42nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100268410 | SYSTEM, WORKING MACHINE COMPRISING THE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SPRINGING AN IMPLEMENT OF A WORKING MACHINE DURING TRANSPORT - A system for a working machine is adapted for springing the movement of a load during transport and includes at least one hydraulic cylinder for operating the load, an accumulator, and a valve adapted to control a flow communication between the hydraulic cylinder and the accumulator. The system includes a first control valve arranged on a conduit connecting to the piston side of the hydraulic cylinder, a second control valve arranged on a conduit connecting to the piston rod side of the hydraulic cylinder, a first pressure sensor for detecting a load pressure of the hydraulic cylinder, a second pressure sensor for detecting a charge pressure of the accumulator, and a control unit adapted to receive signals with information about the pressures detected by the pressure sensors and to generate control signals corresponding to the detected pressures for controlling the springing function. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268411 | Charge monitor apparatus, electric vehicle, and server - In an electric vehicle equipped with a charge system, a communications condition, which is used to execute data communications to transmit to an outside, is previously designated based on an instruction by a user. When the designated communications condition becomes satisfied, the data communications from the vehicle is started to transmit a charge state to a server which is a communications partner designated previously. Therefore, a user can detect the charge state of the electric vehicle without need of accessing the electric vehicle, even if not reaching a full charge state. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268412 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An obtaining unit obtains information about a condition where a vehicle is placed. A detection unit detects at least one of a voice and an action of an occupant of the vehicle. An estimation unit estimates an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled target according to the condition where the vehicle is placed. A determination unit determines an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled in-vehicle apparatus and determines a control content thereof in consideration of the at least one of a voice and an action. A notification unit notifies the occupant of the in-vehicle apparatus to be controlled and the control content thereof determined by the determination unit. A control unit controls the in-vehicle apparatus according to the determination of the determination unit when receiving a response to the notification of the notification unit from the occupant to permit the control of the in-vehicle apparatus. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268413 | ELECTRONIC TECHNICAL LOGBOOK - A system, a method, and a computer program are provided for recording technical issues of an aircraft. A server unit is adapted to store and output data related to technical issues of an aircraft. A client unit sends an access request to a server, which receives and processes this request, permits access to the data and restricts the adding or modifying processing of the data to one client unit at a time. For use during flight tests on board of the aircraft, a snapshot of the data may be transferred to a mobile computer, while the data on the server unit is restricted to read-only. After the flight test, the modified data is transferred back to the server unit and the read-only restriction is removed. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268414 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE ANGULAR SPEED OF A MOBILE - A method of determining an angular velocity of an aircraft includes measuring the angular velocity using at least one gyro delivering a measured angular velocity signal affected by stochastic noise; measuring the angular acceleration of the aircraft using at least one accelerometer delivering a signal representing the angular acceleration of the aircraft; and using a filtering complementary in a frequency domain to combine a sum of the measured angular velocity signal and the angular acceleration signal so as to obtain a hybrid estimated angular velocity signal with reduced stochastic noise. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268415 | VEHICLE INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS - A vehicle information storage apparatus capable of storing necessary information dataset helpful for diagnosis. The vehicle information storage apparatus includes a status information acquiring unit acquiring a dataset of status information items of a vehicle; and a controlling unit determining a time point when the malfunction started based on the dataset of status information items acquired by the status information acquiring unit, and further determines the malfunction-cause-investigation information data to be used for investigating the cause of the malfunction from among the dataset of status information items acquired by the status information acquiring unit based on the specified time point when the malfunction started, and stores the determined malfunction-cause-investigation information data in a prescribed storage medium. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268416 | VEHICLE GRADIENT ESTIMATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE TRAVELING CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle gradient estimating device includes: a vehicle speed sensor which detects a traveling speed of a subject vehicle; an acceleration calculating unit which calculates an acceleration of the subject vehicle on the basis of the traveling speed; an engine load deceleration calculating unit which calculates a deceleration due to an engine load of the subject vehicle; an acceleration correcting unit which corrects the acceleration by using the deceleration; a brake fluid pressure detecting unit which detects a brake fluid pressure of the subject vehicle; and a first gradient estimating unit which estimates a gradient of a road being traveled of the subject vehicle, wherein the first gradient estimating unit estimates the gradient on the basis of a ratio between the brake fluid pressure and the acceleration corrected by the acceleration correcting unit. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268417 | METHOD OF UNLOCKING AN ENGINE CONTROL COMPUTER - A method of unlocking the anti-starting system of a computer (ECM) controlling the operation of an engine of a motor vehicle, includes:
