33rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090204230 | Orthopedic Foot Part and Method for Controlling an Artificial Foot - The invention relates to an orthopedic foot device with a connection part for the lower leg, a swivel joint ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204231 | PROSTHETIC WALKING FOOT - The prosthetic foot ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204232 | SELF SENSING COMPONENT INTERFACE SYSTEM - The subject innovation provides for systems and methods to optimize control systems for networked industrial sensors or devices and methods for self sensing, communicating with, monitoring of, controlling and optimizing utilization of networked industrial sensors and related control systems primarily in an industrial automation environment. The invention provides self-sensing and communication with sensors, and integration of control methods and strategies with decision support and logistics systems, to optimize specifically defined operational and performance objectives. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND LOOP-SHAPING CONTROLLER DESIGN IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - One method includes obtaining a preliminary model associated with a system to be controlled and constructing a weighted model using one or more weighting factors. The method also includes identifying a final model of the system using the preliminary and weighted models, where the final model has a stability margin that is greater than an uncertainty associated with the final model. The method further includes controlling the system using a controller designed based on the final model. Another method includes identifying a first model associated with a system to be controlled, performing model order reduction to identify a second model, and controlling the system using a controller designed based on the second model. Performing the model order reduction includes reducing a weighted coprime factor model uncertainty between the first and second models. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204234 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE SELECTION, INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION - The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing machine diagnostic and/or prognostic information in connection with optimizing an overall business operation over a time horizon. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204235 | TRIGGERING AND ACTIVATING DEVICE FOR TWO COUPLED CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE MUTUALLY ACTIVATED, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A triggering and activating device and an automated process coupling two reciprocally activatable monitoring devices or operational-intervention devices. A first synchronizing module synchronizes transmissible operational-intervention parameters of a lookup table with operational devices assigned to the first monitoring device, and a second synchronizing module synchronizes storable threshold-value parameters for activating the second monitoring device. Physical measuring parameters of intervention events are detected and transmitted to the activating device, an intervention-event stack being correspondingly incremented by a first filter module based on the physical measuring parameters and a dynamically implemented weighting of the lookup table. By the first filter module, based on the synchronized threshold parameters and the intervention-event stack, corresponding activating parameters are generated and, if the activating parameters exceed the predetermined threshold value, the second monitoring device is activated by an activating unit and a corresponding activating pulse. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204236 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIBRATION AVOIDANCE FOR AUTOMATED MACHINERY - A method for vibration avoidance in automated machinery produces actuator space-time contours that meet design objectives of the machinery while suppressing energy content at frequencies in the space-time contour, by concatenating multiple space-time contour segments together in such a way as to be mostly free of energy at the frequencies of interest while meeting other specified design goals. The segments used to construct these frequency-optimized-contours are a series of concatenated polynomial segments, the independent variable t being time. These segments can define the variable to be controlled (e.g. speed or distance) versus time, or define one of the controlled variable's time-derivatives (e.g., the slope of the speed vs. time, etc.). When these frequency-optimized-contours are fed as a command to a machine controller through an actuator or actuators, the energy at the frequencies of interest is low enough to avoid deleterious vibration from occurring while still meeting the machine performance objectives. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE SELECTION, INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION - The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing machine diagnostic and/or prognostic information in connection with optimizing an overall business operation over a time horizon. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204238 | ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED MARKING APPARATUS AND METHODS - A marking system may hold a container from which markers are dispensed to mark the presence or absence of an underground facility in a dig area. The container may identify a marker characteristic regarding the markers in the container. The marking system may receive activation of a trigger, dispense a marker from the container when the trigger is activated, and store the marker characteristic and time data when the trigger is activated. In other embodiments, the marking system may dispense a marker, determine location data and/or time data, and substantially simultaneously trigger the dispensing of the marker and logging of the location data and/or the time data. The location data identifies a geographic location where the marker is dispensed and the time data identifies the time when the marker is dispensed. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204239 | LED Light Controller System and Method - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system for selecting a color show generated by LED landscape, pool, and/or spa lights. The system can include a faceplate indicating the color shows available to select from. The faceplate includes a selector positioned to select one of the color shows. The system includes a microcontroller in communication with the selector and a triac circuit in communication with the microcontroller. The microcontroller controls the LED landscape, pool, and/or spa lights using the triac circuit in response to the position of the selector. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204240 | CNC CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - A CNC controller for a machine tool has a read/write device for use with an interchangeable memory unit for storing and loading machine data, it being possible to act on the read/write device using an interchangeable memory unit, and the CNC controller being set up to transfer machine data to an interchangeable memory unit which is connected to the read/write device, or from an interchangeable memory unit which is connected to the read/write device, and a method provides transferring data between a CNC controller for a machine tool and an interchangeable memory unit. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204241 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEATING COOKING APPARATUS - Provided is a method of controlling a heating cooking apparatus that involves accurate heating processing of food by one sequence and can prevent even underheating while preventing overheating by using only a humidity sensor if the food has a weight within a given weight range. When a generated steam volume at a forced finish time T | 2009-08-13 |
