40th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 73 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140297140 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SHIFTING FOR VEHICLE - A system and a method of controlling shifting for a vehicle includes a data detector detecting data for a shift control, a road condition determiner determining a road condition based on the data, a short term driving tendency determiner determining a short term driving tendency of a driver based on the data, and a long term driving tendency determiner determining a long term driving tendency of the driver based on the short term driving tendency of the driver. An optimal driving mode determiner determines an optimal driving mode based on the road condition, the short term driving tendency of the driver, and the long term driving tendency of the driver, wherein the system controls shifting according to the optimal driving mode determined by the optimal driving mode determiner. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297141 | DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE AND DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A driving force distribution control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a basic distribution determination device and a servo controller. The basic distribution determination device is configured to determine basic distribution of a driving force to secondary drive wheels in accordance with the driving force and driving conditions of the vehicle. The basic distribution determination device includes a tire force limit determination device and an arithmetic device. The tire force limit determination device is configured to calculate a tire required acceleration in accordance with the driving conditions of the vehicle and configured to output a basic distribution adjustment signal having a characteristic that gradually decreases a ratio of the basic distribution for the secondary drive wheels to zero in a transient region in which the calculated tire required acceleration is lower than a predetermined threshold value. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297142 | SPEED RATIO CONTROL DEVICE OF CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION FOR VEHICLE - Speed change inhibition control for inhibiting change of the speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) is executed when an input shaft speed of the CVT is lower than a predetermined ABS-operating-time upper-limit input shaft speed. Therefore, the speed ratio of the CVT can be changed to the largest reduction ratio until it is determined that the input shaft speed of the CVT is lower than the predetermined ABS-operating-time upper-limit input shaft speed. Thus, during ABS operation of an ABS control device before the vehicle is stopped, the speed ratio can be returned to the largest reduction ratio in a condition where engine brake force is not excessively applied, and sufficient driving force of the vehicle or starting response is obtained when the vehicle is re-started. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297143 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A STARTING GEAR - Method to control a drivetrain of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is provided with a vibration sensor and a system for calculating the mass of the vehicle during driving, and where a starting gear of the transmission is automatically chosen dependent on the calculated mass of the vehicle. The method chooses a lower starting gear than the during, driving calculated mass has indicated if the vibration sensor has registered a vibration of the vehicle at stand still. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297144 | ELECTRICAL LOAD CONTROL DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A microcomputer of a driving force distribution control device detects a maximum current value among values of an upper current acquired during a predetermined period, and determines that an overcurrent abnormality has occurred in the driving force distribution control device when the maximum current value is equal to or larger than an abnormal current threshold value and a time, for which the maximum current value is equal to or larger than the abnormal current threshold value, is equal to or larger than an abnormality detection time. Then, the microcomputer performs off control to turn off a relay, and notifies a driver of occurrence of the overcurrent abnormality using a notification unit. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297145 | TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A travel control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a throttle controller, a driving force distributor, a four-wheel drive controller, a vehicle stability assist controller, a requested target drive torque calculator, and an estimated drive torque calculator. In a case where a failure detector detects a failure and the four-wheel drive controller changes a drive control from a four-wheel drive control to a two-wheel drive control, the travel control apparatus sends a first throttle control signal to the throttle controller and changes the drive control from the four-wheel drive control to the two-wheel drive control when an estimated drive torque is greater than an requested target drive torque, and the travel control apparatus changes the drive control from the four-wheel drive control to the two-wheel drive control without sending the first throttle control signal when the estimated drive torque is not greater than the requested target drive torque. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297146 | DRIVING FORCE CONTROL DEVICE FOR FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE - Provided is a driving force control device for a four-wheel-drive vehicle that can evade an occurrence of excessive understeer and oversteer in situations unintended by the driver, by appropriately controlling driving forces to be distributed to sub-drive wheels. The driving force distribution device of the four-wheeled vehicle controls driving force to be distributed to the rear wheels (Wr, Wr) by the clutch ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140297147 | Hybrid vehicle control methods - Vehicle mass is estimated in a hybrid motor vehicle. Upon determination of a significant change in vehicle mass, adjustments are made to control of the regenerative braking systems and to energy storage levels to improve fuel efficiency. Upon determination of an increase in vehicle mass, the amount of braking force applied to the vehicle by the regenerative braking system in response to brake pedal movement is increased in order to capture more braking energy before friction braking is used. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297148 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT AND VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control unit which includes: a sensor board to which a sensor for detecting a predetermined physical quantity is attached; a control board which controls an operation of an electric part based on the physical quantity detected by the sensor; and a housing which accommodates the sensor board and the control board, wherein the housing has a first room for accommodating the electric part, a second room for accommodating the sensor board and the control board in a stacked condition, and a partition portion for separating the first room and the second room from each other, wherein a recess which is opened to the second room is formed in the partition portion, and a sensor accommodating portion for accommodating the sensor is formed using the recess. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297149 | Method for Checking Vehicle Tyres and Control Unit for Carrying out the Method - In a method for checking vehicle tires, wheel sensor signals of at least one wheel of the vehicle are recorded over a time period, and a comparative value is determined to indicate a travel distance of the wheel. A reference travel distance covered by the vehicle in the time period is determined independently of the wheel sensor signals, and an individual ratio value of the wheel is formed from the wheel travel distance and the reference travel distance. The behavior of the ratio value over time is determined, and a determination is made concerning changes to the tire of the wheel. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297150 | DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE AND DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A driving force distribution control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a theoretical value calculator, a normative value calculator, and a servo controller. The theoretical value calculator is configured to calculate a primary rotational speed theoretical value of primary drive wheels and a secondary rotational speed theoretical value of secondary drive wheels based on a steering angle, a vehicle speed, a yaw rate, and a slip angle of the four-wheel drive vehicle and configured to calculate a rotational difference normative theoretical value indicating a difference between rotational speed theoretical values of input and output shafts of a drive force distribution apparatus using the primary rotational speed theoretical value and the secondary rotational speed theoretical value. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297151 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A first travel controller of a control device for a vehicle sets a first target drive force based on preceding vehicle information to control a power source when a follow-up system is in an active state. A second travel controller sets a second target drive force based on a driver's operation to control the power source when the follow-up system is in an inactive state. A third travel controller sets a third target drive force that changes from the first target drive force toward to the second target drive force to control the power source when the follow-up system is switched from the active state to the inactive state. The third travel controller makes a difference between a change rate of the third target drive force set after the cancel operation and a change rate of the third target drive force set after the brake operation. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297152 | HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A high-voltage system control device is used for a vehicle provided with a high-voltage system including a motor as a power source and a battery to supply electric power to the motor. The device includes: an inter-vehicle distance detection unit to detect an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and an target such as a preceding vehicle; an automatic brake to automatically brake the vehicle according to the inter-vehicle distance; and a cut-off control unit to cut off the high-voltage system when the automatic brake is activated. When the vehicle is traveling at a high vehicle speed and the automatic brake is activated, the high-voltage system is cut off with a main relay. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297153 | VEHICLE DRIVING FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control unit adjusts drive force generated by an engine in accordance with the amount of manipulation of an accelerator pedal. When the manipulation amount of the accelerator pedal meets a predetermined condition, the electronic control unit executes drive force limiting control for limiting the drive force generated by the engine and changes the degree of limiting of the drive force during the execution of the drive force limiting process according the gradient of the road surface. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297154 | THEFT PREVENTION DEVICE AND THEFT PREVENTION METHOD - A theft prevention device includes an FI-ECU that controls starting of an engine, a BCM that performs first code authentication between the BCM and the FI-ECU, a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage supplied from a power supply to the FI-ECU or the BCM, and a control unit that performs second code authentication with the BCM and controls a device VSA that is different from the FI-ECU. The BCM performs authentication with the control unit only when the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit indicates a predetermined value or less. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297155 | AIRCRAFT POWER OUTTAKE MANAGEMENT - A system and method for controlling the operation of a gas turbine engine supplying power to an aircraft. The engine is controlled according to a reading of an amount of power drawn from the supplied power. The reading is fed directly to a control system, which issues commands for controlling engine parameters comprising an acceleration reference signal, load shedding, variable geometry positioning, and fuel flow. The control system may further issue commands for controlling the amount of power drawn. The control system may further use the reading to monitor the engine's condition. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297156 | SHOVEL - A shovel includes a cabin in which a display monitor is provided, a main pump that generates a hydraulic pressure, an internal combustion engine that drives the main pump, and a display control part configured to generate display information to be displayed on the display monitor based on information communicated between the display control part and the internal combustion engine, and cause the generated display information to be displayed on the display monitor. The display control part is configured to cause the fuel efficiency of the internal combustion engine to be displayed simultaneously in multiple graphs having different time axes on a single display screen. The graphs show the fuel efficiency of the internal combustion engine over time. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297157 | Method and Apparatus for Engine Analysis and Remote Engine Analysis - Methods of analyzing a cyclo-mechanical engine include detecting an engine signal associated with a plurality of cycles of the cyclo-mechanical engine, comparing a first sample of the engine signal with a second sample of the engine signal to determine a cycle length of the cyclo-mechanical engine, and analyzing the engine signal to detect a variation in the cycle length of the cyclo-mechanical engine over time based on the determined cycle length. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297158 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A WORK VEHICLE - An engine control device for a vehicle is provided, which comprises a control unit configured to be connected to the engine of a vehicle and to control the switching of the engine from a first idle rotation speed to a second idle rotation speed in which the number of engine revolutions is lower compared to the number of revolutions of the first idle speed. The control device also includes a first sensor, configured to be connected to the engine and to instantaneously sense and transmit to the control unit the number of revolutions completed by the engine in the unit of time. The control device further includes a second sensor for detecting the presence of an operator at the vehicle controls, and the second sensor is configured to transmit to the control unit a signal indicating the presence of an operator at the vehicle controls. The control unit is configured to actuate a decrease in the engine rotation speed from the first idle speed toward the second idle speed if the signal transmitted by the second sensor indicates the operator's absence and the signal transmitted by the first sensor indicates that the engine is running at the first idle speed. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297159 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for controlling exhaust emissions by adjusting an injection profile for different fuels injected into an engine cylinder from different fuel injectors during engine start and crank. By splitting fuel injection during start and cranking so that fuel of lower alcohol content is port injected and fuel of higher alcohol content is direct injected as one or multiple injections, the soot load of the engine can be reduced and fuel economy can be improved. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297160 | SHOVEL - A shovel includes a cabin in which a display monitor is provided, a main pump that generates a hydraulic pressure, an internal combustion engine that drives the main pump, and a display control part configured to generate display information to be displayed on the display monitor based on information communicated between the display control part and the internal combustion engine, and cause the generated display information to be displayed on the display monitor. The display control part is configured to cause a graph showing the fuel efficiency of the internal combustion engine over time and the operational work mode of the shovel corresponding to a time for which the fuel efficiency is calculated to be simultaneously displayed on the single display screen of the display monitor. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297161 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING VEHICLE OPERATION - A method and system improving vehicle operation is presented. In one example, the vehicle data is transmitted between a vehicle and a cloud computer. The cloud computer adjusts engine control parameters and the vehicle is operated based on the adjusted engine control parameters. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297162 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for controlling exhaust emissions by adjusting an injection profile for fuel injected into an engine cylinder from a plurality of fuel injectors during engine start and crank. By splitting injection of fuel during start so that a portion of fuel is port injected and a remaining portion is direct injected as one or multiple injections, the soot load of the engine can be reduced and fuel economy can be improved. The injections are adjusted based on the alcohol content of the injected fuel to take advantage of the charge cooling properties of the fuel. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GAS PURGE CONTROL - A method for operating an engine system is provided. The method includes maintaining an intake volume positioned upstream of a throttle and downstream of air cleaner within a selected operating pressure range through adjustment of a balance purge valve positioned upstream of the intake volume and a gas discharge source. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297164 | STOCHASTIC PRE-IGNITION (SPI) MITIGATION USING AN ADAPTIVE SPI SCALER - A system includes a control module and a stochastic pre-ignition (SPI) module. The control module controls at least one performance parameter of an engine of a vehicle. The SPI module detects SPI events, determines a scaling factor based on the detected SPI events, and adjusts a limit associated with the at least one performance parameter based on the scaling factor. The control module controls the at least one performance parameter based on the limit. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297165 | IDLING STOP CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - An idle reduction control device mounted on a vehicle equipped with an engine and a brake including: a detector that detects a parameter having a positive correlation to an amount of brake operation; and an engine controller that controls a start and a stop of the engine. The engine controller stops the engine after a stop of the vehicle, when a change of the parameter caused by a release of the brake is equal to or greater than a predetermined value during a deceleration period before the stop of the vehicle. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297166 | ENGINE CONTROLLER - An engine controller includes: a warm-up control unit that performs warm-up operation for letting the engine continuously operate until an integration value of air intake of the engine comes to a predetermined integration value in order to warm up a catalyst provided in an exhaust system when the engine is first started after start-up of the vehicle; and a continuation control unit that lets the engine continuously operate for a predetermined period subsequent to an end of the warm-up operation. The continuation control unit takes an output value of the engine as a request output value when the request output value of the engine is a predetermined idling output value or more that is smaller than the predetermined warm-up output value and takes the output value as the warm-up output value when the request output value is less than the predetermined idling output value. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297167 | VEHICLE POSITION INDEXING - A method and apparatus for vehicle position indexing. The method includes: obtaining position information of a vehicle in real time, and monitoring a current road segment where the vehicle is located based on the position information and road segment information divided by road network information; in response to having monitored that the vehicle enters into the current road segment, building a road segment index record that includes identification information of the vehicle, identification information of the current road segment, and a time when the vehicle enters into the current road segment; and in response to having monitored that the vehicle leaves the current road segment, adding the time when the vehicle leaves the current road segment, into the road segment index record. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297168 | METHOD OF OPTICALLY LOCATING AND GUIDING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO AN AIRPORT - A method of optically locating and guiding a vehicle relative to an airport having standardized signage where the method includes generating an image of at least a portion of the airport from an optical sensor mounted on the vehicle, determining the location of the vehicle, and providing guidance for operation of the vehicle. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297169 | Predicted Position and Heading/Track Indicators for Navigation Display - A visual/graphical air traffic display tool to aid flight crews in determining future heading/track and position of ownship based on current climb rate, bank angle and groundspeed under current meteorological conditions. The tool displays symbols which indicate the predicted future position and heading/track of ownship on a traffic display unit. The tool is also capable of using ownship's predicted position and information received from surrounding traffic to identify a future conflict at ownship's predicted position and then display a future conflict warning on the traffic display unit. In one embodiment, the future conflict warning takes the form of a change in the coloration of the ownship position and heading/track indicator being displayed. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297170 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM - A driving support system detects a position of an object ahead of an own vehicle as well as predicts a course of the own vehicle. Then, a collision probability between the own vehicle and the object is determined based on the predicted course and the position of the object, and performs the driving support for avoiding collision when the collision probability is high. Further, the driving support to system measures a curvature of a target road, and when a change in the curvature is small and an accurate course prediction is possible, a determination sensitivity of the collision probability is set high so that the driving support is easy to start, otherwise the determination sensitivity of the collision probability is set low so that the driving support is difficult to start. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297171 | VEHICLE-INSTALLATION INTERSECTION JUDGMENT APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A vehicle-installation intersection judgement apparatus determines whether a target object such as a pedestrian is located ahead and to one side of the vehicle, and if so, judges whether the object is moving laterally to intersect with the advancement of the vehicle. Successive amounts of lateral displacement of the object are periodically derived, each amount is compared with a displacement threshold, a count is made of the number of times that the displacement threshold is exceeded, and the count is compared with a predetermined count threshold. The judgement concerning the target object is made based upon whether the count threshold is attained. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297172 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A safety device for motor vehicles, having a sensor system for locating objects at least on one adjacent lane next to one's own lane, and having a prediction module for predicting a degree of blocking of at least one adjacent lane, the prediction module being configured for predicting a degree of blocking of the adjacent lane by hitherto non-located objects as a function of information about located objects. Also described is a method including the operations of locating an object on the adjacent lane next to one's own lane of a motor vehicle, predicting a degree of blocking of the adjacent lane by hitherto non-located objects as a function of the performed object location. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297173 | System for alerting automobile driver when opening door - An alert system for an automobile is provided with in combination a buzzer; a lamp; two sensors each disposed in a vehicle door of either side of the automobile; two activation devices each disposed in the vehicle door of either side of the automobile and operatively connected to an inner door handle; and a controller electrically connected to the activation devices, the buzzer, the lamp, the sensors, indicator lights, and a horn. After parking the automobile, one sensor sensing a vehicle coming from behind and one side, and a vehicle door being opened by pulling the inner door handle, the activation device is activated by the inner door, a signal is generated by the activation device, and the signal is sent to the controller which instructs the buzzer to make a buzzing sound, the lamp to light, the indicator lights to flash, and the horn to sound an alarm. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297174 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A position detector is configured to detect a current position of a moving body. A condition detector is configured to detect moving conditions including a forward direction of the moving body. A display unit is configured to display a predetermined image overlaid on the landscape in front of the moving body. A storage unit is configured to store the position of each intersection in a route along which the moving body moves and the position and shape of each object existing around the intersection. A selector is configured to select any one of the objects existing around an intersection for which guidance is needed when the moving body nears the intersection. A drawing controller is configured to draw on the display unit, a guide figure indicating the object selected by the selector. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297175 | Intelligent Reverse Geocoding - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for obtaining location information from a location source. A geographic reference point is determined based on accuracy of the location information. The geographic reference point is incorporated into a location result. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297176 | INTERPOLATING GEOLOCATION - An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory can store a first address and a longitude, latitude, and altitude associated with the first address. The processor can receive a second address and determine that a user device associated with the second address is not located at the second address. In response to the determination that the user device is not located at the second address, the processor can approximate the geocoordinates of the second address based at least in part upon the longitude, latitude, and altitude associated with the first address. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297177 | NAVIGATION DEVICE HAVING DEAD RECKONING NAVIGATION FUNCTIONALITY AND METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of determining a heading of travel of a navigation device, comprising determining a reference heading for a roadway system and determining a current heading of navigation device travel, wherein the current heading is determined as an integer multiple of a predetermined lock angle in combination with the reference heading. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297178 | NAVIGATION METHOD, DEVICE FOR NAVIGATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a navigation method, a device for navigation and a navigation system in the field of communication technique. Said method comprises steps of performing a location processing to obtain a location of the first terminal, acquiring a location of a second terminal; and navigating the second terminal based on navigation information from the location of the second terminal to a target location. The target location is a predetermined location or a current location of the first terminal. A first terminal for navigation comprises a location module, an acquiring module and a navigation module. A server for navigation comprises an acquiring module and a transmitting module. Said system comprises the first terminal and the server. The present disclosure accomplished a location-based navigation service and incorporated the location service and the navigation function so as to enhance the location service function and sufficiently meet with the user's requirements. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297179 | PHYSICAL OBJECT SEARCH - A method and system for searching for items is provided. The method includes receiving, from a user, description data describing search requirements associated with a requested physical object to be located. Locations of the user are monitored and a request to locate the physical object is transmitted to video data retrieval devices. In response, video data associated with associated physical objects and location data for associated locations are retrieved. Distances and relative velocities between current locations of the user and each location of each physical object are calculated. In response, recommendations associated with traveling to view each physical object are generated and presented to the user. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297180 | Mobilized Sensor System - A location associated with an identified hardware device is determined. A mobilized sensor system navigates to the determined location. The mobilized sensor system captures identity information from a “located” device at the determined location. Whether or not the located device is the identified hardware device is determined based on the information. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297181 | LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY SYSTEM, LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY METHOD, AND LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A determination unit that determines whether a vehicle is in a lane change state where the vehicle is going to make a lane change from a travelling lane to a recommended lane; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the front image on which a guide line is superimposed, wherein the guide line has a front end point and a rear end point, are provided. In the lane change state, the display control unit sets a position of the rear end point in the front image such that the rear end point indicates a central position in a width direction of the vehicle, and, not in the lane change state, the display control unit sets a position of the rear end point in the front image such that the rear end point indicates a central position in a width direction in the travelling lane. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297182 | CONTENTION AVOIDANCE - A system and method for navigating a vehicle through a mining environment to a target destination is presented. The system and method may be utilized to avoid contention in the mining environment. A route through the mining environment to the target destination for the vehicle is identified and a first speed profile for at least a portion of the route is determined. A potential contention condition associated with the route is identified and the potential contention condition along the route is used to determine a second speed profile for at least a portion of the route. An optimized speed profile is determined using the first speed profile and the second speed profile, and at least a portion of the optimized speed profile is communicated to the vehicle. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297183 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING PREDICTIONS ON A FLIGHT PLAN OF AN AIRCRAFT - The device comprises a flight management system which comprises means for generating requests, for requesting the results of performance functions and a performance function server which is external with respect to the flight management system and comprises means for calculating predictions which are capable of processing the requests and transmitting the results to the flight management system. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297184 | GUIDANCE APPARATUS AND GUIDANCE METHOD - A guidance apparatus for guiding to a predetermined orientation includes a detection section configured to detect a contact of an object via a contact surface; a measurement section configured to measure an orientation of the guidance apparatus; a calculation section configured to calculate a direction of the predetermined orientation relative to the orientation measured by the measurement section; and a vibration section configured to generate vibration if the contact of the object is detected by the detection section either within an area including the direction, or within another area other than the area including the direction, among a plurality of areas partitioning the contact surface. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297185 | Method, Device and System for Presenting Navigational Information - A method and apparatus for presenting navigational information for a mobile device. The mobile device is configured to determine its location, for example via GPS. One or more input images and navigational information are obtained. The input images may be obtained, for example, via a camera. One or more output images are generated by processing the input images to integrate the obtained navigational information. Processing of the input images includes recognizing one or more objects in the input images. The recognized objects may be indicative of navigational instructions, for example, a navigation route. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297186 | Rock Classification Based on Texture and Composition - A methodology provides improved rock classification. The rock classification may be based on characteristics such as texture and composition. Initially, data is obtained on rock in a given subterranean region. The data is processed to derive a material behavior and/or material properties in the subterranean region based on texture and/or composition of the rock. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297187 | JOINT INVERSION OF GEOPHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES - Described herein are implementations of various technologies for a method. The method may receive seismic attributes regarding a region of interest in a subsurface of the earth. The method may receive electrical attributes regarding the region of interest. The method may receive a selection of a rock physics model for the region of interest. The method may calculate values of rock parameters for the selected rock physics model using a nonlinear relation that links cross-properties between the seismic attributes and the electrical attributes for the region of interest. The method may determine the presence of hydrocarbon deposits in the region of interest using the calculated values. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297188 | TIME-FREQUENCY REPRESENTATIONS OF SEISMIC TRACES USING WIGNER-VILLE DISTRIBUTIONS - Presented are methods and systems for reducing or eliminating spurious error or cross-terms when using bilinear functions in a time-frequency analysis. A maximum entropy method is applied to a Wigner-Ville distribution of seismic traces to provide a robust and high resolution time-frequency representation of the seismic traces. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297189 | SEISMIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING REPEATABILITY SHOT INDICATORS - Methods and systems for generating multi-criteria shot indicators are described. The multi-criteria shot indicator values can be weighted and the weighting factors can themselves incorporate one or more sensitivity factors. In another aspect, the shot indicators are related to the 4D repeatability and/or the 3D stability of seismic features associated with individual shots or sets of shots. The multi-criteria shot indicators can be evaluated in real-time onboard a seismic vessel and included as part of an infill reshoot decision making/quality control process. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297190 | MONITORING OF SOURCE SIGNATURE DIRECTIVITY IN SEISMIC SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for generating a stability indicator associated with source directivity between shots and based on a signature are described. The stability indicator is computed by comparing a reference directivity cube to a source directivity cube using a partitioned intensity uniformity (PIU) metric. In another aspect, the stability indicator can be normalized to produce a scalar stability indicator expressed in percentage. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297191 | PREDICTING SENSITIVITY TO POSITIONING FOR SEISMIC SURVEYS - A geophysical target-oriented approach is proposed to derive seismic sensitivity to 4D positioning mismatches, which focuses on the impact on the reflective response from the reservoir. The sensitivity indicators provide information about the seismic impact, in terms of reservoir imaging, of a surface positioning mismatch. Some embodiments capitalize on the use of legacy data, enabling a fast-track analysis to be carried out on the velocity model to extract trends and mapping of lateral geological variability. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERPOLATING SEISMIC DATA BY MATCHING PURSUIT IN FOURIER TRANSFORM - Methods and systems for interpolating seismic data estimate a first frequency spectrum associated with the seismic data using a matching point (MP) algorithm having a pre-computed term. A second frequency spectrum is also estimate for the seismic data, using the MP algorithm, an anti-aliasing mask and the estimated first regular frequency spectrum. From the second frequency spectrum, the interpolated seismic data can be determined by performing an inverse fast Fourier Transform thereon. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297193 | SEISMIC METHODS AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING SHALLOW SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING ANALYSIS USING RECEIVER FUNCTIONS - Methods and systems for shallow shear-wave splitting analysis using receiver functions of seismic data are described. Radial and transverse receiver functions are calculating by, for example, performing cross-correlations of vertical component data with radial component data and vertical component data with transverse component data, respectively. The receiver functions are then used to determine orientation and other characteristics associated with shear waves passing through an azimuthally anisotropic layer. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297194 | GENE SIGNATURES FOR DETECTION OF POTENTIAL HUMAN DISEASES - A process to select signature gene by performing statistical analyses on gene datasets of various types of diseases for identifying signature genes for at least one of the diseases followed by categorizing and establishing gene expression table with the signature genes. The signature genes in the gene expression table are tested and verified by applying additional datasets to finalize and confirm the signature genes. The step of performing the statistical analyses on the gene datasets of various types of diseases further comprising a step of performing a total background normalization (TBN) of a relative gene expression (RGE) ratio then carried a two-tail T-test of the RGE ratios between the various diseases. The step of identifying the signature gene further comprising a step of carrying out a false positive elimination (FPE) by identifying differently expressed genes and removing overlapping genes among different diseases from a list of the signature genes | 2014-10-02 |
20140297195 | Method and Use of Metabolites for the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Brain Injury in Preterm Born Infants - The present invention relates to novel biomarkers for predicting the likelihood of inflammation-related brain injury in preterm born infants, using a plurality of endogenous target metabolites selected from the group consisting of acyl carnitins, diacylphosphatidylcholines, acyl-alkylphosphatidylchoines, lysophosphatidylcholines and amino acids. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297196 | Hardware Acceleration of Short Read Mapping for Genomic and Other Types of Analyses - A scalable FPGA-based solution to the short read mapping problem in DNA sequencing is disclosed which greatly accelerates the task of aligning short length reads to a known reference genome. A representative system comprises one or more memory circuits storing a plurality of short reads and a reference genome sequence; and one or more field programmable gate arrays configured to select a short read; to extract a plurality of seeds from the short read, each seed comprising a genetic subsequence of the short read; for each seed, to determine at least one candidate alignment location (CAL) in the reference genome sequence to form a plurality of CALs; for each CAL, to determine a likelihood of the short read matching the reference genome sequence in the vicinity of the CAL; and to select one or more CALs having the currently greater likelihood of the short read matching the reference genome sequence. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297197 | CALIBRATION CURVE CREATION METHOD, CALIBRATION CURVE CREATION APPARATUS, AND TARGET COMPONENT GAUGING APPARATUS - A calibration curve creation method is capable of performing accurate measurement from a piece of observation data. The calibration curve creation method includes (a) acquiring observation data regarding a plurality of samples of a subject, (b) acquiring the content of a target component in each sample, (c) estimating a plurality of independent components at the time of separation into a plurality of independent components of each sample and calculating a mixing coefficient corresponding to the target component for each sample, and (d) calculating the regression equation of the calibration curve. The process (c) includes a step of calculating an independent component matrix by executing first pre-processing including correcting the observation data, second pre-processing including whitening, and independent component analysis processing in this order. A process suitable for the observation data is selected from a plurality of processes, and is used as the first pre-processing and the second pre-processing. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297198 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A measurement system includes a measurement device and a multifunctional portable terminal. The a measurement device includes a measurement unit for measuring a particular component in a biological sample, a measurement-side communication unit for transmitting by radio a measurement datum obtained by the measurement unit, and a measurement-side controller for controlling the measurement unit and the measurement-side communication unit. The multifunctional portable terminal includes an output-side communication unit for receiving the measurement datum transmitted from the measurement-side communication unit, an output-side storage unit for storing a plurality of voice message data, an output-side controller for generating a voice message datum or selecting a voice message datum from the voice message data stored in the output-side storage unit based on the measurement datum, and a voice message output unit for outputting the voice message datum generated or selected by the output-side controller. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297199 | DRUG SCREENING METHOD AND USES THEREOF - Described herein are methods of screening drugs in a non-human animal using high resolution technology leading to generation of pharmacomaps. Further described herein are methods of predicting the therapeutic benefit and/or toxicity of drug candidate compounds. In specific embodiments, provided herein are methods of predicting the clinical effects of a test drug based on comparison of the pharmacomap of the test drug to the pharmacomap of one or more reference drugs with known clinical outcomes. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297200 | CELL ANALYZER, CELL COLLECTING APPARATUS, AND QUALITY CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a cell analyzer comprising: a measuring device that includes a collecting section configured to collect target cells in a specimen with a filter, and is configured to measure the target cells collected by the collecting section; and a data processing device configured to analyze the target cells based on measurement data obtained by the measuring device, wherein the cell analyzer is operable in a first mode of measuring a clinical specimen collected from a subject and a second mode of measuring a quality control specimen containing particles having size capturable by the filter; and the data processing device is programmed to acquire an amount of particles collected by the collecting section based on measurement data of the quality control specimen obtained in the second mode, and output an alarm when the amount of particles meets a predetermined condition. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297201 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION - The invention relates to a method for analysing mass spectral data obtained from a sample in GC×GC (2-dimensional) mass spectrometry, comprising: (a) comparing mass spectral data of an analyte with mass spectral data of candidate compounds of known structure in a data library; (b) identifying a plurality of candidate compounds from the library based on similarities of mass spectral data; (c) predicting, for each candidate compound, a value of at least one analytical property using a quantitative model based on a plurality of molecular descriptors; and (d) calculating a match score for each candidate compound based on the value predicted in step (c) and a measured value of the analytical property for the analyte. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297202 | NONDESTRUCTIVE METHOD TO DETERMINE CRYSTALLINITY IN AMORPHOUS ALLOY - One embodiment provides a method of determining an unknown degree of crystallinity, the method comprising: constructing a master curve plot comprising a plurality of reference curves, each reference curve representing a relationship between electrical resistivity and temperature for one of a plurality of reference alloy samples having a chemical composition and various pre-determined degrees of crystallinity; for an alloy specimen having the chemical composition and the unknown degree of crystallinity, obtaining a curve representing the electrical resistivity and temperature thereof; and determining the unknown degree of crystallinity by comparing the curve to the master curve plot. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297203 | MULTIPHASE FLOW MEASUREMENT - A flow measurement device includes a first sensor device that responds to stimulus from fluid medium flowing through a measurement section by registering a measure representing a physical characteristic, a processor, and a data storage including a look-up table containing a first collection of values representing a first value of flow of a first fluid or a first value of flow of a second fluid, and a second look-up table containing a second collection of the values representing a second value of the flow of the first fluid or a second value of the flow of the second fluid, the processor receiving the measures registered during a measurement time interval and estimating a flow pattern of the fluid medium during the measurement interval where the flow pattern describes how the first and second fluids are distributed in the measurement section over the measurement time interval. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME AIR MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS IN WET CONCRETE - Apparatus is provided having an acoustic-based air probe with an acoustic source configured to provide an acoustic signal into a mixture of concrete; and an acoustic receiver configured to be substantially co-planar with the acoustic source, to respond to the acoustic signal, and to provide signaling containing information about the acoustic signal injected into the mixture of concrete. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297205 | DETERMINING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE OF A SAMPLE - Determining electromagnetic response of sample structure having predetermined bulk permittivity and permeability, to electron and radiation pulses, includes calculating electron pulse response of sample structure to electron pulse excitation, using finite-difference time-domain method. Electron pulse excitation is represented by non-singular current source driven by relativistic moving non-Coulombian electron charges, electron pulse response is calculated based on interaction of electron pulse excitation with electromagnetic modes of sample structure at laboratory frame, and electron pulse response depends on bulk permittivity and permeability of sample structure, calculating radiation response of sample structure to electromagnetic radiation excitation, using finite-difference time-domain method. Radiation response depends on bulk permittivity and permeability of sample structure, and providing electromagnetic response of sample structure by superimposing electron pulse response and radiation response. Electromagnetic response comprises electron-energy-loss spectra and/or experienced phase of electron wave functions after interacting with photons of electromagnetic radiation excitation. Method and measuring apparatus are also described. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297206 | Universal Smart Energy Transformer Module - A universal smart energy transformer module (USETM) that uses an array of sensors to monitor and measure characteristics of the electrical power delivered and utilized at a location, along with other conditions in the area surrounding the location. The invention then uses the data from these sensors to determine the condition and performance of the transformer (for example, its input and output, power quality etc.) and also to identify any anomalies detected within the local power system that could threaten reliable electric supply on the electric grid, or pose a danger to people. A notification of such condition may be distributed using the secure, uninterruptible communications system. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297207 | SAFETY ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR WIRING - A safety analysis system for wiring, including: a storage unit that stores electric wire-terminal connector correlation information in which each of a plurality of electric wires and a pair of connectors are correlated with each other, terminal connector-function correlation information in which the pair of connectors located at terminals and a function of a device to which the connectors are connected are correlated with each other, and function determination information including a combination of a plurality of functions that are not allowed to be lost at the same time; and a processing unit that matches the electric wire-terminal connector correlation information and the terminal connector-function correlation information when the wire harness is identified, and generates electric wire-function correlation information in which each of the plurality of electric wires and the function of the device are correlated with each other. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297208 | Remote HVAC Monitoring And Diagnosis - A monitoring system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a building includes a monitoring device and a server. The monitoring device is installed at the building. The monitoring device | 2014-10-02 |
20140297209 | METHOD, SENSOR AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING APPLIANCES IN A POWER LINE NETWORK - A method for analyzing appliances in a power line network, comprises obtaining an electrical characteristic of the power line network, using a sensor that is connected to the power line network, and detecting an appliance connected to the power line network on the basis of the electrical characteristic of the power line network and a model profile. The model profile is based on electrical characteristics of one or more candidate appliances and on a configuration of the power line network. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297210 | UNIVERSAL INTERNET OF THINGS APPARATUS AND METHODS - A system to aggregate, filter, and share data for analysis receives first data from a first sensor, system, or server where the first data has a first protocol. The system samples the first data at a first sampling rate to generate first digital data, where the first sampling rate is substantially continuous. Further, the system transmits at a reporting rate that is decoupled from the first second sampling rate at least the first digital data over a network having a third protocol that is different from the first protocol. The network can be accessed by wired or wireless access and includes one or more servers in cloud configuration. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297211 | STATISTICAL MODEL-BASED METROLOGY - Methods and systems for creating a measurement model based on measured training data are presented. The trained measurement model is used to calculate process parameter values, structure parameter values, or both, directly from measured data collected from other wafers. The measurement models receive measurement data directly as input and provide process parameter values, structure parameter values, or both, as output. The measurement model enables the direct measurement of process parameters. Measurement data from multiple targets is collected for model building, training, and measurement. In some examples, the use of measurement data associated with multiple targets eliminates, or significantly reduces, the effect of under layers in the measurement result, and enables more accurate measurements. Measurement data collected for model building, training, and measurement, may be derived from measurements performed by a combination of multiple, different measurement techniques. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297212 | Systems and Methods for Compensating for a Misalignment Angle Between an Accelerometer and a Magnetometer - A method for compensating for a misalignment angle between an accelerometer and a magnetometer includes applying a corrective rotation to collected accelerometer data or magnetometer data based on an estimated misalignment angle between an axis of the accelerometer and an axis of the magnetometer. The method further includes estimating a gravity vector using the corrected accelerometer data and estimating a magnetic field vector using the corrected magnetometer data. Additionally, the method includes calculating a characteristic that is a function of a calculated angle between the estimated gravity vector and the estimated magnetic field. The method also includes calculating a figure of merit over the plurality of times that is a function of the characteristic, and dynamically adjusting the estimated misalignment angle during ordinary use of the electronic device such that the figure of merit converges to a value as the electronic device rotates. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297213 | AZIMUTH CORRECTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - In various embodiments, the azimuth correction method includes acquiring at the electronic device, an azimuth, determining reliability of a change value of the azimuth, sensing motion of the electronic device based on the reliability, and correcting the azimuth according to the motion. Various embodiments of the invention may include other embodiments. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297214 | OCCUPANT DETERMINATION APPARATUS - An occupant determination apparatus includes a load sensor that detects weight of an occupant seated on a seat of a vehicle, and a determinator determining the weight of the occupant as one status among a plurality of statuses which is set corresponding to the weight based on the measurement weight measured by the load sensor. In a case where an absolute value of acceleration acting on the vehicle becomes equal to or larger than the threshold value set in advance, the determinator determines the weight of the occupant as one of the status among the plurality of statuses based on the measurement weight measured before it becomes the threshold value. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297215 | Temperature-Measurement Probe - An apparatus, system and method for temperature measurement of a target site, such a human body site. The invention includes an intelligent temperature probe configured to physically contact a target site and to communicate with a host device, which can be implemented as a hand-held device or as a personal computer. The host device can compute, store and display an accurate predicted temperature, or an actual temperature at thermal equilibrium, of the target site for each of a plurality of different intelligent temperature probes that each have unique and varied operating characteristics. A set of unique operating characteristics for each temperature probe is represented by information communicated between each respective temperature probe and the host device. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297216 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMAL RESPONSE TESTING - A system and method for performing at least one thermal response test for a medium. At least one request signal indicative of at least one request to perform the thermal response test is received. On the basis of the at least one request, at least one control signal is generated for causing at least one parameter of a fluid circulating through the medium to be acquired. The at least one measurement is indicative of a thermal property of the medium. The at least one control signal is then output to a hydraulic system. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297217 | FITNESS MONITORING DEVICE WITH ALTIMETER AND GESTURE RECOGNITION - Biometric monitoring devices, including various technologies that may be implemented in such devices, are discussed herein. Additionally, techniques for utilizing altimeters in biometric monitoring devices are provided. Such techniques may, in some implementations, involve recalibrating a biometric monitoring device altimeter based on location data; using altimeter data as an aid to gesture recognition; and/or using altimeter data to manage an airplane mode of a biometric monitoring device. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297218 | FITNESS MONITORING DEVICE WITH ALTIMETER AND AIRPLANE MODE - Biometric monitoring devices, including various technologies that may be implemented in such devices, are discussed herein. Additionally, techniques for utilizing altimeters in biometric monitoring devices are provided. Such techniques may, in some implementations, involve recalibrating a biometric monitoring device altimeter based on location data; using altimeter data as an aid to gesture recognition; and/or using altimeter data to manage an airplane mode of a biometric monitoring device. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297219 | MOTION DETECTOR MODULE - Motion detector modules are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a motion sensor, carried by an insertable storage card, to capture a motion status signal, the motion status signal to be evaluated to determine if the motion status signal represents a characteristic motion of the motion sensor to thereby determine validity of media measurement data collected by a portable device; and an audio sensor, carried by an extension of the insertable storage card, to capture an audio signal from an environment including the portable device. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297220 | VEHICULAR OCCUPANCY ASSESSMENT - Systems, devices, and techniques are provided for occupancy assessment of a vehicle. For one or more occupants of the vehicle, the occupancy assessment establishes position and/or identity for some or all of the occupant(s). | 2014-10-02 |
20140297221 | LOCATING SYSTEM AND LOCATING METHOD USING PRESSURE SENSOR - A locating system includes a plurality of pressure sensors, a storage unit, and an analysis unit. The pressure sensors are located at different locations under a floor of a room to sense pressures. Each pressure sensor has a sensor identification (ID). The storage unit stores a location of each pressure sensor to correspond to the sensor ID of each pressure sensor. When a pressure sensor senses a pressure from a user, the analysis unit determines where the user is located in the room according to the location stored in the storage unit corresponding to the sensor ID of the pressure sensor. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297222 | Actuator Position Calculation Device, Actuator Position Calculation Method, and Actuator Position Calculation Program - A device for calculating a position of an actuator, the actuator including a movement mechanism configured to move in one direction in proportion to a control signal generated for each minimum movement amount ΔM and a movement amount detection sensor configured to detect a movement amount of the movement mechanism in a minimum resolution ΔS, where A=ΔS/ΔM≧2, and the device includes a position calculation unit configured to calculating a position SA of the movement mechanism at a target position from the control signal at a time point T1, at which the sensor signal becomes (S0+m×ΔS) or (S0−m×ΔS), where m is a natural number of 1 or more, the control signal at the target position of the movement mechanism is denoted by M0, and the sensor signal is denoted by S0. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297223 | METHOD FOR USING OPTICAL METROLOGY TO MONITOR CRITICAL DIMENSION UNIFORMITY - Various embodiments provide systems, computer program products and computer implemented methods. In some embodiments, the system includes a method of determining a characteristic of an optical mask. The method including: generating a first set of electromagnetic field (EMF) simulation data about the optical mask, using a first set of simulation criteria; determining a first correlation between optical metrology data about the optical mask and the first set of EMF simulation data; and determining the characteristic of the optical mask based upon the first correlation between the optical metrology data and the first set of EMF simulation data. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297224 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF TIRE SHAPE INSPECTING DEVICE - In a data processing method of a tire shape inspecting device of the present invention, a position immediately before the number of the undetected points becomes a predetermined, number or more is determined as a temporary range of upper and lower limit values. Meanwhile, an absolute value is obtained from a result obtained by performing a filtering process using a secondary differential filter on the surface height distribution information subjected to a zero point removing process, an average absolute value is calculated from the position of the first coordinate axis, and a threshold value for distinguishing the side wall surface is calculated. Then, the threshold value is compared with the average absolute value of the position of the first coordinate axis within the temporary range of the upper and lower limit values so as to determine the range of the upper and lower limit values. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT MONITORING - The present disclosure provides a system which collects data from a set of sensors installed on underground vehicles which is then transferred to a remote data collection node through multiple communication protocol/channels according to priority calculations. Data priority is defined based on the evaluation of individual criteria and a set of weights. Priorities, weights and criteria can be dynamically adjusted depending on environmental factors. The protocol, channel and transfer order will depend upon calculated priorities. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297226 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD, SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND RECOVERY METHOD - Disclosed is a sample analysis method using a sample measuring apparatus configured to operate under control of a first computer, the method comprising: making the sample measuring apparatus operate under control of a second computer instead of the first computer, the step including downloading, from an external server, a control program for executing a function of causing the sample measuring apparatus to start measurement of a sample, a function of receiving measurement data of the sample from the sample measuring apparatus, and a function of transmitting the received measurement data to the external server, and installing the control program in the second computer; causing the second computer to execute the installed control program to cause the sample measuring apparatus to perform measurement of a sample, and to transmit measurement data received from the sample measuring apparatus to the external server; and causing the external server to execute an analysis program for analyzing the measurement data received from the second computer, to analyze the measurement data and to generate an analysis result. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A LIGHT SENSORY NETWORK - A method of determining the position of an array of sensors, an array of solid-state lamps, or other devices which sense or emit electromagnetic waves includes first determining a sensing or emitting distribution for one of the devices, then integrating that distribution over the area to be covered by the sensors or emitters. In response to the integrated distribution, the sensors or emitters may be repositioned, reconfigured, or reoriented to provide desired coverage. Wireless access points that communicate to wireless end points associated with the lights and/or sensors are designed and positioned to provide adequate signal strength. All elements, light distribution, sensor range, and wireless signal strength may be plotted in contour plots within the same user interface that enables users to place the devices in a specified area. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297228 | DETECTION AND/OR CLASSIFICATION OF MATERIALS - A method processing an image dataset of radiation emergent from a test object after its irradiation by a suitable radiation source is described which comprises the steps of: generating an image dataset comprising a spatially resolved map of items of intensity data from the radiation emergent from the test object; further, resolving the intensity data items spectroscopically between at least two energy bands across the spectrum of the source; numerically processing the spectroscopically resolved intensity data items to determine a further spatially resolved dataset of data items representative of one or more orders of Compound Proton Number and/or effective mass thickness and/or a density; generating a segmented image dataset using the said dataset of data items representative of one or more orders of Compound Proton Number and/or effective mass thickness and/or a density. The method applied as part of a method for the radiological examination of an object and an apparatus for the same are also described. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297229 | DATA LOGGER FOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE - For easy centralized management of measurement data and installation environmental data and user's real-time recognition through a certain type of peripheral equipment of how the installation environment affects the measured values at the site of measurement, a data logger for a measurement device includes in its structure any of the sensors for temperature, humidity, air pressure, and acceleration as an environmental sensor that detects a physical quality of an environment where the measurement device is installed, a data recording unit that records installation environmental data detected by the environmental sensor and measurement data detected by the measurement device on the basis of time, and a data processing unit that displays the installation environmental data and measurement data in whole or selectively, as numerical values or graphs of changes over time, with the time axes aligned, and includes one or more external equipment terminal connectors that exchange signals with external equipment. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING PLANT ENGINEERING DATA - Methods for modeling a physical facility and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a plant concept model of a physical facility including a plurality of metamodel entities and receiving a plurality of plant foundational models corresponding to the plant concept model, each plant foundational model addressing a different engineering aspect of the physical facility. The method includes integrating the plurality of plant foundational models and defining a plurality of plant type models each corresponding to a respective plant foundational model. The method includes defining a plurality of plant instance models each corresponding to a respective plant type model and creating an integrated model that provides a user view that combines the plant foundational models and plant instance models. The method includes storing the integrated model. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297231 | MULTI-COMPONENT COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS - A method of Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD simulation for a product including a plurality of individual components, the method comprising creating a library of known components, including their component geometry and modeling properties needed for simulation, the components being individually meshed within the library; using a graphical user interface GUI to select and place a plurality of components from the library in a desired configuration to make up a CFD model of a product; and CFD simulating the model by scheduling a plurality of solvers, each solver modeling a component group comprising part or all of at least one component, to manage the time of action of the solvers and data exchange between the solvers. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297232 | SCANNING INSTRUMENT - Provided is a scanning instrument that can obtain information about position and inclination of a central axis of an implant fixture used for an implant bridge with a high accuracy. A scanning instrument ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140297233 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF A MODEL FOR A COMPLEX FLOW SYSTEM - Aspects of the present invention provide a solution for calibrating a model of a complex flow system. In an embodiment, a comparison is made between the output from the model and a set of observed values for each of a plurality of nodes in the complex flow system. An adjoint sensitivity is computed for each of the nodes based on the comparison. These computed adjoint sensitivities are used to adjust a set of coefficients of the models. This calibration process can be performed multiple times, periodically and/or continuously to maximize the accuracy of the model. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297234 | Forecasting production output of computing system fabrication test using dynamic predictive model - A dynamic predictive model of a computing system fabrication test is constructed. The computing system fabrication test is conducted over test sectors. Each test sector corresponds to a different type of the computing system fabrication test, and includes test operations that are individually performed to effectuate the test sector. The dynamic predictive model generates a predicted completion time of each test operation of each test sector. Production output of the computing system fabrication test is forecast for a scenario corresponding to a particular computing system to undergo fabrication testing, by applying the dynamic predictive model to the scenario. The production output is forecast in that a total time remaining until the particular computing system to which the scenario corresponds has completed the fabrication testing is predicted. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297235 | PRODUCTION ANALYSIS AND/OR FORECASTING METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for modeling well production. Such methods comprise modeling a production of a well (perhaps an open universe, generative model). Methods also comprise determining probability distributions for physical parameters associated with the well by training the model with historic well production data (perhaps using sparse sampling). Such methods also comprise determining a posterior distribution for the model by sampling probability distributions for the parameters. Some methods further comprise determining a posterior distribution for the well's production using the model's posterior distribution. Non-Gaussian (Laplacian) noise can be added to the model. Methods can comprise financially modeling the well. Some methods comprise using MCMC sampling to converge the parameter posterior distribution for the well's production. An EUR for the well can be determined as well as an uncertainty associated with the posterior distribution for the production. If desired, some methods comprise modeling multi-phase flow in the well. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297236 | CONTACT SIMULATION METHOD FOR RUBBER MATERIAL - A computer-implemented method for simulating a contact state of a rubber material with a contact surface is disclosed, wherein a rubber model of the rubber material is defined; the rubber material is modeled by a finite number of particles on which a motion equation is defined; a contact zone model of a contact zone including the contact surface is defined; the contact zone is modeled by a finite number of particles; the rubber model is contacted with the contact zone model and a deformation calculation of the rubber model is performed; and the motion equations defined on the particles of the rubber material have a term expressive of resilience of the rubber material. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297237 | Use of Monte Carlo Simulations For Establishing Correlations and Their Uncertainties - A method and computer-readable medium for establishing an uncertainty for obtained values of a one-dimensional logging parameter mapped to a three-dimensional volume is disclosed. A relation is formed between the obtained values of the logging parameter and a volumetric parameter of the three-dimensional volume. A set of representative data points is obtained that relates the obtained values of the logging parameter to the volumetric parameter by binning the obtained values. A plurality of regression curves are then determined, wherein each regression curve is obtained by adding a random error to the set of representative data points to obtain a set of randomized data points and performing a regression analysis using the set of randomized data points. The plurality of regression curves are used to establish the uncertainty for the values of the logging parameter in the three-dimensional volume. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297238 | SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING AND CLASSIFYING ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS - An approach and system for receiving data from a thermostat in a building, treating the data as representative of a thermal response model or system, and determining a relationship between a rate of building internal temperature change and change in outdoor temperature to provide an indication of how well a building is insulated versus a thermal mass of the building. | 2014-10-02 |
20140297239 | SIMULATION METHOD FOR HIGH POLYMER MATERIAL - A computerized simulation method for evaluating dispersion of fillers in a high polymer material, the method comprises a step (S | 2014-10-02 |