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20100268418 | ELECTRICAL POWER ASSISTED STEERING SYSTEM - An electric power assisted steering system comprises a steering mechanism which operatively connects a steering wheel to the road wheels of the vehicle, an electric motor operatively connected to the steering mechanism; a torque signal generator adapted to produce a torque signal indicative of the torque carried by a portion of the steering mechanism, a column velocity signal generator for producing a column velocity signal indicative of the angular velocity of the steering wheel or steering column and a signal processing unit adapted to receive the output signals from the sensing means and to produce therefrom a torque demand signal representative of a torque to be applied to the steering mechanism by the motor. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268419 | MOTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motion control device for a vehicle having a braking means for applying a brake toque to a wheel of the vehicle and maintaining a traveling stability of the vehicle by controlling the braking means, the motion control for the vehicle, includes a steering angular velocity obtaining means for obtaining a steering angular velocity of the vehicle, a maximum steering angular velocity calculating means for calculating a maximum steering angular velocity on the basis of the steering angular velocity, a determining means for determining a reference turning state quantity on the basis of the maximum steering angular velocity, an actual turning state quantity obtaining means for obtaining an actual turning state quantity of the vehicle, and a control means for controlling the brake toque on the basis of the reference turning state quantity and the actual turning state quantity. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268420 | MOTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motion control device for a vehicle, including a braking means for applying a brake torque to a wheel of the vehicle and maintaining a traveling stability of the vehicle by controlling the braking means, the motion control device for the vehicle, includes a steering angular velocity obtaining means for obtaining a steering angular velocity of the vehicle, a yaw angular acceleration obtaining means for obtaining a yaw angular acceleration of the vehicle, and a control means for controlling the brake torque on the basis of the steering angular velocity and the yaw angular acceleration. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268421 | METHOD OF RETURNING STEERING WHEEL USING MOTOR - A method of returning a steering wheel includes measuring steering torque and speed of a vehicle. A returning torque is determined using the measured torque, the measured speed and friction characteristics of a steering system. A motor is operated to rotate a steering wheel based on the returning torque. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DECOUPLING STEERING RACK FORCE DISTURBANCES IN ELECTRIC STEERING - A system for decoupling steering rack force disturbances in electric steering may comprise a steering wheel angle sensor, a yaw rate sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, and a steering torque sensor. The system may also comprise a tire force generator configured to receive signals from the steering wheel angle sensor, the yaw rate sensor, and the lateral acceleration sensor and send a reference rack force to a controller. The system may further comprise a rack force observer configured to receive signals from the steering torque sensor and send an estimated rack force to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to receive signals from the tire force generator and the rack force observer, compare the estimated rack force with the reference rack force to determine a rack force disturbance, and adjust an auxiliary torque based on the rack force disturbance. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268423 | Occupant Protection Systems Control Techniques - Control system for controlling at least one occupant protection system of a vehicle includes a plurality of preferably electronic sensor systems mounted at different locations on the vehicle, each sensor system providing a measurement related to a state thereof system or a measurement related to a state of the mounting location. A processor is coupled to the sensor systems and diagnoses the state of the vehicle based on the measurements of the sensor systems. The processor controls each occupant protection system based at least in part on the diagnosed state of the vehicle. The occupant protection system may be a deployable airbag whose deployment is controlled by the processor based on the diagnosed state of the vehicle. The diagnosis of the state of the vehicle may be a diagnosis of the overall condition of the vehicle with respect to its stability or a diagnosis of the vehicle itself. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOOR SELECTABLE AUTOMATIC UNLOCKING SENSOR - A vehicle door lock system may include a control unit for selectively unlocking a door, the control unit having an input for receiving a signal from an occupant detection system, a logic unit for determining whether to send an unlock signal to the door based upon the input, and an output for selectively sending the unlock signal to the door when the automatic door unlock conditions are met. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268425 | PREVENTIVE AND PERSUASIVE ACTIONS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING - A vehicle safety system is provided that includes an alcohol concentration determining arrangement. A control unit is adapted to receive and analyze data from the alcohol concentration determining arrangement and output a blocking signal or a dissuasion signal under certain conditions. A blocking arrangement is adapted to prevent driving of the vehicle by the vehicle occupant upon receipt of a blocking signal. A output device is adapted to receive the dissuasion signal and to present a warning to the vehicle occupant to dissuade the occupant from driving the vehicle. The control unit is operable to categorize the concentration of alcohol in the occupant's blood into one of three categories: a low concentration category, in which the blocking signal will not be generated, a high concentration category, in which the blocking signal will be generated, and an intermediate category, in which the dissuasion signal will be generated. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268426 | RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - A reconfigurable vehicle user interface system is presented. A vehicle user interface has a touch sensitive input devices such as touchpads and a touch screen that have specific function commands mapped to them. A user can select which function commands are mapped to which portions of the touch screen. This allows a user to customize the steering wheel function commands. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268427 | CLUTCH HOLD LEVEL AS A FUNCTION OF TORQUE - A system and method for controlling a hydraulic transmission uses a clutch fill profile having a hold level that varies as a function of torque. A pressure required for an on-coming clutch to hold the gear of the off-going clutch without a flare or over-speed condition is calculated. This pressure approximates the pressure of the on-coming clutch when a disengage command with respect to the off-going clutch is reached. The pulse and hold phases for the clutch are executed at times that are constant from shift to shift and do not vary as a function of torque or slip. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268428 | Touch Point Calibration Method For A Motor Vehicle - A touch point calibration method for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The method includes steps for determining if the touch point can be calibrated. The method also includes steps for determining the touch point when the system can be calibrated. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268429 | Reducing Oscillations in a Motor Vehicle Driveline - A method for reducing oscillations in a vehicle driveline includes transmitting torque to secondary wheels of the vehicle, determining a first rate of change in speed between the secondary wheels and primary wheels, if a second rate of change in speed between secondary wheels and primary wheels is greater than the first rate of change, reducing torque transmitted to the secondary wheels proportional to a ratio of the first rate of change and the second rate of change, and if the second rate of change is less than the first rate of change, using differential and proportional control to change said torque. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268430 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM - In a method for controlling an electromechanical parking brake system (EPB) of a vehicle, wherein the electromechanical parking brake system (EPB) comprises at least one actuating element (BE), at least one brake mechanism unit (BME), and at least one control device (SG), in order to statically brake the vehicle, the actuating element (BE) is actuated and, depending thereon, the at least one brake mechanism unit (BME) is applied with a predetermined application speed (AV) controlled by a control and evaluation routine (SAR) run in the control device (SG). The vehicle speed (V) prevailing when the at least one actuating element (BE) is actuated is advantageously determined and the application speed (AV) of the brake mechanism unit (BME) is selected depending on the determined vehicle speed. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268431 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - There are provided an accelerator grip, a biasing unit connected to the accelerator grip, the biasing unit biasing the accelerator grip to rotate in one circumferential direction, and a restricting unit restricting rotation of the accelerator grip against the biasing unit for placing the accelerator grip to a predetermined opening degree, wherein the restricting unit releases restriction of the accelerator grip when a predetermined operational force or more in one circumferential direction is applied to the accelerator grip so as to excessively rotate the accelerator grip in one circumferential direction beyond the predetermined opening degree. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268432 | VEHICULAR TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicular travel control device according to the invention includes an inter-vehicle distance measuring section that is mounted on a subject vehicle and measures an inter-vehicle distance between the subject vehicle and a preceding vehicle, a target inter-vehicle distance setting section that sets a target inter-vehicle distance, a following travel control section that performs a travel control so as to make the inter-vehicle distance become equal to the target inter-vehicle distance and stops the subject vehicle while following a stopping of the preceding vehicle, a gradient acquiring section that acquires a gradient of a road being traveled of the subject vehicle, and a vehicle speed sensor that measures a travel speed of the subject vehicle. The target inter-vehicle distance setting section sets the target inter-vehicle distance based on the gradient and the travel speed. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268433 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FEEDBACK CONTROL WITH VARIABLY SET GAIN - A controller ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100268434 | Method of operation for an internal combustion engine - A method of operation for an internal combustion engine ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100268435 | DRIVER SELECTABLE AFM/NVH TOLERANCE - An engine control system includes a coefficient calculation module that selects one of N coefficients based on an AFM selection by a corresponding one of N users. A switching torque calculation module calculates an adjusted active fuel management (AFM) switching threshold based on the one of the N coefficients, a maximum torque of an engine, and a default AFM switching threshold. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268436 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DRIVE UNIT - This invention is intended to ensure that a control device for a vehicle drive unit is capable of realizing desired torque by making the main-actuator and sub-actuator collaborate adequately while holding the interposition of the sub-actuator as low as possible. For this end, a future target of torque that is going to be output from the engine and a realization timing of the future target are taken as reservation information for reserving engine torque regulation. Next, the required period, which is required to realize the future target when a main-actuator (a throttle) is operated to regulate the torque, is computed from a current engine operating condition. Then, the operation of the main-actuator is started at the timing preceding the realization timing by the required period for realizing the future target. In parallel with that, a sub-actuator (an ignition system) is operated to cancel out a torque change induced by the operation of the main-actuator during the period from the start timing of the operation of the main-actuator to the realization timing. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268437 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A PERIODICALLY PULSING OPERATING PARAMETER - In a method for detecting a periodically pulsing operating parameter of an internal combustion engine ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100268438 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An ammonia selective reduction-type NOx catalyst ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100268439 | CONTROL OF FUEL PUMP BY QUANTIFYING PERFORMANCE - An engine control system comprises a fuel pump control module and a diagnostic module. The fuel pump control module controls a pressure pump to inject fuel into a fuel rail. The diagnostic module determines an estimated pressure increase within the fuel rail based on the injected fuel, compares an actual pressure increase within the fuel rail to the estimated pressure increase, and indicates when the actual pressure increase is less than the estimated pressure increase. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268440 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE CALIBRATION A PIEZO-ACTUATOR THAT IS ACTUATED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR DRIVING A SWITCHING VALVE - In a method for calibration, a piezo-actuator ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100268441 | CONTROLLER FOR FUEL PUMP - When a starter is started, a start-control duration time is established based on a fuel pressure at engine starting and a target fuel pressure. The start-control duration time corresponds to a duration after the engine is started until a difference between an actual fuel pressure in an accumulator and a target fuel pressure becomes lower than a specified value in a case that the fuel pump discharges the fuel at a maximum rate. A fuel pump discharges the fuel at the maximum rate during the estimated start-control duration time. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268442 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine employing PCCI combustion, capable of realizing high-stability operation of the engine throughout a large operation area, is provided. The engine control device comprises a fuel supply system which supplies light oil or mixed fuel containing light oil to the engine, a gas supply system which supplies hydrogen to the engine, and a required premixed gas calculating unit which previously stores and uses multiple combustion waveforms (changing depending on hydrogen addition concentration) as data. The required premixed gas calculating unit selects one of the combustion waveforms so as to achieve high thermal efficiency depending on the status of the engine and determines the hydrogen addition concentration (addition concentration of the hydrogen to be supplied to the engine) corresponding to the selected combustion waveform, by which the generation of PM and NOx can be reduced while also improving the thermal efficiency of the engine. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268443 | Method and system for providing fuel to internal combustion engines - A method for providing fuel to internal combustion engines including fuel activation prior to injection, comprising:
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20100268444 | CONTROLLER FOR DIESEL ENGINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIESEL ENGINE - An electronic controller for a diesel engine ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100268445 | FLEET MAINTENANCE METHOD AND IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A fleet maintenance method for generating a suggested speed for each vehicle in a fleet to maintain the vehicle in the fleet is provided. In the fleet maintenance method, vehicles are clustered into a plurality of sub-fleets, and in each sub-fleet, one vehicle is selected as a leader vehicle and the other vehicles are considered as member vehicles. Besides, a position coordinate and a speed of each vehicle in each sub-fleet are obtained, and the position coordinate is converted into a corresponding linear coordinate. In addition, a sub-fleet gravity center of each sub-fleet and a fleet gravity center of the entire fleet are calculated according to the linear coordinates. Moreover, a suggested speed of each leader vehicle is generated according to a gravity center distance of the leader vehicle, and a suggested speed of each member vehicle is generated. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268446 | TRAVELING DEVICE AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - A traveling device | 2010-10-21 |
