37th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140257674 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE IN A BI-FUEL VEHICLE TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO A CATALYST DUE TO ENGINE MISFIRE - A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a misfire detection module and a fuel control module. The misfire detection module detects misfire in a cylinder of an engine. The fuel control module controls a first fuel system to deliver a first fuel to the cylinder and controls a second fuel system to deliver a second fuel to the cylinder. The first fuel and the second fuel are different types of fuel. The fuel control module selectively switches from delivering the first fuel to the cylinder to delivering the second fuel to the cylinder when misfire is detected in the cylinder. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING ENGINE POWER BAND INFORMATION ON A TACHOMETER DISPLAY - A vehicle is described. The vehicle includes an engine, a drivetrain coupled to the engine, and a computing device including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to determine a peak horsepower of the engine and a first rotational speed of the engine associated with the peak horsepower, and determine a peak torque of the engine and a second rotational speed of the engine associated with the peak torque. The vehicle additionally includes a tachometer coupled to the computing device and including a tachometer display. The tachometer is configured to indicate, on the tachometer display, the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed provided by the computing device. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257676 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COOLING SYSTEM OF AN ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH A START-STOP SYSTEM - A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a start-stop module, a pre-ignition risk module, and a cooling control module. The start-stop module stops and restarts an engine independent from an input received from an ignition system. The pre-ignition risk module monitors a risk of pre-ignition when the engine is restarted and generates a signal based on the risk of pre-ignition. The cooling control module controls a cooling system to circulate coolant through the engine when the engine is stopped in response to the risk of pre-ignition. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257677 | STOP/START CONTROL FOR STOP/START VEHICLE IN TURN LANE - An engine of a stop/start vehicle, after the engine has been automatically stopped, may be commanded to automatically restart in response to detecting that the vehicle is in a turn lane based on traffic data in a vicinity of the vehicle such that the engine is automatically restarted before a brake pedal is released and a steering wheel is turned. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257678 | AUTO-STOP CONTROL FOR A STOP/START VEHICLE NEAR WATER - A stop/start vehicle includes an engine and a stop/start system that prevents an auto stop of the engine when a speed of the vehicle is approximately zero in response to the vehicle being located within a specified distance from a body of water or in response to the vehicle being located in a user identified geographic region. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257679 | AUTO-STOP CONTROL FOR A STOP/START VEHICLE AT A SERVICE LOCATION - A stop/start vehicle includes an engine and a stop/start system that prevents an auto stop of the engine when the speed of the vehicle is approximately zero in response to the vehicle being located at a service location or in response to the vehicle being located in a user identified geographic region. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257680 | START-UP SUPPORT INCLUDING CLUTCH BITE POINT ADAPTION - A method for start-up support in a motor vehicle having a drive motor includes: detecting a possible start-up process; detecting a value for the clutch position; comparing the detected value with a predetermined first value range for the clutch position; and carrying out a start-up support if the detected value lies within the first value range. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257681 | Leveraging Information for Use in a Traffic Prediction Scenario - Techniques, systems, and articles of manufacture for leveraging information for use in a traffic prediction scenario. A method includes extracting transportation-related information pertaining to a geographic region from multiple user-driven information systems, processing said transportation-related information by merging the transportation-related information across the multiple user-driven information systems and one or more transportation-related databases, and determining a supply and demand estimation for one or more aspects of transportation in the geographic region based on said processing of said transportation-related information. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257682 | GROUND BASED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE FLIGHTPLAN RE-PLAN SCENARIOS TO A PILOT DURING FLIGHT - Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting re-routing options to a plurality of in-flight aircraft in accordance with preconfigured pilot preferences. The apparatus comprises a data store module containing data sets against which the pilot preferences are evaluated during flight, including weather, airspace and flight restrictions, ground delay programs, and air traffic information. The apparatus further includes a flight path module containing route and position information for each aircraft. An incursion alert processing module evaluates the flight path, data store, and pilot preferences and generates incursion alerts which are transmitted to each aircraft during flight. Upon receipt of an incursion alert or, alternatively, independent of an incursion alert, the pilot may request re-routing options. Once received and reviewed, the pilot selects the optimum re-routing option, and an associated micro flight plan is uplinked and loaded into the FMS (Flight Management System). | 2014-09-11 |
20140257683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING STATES IN FLIGHT PLAN STATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for testing states in a flight plan state management system is provided, which includes defining control variables for monitoring the flight plan state management system, modeling the flight plan state management system based on the control variables defined for monitoring, calculating and extracting control variables for testing the stability of, and checking for errors in, the flight plan state management system using the result of modeling, testing the stability of, and checking for errors in, the flight plan state management system based on the calculated and extracted control variables for testing stability and checking for errors, and expressing the result of stability testing and error checking on a display panel. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257684 | Aeronautical Holding Pattern Calculation for Solving High Wind and Protected Airspace Issues - An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive holding instructions for an aircraft, wherein the holding instructions comprise a holding fix, a holding direction, and an inbound leg course, obtain an airspeed for the aircraft, obtain a wind speed and a wind direction affecting the aircraft, calculate a holding pattern for the aircraft using the holding instructions, the wind speed, the wind direction, an inbound leg duration, and the airspeed, obtain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) protected airspace limits associated with the holding fix, and present the holding pattern and the FAA protected airspace limits to a flight crew member on the aircraft. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257685 | VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND EXTERNAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - In a vehicle diagnostic method and an external diagnostic device, the acceleration of a vehicle is detected while the vehicle is travelling with an acceleration detection means that is provided to the external diagnostic device mounted on the vehicle, and the external diagnostic device acquires operation information of the vehicle from the vehicle. The external diagnostic device performs at least one of a vehicle performance diagnosis, a driving technique diagnosis of the driver, and a fault diagnosis using the operation information and the acceleration of the vehicle. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257686 | VEHICLE LANE DETERMINATION - Methods and systems are provided for making lane determinations as to a roadway on which the vehicle is travelling. A determination is made as to a lane of a roadway in which a vehicle is travelling. An identification is made as to an adjacent lane that is adjacent to the lane in which the vehicle is travelling. An assessment is made as to a drivability of the adjacent lane. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257687 | PYRAMID MAPPING DATA STRUCTURE FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION - An embodiment is directed to generating a polygon representation of a plurality of points of interest (POIs) in a scene having a corresponding base level map of the scene, and creating a new level map including a reduced number of polygon representations of POIs on the basis of elimination of POIs having a lower than specified POI importance level. In another embodiment, a mobile device (e.g., the user device) can specify the specified POI importance level to trigger the generation and delivery of the new level map which conforms to the specified POI importance level so that the new level map can be displayed to a user of the mobile device (e.g., in conjunction with navigation instructions to one or more of the remaining POIs). | 2014-09-11 |
