point on at least one road marking illuminated by the light cone; generating a reflection intensity model for the road marking, based on the obtained reflection intensity and a particular distance of the point from the vehicle, the reflection intensity model being designed to assign different reflection intensities to different positions on the road marking in front of the vehicle; determining an illumination-range plausibility value, at which, according to the reflection intensity model, a reflection intensity is reached, which corresponds to a reflection-intensity threshold value; and comparing the illumination-range plausibility value to the illumination-range test value, to validate the illumination-range test value, if the illumination-range plausibility value is inside a tolerance range around the illumination-range test value. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158961 | CALCULATION APPARATUS AND CALCULATION METHOD OF MAGNETIC FIELD, ELECTRON DENSITY AND ELECTRON TEMPERATURE - A calculation apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit to acquire an azimuth and an ellipticity angle of a polarization plane of a laser beam passing through a plasma; and a calculation unit to calculate at least one of a magnetic field profile, an electron density profile and an electron temperature profile in the plasma on the basis of the azimuth and the ellipticity angle. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158962 | Systems and Methods for Computing a Default 3D Variogram Model - Systems and methods for computing a variogram model, which utilize a vertical experimental variogram and a horizontal experimental variogram to calculate a 3D default variogram model. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158963 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING VISUAL ATTENTION MODELS - Systems and methods for improving visual attention models use effectiveness assessment from an environment as feedback to improve visual attention models. The effectiveness assessment uses data indicative of a particular behavior, which is related to visual attention allocation, received from the environment to assess relative effectiveness of the environment on influencing the particular behavior. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158964 | REUSABLE WORKFLOWS - A method for providing a new workflow that reuses an existing workflow includes displaying one or more collections of existing workflows available for selection; receiving a selection of one of the one or more existing workflow collections; displaying one or more existing workflows associated with the selected existing workflow collection; receiving a selection of one of the existing workflows in the selected existing workflow collection; receiving a selection of a variable in the selected existing workflow to be used in the new workflow; and storing the new workflow such that, when executed, the new workflow utilizes the selected variable from the existing workflow. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158965 | Physics Engine Systems Using "Force Shadowing" For Forces At A Distance - New physics engine systems and related media and products implementing a “Force Shadowing” effect from ambient, uniformly distributed background energy, to describe or simulate forces at a distance are provided. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158966 | METHOD OF COLLISION SIMULATION FOR SPINNING BALL - Disclosed is a method of simulating a collision trajectory of a ball which rotates and moves in a virtual sports game (for example, golf, baseball, soccer, or tennis). A method of collision simulation for a spinning ball includes: detecting collision of a spinning ball; calculating a velocity of the ball after colliding considering rotation of the ball and the friction with the ground; calculating a center point of the ball after colliding; and rolling and stopping the ball. The detecting of collision of a spinning ball includes: checking whether a segment connecting a center point in a previous position of the ball and a center point in the current position collides with the ground; and generating vectors of a lower part of the ball to check whether the vectors collide with the ground. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PREDICTING POLLUTANT EMISSIONS OF A VEHICLE WITH SIMULTANEOUS CHEMICAL KINETICS AND EMISSIONS CALCULATIONS - The invention is a system for predicting emissions of pollutants from a vehicle equipped with an engine using processors ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130158968 | GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS OF HEALTH-RELATED STATUS - Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media for generating graphical representations of health-related variables are provided. The graphical representations include a first body-image representation of a user at a current period of time. The graphical representations also include a second body-image representation that represents the user at a future period of time, the user in a simulated clinical “what-if” scenario, or members of the population-at-large that share similar demographic traits with the user. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158969 | Method and Apparatus for Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Simulation - An apparatus and method of non-invasive blood pressure simulation uses a processor to calculate at least one transitory blood pressure envelope between an initial envelope representing an initial blood pressure and a final envelope representing a final blood pressure. The processor operates a pressure generator to create oscillatory pulse calculated by the processor from the at least one transitory envelope. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158970 | Method and Apparatus for Quantitative Analysis of a Tree of Recursively Splitting Tubular Organs - Method for quantitative analysis of a tree or part of a tree of recursively splitting tubular organs, the method comprising the following steps:—providing a 3D model of said tree or part of said tree, such 3D model giving a representation of the surface of the lumen wall of the tubular organs forming the tree or part of the tree;—defining the 3D centrelines of said tree or part of the tree;—identifying the branches of the tree;—identifying N-furcations of the tree or part of the tree, an N-furcation being a part of the tree where a proximal tubular organ branches into two or more distal tubular organs, further comprising the step of:—dividing, independently from the modality used for obtaining the 3D model, each branch in one or more regions, such regions being of two different types, named single vessel region and splitting region, different cross-section surfaces being defined in such regions, wherein the splitting regions can exist at the proximal side of a branch as well as at the distal side of said branch and each N-furcation comprises the distal splitting region of a branch and the proximal splitting regions of the N branches directly distal to said branch. A corresponding apparatus and computer program are also disclosed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158971 | Revenue Assurances Proactive Testing Method and System - A computer readable storage medium stores a set of instructions executable by a processor. The set of instructions is operable to receive an image of a switch in a communications network, the image being a representation of an internal logic of the switch; simulate a plurality of communication sessions using the image; generate a plurality of simulated communication session records corresponding to the plurality of simulated communication sessions; and evaluate a performance of the switch by comparing the plurality of simulated communication session records to a set of expected communication session records, the expected set of communication set of records corresponding to the set of simulated communication sessions. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158972 | Automated Recovery System Verification - Disclosed are various embodiments for simulating distribution electric circuit models containing simulated software intelligent electronic devices. The distribution circuit and intelligent electronic simulator application facilitates the creation of user created software intelligent electronic devices. The software intelligent electronic devices imitate the operation of actual intelligent electronic devices on a power line. Communication between the software intelligent electronic devices and the automated recovery system can be captured using the distribution circuit and intelligent electronic device simulator application. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158973 | PARITY ERROR DETECTION VERIFICATION - A circuit design is simulated on a computing system. Simulating the circuit design includes selecting a first memory location in the circuit design in which to introduce a parity error according to the first memory location having a higher probability of being read than a second memory location of the circuit design. A parity error is inserted in the first memory location during simulation of the design. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158974 | MODELING AND PREDICTING CONTROL SYSTEM BEHAVIOR THROUGH FAST-FORWARDING - Methods and systems for modeling and predicting control system behavior through fast-forwarding are provided herein. The method includes obtaining sets of equivalent inputs, time zones, and a user-defined stop time. The method also includes taking a primary checkpoint of a main instance of a control system in response to a user input. The method includes fast-forwarding the control system by generating a secondary instance from the main instance at the primary checkpoint and subjecting the secondary instance to each combination of an input from each of the sets of equivalent inputs in each time zone. The method includes taking a secondary checkpoint from the primary checkpoint for each combination. For each secondary checkpoint, the method includes fast-forwarding the control system by generating a tertiary instance from the secondary instance and subjecting the tertiary instance to each combination as long as a time does not exceed the user-defined stop time. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158975 | STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION METHOD USING DEPENDENCY FOREST - The present invention relates to the use of a plurality of dependency trees in tree-based statistical machine translation and proposes a dependency forest to effectively process the plurality of dependency trees. The present invention can improve a translation capability by generating a translation rule and a dependency language model by using the dependency forest and applying the generated translation rule and dependency language model when a source language text is converted to a target language text. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158976 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR WORD INFORMATION THEREOF - An electronic device and a display method for word information thereof are provided. The display method for word information includes following steps: identifying a user to acquire a user characteristic; acquiring a user word table according to the user characteristic; detecting a selected word pointed by a pointing device; and when the selected word is recorded in the user word table, displaying the word information corresponding to the selected word according to the user word table, wherein the word information includes at least one of word translation and a word note corresponding to the selected word. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158977 | System and Method for Evaluating Speech Exposure - Systems and methods are provided for detecting and analyzing speech spoken in the vicinity of a user. The detected speech may be analyzed to determine the quality, volume, complexity, language, and other attributes. A value metric may be calculated for the received speech, such as to inform parents of a child's progress related to learning to speak, or to provide feedback to a foreign language learner. A corresponding device may display the number of words, the value metric, or other information about speech received by the device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158978 | Adaptation of Vocabulary Levels for Enhanced Collaboration - A mechanism is provided for adapting vocabulary levels in a collaborative session. A vocabulary level indicator is received for a first user in the collaborative session. During generation of an electronic communication by a second user in the collaborative session, text entered in the electronic communication is scanned in order to identify a vocabulary level associated with text. The vocabulary level associated with the text is compared to the vocabulary level indicator for the first user. Responsive to the text exceeding the vocabulary level indicator for the first user thereby indicating violating text, an indication is provided to the second user that the violating text is above a vocabulary level of the first user. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158979 | System and Method for Identifying Phrases in Text - A method includes accessing text that includes a plurality of words, tagging each of the plurality of words with one of a plurality of parts of speech (POS) tags, and creating a plurality of tokens, each token comprising one of the plurality of words and its associated POS tag. The method further includes clustering one or more of the created tokens into a chunk of tokens, the one or more tokens clustered into the chunk of tokens based on the POS tags of the one or more tokens, and forming a phrase based on the chunk of tokens, the phrase comprising the words of the one or more tokens clustered into the chunk of tokens. | 2013-06-20 |
20130158980 | SUGGESTING INTENT FRAME(S) FOR USER REQUEST(S) - Techniques are described herein that are capable of suggesting intent frame(s) for user request(s). For instance, the intent frame(s) may be suggested to elicit a request from a user. An intent frame is a natural language phrase (e.g., a sentence) that includes at least one carrier phrase and at least one slot. A slot in an intent frame is a placeholder that is identified as being replaceable by one or more words that identify an entity and/or an action to indicate an intent of the user. A carrier phrase in an intent frame includes one or more words that suggest a type of entity and/or action that is to be identified by the one or more words that may replace the corresponding slot. In accordance with these techniques, the intent frame(s) are suggested in response to determining that natural language functionality of a processing system is activated. | 2013-06-20 |