20100268447 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOURNEY PLANNING, FINDING K SHORTEST PATHS THROUGH A TIME/SPACE NETWORK - A method and apparatus for selecting a path defining a journey through a time-tabled transportation network comprises determining forming a data set comprising a sequence of K shortest paths through the transportation network from an origin location “o” to a destination location “d”, each path with an increasing cost; and selecting a path from the K shortest paths based upon a filter criteria which may be one not used in the determination of the K shortest paths. The network comprises a public transportation network. The filter criteria not used in the determination of the K shortest paths may be one that does not obey the principal of optimality. The determining step is performed utilizing an algorithm that filters the available paths through the network according to a selected filter criteria plus a selected buffer amount Δ of the filter criteria. The selecting step utilizes only the rankings of the K shortest paths. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268448 | Dynamic destination map display for navigation system - A map display apparatus and method for a navigation changes a map scale dynamically to help the driver visualize the environment of the destination when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The map scale is changed dynamically to display the destination along with at least one map attribute near the destination to provide more information to the driver. The navigation system includes, among others, a searching unit and a scale changing unit to change the map scale to display the destination along with at least one map attribute when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The navigation system also includes a priority table to prioritize the map attributes and the searching unit searches the map attributes near the destination according to order in the priority table. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268449 | Route planning apparatus and method for navigation system - A route planning system and method for a navigation system which allows the driver to intelligently plan the route when adding waypoints. The route planning navigation system includes a route planning processor which allows the driver to add and prioritize multiple POIs as waypoints. When one or more new waypoints are added, the driver is allowed to prioritize the waypoints if adding new waypoints does not significantly increase the cost of the route, and an optimized route is generated accordingly. In another aspect, if adding new waypoint significantly increases the cost of the route, a notifying message will be generated by the route planning processor so that the driver is able to make a decision whether to proceed to the new waypoint. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268450 | PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION SYSTEMAND METHOD INTEGRATED WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - A method according to the present disclosure includes receiving information, including a user-desired destination as an end location, from a user-operated computing device and electronically determining a current location of a user as a beginning location based on positional information received at the user-operated computing device. The method also includes electronically generating potential routes from the beginning location to the end location based on the information and electronically selecting one of the potential routes as a selected route. The method also includes outputting, to the user-operated computing device, the electronically selected route. The selected route includes one or more of a mass transit portion, a motor vehicle route portion, and a pedestrian walking route portion. The method also includes outputting, to the user-operated computing device, navigation instructions based on a then-current location of the user between the beginning location and the end location. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268451 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Techniques are described for allowing a user to intuitively check an actual image captured by a camera, rather than to recognize information regarding a peripheral area (point of interest) on a map. An apparatus includes a camera module that accesses an image captured by a camera and detects a direction in which the camera points and a display unit that displays the captured image. The apparatus also includes a controller that detects a position of a point of interest (POI) corresponding to a keyword and indicates location information for the POI on the displayed image based on the direction information of the to camera, a current location, and the detected location of the POI. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268452 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM - Provided is a navigation device which can superpose a route guide object on an actually captured image so that the route guide object coincides with a road even if the accuracy of the road shape data is at the current level. The navigation device displays on a screen, a route guide object indicating a route along which a vehicle should advance. The navigation device includes: an imaging unit for capturing an actual image in front of the vehicle; a white line detection unit which detects a road white line on the actually captured image; a map information storage unit which stores map information containing road shape data expressing a road shape; a road shape data correction unit which corrects the road shape data according to the road white line detection result so that the route guide object is displayed along the road white line; a route guide object generation unit which generates a route guide object according to the corrected road shape data; and a display unit which displays the generated route guide object on the screen. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268453 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation device is provided with which output of a guidance voice is completed at an appropriate timing with respect to a reference point related to output of the guidance voice. The navigation device of the present invention includes position locating means | 2010-10-21 |