20140257688 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION ESTIMATION - Systems, apparatus and methods disclosed herein facilitate mobile station (MS) location determination using MS captured images of known points of interest (POIs). In some embodiments, each POI is associated with a corresponding visibility map comprising a set of grid points, and a subset of the POIs may be identified from the MS captured images by matching the MS captured images of each POI in the subset with corresponding stored images. A cumulative grid point weight for a plurality of grid points in the visibility maps associated with the POIs in the subset may be computed. The cumulative grid point weight for each grid point represents the probability that the MS is located at that grid point. The location of the MS may be estimated based on the cumulative grid point weights of the plurality of grid points. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257689 | DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL, RADAR APPARATUS, PLOTTER APPARATUS, SHIP NETWORK SYSTEM, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM - A touch panel device includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit displays, on a map or a nautical chart, a position acquired from a GNSS sensor and a symbol set on the map or the nautical chart. The controller controls, when an operation of specifying the symbol is detected, an auxiliary tool to appear on a display screen of the display unit, the auxiliary tool for recognizing a touch operation of moving the symbol. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257690 | AUGMENTATION FOR GPS CALCULATIONS - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for providing improved augmentation for GPS calculations. In general, various embodiments of the invention involve using a plurality of GPS devices associated with stationary objects associated with a common carrier's delivery network and the common carrier's delivery fleet to calculate error corrections and to communicate these error corrections to a number of GPS enable devices to be used by these devices to augment GPS calculations to correct errors associated with GPS signals. Further, various embodiments of the invention involve collecting GPS data for a plurality of delivery routes traveled by the common carrier's delivery fleet. In particular embodiments, this collected data may be used to provide more accurate address information for locations along these delivery routes and more accurate renderings of various landscapes along these delivery routes. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257691 | AUGMENTATION FOR GPS CALCULATIONS - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for providing improved augmentation for GPS calculations. In general, various embodiments of the invention involve using a plurality of GPS devices associated with stationary objects associated with a common carrier's delivery network and the common carrier's delivery fleet to calculate error corrections and to communicate these error corrections to a number of GPS enable devices to be used by these devices to augment GPS calculations to correct errors associated with GPS signals. Further, various embodiments of the invention involve collecting GPS data for a plurality of delivery routes traveled by the common carrier's delivery fleet. In particular embodiments, this collected data may be used to provide more accurate address information for locations along these delivery routes and more accurate renderings of various landscapes along these delivery routes. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257692 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (sUAS) TACTICAL TRACKING AND MISSION DATA ACQUISITION - A system and method are provided to support accommodating safe integration of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) into the National Airspace Structure in the United States. A specifically-tailored service is provided to address a change of paradigm from aircraft-based avionics/capabilities to a ground-based solution centered on the sUAS control station that is typically employed to manage an sUAS mission and/or flight. Appropriate software, server and system components are integrated into an interactive, easy-to-use, web-based tool that provides interested parties with real-time, graphical flight-following information to acquire position information regarding an sUAS platform from the control console for the sUAS platform. The acquired position information is forwarded to a separate server that can augment and provide graphical display of the sUAS intended route of flight (flight planned route). The acquired position information for the sUAS is converted to a format commonly used by aviation and air traffic control systems. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE - An information system and method provides information to an operator of a motor vehicle. A destination location and a current position of the motor vehicle are established. A planned route is established as a function of the destination location and the current position, and at least one required parameter of the vehicle. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257694 | CONSTRAINED SERVICE RESTORATION WITH HEURISTICS - A method of determining service routes for a plurality of crews is provided. Outage data identifying a plurality of service outage source locations, a number of affected customers associated with each location of the plurality of locations, and a type of repair to perform at each location of the plurality of locations is received. A repair time is estimated for each location. Crew data identifying a plurality of crews and a start location for the plurality of crews is received. A service route for each crew is determined based on a crew skill indicator associated with each crew satisfying the type of repair to perform at each location and based on the estimated repair time for each location. The service route for a crew of the plurality of crews includes the start location as a first location and at least one location of the plurality of locations. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257695 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING A NAVIGATION ROUTE BASED ON NETWORK AVAILABILITY AND DEVICE ATTRIBUTES - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for are provided for providing a navigation route based on network availability. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a navigation route. The method may further include providing the navigation route, the navigation route taking into account accessibility information relating to accessibility of at least one wireless network at different geographic locations along the navigation route and device specific information relating to attributes of a mobile device. The accessibility information may include data collected by different mobile devices at different geographic locations. The accessibility information may also be stored at a centralized server. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257696 | Travel Pattern Analysis - Methods and systems are provided for analyzing a user's travel pattern to determine alternative routes that may benefit the user. One or more alternative routes may have places of interest to the user therealong. Interests of the user can be determined, such as from purchase histories, wish lists, and likes. For example, the user's purchase history can indicate that the user surfs. In this instance, the user can be notified that a new surf shop just opened one block off of the user's regular route to and from work. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257697 | GENERATING TRANSPORT ROUTES USING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MODES - A system for planning transportation for a passenger along a route from an origin to a destination includes software which stores information pertaining to the passenger's desired route, one or more public transportation options, and one or more drivers willing to transport the passenger, using a private vehicle, along at least a portion of the route. Drivers bids for transporting the passenger are obtained using crowd-sourcing. The public transportation information and driver information are used to calculate one or more combinations of private legs and public legs using a graph search algorithm and the heuristic formula w=nt | 2014-09-11 |
20140257698 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER'S ROUTE INFORMATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method search a route using a portable terminal. A controller establishes a call connection with another party and exchanges positional information with the other party. An analyzing unit analyzes the route information using a first positional information of the portable terminal and a second positional information of the other party. A displaying unit outputs the route information analyzed by the analyzing unit. The controller provides the route information analyzed by the analyzing unit. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257699 | WIRELESS NETWORK OF LOW POWER SENSING AND ACTUATING MOTES - Embodiments include a wireless mote network having a plurality of motes, wherein each of the plurality of motes includes a processing unit in communication with a communications device. Each of the motes includes at least a sensor configured to monitor an environmental condition in an area around the mote or an actuator configured to control one or more external systems. The wireless mote network also includes a central communications device configured to communicate with one or more of the motes within a range of the central communications device and a controller configured to communicate with the central communications device, to receive one or more signals indicative of the environmental condition of one or more of the plurality of motes, and to transmit one or more control signals indicating an operation of the actuator to one or more of the plurality of motes. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257700 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING UNCERTAINTY FOR GEOPHYSICAL GRIDDING ROUTINES LACKING INHERENT UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION - System and method for improving the accuracy of a numerical model by estimating uncertainty for gridding algorithms. An extra uncertainty term is added to the zeroth-order CUBE uncertainty estimator to compute uncertainty which can be provided to a numerical model. The system and method can estimate the uncertainty for any spatial data, for example, but not limited to, bathymetry data. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257701 | OUTPUT COMPRESSION FOR GEOLOGICAL STRATA PHYSICAL PROPERTY MODELING - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for compressing topological grid data for layered geological strata are described. The techniques include obtaining topological grid data for a layered geological structure, where the topological grid data includes a plurality of cell representations, a majority of the cell representations including at least one data value, where the topological grid data includes at least one pinch-out cell representation lacking a data value. The techniques also include interpolating a data value for the at least one pinch-out cell representation to produce interpolated topological grid data. The techniques also include transforming the interpolated topological grid data to obtain frequency domain interpolated topological grid data. The techniques also include truncating ordered coefficients of the frequency domain interpolated topological grid data to obtain truncated frequency domain interpolated topological grid data. The techniques also include storing on a non-transitory storage medium the truncated frequency domain interpolated topological aid data. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257702 | DETERMINING CONTINUOUS CAPILLARY PRESSURE CURVES FOR SUBSURFACE EARTH FORMATIONS USING SATURATION AND NMR LOG DATA - Continuous capillary pressure (P | 2014-09-11 |
20140257703 | Real-Time Formation Anisotropy And Dip Evaluation Using Multiaxial Induction Measurements - Methods and systems are provided for logging a formation by combining results for a zero-dimensional inversion of conductivity measurements with results for a higher-order inversion of a subset of the conductivity measurement. The higher order inversion can include a 1D-radial portion and a 1D-axial portion. The combined results can include formation characteristics such as Rh, Rv, dip, and azimuth. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257704 | Apparatus and Method for Bed Boundary Detection - A method for performing detection of a bed boundary can include deploying a tool body with a longitudinal axis in a borehole, modulating the magnetic moments of electromagnetic signals to be transmitted by the first transmitter and the second transmitter, firing the first transmitter and the second transmitter substantially simultaneously, utilizing the receiver to receive and measure the modulated electromagnetic signals from the first transmitter and the second transmitter, and computing the orientation and location of the bed boundary based on the amplitudes and phases of the electromagnetic signals received and measured at the receiver. The tool body can be deployed with a first transmitter, a second transmitter, and a receiver, all of which are oriented in different directions. The vector of the total magnetic moment of the modulated electromagnetic signals can electrically rotate during firing. A corresponding apparatus for detection of a bed boundary is also provided. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257705 | CROSSWELL SEISMIC SURVEYING IN A DEVIATED BOREHOLE - First seismic data is collected from a plurality of points on a reflecting feature in the formation by emitting a first seismic signal from a first array of source locations in a deviated portion of a first borehole drilled through a formation and receiving first reflections of the first seismic signal from the reflecting feature by a first array of receiver locations in a deviated portion of a second borehole drilled through the formation. Second seismic data is collected from the plurality of points on the reflecting feature in the formation by emitting a second seismic signal from a second array of source locations in the deviated portion of the first borehole, the second array of source locations being different from the first array of source locations, and receiving second reflections of the second seismic signal from the plurality of points on the reflecting feature by a second array of receiver locations in the deviated portion of the second borehole. The collected first seismic data and the collected second seismic data are analyzed to draw conclusions about the formation. The conclusions about the formation are used to take an action concerning the formation. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257706 | Geological Model Analysis Incorporating Cross-Well Electromagnetic Measurements - A method for geological formation analysis may include collecting time-lapsed well-based measurement data from a first borehole in a geological formation over a measurement time period, and collecting time-lapsed electromagnetic (EM) cross-well measurement data via a plurality of spaced-apart second boreholes in the geological formation over the measurement time period. The method may further include determining simulated changes to a hydrocarbon resource in the geological formation over the measurement time period based upon a geological model using a processor, and using the processor to determine if the simulated changes are within an error threshold of the time-lapsed well-based measurement data and the time-lapsed cross-well EM measurement data. If the simulated changes are not within the error threshold, then the geological model may be updated. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257707 | Progressive 3D Vertical Seismic Profiling Method - A computer-implemented method for processing and imaging seismic data without the use of cross-well seismic data includes in one aspect providing a first data set representative of a first 3D VSP of a first region of a subterranean formation, and providing a second data set representative of a second 3D VSP of a second region of the subterranean formation. The first data set and the second data set define a common region and are merged within the common region to produce a third data set representative of a third 3D VSP . | 2014-09-11 |
20140257708 | DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING DEPRESSION DISORDERS - Materials and methods related to developing a disease score for a depression disorder (e.g., unipolar depression or major depressive disorder) in a subject using a multi-parameter system to measure a plurality of parameters, and an algorithm to calculate the score. The materials and methods can be used to, for example, diagnose depression disorders, or determine a subject's predisposition to develop a depression disorder. The methods also can include using a multi-parameter hypermapping system and algorithms related thereto. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257709 | BIOMETRIC MONITORING DEVICE HAVING A BODY WEIGHT SENSOR, AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME - A system comprising a biometric monitoring device including a housing including a platform to receive at least one foot of the user, a body weight sensor to generate body weight data, processing circuitry to calculate user weight data which corresponds to the user's weight, using the body weight data, and communication circuitry to: (a) receive user identification data which identifies the user or a portable activity monitoring device, and (b) transmit the user weight data to data storage associated with the user identification data. The system further includes the portable activity monitoring device including a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user's body, a sensor to generate sensor data, and communication circuitry to receive physiologic data which is based on the user weight data, and processing circuitry to calculate activity data using the sensor data and physiologic data. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257710 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING THE TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION OF A METAGENOME IN A SAMPLE - Provided herein are methods and systems for rapid identification and quantification of the taxonomic composition of a microbial metagenome in a sample, based on compositional spectra analysis. The methods and systems are useful in diagnostic and analytic methods in the clinic and in the field. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALKYLATION PROCESS ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus is provided for concentration determination of at least one component in an acid catalyst for hydrocarbon conversion containing an unknown concentration of an acid, an acid-soluble-oil (ASO), and water. An instrument configured for measuring a property of the acid catalyst, has responsivities to concentrations of one of the acid, ASO, and water, substantially independent of the concentrations of the others of the acid catalyst, ASO, and water. A temperature detector is configured to generate temperature data for the acid catalyst. A processor is configured to capture data generated by the temperature detector and the instrument, and to use the data in combination with a model to determine a temperature compensated concentration of the one of the acid, the ASO, and the water. Optionally, one or more other instruments configured for measuring other properties of the liquid mixture may also be used. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257712 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CHROMATOGRAM DATA - A data processing system for a chromatograph has an impurity detector including a differential chromatogram creator and a determining section. The differential chromatogram creator calculates a wavelength differential coefficient by differentiating an absorbance spectrum with respect to the wavelength at each point in time of the measurement and creates a differential chromatogram which shows a temporal change in the wavelength differential coefficient. Based on a shape of the thus created differential chromatogram, the determining section determines whether or not a peak of a target component contains an impurity. By this method, whether or not the peak of the target component contains an impurity can be determined with high accuracy, without requiring complex calculations. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257713 | IN SITU FLAP AND SLAT WING TIP BRAKE RESPONSE TESTER - A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for measuring a determining a validity of an estimate of a response time of a brake is disclosed. A sensor obtains a waveform of a parameter related to the engagement of the brake during engagement of the brake. A processor analyzes the obtained waveform, determines inflection points in the waveform within a selected time period, validates the signal integrity of the waveform and provides an indicator when the number of determined inflection points is greater than a pre-specified count value. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257714 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDITION MONITORING OF GEARBOXES - A system for the purpose of condition monitoring of gearboxes includes processing equipment that is configured to receive data that contains information of a spectrum of mechanical vibrations measured from a gearbox being monitored. The processing equipment is configured to search, from the spectrum of mechanical vibrations, at least two spikes on such frequencies which correspond to a phenomenon such as for example a bearing fault. The phenomenon is defined with at least two phenomenon-specific frequencies and with reference values of amplitudes relating to these phenomenon-specific frequencies. The processing equipment is configured to form an indicator of probability of occurrence for the phenomenon on the basis of amplitudes of the searched spikes and the reference values of the amplitudes. The fact that the indicator is formed on the basis of amplitudes of two or more spikes which relate to this phenomenon improves the reliability of the indicator. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257715 | Robust Power Flow Methodologies for Distribution Networks with Distributed Generators - A method predicts power flow in a distributed generation network of at least one distributed generator and at least one co-generator, where the network is defined by a plurality of network nonlinear equations. The method includes applying an iterative method to the plurality of network nonlinear equations to achieve a divergence from a power flow solution to the plurality of network nonlinear equations. The method also includes applying the iterative method to find a first solution to a plurality of simplified nonlinear equations homotopically related by parameterized power flow equations to the plurality of network nonlinear equations. The method further includes iteratively applying the iterative method to the parameterized power flow equations starting with the first solution to achieve the power flow solution to the plurality of network nonlinear equations. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257716 | METHODS FOR ESTIMATING REMAINING LIFE OF A MONITORED STRUCTURE - A computer-implemented method is provided for estimating the remaining life of a structure being monitored by a sensor. The method includes: receiving data from a sensor, where the data is indicative of strain experienced by a structure and is reported as a plurality of cumulative distribution functions; extracting a probability density function from the data received from the sensor; computing a damage index for the structure from parameters of the probability density function, where the damage index is indicative of damage to the structure accumulated over time; and estimating a remaining life of the structure using the damage index. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257717 | TOOL ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A tool abnormality detection system corrects a monitoring range for a load on a tool in an M | 2014-09-11 |
20140257718 | EDDY CURRENT METHOD FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF BROACHED TUBE SUPPORT PLATE BLOCKAGE - A method for determining tube support plate blockage of a steam generator includes the following steps: measuring at least five different eddy current values per tube support intersection; calculating a nominal clean fit radius of flow hole; determining a center signal response; converting the center signal response to a deposit thickness; determine an edge reduction; converting the edge reduction to an edge thickness; calculating the resulting flow hole radius; verifying the reasonableness of the resulting flow hole radius; and determining a virtual calibration range. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND REMOVING ROTATIONAL VARIABILITY FROM A NIP PRESSURE PROFILE OF A COVERED ROLL OF A NIP PRESS - Multiple groups of sensors are circumferentially spaced apart at each cross-directional position along a sensing roll of a nip press to measure and cancel or nearly cancel the effects of rotational variability which may be acting on the sensing roll. The strategically-placed sensors are designed to measure the pressure being placed against the web that is being advanced through the nip press. The average of the measurements of multiple sensors spaced circumferential apart provides a good cancellation of any rotational variability that might be found at a cross-directional position on the sensing roll. In this manner, a more true measurement of the nip pressure profile can be obtained and better adjustments made to reduce nip pressure profile variability. In addition, the nip variability profile may be used as a predictor of cover or bearing failures, resonant frequencies and other roll anomalies. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257720 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED INDICATED FLOW IN MASS FLOW CONTROLLERS - A mass flow controller and associated methods for providing indicated flow from the mass flow controller are disclosed. The method may include obtaining a measured flow signal indicative of a mass flow rate of a fluid that is controlled by the mass flow controller and filtering the measured flow signal to generate indicated flow that provides a representation of the actual mass flow rate of the fluid. The indicated flow is provided to an operator of the mass flow controller, and a rate of change of the mass flow rate of the fluid is determined based upon samples of the measured flow signal. A time constant used in connection with the filtering is then adjusted based upon the rate of change of the mass flow rate. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257721 | LEAK VERIFICATION AND DETECTION FOR VEHICLE FUEL CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS - An off-board vehicle fuel containment tester that utilizes a vacuum/pressure pump to change the pressure in the vehicle's fuel handling and containment system. A microprocessor is programmed to control the vacuum/pressure pump system and through the reading produced by a pressure transducer will determine, by the pressure changes occurring in the containment system, if a leak is present and the size of the leak. Once a leak is determined to be present, a gas analyzer that can detect carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons is used to find the point of leakage in the vehicle containment system. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257722 | PREDICTING MOTOR FAILURE BASED ON RELATIONSHIP OF MOTOR PAIR CHARACTERISTICS - A system and method of predicting motor failure based on relationships of motor pair characteristics, such as temperatures. A motor pair detection module receives temperatures for each motor of a motor pair over a predetermined window. The motor pair detection module determines whether at least one of the temperatures of the first motor and the second motor exceeds a temperature threshold during the predetermined time window. The motor pair detection module further determines whether the temperature of the first motor differed from the temperature of the second motor by at least a difference threshold for at least a percentage threshold of the predetermined time window. Based on the determinations, the motor pair temperature outputs an alarm signal to indicate a potential impending failure of one of the motors of the motor pair. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257723 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARC FLASH HAZARD ASSESSMENT - An arc flash hazard assessment method includes storing electrical equipment data in memory, defining an arc flash model function based on the data, and estimating the model function based on a weighted average of interpolated and extrapolated values. The electrical equipment data may include an operating voltage, a fault current, and a clearing time. The model function is defined for at least three reference voltages V | 2014-09-11 |