20090204242 | Installer, Peripheral Device Control Apparatus, and Documentary Information Server - There is provided a computer-readable medium having an installer stored thereon and readable by a peripheral device control apparatus that controls a peripheral device, the installer, when executed by the peripheral device control apparatus, causes the peripheral device control apparatus to install a program for the peripheral device control apparatus. The installer includes a retrieval unit that retrieves an installed program installed on the peripheral device control apparatus to utilize the peripheral device, an acquisition unit that acquires a documentary information on the peripheral device corresponding to the installed program retrieved by the retrieval unit, and an installation unit that installs the documentary information acquired by the acquisition unit on the peripheral device control apparatus, on which the installed program is installed. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204243 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING CUSTOMIZED TEXT-TO-SPEECH PODCASTS AND VIDEOS INCORPORATING ASSOCIATED MEDIA - Method and apparatus for creating a customized text-to-speech podcast by receiving a text file, parsing and tagging the text file, creating multiple audio files by text-to-speech technology, and creating a podcast by combining the audio files. The podcast can be an audio podcast or a video podcast. Video podcasts associate related video content with the audio content. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204244 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AN ACCESSORY AND A MEDIA PLAYER WITH MULTIPLE PROTOCOL VERSIONS - An interface and protocol allow a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functionality and a number of accessory lingoes. Examples of accessory lingoes include a microphone lingo, a simple remote lingo, a display remote lingo, an RF transmitter lingo, and an extended interface lingo. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE SELECTION, INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION - The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing machine diagnostic and/or prognostic information in connection with optimizing an overall business operation over a time horizon. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204246 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING OPERATION OF SUGAR DRYERS - A method includes determining how to adjust one or more manipulated variables using at least one model. The one or more manipulated variables are associated with a sugar dryer. The method also includes generating one or more control signals to control one or more controlled variables associated with the sugar dryer. The one or more controlled variables include an outfall temperature associated with the sugar dryer, and the one or more manipulated variables include a rate at which wet material is provided to the sugar dryer. The sugar dryer could include multiple sugar dryers. At least two of the sugar dryers could operate using different fuels. The one or more control signals could be generated to control the rates at which the wet material is provided to the multiple sugar dryers based on costs associated with the different fuels. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204247 | METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING A BEARING BORE - A method for customizing a bearing bore in a housing so that the bearing assembly will transmit load in a desired manner over a predetermined range of operating temperatures. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204248 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A DEMAND ON A PRODUCT VARIANT USING BILL OF MATERIAL - Disclosed is a method and system for receiving a product parts list containing parts for creating a product variant of a product and updating a bill of material with the parts and a selection condition to identify a part of the product variant. The method includes determining a characteristic and a characteristic value of the parts of the product variant and generating a variant demand object for the product variant. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204249 | Quality Assurance Method When Operating An Industrial Machine - There is described a method for operating an industrial machine, the latter being e.g. a processing machine, a production machine or a manipulation robot. At least part of the operation of said industrial machine is simulated with the aid of a simulation model and the simulated results and real-time data from the operation of the industrial machine are stored. The simulation can be carried out in the industrial machine and if this is the case a parametric representation of the simulation model can be at least partly produced using a unit for this purpose. To produce said parametric representation, a data-systems connection can be created between the industrial machine and the unit, by means of an Intranet and/or an Internet connection. In addition, the simulation can be carried out in an external simulation unit, the latter having a data-systems connection to the industrial machine by means of an Intranet and/or an Internet connection. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING RFID SENSORS IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEM COMPRISING SINGLE USE COMPONENTS - The present invention provides a system and method for measuring physical, chemical and biological properties of a manufacturing system comprising embedding a plurality of RFID sensors in a plurality of corresponding single use components wherein each of the plurality of RFID sensors is configured to provide multi-parameter measurements for at least one single use component from the plurality of single use components, and each of the plurality of RFID sensors is further configured to provide simultaneous digital identification for the single use component and for its respective RFID sensor and further comprises reading the multi-parameter measurements and the digital identification for the plurality of single use components using at least one RFID writer/reader, processing the measurements using a processor, and controlling subsequent process steps by comparing the measurements of at least one parameter to a predetermined value. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204251 | METHOD OF DETERMINING MOUNTING CONDITION - To provide a method for determining a mounting condition to be set for at least one apparatus among apparatuses for manufacturing component-mounted boards. The method includes: determining, from among the apparatuses, a specific apparatus which satisfies a predetermined standard in performance associated with a manufacturing operation (S | 2009-08-13 |
20090204252 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing method includes a first step of forming a metal complex by allowing a processing gas containing an organic compound to be adsorbed by a metal layer formed on a target substrate while setting the target substrate to be kept at a first temperature, and a second step of sublimating the metal complex by heating the target substrate to maintain it at a second temperature higher than the first temperature. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204253 | Method and Device for Composite Machining - Computer-enabled methods and devices allow for the ready set-up for machine instruction generation by addressing various combinations of machining patterns and tool axis orientations via the selection or designation of a machining pattern and the selection or designation of a tool axis orientation via exemplary separate menus of a user interface. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204254 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING, INSERTING AND SECURING RECEPTACLES IN A RECEPTACLE TRAY - A method and apparatus for controlling removal of one or more receptacles from a receptacle tray are described herein, in which a removal indicator indicates which of the one or more receptacles to remove. Thereafter, the indicated one or more receptacles may be manually removed from the receptacle tray using a gripping mechanism. The receptacles are secured in the tray with two or more tangs protruding from a front face of the receptacle closest to a connector interface. The two or more tangs fit into respective mating units in the receptacle tray, and one or more protrusions toward the rear of the receptacle, with respect to the two or more tangs, mate with respective mating units in the receptacle tray. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204255 | System for Supporting Medicine Filling Operation - Provided is a system for supporting medicine filling operation determines whether or not a combination of a medicine container and a medicine is appropriate and performs filling operation reliably and quickly without making a mistake. A control means ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204256 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INDICATING FUTURE NEED FOR PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OF RANDOM-USE DISPENSING - A method and device for indicating whether a dispensable product will require refilling prior to the next scheduled service interval includes tracking the amount of use over a first interval, and calculating a frequency based from the use over the first interval. The quantity remaining is compared with the required amount, which is the product of the number of weeks in the service interval and the calculated frequency. Thus, when the quantity remaining is less that the required amount, a warning will be provided to indicate that the dispensing product should be replaced, as it will be empty before the next service interval. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204257 | System And Method For Visualization Of Process Errors - A system for visualizing process errors that occur in connection with processing a workpiece by means of a process tool and an industrial robot moving the tool along a path in relation to the workpiece during the processing. The system is configured to store information on process errors and information on where on the robot path the error occurred upon detecting the process errors and to present a visualization of the robot path and the position of the stored errors in relation to the robot path. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204258 | DYNAMIC SPACE CHECK FOR MULTI-ARM SYSTEM MOVING ON A RAIL - A system and method for controlling motion interference avoidance for a plurality of robots are disclosed, the system and method including a dynamic space check system wherein an efficiency of operation is maximized and a potential for interference or collision is minimized. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204259 | CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC MACHINES EMPLOYING A DYNAMIC JOINT MOTION MODEL - A control method and system for controlling a hydraulically actuated mechanical arm to perform a task, the mechanical arm optionally being a hydraulically actuated excavator arm. The method can include determining a dynamic model of the motion of the hydraulic arm for each hydraulic arm link by relating the input signal vector for each respective link to the output signal vector for the same link. Also the method can include determining an error signal for each link as the weighted sum of the differences between a measured position and a reference position and between the time derivatives of the measured position and the time derivatives of the reference position for each respective link. The weights used in the determination of the error signal can be determined from the constant coefficients of the dynamic model. The error signal can be applied in a closed negative feedback control loop to diminish or eliminate the error signal for each respective link. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204260 | Door Opener Arrangement for Use with an Industrial Robot - A door opener arrangement for a robot coating device, used for detecting a position of a part ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204261 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM - An industrial robot system including at least one manipulator, at least one control device adapted to control the operation of the at least one manipulator and at least one wireless, portable interface device adapted for communication with a user and for communication with at least one control device. The industrial robot system is adapted to sense the position of the portable interface device. Also a wireless, portable, interface device and to a control device. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204262 | Environmental control apparatus, environmental control system, environmental control method, and environmental control program - An environmental control apparatus that is installed in a room and is portable, includes a sensor unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The sensor unit senses the air environment of the room. The determination unit determines whether the air environment of the room is within the range of a comfort zone based on information about the air environment of the room. The output unit, based on at least the information about the determination result of the determination unit, outputs information or a signal in order to make the air environment of the room fall within the range of the comfort zone. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204263 | Pool temperature controller - A device for controlling the temperature of a swimming pool is disclosed. The device measures the temperature of the water as well as other environmental conditions (such as air temperature). The device controls a circulation pump, which circulates water throughout the pool. The pool water exchanges heat with the surfaces of the water (including the side walls, ground and surface air) when a heat differential exists between the water and the surfaces. When the water is circulated throughout the pool it increases the volume of water that exchanges heat with the surfaces, thus cooling or heating the water depending on the temperature of the surfaces. A target temperature is entered into the device and using this target temperature the device automatically controls the pump in order to take advantage of the heat exchange between the water and the water's surfaces to alter the water temperature in the direction of the target temperature. Additionally a heating element may be used to supplement the heating operation of the circulation pump. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204264 | Method and apparatus for operating an automated biomolecular preparation system - A system automatically prepares and analyzes a macromolecule prepared from a complex liquid mixture. To prepare the macromolecule, a controller executing executable instructions, such as compiled software or firmware, operates a hydraulic subsystem in response to operational input, which may be interpreted by the executable instructions at run-time. To analyze the prepared macromolecule, an apparatus for capillary electrophoresis includes a liquid source, inlet chamber, capillary electrophoresis column, and controller that may operate under control of executable instructions and operational input in a similar manner. The system may require validation and approval by a regulatory body, such as the FDA. Based on the de-coupled configuration of the executable instructions and operational input, the system can be validated and approved with the executable instructions independent of the operational input, and vice-versa. A method for distributing the system based on this feature is also provided. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204265 | LONG-RANGE RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVER-CONTROLLER MODULE AND WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME - A long-range radio frequency (RF) transceiver-controller module configured to transmit and receive RF signals in one or more of the 433, 868, 915 MHz, and 2.4 and 5.8 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency bands is provided that is capable of consistently transmitting such signals over a range of 100 metres or more without line of sight, including underground. A wireless control system that comprises a plurality of the long-range RF transceiver-controller modules arranged in a distributed, ad hoc networking topography is also provided. The wireless control system has utility in a wide range of medical, industrial, agricultural, military and commercial applications, including, for example, the management of irrigation systems, manufacturing processes, security systems, sewage treatment and handling systems, hospital management systems. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204266 | System And Method Of Controlling A Wind Turbine In A Wind Power Plant - The invention relates to a central controller adapted for controlling a number of wind turbines. The wind turbines being controlled and monitored by the central controller via a first monitoring and control network and a second monitoring and control network. The term monitoring and control network is in accordance with an embodiment of the invention understood as a data communication network which communicates at least control data for control of wind turbines, but may also communicate monitoring data, i.e. measure data. A typical example of a control of wind turbines is that the central controller sets the power set-point (the power to be produced) of each wind turbine in the wind power plant. The important control signals may be separated from high-bandwidth requiring monitoring data, such as analysis data in the communication network. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204267 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE SELECTION, INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION - The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing machine diagnostic and/or prognostic information in connection with optimizing an overall business operation over a time horizon. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204268 | Power Distribution System with Fault Protection Using Energy Packet Confirmation - The disclosed power distribution system regulates the transfer of energy from a source | 2009-08-13 |
20090204269 | Variable Transmission Window Constructions - An electrical control system is disclosed for controlling a plurality of variable transmittance windows. The electrical control system of the present invention comprises a master control circuit for supplying control signals representing transmittance levels for the variable transmission windows, and a plurality of window control circuits coupled to each of the master control circuits. Because the window control circuits can sense abnormal load conditions in the variable transmission windows, the system further includes an interface to a security system to inform of a potential intrusion. Each window control circuit controls the transmittance of at least one of the variable transmission windows in response to control signals received from the master control circuit. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204270 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUNDANT MANAGEMENT OF FANS WITHIN A SHARED ENCLOSURE - A method for providing redundant management of fans within a shared enclosure, comprising: detecting for an abnormal cooling condition in an enclosure configured for housing a first server having a first fan and a second server having a second fan; operating the first fan and the second fan to run at a nominal power state; and enabling the first server to assert the first fan to operate from the nominal power state to the high power state while enabling the first server to unconditionally force the second fan of the second server to operate from the nominal power state to a high power state through an overriding mechanism in the second server when the abnormal cooling condition is detected in the enclosure, the overriding mechanism being coupled to the first server. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204271 | Cooling Device For A Reaction Chamber For Processing A Biochip And Method For Controlling Said Cooling Device - The invention relates to a cooling device for a reaction chamber for processing a biochip and to a method for controlling said cooling device. The cooling device ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204272 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning device includes moving means ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204273 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE IMPACT OF AN EARTHQUAKE EVENT - For determining the impact of an earthquake event, received and stored (S | 2009-08-13 |
20090204274 | Control Devices for Controlling the Position of a Marine Seismic Streamer - A control device or “bird” for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer is provided with an elongate, partly flexible body which is designed to be electrically and mechanically connected in series with a streamer. In its preferred form, the bird has two opposed wings which are independently controllable in order to control the streamer's lateral position as well as its depth. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204275 | Electronic control unit - An electronic control unit for controlling at least one function of a vehicle, having at least one input for receiving control-relevant data from at least one sensor, a computer device for processing the control-relevant data and generating control instructions, and at least one output for outputting the control instructions to at least one actuator, and furthermore having a device for limiting the operation of the control unit in time and/or functionality. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204276 | RADIO CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A radio controlled (RC) aircraft includes a receiver that is coupled to receive an RF signal from a remote control device, the RF signal containing command data in accordance with a first coordinate system, wherein the first coordinate system is from a perspective of the remote control device. A motion sensing module generates motion data based on the motion of the RC aircraft. A processing module transforms the command data into control data in accordance with a second coordinate system, wherein the second coordinate system is from a perspective of the RC aircraft. A plurality of control devices control the motion of the RC aircraft based on the control data. In an embodiment, a remote control device commands the RC helicopter to substantially a hovering state when no force is applied to each of a plurality of spring-loaded interface devices. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204277 | Method of Estimating Atmospheric Data at Any Point of a Path of an Aircraft - The subject of the present invention is a method of estimating, at any point of a path of an aircraft, characteristics of the wind making it possible to take very close account of the winds to construct predictions of the times of passage and of the consumption of the aircraft along its flight plan, and this method is characterized in that it consists in collecting, around the trajectory of the aircraft, a grid of parameter values of winds at a predetermined number of points in space, in comparing these values to those deriving from space-time wind trend models, in selecting, path section by section, the most likely model, and in interpolating, for each section, the local characteristics of the wind of all the points of interest of the trajectory. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS-BASED COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN A PAIR OF LOCOMOTIVES - A system is provided for establishing a wireless-based communication link between a lead locomotive and a remote locomotive. A user on the lead locomotive is prompted to input a railroad and number identifier of the remote locomotive. A link command signal is transmitted from the lead locomotive, based on a predetermined number identifier of the lead locomotive, and the inputted railroad and number identifier. A second processor on the remote locomotive respectively compares the predetermined number identifier of the lead locomotive, the inputted railroad and number identifier of the lead locomotive, with an inputted number identifier of the lead locomotive, a predetermined railroad and a predetermined number identifier of the remote locomotive. A link reply signal, is transmitted from the remote locomotive, based on the comparison performed by the second processor, to establish the communication link. Additionally, a method is provided for establishing the wireless-based communication link. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204279 | Torque minitoring for a hybrid drive - A method for monitoring torque in a hybrid drive made up of an internal combustion engine having an associated engine control unit and an intrinsically safe electric drive having an associated control unit, a protected communication taking place in which the engine control unit emits a setpoint torque to the control unit of the intrinsically safe electric drive and receives a status signal from it; and the engine control unit emitting an error signal in response to the exceeding of a permissible torque or in response to a negative status signal. If the intrinsic safety of the electric drive is used for the constant torque monitoring according to the specifications of the setpoint torque within the control unit, the data flow between the engine control unit of the internal combustion engine and the intrinsically safe electric drive may be reduced. As a result, the monitoring effort for the communication that is carried out in protected form between the engine control and the control unit is also reduced. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204280 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid controller for controlling a hybrid vehicle is set forth. The hybrid vehicle has an engine, an electric motor and an engine controller determining a crankshaft torque. The hybrid controller includes an optimization module determining an electric motor torque, determining an engine torque and communicating the engine torque from the hybrid controller to the engine controller. The hybrid controller also includes a motor control module controlling the electric motor based on the electric motor torque. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204281 | VISUAL, GNSS AND GYRO AUTOSTEERING CONTROL - A visual, GNSS and INSS (gyro) system for autosteering control uses crop row and furrow row edge visual detection in an agricultural application in order to closely track the actual crop rows. Alternatively, previous vehicle tracks can be visually detected and followed in a tramline following operating mode. GNSS and inertial (gyroscopic) input subsystems are also provided for supplementing the video input subsystem, for example when visual references are lost. Crop damage is avoided or at least minimized by avoiding overdriving the existing crops. Other applications include equipment control in logistics operations. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204282 | SHIFT POSITION SENSOR ERROR DETECTION DEVICE - To detect a failure of a position contact outputting a contact signal (SMJ), a change of a shift pattern (SP | 2009-08-13 |
20090204283 | MULTI-STEP VALVE LIFT FAILURE MODE DETECTION - A method of valve lift failure detection may include determining first and second intake air pressures in an engine having intake valve lifters that selectively operate intake valves in first and second lift modes. The first intake air pressure may correspond to an intake stroke of a first piston of the engine when the engine is commanded to operate in the first lift mode and the second intake air pressure may correspond to an intake stroke of a second piston of the engine when the engine is commanded to operate in the first lift mode. The method may further include determining a difference between the first and second intake air pressures and diagnosing an intake valve lifter failure when the difference exceeds a predetermined limit. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204284 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided is a vehicle control system which can maintain stability of the vehicle with an inexpensive configuration without bringing discomfort to a driver when control intervenes. The vehicle control system includes: road surface reaction torque detecting means | 2009-08-13 |