20140257724 | TRACKING FADING BATTERY CAPACITY IN A PLUGGED-IN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system for tracking the capacity of a battery in a portable electronic device is described. While the portable electronic device remains plugged in to a power adapter, the system estimates the capacity of the battery by performing the following operations. The system measures a first open-circuit voltage for the battery while the battery rests at a first state of charge. Next, the system causes the battery to transition to a second state of charge. While the battery transitions to the second state of charge, the system integrates a current through the battery to determine a net change in charge for the battery. Next, the system measures a second open-circuit voltage for the battery while the battery rests at the second state of charge. Finally, the system estimates a capacity for the battery based on the first open-circuit voltage, the second open-circuit voltage and the net change in charge. This capacity measurement is repeated and the multiple results are fit to a line. The slope of fitted line is then used to estimate how the true battery capacity has faded since last measured using traditional methods that require the battery to be rested at a low state of charge. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257725 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE RESIDUAL CAPACITY OF A BATTERY - The invention relates to a method of determining the residual capacity of an electrochemical cell for an electrical energy storage using a no-load voltage model of the cell which is parameterized so that the parameter represents the aging of the cell. Parameterizing the model is achieved from a series of measurements performed on the battery, comprising at least a voltage measurement, a temperature measurement and a current measurement of the cell. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257726 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE ESTIMATION - An apparatus and method for battery state of charge (SOC) estimation can reduce the estimation error in the battery SOC. The apparatus includes a charge/discharge current detection unit, a terminal voltage detection unit, a first estimation unit that estimates a first SOC by integrating the charge/discharge current value, a second estimation unit that estimates an open circuit voltage value from the charge/discharge current value and the terminal voltage value and estimates a second SOC from the open circuit voltage value, a first difference calculation unit that calculates a SOC difference between the first SOC and the second SOC, an error estimation unit that estimates, based on the SOC difference, an error as a state quantity of an error model by using the error model, and a second difference calculation unit that calculates a SOC of the battery by subtracting the error from the first SOC. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257727 | Method for Angle-Preserving Phase Embeddings - One or more signal are embedded by producing complex-valued measurements of the signal by measuring the signal using a complex measurement matrix. Then, only a phase of the complex-valued measurements are retinas, such that angles of the signal are preserved. Subsequently, the phases, which can be quantized and stored in a database, can be searched to locate similar signals based only on their phase angles. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING AND CORRECTING METERING DATA IN NON-METERED SECTION - A method for predicting and correcting metering data in a non-metered section includes collecting energy-related metering data. The method includes generating, when a non-metered section occurs while collecting the metering data, predicted metering data for the non-metered section; and generating corrected metering data for the predicted metering data by analyzing history of the predicted metering data and collected metering data. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257729 | TIME SYNCHRONIZED REDUNDANT SENSORS - A redundant sensor includes at least two sensing elements. The redundant sensor includes methods and apparatus for time-stamping and combining data from the sensing elements. A method of use and additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257730 | BANDWIDTH AND TIME DELAY MATCHING FOR INERTIAL SENSORS - The disclosure is directed to matching a time delay and a bandwidth of a plurality of sensors. An aspect receives first sensor data having a first timestamp from a first sensor having a first bandwidth, receives second sensor data having a second timestamp from a second sensor having a second bandwidth, and synchronizes the first sensor data and the second sensor data by performing one or more of compensating for a first time delay of the first sensor data, compensating for a second time delay of the second sensor data, compensating for a relative time delay between the first sensor data and the second sensor data, or matching the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth to a common bandwidth. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257731 | Offset Estimation Device, Offset Estimation Method, Offset Estimation Program and Information Processing Device - An offset estimation device includes a rotation axis calculation part and an offset estimation part. The rotation axis calculation part is configured to: obtain multiple sets of magnetic data detected by the magnetic sensor and multiple sets of angular velocity data in accordance with the rotation amount of the offset estimation device; and on the basis of an arbitrary magnetic data group of the multiple sets of magnetic data and respective magnetic data corresponding to the magnetic data group, determine multiple rotation axes that pass through the center of a plane passing through the magnetic data group and indicate straight lines perpendicular to the plane. The offset estimation part is configured to estimate the offset of the magnetic data to be outputted from the magnetic sensor on the basis of the multiple rotation axes. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257732 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE INCLINATION MEASUREMENT - A system for a machine having an implement and operating on a slope is provided. The system includes an implement position sensor, inclination sensor and an inclination module. The implement position sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of a position of the implement relative to a frame of the machine. The inclination sensor, mounted on the implement, is configured to generate a signal indicative of an inclination of the implement relative to the frame of the machine. The inclination module is configured to receive the signals. The inclination module is also configured to correlate the position of the implement and the inclination of the implement with a predefined dataset to determine a bias factor associated with the implement. Further, the inclination module is configured to determine an inclination angle of the slope based on the determined bias factor. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257733 | COORDINATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING INSTALLATION POSITION OF EACH PROBE OF STAR PROBER - In a method for checking installation positions of probes of a star prober using a coordinate measurement device, the star prober is fixed vertically on a platform and supported by a movable arm, and a standard ball placed on the platform. The first probe measures a first point on a top surface of the standard ball, and the second probe measures a second point on the top surface of the standard ball. An X-Y coordinate system based on the first and second points is established, and a value of any deviation angle between the first probe and the second probe is calculated based on the X-Y coordinate system. The information is displayed for indicating whether the installations of the first and second probes are precise or not according to any deviation value, and the respective installations of the other individual probes are checked against the X-Y coordinate system. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257734 | PUPIL PLANE CALIBRATION FOR SCATTEROMETRY OVERLAY MEASUREMENT - Methods and calibrations modules are provided, for calibrating a pupil center in scatterometry overlay measurements. The calibration comprises calculating fluctuations from a first statistical figure of merit such as an average of an overlay signal per pixel at the pupil and significantly reducing, for example minimizing, the fluctuations with respect to a second statistical figure of merit thereof, such as a pupil weighted variance of the fluctuations. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257735 | CALIBRATION OF MODULAR SYSTEM USING AN EMBEDDED CALIBRATION SIGNAL GENERATOR - A user obtains a set of modules, inserts them into slots of a chassis, and interconnects the modules to form a modular instrument. A signal path extends through the modules. To support calibration of the signal path, a first of the modules (or the chassis or a calibration module) includes a calibration signal generator. A computer directs the first module to apply the calibration signal from the generator to the signal path, and measures the power (or amplitude) of the output of the signal path. The computer reads a factory-measured value A of the calibration signal amplitude from a memory of the first module (or the chassis or the calibration module). The value A and the measured output power of the signal path are used to determine a gain of the signal path. The system compensates for that gain when the signal path is used to measure live operational signals. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257736 | IMPLEMENTING AUTOMATED MEMORY ADDRESS RECORDING IN CONSTRAINED RANDOM TEST GENERATION FOR VERIFICATION OF PROCESSOR HARDWARE DESIGNS - A method and apparatus are provided for implementing automated memory address recording in constrained random test generation for verification of processor hardware designs. A test generation program includes a built in feature to keep track of storage addresses used and to make the addresses available to the test definition. This built in feature of a constrained random test generator allows storage addresses used in the past to be accessed by the current instruction generation eliminating the requirement of deliberately establishing target addresses first. This allows separate test events to interact with the same storage addresses without having to write a special test. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257737 | MATCHED FILTER TESTING OF DATA TRANSMISSION CABLES - In one embodiment, a method for testing a cable includes receiving a read-signal profile read at a receiving-end of a cable upon an initial test signal being input to a sending end of the cable, calculating a cross-correlation function between the read-signal profile and a matched filter output, and determining a peak value of the cross-correlation function. In another embodiment, a system includes a device, the device including logic for receiving a read-signal profile read at a receiving-end of the cable upon an initial test signal being input to a sending end of the cable, logic for calculating a cross-correlation function between the read-signal profile and a matched filter output, logic for determining a peak value of the cross-correlation function, and logic for storing the peak value to a computer readable medium. Other methods, systems, and computer program products are also described according to various embodiments. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257738 | HIERARCHICALLY DIVIDED SIGNAL PATH FOR CHARACTERIZING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - An apparatus includes an output pad, a plurality of arrays of test devices, a hierarchy of selection devices, and address logic. The hierarchy of selection devices includes a plurality of levels coupled between the output pad and the arrays of test devices. Each test device is coupled to a selection device in a first level of the hierarchy, and the selection devices for each array are coupled to one selection device in a second level of the hierarchy. The address logic is coupled to the hierarchy of selection devices and operable to enable one selection device in each level of the hierarchy to couple a selected test device in a selected array to the output pad. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257739 | IMPLEMENTING RANDOM CONTENT OF PROGRAM LOOPS IN RANDOM TEST GENERATION FOR PROCESSOR VERIFICATION - A method and apparatus are provided for implementing random content of program loops in random test generation for processor verification. A converged branch instruction stream is used by a test generator to ensure that all random conditional branches converge to a main program loop. A built in exception handling mechanism of the test generator enables program interrupts to converge to the main program loop. Mandatory read only registers applied to the test generator allow all register based storage addresses to use registers that maintain a value and thus stabilize the storage address translations through subsequent iterations of the loop. A global class restriction mechanism defines specific restricted instruction classes applied to the test generator avoids inherently problematic operations for the program loops. Machine state detection and restoration mechanisms in the test generator are provided to preserve storage addressability. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257740 | Real-Time Modeling of Heat Distributions - Techniques for real-time modeling temperature distributions based on streaming sensor data are provided. In one aspect, a method for creating a three-dimensional temperature distribution model for a room having a floor and a ceiling is provided. The method includes the following steps. A ceiling temperature distribution in the room is determined. A floor temperature distribution in the room is determined. An interpolation between the ceiling temperature distribution and the floor temperature distribution is used to obtain the three-dimensional temperature distribution model for the room. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257741 | WEIGHTLESS SCALE SYSTEM - A weightless scale system provides a selectable display of actual or differential measurements of body composition factors and has a scrollable calendar whereby a user can select any reference date back to the initial use of the weightless scale system for the one or more differential measurements selectable by the user. Body composition factors include body weight, body mass, body muscle, % water, height and a photographic capability for recording a selectable picture range of the user. The weightless scale system can be used with a single or dual display screens. Certain body composition factors can selectably be measured for a user's whole body or for a specific body part. Methods are described for setup and use of the weightless scale system. Wireless network weightless scale systems are also described for use of the weightless scale system in local and wide area networks and with the Internet. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257742 | METHOD TO STRUCTURE MINERAL AGGREGATE GRADATION BY USING THREE CONTROL POINTS AND TWO CURVES - The invention involves “a method to structure mineral aggregate gradation by using three control points & two curves”, including the following steps: (1) Three control points are determined according to the property of the mixtures: nominal maximum size of aggregate and its passing rate, nominal minimum size of aggregate and its passing rate, and the discontinuity point between the coarse aggregate and the fine aggregate and its passing rate. (2) The grading curves of the coarse and the fine aggregate are selected respectively with Power function model, Exponential function model and Logarithmic function model. (3) Measure the stamped density and the stamped voids in mineral aggregate, and then choose the grading of the coarse and the fine aggregate on the basis of the project need. The invention can help constitute different gradation curves in line with local materials from different areas and sources. In this way can the mineral aggregate's property give the full play to the mixtures, and it's a good guide to the mix proportion of the asphalt mixture. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257743 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZING ATHLETIC MANEUVERS - Embodiments of the present disclosure help automatically identify athletic maneuvers performed by actors and/or their sports equipment using data from sensors. Among other things, various embodiments help judges and spectators of extreme sports to assess athletic maneuvers based on objective, empirical data and allow action sport participants to objectively compare tricks performed at different times and/or different locations. A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises receiving, by a computer system, sensor data related to motion by an actor over a time period; determining, by the computer system and based on the sensor data, a plurality of motion characteristics; and identifying, based on the plurality of motion characteristics, an athletic maneuver associated with the motion by the actor during the time period. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257744 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZED DISPLAY OF ATHLETIC MANEUVERS - Embodiments of the present disclosure help to synchronize multiple video segments of an actor or actors performing athletic maneuvers. Among other things, various embodiments help provide a side-by-side visual comparison of athletic maneuvers. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257745 | SPEEDOMETER INSENSTIVE TO ICY CONDITIONS AND HEAVY RAINFALL - The present invention relates to a speed measurement system allowing the relative speed V of a moving body in relation to an ambient air mass to be measured independently of the atmospheric conditions, the moving body being designed to move at least at subsonic and transonic speeds. The speed measurement system comprises:
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20140257746 | MAGNETIC POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM - In a magnetic position detection system designed to detect a target object in a detection space using an array of magnetic sensors, the position of the target object can be determined by fitting a model of the target object's magnetic field to the sensor measurements. A robust determination of whether a target object is present can be obtained by fitting the model to the sensor measurements and determining the remaining differences between the fitted model and the sensor measurements. If the differences are high then the model is not fitting well, suggesting that the target object is not present. If the differences are low, the model is fitting well and the target object can be determined as being present. Measurements made when the target object is determined as not being present can be regarded as background field measurements including any stray fields. These stray fields can then be deducted from subsequent sensor measurements to eliminate the effect of stray fields and allow more accurate determination of the position of the target object. A user indicator may be included to indicate whether stray fields are not present, or present and accurately detected, or whether stray fields are varying. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257747 | CONFIGURABLE POINT OF INTEREST ALERTS - Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257748 | POSITIVE LOCATION SYSTEM FOR A LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST - A positive location system is disclosed for a locomotive consist including at least two locomotives. The system may include a first locator element on a first locomotive and a second locator element on a second locomotive. Each locator element may include a receiving device and a transmitting device communicatively coupled with each other locator element. Each locator element may be configured to determine its own location, relay information on its location to at least one other locator element on another locomotive, receive location information on the at least one other locator element, and determine its own location relative to the location of the at least one other locator element. Each locator element may also provide location information for the at least one other locator element as though it were the at least one other locator element when the at least one other locator element is non-functional. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257749 | Dietary measurement system and method of correlating dietary contents information to a defined volume - A dietary measurement system and a method of correlating dietary information to a defined volume of a measuring device are provided to reduce the effort and time necessary to keep track of the nutritional intake. The dietary measurement system comprises at least a measuring device adapted to accommodate food having multiple measurement indicators representing defined volumes, a nutrition database comprising dietary contents information for food and a mapping device. The mapping device comprises an input interface for receiving food selection information and a mapping processor, connected with said input interface and said nutrition database, said mapping processor being adapted to generate dietary correlation data from said dietary contents information, said dietary correlation data providing a reference between one of said measurement indicators of said measuring device and a given dietary contents level for food according to said food selection information. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257750 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING UNCERTAINTY FOR GEOPHYSICAL GRIDDING ROUTINES LACKING INHERENT UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION - System and method for improving the accuracy of a numerical model by estimating uncertainty for gridding algorithms. An extra uncertainty term is added to the zeroth-order CUBE uncertainty estimator to compute uncertainty which can be provided to a numerical model. The system and method can estimate the uncertainty for any spatial data, for example, but not limited to, bathymetry data. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257751 | METHODS FOR SCHEDULING THE REPLACEMENT OF WIND TURBINE BATTERIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS - A method for scheduling the replacement of wind turbine batteries is disclosed. The method may include monitoring an air temperature of a location at which a battery is stored within a wind turbine, determining with a controller a predicted lifetime for the battery based on the air temperature and determining when to replace the battery based at least in part on the predicted lifetime. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257752 | ANALYZING MEASUREMENT SENSORS BASED ON SELF-GENERATED CALIBRATION REPORTS - Aspects analyze the performance of a plurality of measurement sensors as a function of sensor performance attributes. Different types of sensor performance attribute values are defined for different types of sensors deployed within a manufacturing process infrastructure. The performance attribute values include a nominal value of a sensor data output or a sensor operating voltage signal during operation of the sensor, and an associated range of acceptable values during the operation of the sensor. A drift value defines how far the sensor signal can change over a defined drift time period during the operation of the sensor. Combinations of the defined values are selected for different types of the deployed sensors, and trends determined over time for values of the sensor signals as functions of their different respective selected combinations of values. The sensors are ranked and reported and grouped (as ranked) as a function of the determined trends. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257753 | REAL-TIME REMOTE DATA COLLECTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The invention relates generally to remote data collecting systems and methods. In a general aspect, the present invention provides a remote data collecting system comprising a measuring device having at least two scales in communication with a web server. The web server can be used to display data from the measuring device on a website to be accessed by one or more users, for example, using a computing device. The remote data collecting system is particularly useful for real-time, uncontrolled environment (e.g., in-home) product testing. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257754 | WIRELESS NETWORK OF LOW POWER SENSING AND ACTUATING MOTES - Embodiments include a wireless mote network having a plurality of motes, wherein each of the plurality of motes includes a processing unit in communication with a communications device. Each of the motes includes at least a sensor configured to monitor an environmental condition in an area around the mote or an actuator configured to control one or more external systems. The wireless mote network also includes a central communications device configured to communicate with one or more of the motes within a range of the central communications device and a controller configured to communicate with the central communications device, to receive one or more signals indicative of the environmental condition of one or more of the plurality of motes, and to transmit one or more control signals indicating an operation of the actuator to one or more of the plurality of motes. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257755 | Method for Reconstructing Signals from Phase-Only Measurements - A signal is reconstructed by first producing complex-valued measurements of the signal by measuring the signal using a linear complex measurement system, and retaining only a phase of the complex-valued measurements. Then, the signal is reconstructed from the phase of the complex measurements within a scaling factor using a sparse reconstruction method. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257756 | FIELD DEVICE - A field device that provides a field device that allows the simplest possible logging of relevant operational data. The field device has at least one data storage device ( | 2014-09-11 |
20140257757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HIGH VOLUME IMPORT, VALIDATION AND ESTIMATION OF METER DATA - A meter data management system includes one or more application servers configured to receive, validate and estimate received meter data. The one or more application servers may include various memory/media elements for storing raw and transformed meter data as well as software in the form of computer-executable instructions, which are executed by a processor to implement a variety of functions, including establishing a mapping between the plurality of external devices and a plurality of preconfigured processing workbins (e.g., collections of meter channels in the same time zones), transforming the received meter data into a plurality of data files identified by timing parameter and workbin, validating data provided in each data file, estimating missing or invalid data, and automatically writing validated (and optionally estimated) data as import files to a database server. Such clean data files are then imported to one or more dedicated databases installed on the database server. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257758 | ADAPTIVE RF SIGNAL FILTER USING ACOUSTO-OPTIC SPECTRUM ANALYZER AND RE-WRITABLE XDM MASK - A coherent wideband acousto-optic RF spectrum analyzer for processing an input RF signal, having a CW laser providing a first laser beam, a Bragg cell used in a deflection mode with the laser beam incident thereon and receiving the input RF signal, and in response thereto producing multiple diffracted modulated light beams, a Fourier Transform lens with the modulated light beams incident thereon and in response thereto producing optical signal beams producing a Fourier Transform image in an image plane spaced apart from the Fourier Transform lens, and a photosensitive, optically re-writable medium positioned in the image plane with the optical signal beams incident thereon, the medium having an optical distribution pattern to function as a mask to attenuate a selected portion of the RF spectrum of the optical signal beams and produce an attenuated optical beam. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257759 | COMPUTING BOUNDARY CONTINUITY CONSTRAINTS FOR PATCHING CURVE NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving data describing a model, the model describing a curve network; determining boundary continuity constraints for each edge, of each face, in the model; combining the determined boundary continuity constraints to determine respective boundary continuity for each face; and determining, using the respective boundary continuity constraints, a respective surface patch for each face. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257760 | DYNAMIC AVIATION PLANNING TOOL - A method for airport dynamic aviation planning is disclosed. The method includes the steps of populating an existing conditions database comprising an inventory of existing conditions data at the airport, defining an aviation planning scenario with a graphical user interface by selecting input parameters, developing, by a processor, a future growth forecast comprising future levels of aviation activity at the airport in response to the selected input parameter, generating, by a processor, a facility requirements summary needed to satisfy the selected input parameter by comparing the difference between the future growth forecast and the existing conditions data, and generating, by a processor, a dynamic airport layout plan graphically representing the facility requirements. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257761 | Hybrid Focus-Exposure Matrix - A method for controlling semiconductor production through use of a hybrid Focus Exposure Matrix (FEM) model includes taking measurements of a set of structures formed onto a substrate. The method further includes using a FEM model to determine focus and exposure conditions used to form the structure The model was created through use of measurements of structures formed on a substrate under varying focus and exposure conditions, the measurements being taken using both an optical measurement tool and a scanning electron microscope. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257762 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING STATICS - Disclosed are a method for transferring statics of an orthopedic test appliance to a definite appliance and a device for performing this method. In accordance with the invention, the inner contour and the outer contour are scanned and aligned relative to each other by means of a protrusion/auxiliary geometry. In a further step, the models resulting from the scanning processes are positioned in a patient-/load-oriented coordinate system. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257763 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DENTAL IMPLANT PATH PLANNING - A method for dental implant path planning is applied to a computer displaying a planning interface having a jaw image zone, a cross-section image zone and a reference zone, and comprises steps of: displaying a jaw image in the jaw image zone; generating a dental arch according to the jaw image; labeling an implant position in the jaw image; lapping an implant image over the jaw image according to the implant position; displaying at least two cross-section images in the cross-section image zone according to the implant image and the jaw image; displaying a plurality of characteristic values in the reference zone according to a plurality of characteristic distances in the cross-section images; and adjusting the position of the implant image relative to the jaw image by referring to the cross-section images or the characteristic values. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257764 | Construction Field Management Method and Construction Field Management Device - The object is to enable easy acquisition of an element that is not design data. The technique is characterized in that when generating construction field management information used to manage a construction field, a construction field management device acquires measurement data that is three-dimensional shape data measured by a measurement device, and compares design data created by a designer with the acquired measurement data, thus extracting non-design data that is not the design data, from the measurement data. Also, as the non-design data, data of a scaffolding/tool and a component of the design data in a temporarily placed state are extracted, and the status of these is analyzed and displayed on a display unit. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257765 | Numerical Simulation of FSI Using The Space-Time CE/SE Solver With A Moving Mesh For The Fluid Domain - Systems and methods of numerical simulation of FSI using the space-time CE/SE method with a moving space-time fluid mesh coupled to a method of numerically simulating structural mechanics are disclosed. A FSI interface is determined based on fluid domain and structure definitions received in a computer system. Fluid forces acting on the FSI interface are initialized. Simulated structural behaviors are obtained using FEA in response to the received fluid forces at the FSI interface. Structural behaviors include nodal positions on the structure's exterior boundary, which are used for updating the FSI interface of the space-time fluid mesh Inner nodes of the fluid mesh are adjusted accordingly using a user-selected mesh adjustment strategy. Simulated fluid behaviors are obtained by updating fluid solutions using the CE/SE solver with the adjusted fluid mesh. The fluid forces are again applied to the FEA model for obtaining simulated structural behaviors for the next solution cycle. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257766 | ADAPTIVE PROBABILISTIC STEP DETECTION FOR PEDESTRIAN POSITIONING - Performance of step detectors in mobile devices can be enhanced by calculating the probability of a step and providing the probability to an application. Adaptive data models can also be used that can be based on different types of motion (walking with mobile device in hand, climbing stairs with mobile device in purse, running with mobile device in pocket, etc.), and can adapt to a particular user's motion. Where applications allow, embodiments can further utilize data modeling to detect a pattern (e.g., a series of steps) and adjust the probability calculation accordingly. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257767 | PSO-Guided Trust-Tech Methods for Global Unconstrained Optimization - A method determines a global optimum of a system defined by a plurality of nonlinear equations. The method includes applying a heuristic methodology to cluster a plurality of particles into at least one group for the plurality of nonlinear equations. The method also includes selecting a center point and a plurality of top points from the particles in each group and applying a local method starting from the center point and top points for each group to find a local optimum for each group in a tier-by-tier manner. The method further includes applying a TRUST-TECH methodology to each local optimum to find a set of tier-1 optima and identifying a best solution among the local optima and the tier-1 optima as the global optimum. In some embodiments, the heuristic methodology is a particle swarm optimization methodology. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257768 | SVR DYNAMIC SYSTEM MODELING WITH DELAYED OUTPUT MEASUREMENTS - The method comprises the steps of inputting a first set of data into both a physical system and into an SVR model. The method includes collecting a second set of system data from the physical system and stacking a plurality of SVR models to form an output prediction without feeding back the model output. Another aspect of the invention includes a method of hybrid modeling having delayed output measurement. This method includes the steps of inputting a first set of data into both a physical system and into an SVR model and collecting a second set of system data from the physical system. A modeling error is injected into both the second set of system data from the physical system and a third set of system data from the SVR model wherein the modeling error thereby leads to substantially improved model output. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257769 | PARALLEL ALGORITHM FOR MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION - Systems and methods for MD simulation with significantly increased multithreaded parallelism. A substance body is divided into a plurality of cells. With respect to a current center cell, its neighbor particles can be partitioned into groups with groups processed in sequence by a dedicated CTA that comprises a plurality of warps. Within each CTA, each warp is assigned to process in parallel for a center particle in the center cell to calculate interaction forces between the center particle and the group of neighbor particles. Moreover different levels of the memory hierarchy in a system, including local memories, shared memories and global memory, are used to store intermediate and final results respectively. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257770 | NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD FOR THE FLIGHT-ICING OF HELICOPTER ROTARY-WINGS - The present invention is related to a numerical simulation method for the flight-icing of helicopter rotary-wings. This invention includes the algorithm of adding the voracity compensation force term to the momentum and energy equations describing the air-supercooled water droplets two-phase rotational flows in the single fluid two-phase flow system in wake domain of helicopter-rotary wings; the algorithm of adding the centrifugal and Coriolis force to the slip velocity equation; the models describing the water film and icing progress containing the effect of the centrifugal and Coriolis force; and the procedure using the above algorithms and models to do simulation. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257771 | NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD FOR AIRCRASFT FLIGHT-ICING - The present invention is related to a numerical simulation method for aircraft flight-icing. This invention mainly includes an algorithm for velocity decomposition on the water film in simulating the air-supercooled water droplets movement using the single fluid two-phase flows system; an algorithm for tracking the icing interface and obtaining the temperature distribution inside the ice layer using the grid refinement scheme; the computing procedure using above-mentioned algorithms based on the fixed computing grid. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257772 | FLOW-INDUCED NOISE SOURCE IDENTIFICATION - A system and method for automatically detecting and tracking time and space variations of flow structures in order to locate and characterize the flow structures which produce noise and to quantify the corresponding acoustic radiation properties. | 2014-09-11 |
20140257773 | METHOD OF PREDICTING TOXICITY OF CHEMICALS WITH RESPECT TO MICROORGANISMS AND METHOD OF EVALUATING BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS BY USING THEIR PREDICTED TOXICITIES - Provided is a method of generating a toxicity prediction model for a microorganism, a method of predicting the toxicity of a chemical substance to a microorganism using the toxicity prediction model, and a method of assigning priorities to biosynthetic pathways for a target material using the toxicity prediction method. | 2014-09-11 |