20090204285 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR BELT SQUEEZING FORCE ADJUSTING MECHANISM - A diagnostic apparatus and a diagnostic method are provided for a belt squeezing force adjusting mechanism of a continuously variable transmission in which a belt is wound around a primary sheave that receives driving force and a secondary sheave that outputs force to a drive line, and which continuously changes the output rotation speed by adjusting the width of the groove the primary sheave and the secondary sheave by shift control. This diagnostic determines, as a precondition, whether a target control value calculated in shift control is in a low region, and performs a diagnostic on the belt squeezing force adjusting mechanism based on the relationship between an actual control value and the target control value during control to reduce a control value when it is determined that the precondition is satisfied. According to this diagnostic apparatus and diagnostic method, an erroneous diagnosis can be prevented so the diagnostic can be performed accurately. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204286 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF LOCATING THE LONGITUDINAL POSITION OF WHEELS OF A VEHICLE - A method for locating the longitudinal position, either on the front axle system, or on the rear axle system of a vehicle with an engine, of wheels ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204287 | Diagnostic System and Diagnostic Test with a WLAN Transmission Module - The invention relates to a motor vehicle diagnostic system for acquiring and storing diagnostic data and transmitting them from control units in a motor vehicle to a computer outside the motor vehicle. The system is composed of components which are located inside the vehicle and of components which are located outside the vehicle. Using a transmission module, in which a short diagnostic test is implemented, diagnostic data from onboard components are interrogated and are transmitted via a WLAN link to the computer system of a service company. The diagnostic data of the onboard components can be further processed using the computer system. The disclosed invention is aimed in particular at assisting a service employee in the vehicle reception of a service workshop. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204288 | Workshop System with a Plurality of Diagnostic and/or Programming Devices Networked by Data Links for Vehicles - A workshop system, with a plurality of diagnostic and/or programming devices, which are networked by means of data links and are intended for vehicles is provided. In order to enhance the reliability of workshop systems of the prior art, a warning indicating the occurrence of an event, which requires that a workshop employee intervene at a moment's notice at a first diagnostic and/or programming device of the networked devices is forwarded, as an alternative or in addition, to a second or an additional diagnostic and/or programming device to be communicated to the workshop employee. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204289 | Method and Device for Controlling at Least One Object Detection Sensor - A method and a device for controlling at least one object detection sensor for a motor vehicle, the at least one sensor being switchable between a plurality of operating modes; a plurality of functions for evaluating the objects detected, using the object detection sensor, being able to access randomly the at least one sensor and a switchover between the operating modes being selected as a function of the instantaneously accessing assistance functions, and a coordinator is provided between the function evaluation devices and the at least one sensor; each function accessing the at least one sensor transmits to the coordinator a biasing probability distribution function, respectively, and the at least one sensor transmits to the coordinator a detection probability density function for each operating mode that is able to be activated, and the coordinator selects the most suitable operating mode for each function accessing the at least one sensor. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204290 | ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY PANEL CONTROL DEVICE - An instrument panel display system includes a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal controller arranged to generate display data to be inputted into the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal controller includes a graphic LSI arranged to autonomously create screen data from imaging data read out from a memory and image data inputted in the graphic LSI, and a control LSI arranged to receive vehicle data and create an imaging operation switching command according to the vehicle data. The graphic LSI creates the screen data in response to the imaging operation switching command, and outputs the screen data as the display data. This configuration can reduce the load on a processor connected to the vehicle network. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204291 | AUTOMATIC GLARE REDUCTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - An apparatus and method of controlling the transparency of at least one window in a vehicle includes at least one multi-segment light filtering element, each segment having a controllable light transmissive characteristic. The apparatus includes at least one sensor configured to determine the physical location and orientation of the vehicle, a memory that includes stored road map information including glare characteristics of each roadway, and a control unit electrically connected to the memory and at least one sensor. The apparatus and method is configured to automatically adjust the transmissive characteristic of the at least one light transmitting element based at least upon stored road map information and the location of the vehicle. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204292 | Traction control system - A traction control system ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204293 | Seat control structure for occupant classification systems - An occupant classification system is provided based upon the use of an array of electrical switches arranged between a seat trim and a reactive surface. The switches produce selective outputs signals as an engaging surface makes contact with one or more of the switches when an occupant occupies the seat. The output signals are interpreted into a control signal to distinguish between occupants for controlling an inflatable restraint system. The occupant classification system also includes a control structure which defines a distance between the array of switches and the engaging surface that is greater than zero when the seat is unoccupied so that the switches are insensitive to the initial forces applied to the seat through the seat trim. The distance between one or more of the switches and the engaging surface decreases to zero when the occupant occupies the seat to produce the selective output signals. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204294 | Method for Generating a Triggering Signal for a Passenger Protection Device - A method for generating a triggering signal for a passenger protection device in which sensor data are detected and analyzed for accident classification, and to a corresponding device. To determine a relative accident velocity, signals of at least two measuring points offset by a predefined distance in the x direction are analyzed, and the time interval between a crash signal detected by a first sensor at a first measuring point and a crash signal detected by another sensor at another measuring point is determined. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204295 | Electronic airbag control unit having an autonomous event data recorder - Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to an electronic control unit for an airbag, said control unit having a data recorder unit that has a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory and a copy circuit. The copy circuit is designed to copy data from the volatile memory to the nonvolatile memory during a second operating phase of the control unit. A protocol unit designed to record vehicle and/or accident data in the volatile memory is arranged in the data recorder unit during a first operating phase of the control unit. A first power supply unit is connected to the control unit and supplies the protocol unit and further components of the control unit with power and a second power supply unit is connected to the data recorder unit and supplies the latter with power. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204296 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEACTIVATING SAFETY FUNCTION - In a method for deactivating a safety function in a motor vehicle after being activated, the safety function may be deactivated by the driver only after a dead time has elapsed. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204297 | System for Preventing Overheating in a Vehicle Interior - A system for sensing the presence of a vehicle occupant and taking remedial action so as to prevent overheating of an occupant of the vehicle. The system comprises a presence sensor, a temperature sensor, and a control module. The presence sensor provides information relating to the presence of an occupant in the vehicle and he temperature sensor measures an interior temperature of the vehicle. The control module receives temperature measurements from the temperature sensor, receiving the information from the presence sensor, forms a temperature comparison by comparing the information from the presence sensor with predetermined criteria, forms a determination whether to operate a cooling mechanism of the vehicle so as to reduce the interior temperature, the determination based on the temperature comparison and the information from the presence sensor, and operates the cooling mechanism based on the determination. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204298 | IRRADIATING DIRECTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE LAMP - A system for controlling an irradiating direction of a vehicle lamp includes a target swivel angle calculating section to calculate a target swivel angle based on a vehicle steering angle, a swivel driver to execute, based on the target swivel angle, a swivel control to swivel the irradiating direction, and a fail-safe controller to execute, upon detection of a failure in the system, a fail-safe operation to stop the swivel control. When the system is restored after the failure, the fail-safe controller determines whether the target swivel angle is within a straight-ahead range that includes an angle corresponding to a straight-ahead direction of a vehicle. If the fail-safe controller determines that the target swivel angle is within the straight-ahead range, the fail-safe controller deactivates the fail-safe operation to restart the swivel control. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204299 | METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLING A BICYCLE GEARSHIFT AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE - A method for electronically controlling a bicycle gearshift and a bicycle electronic system perform gearshifting. To perform this gearshifting, a displacement of an actuator from a current position (P) to a position (P1, PN) of engagement of a chain on an extreme toothed wheel of a gearshift group is started ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204300 | SHIFTING DEVICE FOR A MANUAL TRANSMISSION - A shifting device is provided for the gear selection in a manual transmission that includes, but is not limited to a shift/selector lever that can be moved in a shifting degree of freedom and a selection degree of freedom, a measuring sensor for measuring a current position (s, w) of the shift/selector lever in the two degrees of freedom, a two-dimensionally controllable actuator device and a control circuit for the controlling of the actuator device in a position (S, W) which is associated with the sensed position (s, w) of the shift/selector lever, which depicts the movement region of the shift/selector lever on a region of possible positions of the actuator device. The movement region of the shift/selector lever included, but is not limited to a two-dimensional prohibited part region, in which the shift/selector lever is simultaneously moveable in both degrees of freedom. The control circuit depicts this prohibited part region on positions on an edge of the region of the possible positions of the actuator device. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204301 | Amplifier of Acceleration Signal - Auto Pilot, for New Technology Cars - An aftermarket amplifier of acceleration signal (A), which is mounted between the potentiometer of the acceleration pedal (B) and the electronic control unit (C) and is programmed to control and to modify the signals from the accelerator pedal. The amplifier improves the acceleration of a car and overcomes to problems occurring during overreacting. The amplifier measures the signals from the acceleration pedal, calculates the change of the angle of the potentiometer of acceleration speed (angular speed) and multiplies the signals from the acceleration pedal by a value which is determined by the angular speed of the potentiometer of the accelerator pedal. Additionally, the amplifier includes a function of a cruise control, which can be controlled with a single control switch (F). | 2009-08-13 |
20090204302 | PARKING BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - When a release control is executed while a service brake is operating, a parking brake control device continues the release control until a first predetermined time passes even if the pressing force for moving a friction material becomes a target value, wherein the first predetermined time is a time period which is longer than a time period which it is supposed to take until the negative influence of the service brake vanishes. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204303 | Method for Determining Trailer Braking Output - A method for providing a trailer equipped with trailer brakes with an electronically controlled trailer braking output to help slow a vehicle/trailer combination as quickly as possible, but in a stable and balanced manner. In situations where a low friction environment is detected, such as a wet or icy road, the present method can brake the trailer in a more aggressive manner than a gain setting would normally allow. This gain-independent segment of the trailer braking output can result in a shorter stopping distance for the vehicle/trailer combination, without causing excessive trailer wheel lockup. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204304 | Method for recognizing a turn maneuver and driver assistance system for motor vehicles - A method for a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle includes the following steps: on the basis of a digital map of a navigation system, verifying whether there is a turn option, and, if there is a turn option, analyzing the dynamic data, measured by a locating system, of a preceding vehicle and calculating a turn probability for the preceding vehicle on the basis of these data. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204305 | TURBINE BYPASS CONTROL APPARATUS AND TURBINE BYPASS CONTROL METHOD - A turbine bypass control method includes: a high-pressure side pressure controller configured to output a first operation amount signal corresponding to a valve opening; a low-pressure side pressure controller configured to output a second operation amount signal corresponding to a valve opening; a high value selector configured to output as a high value operation amount signal, one of the first operation amount signal and the second operation amount signal which indicates a larger opening; a first signal switching unit configured to receive the high value operation amount signal and the second operation amount signal and output a first bypass valve operation amount signal; a second signal switching unit configured to receive the high value operation amount signal and the first operation amount signal and output a second bypass valve operation amount signal; and a rapid opening controller. Before start of trip of a turbine, the turbine is driven by steam which flows from the high-pressure side header to the low-pressure side header through the turbine. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204306 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODULATING FUEL FLOW FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A method of combustion stability control for a gas turbine engine is provided, and includes the steps of receiving by a stability controller, information regarding environmental and operating conditions, and comparing the environmental and operating conditions to pre-programmed information to determine if a likelihood of combustion instability exists. The method further includes the steps of determining optimal fuel modulation frequency and amplitude for the environmental condition to reduce combustion instability, if a likelihood of combustion instability exists, and actuating at least one fuel modulation valve to, at the optimal fuel modulation frequency and amplitude, reduce combustion instability, if a likelihood of combustion instability exists. Systems for modulating fuel flow are also provided. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204307 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine - Disclosed is an internal combustion engine comprising a first and a second cylinder line, each of which is provided with a camshaft for the gas intake valves and the gas discharge valves as well as a mechanism for adjusting a valve overlap between the gas intake valves and the gas discharge vales. A lambda controller whose manipulated variable acts upon an actuator that is allocated to the respective cylinder line is associated with each cylinder line. Values of the manipulated controller variables are detected as non-valve-overlapping values of the two cylinder lines in an operating situation in which the valve overlap is so small that the same does not influence the manipulated controller variables while values of the manipulated controller variables are detected as valve-overlapping values of the two cylinder lines in another operating situation in which the valve overlap is so great that the same influences the manipulated controller variables. A corrective value is determined for the adjusting mechanism assigned to the first cylinder line and/or a corrective value is determined for the adjusting mechanism assigned to the second cylinder line in accordance with the valve-overlapping values and non-valve-overlapping values of the two cylinder lines. The adjusting mechanisms of the two cylinder lines are triggered according to the corrective values assigned thereto. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204308 | Configuring an engine control module - Method and systems are provided for configuring operations of an engine control module. In one implementation, a method is provided. According to the method, configuration parameters defining an operational range of an engine are received. Furthermore, data specifying performance requirements of the engine is received from the engine control module. The method determines whether the configuration parameters meet the performance requirements. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204309 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHECKING THE OPERABILITY OF A TANK VENTING DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The tank venting device has a fuel vapor reservoir connected to a fuel tank to deliver escaping fuel vapors to the fuel vapor reservoir, and is connected to the internal combustion engine in such a manner that during a tank venting operation the fuel vapors contained in the fuel vapor reservoir are delivered as regeneration gas. To check the operability of the venting device the fuel concentration in the regeneration gas is ascertained at a minimum of two different points in time during the venting operation. The fuel concentration values in the regeneration gas are compared with respective reference values representing the regeneration gas fuel concentration in the situation in which no additional fuel vapors are delivered during the venting operation. The assessment of the venting device operability is carried out by comparison of the values ascertained for the fuel concentration in the regeneration gas with the reference values. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204310 | Portable, Palm-Sized Data Acquisition System for Use in Internal Combustion Engines and Industry - A portable, palm-sized, Data Acquisition System including an apparatus to measure engine thermo-events, a wiring harness having signals for collecting, recording, and transmitting engine performance data and identifying the engine being monitored, and an acquisition server (DAS) for collecting and transmitting data from the thermo-measuring apparatus and wiring harness, is taught. There also is a Web-server, an Ethernet network interface, software, an SPI bus interface requiring only three signals for communication, and a software system that records, stores, processes, transmits, displays, and analyzes data pertaining to any combustion engine performance and other industrial engine applications. The use of fiber optic cable for electronic communication provides for the DAS to be installed a distance from the engine. The DAS is share-able between several engines, is user friendly, is low cost to manufacture, affordable, and has a flexible signaling feature that works with systems that use, and do not use, telemetry. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204311 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING VARIATIONS IN CYLINDER-SELECTIVE INJECTION QUANTIFIES OF A DIRECT INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CYLINDER-SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING INJECTION - In a method for adapting variations in cylinder-selective injection quantities of a direct injection system of an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders, factorial and additive adaptive values are determined in order to be able to reliably adjust a given lambda value for the entire engine even in the event of a multiple injection. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204312 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The engine operational region in which the cylinder deactivation operation is performed in the cylinder deactivation control is switched between the cylinder deactivation region AP | 2009-08-13 |
20090204313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMBUSTION PHASING IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A system for controlling combustion phasing in an internal combustion engine is provided that includes, but is not limited to a first sensor positioned within a first variable volume combustion chamber and a vibration sensor positioned outside of the first and second variable volume combustion chambers. A first signal from the first sensor is used to control the combustion process in the first variable volume combustion chamber and a combination of the first signal from the first sensor and the second signal from the vibration sensor is used to control the combustion process in the at least one second variable volume combustion chamber. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204314 | POWER OUTPUT APPARATUS, VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH POWER OUTPUT APPARATUS, DRIVING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF POWER OUTPUT APPARATUS - In a hybrid vehicle, once an engine is started in response to prohibition of an operation stop of the engine based on a deterioration factor, the operation stop of the engine is not allowed irrespective of the value of the deterioration factor D until elapse of a certain time period since the start of the engine. The deterioration factor has an increase according to discharge of a battery and a decrease according to charge of the battery and represents start of deterioration of the battery when exceeding a specific reference value. Such prohibition of the engine operation stop prevents a stop of the engine within a relatively short time period after a start of the engine based on the deterioration factor. This arrangement effectively prevents the driver from feeling odd and uncomfortable due to frequent stops and starts of the engine based on the deterioration factor, which is not apparently correlated to the driver's accelerating operations. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204315 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND WORK METHOD FOR A CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system (and a method of operating the system for an internal combustion engine. The control system has a trigger circuit for supplying trigger signals and an output stage having a plurality of output channels which supply actuating signals. The trigger circuit and the output stage are connected to one another by a selection interface and a trigger interface that is a single control line which supplies a time control signal. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204316 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VEHICLE REFUELING STRATEGY - A method for generating a fueling strategy that generally minimizes fueling costs for a specified route to be travelled by a vehicle during a multi-day time period may include, based on current and forecasted fuel prices for the multi-day time period, (i) selecting at least one day during the multi-day time period on which to purchase fuel, (ii) selecting at least one fueling station along the route at which to purchase fuel for each selected day, and (iii) determining an amount of fuel to purchase at each selected fueling station. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204317 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED TRAIN HANDLING AND FUEL CONSUMPTION - A system for improving fuel efficiency of a railroad train located on a railroad train having a locomotive consist including one or more railroad locomotives, said system including a position-determining device, a track profile database including terrain and contour data about a railroad track, and a processor including an algorithm to calculate a load of said train and a feed forward algorithm to determine an acceleration rate and/or a deceleration rate of said train based on said calculated load and forth coming terrain and contour of a railroad track, wherein said change in condition of the track is determined on-board the locomotive consist and the locomotive consist power setting is adjusted to optimize locomotive consist fuel consumption based on the calculated load of the train as the train is proximate to the change in track condition. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204318 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE PLAUSIBILITY OF AN ASCERTAINED VEHICLE MASS - In a method for detecting the loading state of a motor vehicle, first wheel loads of all wheels are ascertained in the absence of cornering, second wheel loads of at least the rear wheel which is on the inside of the curve and of the front wheel which is on the inside of the curve are ascertained when cornering, and information relating to the loading state of the motor vehicle is ascertained on the basis of the first and second wheel loads of the wheels which are on the inside of the curve. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204319 | REAL TIME PARKING SEARCH AND POINT-TO-POINT DIRECTION GENERATOR - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for mapping parking locations and for selecting parking are described. A search for parking resources proximate to a destination geographic location is performed. Parking information is generated based on the results of the search. The parking information may be displayed on a map of the destination geographical location. A map of the destination geographical location may be displayed with the parking information. A user may be enabled to select a parking location indicated on the map. The user may reserve the selected parking location if the selected parking location is determined to be reservable. Travel directions (e.g., for walking) from the selected parking location to the destination geographic location may be generated, and may be indicated on the map. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204320 | Traffic Predictive Directions - A method includes receiving a request to determine a route between a starting location and a destination location. The method also includes determining a first route between the starting location and the destination location using predictive traffic data for at least one location between the starting location and the destination location. The method further includes providing the first route. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204321 | Communication type information distribution system, information distribution server, and program - There are provided a communication type information distribution system, an information distribution server, and a program capable of assuring profitability considering the cost required for creating a content to be provided to a mobile terminal and protecting the copyright. The information distribution server ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204322 | GPS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LIGHT EMITTED BY DISPLAY - The present invention provides a method for converting display of information on a GPS device between a first display mode and a second display mode by “negativizing” pixels or other image elements, wherein negativizing entails converting lighter image elements to darker image elements and converting darker image elements to lighter image elements so as to result in reduced total emission of light. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204323 | INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM ERROR CORRECTION - Methods and apparatus for: (a) the correction of one or more elements determined from a first set of continuous gyro and accelerometer measurements comprising using a second set of discontinuously measured higher accuracy accelerometer measurements doubly integrated in an inertial coordinate system, (b) determining relative movement of a vehicle using a first set of acceleration measurements that do not include components of acceleration caused by the Earth's gravitational field, and a second set of acceleration measurements that do include components of acceleration caused by the Earth's gravitational field; and (c) correcting errors in an inertial navigation system positioned in a vehicle comprising using independently measured changes in position of the vehicle relative to an inertial coordinate frame. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204324 | Device and Method for Orbit Determination and Prediction of Satellites Providing Signals to Users - A device and method for orbit prediction of satellites are provided. An accelerometer measures non-gravity forces acting on a satellite. A processor receives measured non-gravity forces from the accelerometer, estimates the contributions of the measured non-gravity forces to the movement of the satellite, and predicts the orbit of the satellite based on the estimated contributions of the non-gravity forces to the movement of the satellite. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204325 | TRACKING VEHICLE LOCATIONS IN A PARKING LOT FOR DEFINITIVE DISPLAY ON A GUI - A computer implemented method for displaying on a map a definitive image of precise locations of multiple mobile objects such as vehicles in a lot. The lot is mapped digitally to display precise locations of sub-areas of different types, such as parking and movement slots and their raw, approximate distances from vehicles are determined from approximate coordinates of vehicles obtained remotely. A data base of vehicle and sub-area types is established and a vehicle placement matrix is determined providing probabilities of respective sub-areas being occupiable by respective vehicles derived from business environment rules based on compatibilities of respective vehicle types with respect sub-area types. Raw, approximate distances of vehicles from sub-areas are divided by the probabilities to provided adjusted distances, sub-areas ranked by least adjusted distances and the respective vehicles placed in their top ranked sub-areas for more accurate display of location on a GUI. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204326 | Method and System for Supporting the Driver of a Motor Vehicle in Recognizing the Surroundings of the Motor Vehicle - A method for supporting the driver of a motor vehicle in recognizing the surroundings of the motor vehicle, the surroundings of the motor vehicle being recorded visually by an image sensor unit, graphic supplemental information being produced by a control unit and/or recalled from a storage arrangement, both the recorded surroundings data and the graphic supplemental information being depicted visually on a display unit, and the graphic supplemental information and/or the collected surroundings data being displayed semi-transparently. A system that is suitable for carrying out the method and that includes an image sensor unit for visually recording the surroundings, a control unit for producing or recalling graphic supplemental information, as well as a display unit for visually displaying the collected surroundings data and the graphic supplemental information, and the graphic supplemental information and/or the collected surroundings data being portrayable semi-transparently on the display unit. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204327 | Method For Determining Physical Properties of Structures - Method for efficient inversion of controlled-source electromagnetic survey data to obtain a resistivity model of the subsurface of the survey area. The method extracts the dimensions and location of sub-surface structures as they may be revealed by existing seismic or other available high resolution survey data from the subsurface area ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090204328 | REFINED ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR FORMATION PARAMETER CALCULATION - Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for determining parameters of an earth formation. Pressure transient data from a formation test can be recorded and analyzed using an analytical model including one or more correction factors derived from an assumption that an induced flow within the formation is hemispherical. Regression analysis of the refined analytical model and the pressure transient data results in accurate earth formation parameters. | 2009-08-13 |
20090204329 | SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS OF TWO DATA SETS FROM A FORMATION TEST - Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for determining parameters of an earth formation. Pressure transient data from a formation test can be recorded and analyzed using an analytical model including one or more correction factors derived from an assumption that an induced flow within the formation is hemispherical. Regression analysis of the refined analytical model and the pressure transient data results in accurate earth formation parameters. | 2009-08-13 |