20100268454 | Navigation device - Apparatus for, and a method of, providing output data to a person identifying a route back to a recorded waypoint position. Personal navigation apparatus for providing output data to a person identifying a route back to a recorded waypoint position, comprising a route indication device including a visual display element; and a positioning device. The positioning system includes a processing system having a data storage device, a first micromechanical device configured to produce an output signal proportional to an acceleration along an axis, and a second micromechanical device having components in constant motion and configured to produce an output signal proportional to its angular rate of motion around an axis. The processing system is configured to generate and store in said data storage device position data describing the position of said personal navigation apparatus within a reference space, based upon data received from said first micromechanical device and said second micromechanical device. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268455 | Wayfinding System - Disclosed is a system to provide optimum guidance for an individual seeking the destination point in a complex building. The system can be used for a range of individuals from firemen seeking an optimized and accurately mapped path from an access point at the entrance to the building to a destination point where a fire alarm has gone off or for a visitor in the museum who is seeking a path to a particular desired display destination. The system can provide multiple sequential simplified floor configuration maps. These maps are designed to show foreshortened walls so as to provide a three-dimensional maze-like format with the pathways visible and with a track mark illustrating an optimal path for the user to follow within the area shown on the map. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING DEPARTURE NOTIFICATIONS - The present invention provides a system and method for determining the necessary departure time to allow for an on-time or desired arrival time at a particular location over a particular route based on the evaluation of historic, present, and predicted road conditions. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268457 | MULTISCALE THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing an end user with a multiscale three-dimensional (3D) navigation experience in design software application programs. An adaptive multiscale 3D navigation system allows an end user to transition between a planetary scale down to an individual building scale. The end user may navigate within the building, inspecting object details within the building. The size of the environment is sensed automatically, and the viewing and travel parameters are adjusted accordingly to provide the end user with a seamless navigation experience. A consistent navigation experience is supported at various scales, and real-time collision detection is provided. Scale computation for 3D scenes and collision detection may be based on a generated depth cubemap of the environment. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268458 | ENHANCED VISION SYSTEM FOR PRECISION NAVIGATION IN LOW VISIBILITY OR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) DENIED CONDITIONS - A method of generating an image of a volume ahead of an aerial vehicle is provided. The method comprises determining a position of the aerial vehicle and generating a terrain image corresponding to ground features correlated to the position of the aerial vehicle. Obstacle data pertaining to a set of obstacles ahead of the aerial vehicle is determined with a forward looking sensor. An obstacle overlay image is generated and overlain onto the terrain image to generate a composite image. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268459 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING OF NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - A system and a method for testing of navigation systems are provided. The testing system may include a recording system that allows capturing radio frequency signals and other signals from a vehicle on the field. The recorded data can be then played back in laboratory environment using a playback system to test one or more devices. The testing system may also include a simulation system that allows generating and conveying signals to the devices under test. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268460 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH PREDICTIVE MULTI-ROUTING AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system with predictive multi-routing includes: calculating a primary route; predicting a probable deviation location on the primary route; calculating a non-primary route for the probable deviation location; and sending the primary route, the non-primary route, or a combination thereof for displaying on a device. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268461 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GEOGRAPHIC MAP DATA APPLICATION METHOD - The invention provides a navigation apparatus, a data processing apparatus, and a geographic map data application method. The navigation apparatus receives positioning information. The navigation apparatus sends a route request to a data processing apparatus. The navigation apparatus receives a first route and a geographic map data corresponding to the route request from the data processing apparatus. Wherein, the geographic map data includes the first route and regions near the first route. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268462 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION-BASED NAVIGATION - Methodologies for alerting a user to his or her location using terrestrial wireless signals are included. The methodologies include a method for alerting a user to his or her position relative to a predetermined location in response to a unique identifying signal from a terrestrial base station as well as a navigation method based upon one or more uniquely identifying signals from one or more terrestrial base stations positioned along a desired route. Also disclosed is a mobile terminal, for example, a mobile telephone, that is adapted to alert a user as to his or her location and aid in navigating the user through a selected route in response to the position of the mobile terminal relative to one or more terrestrial base stations. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268463 | NAVIGATION BASED ON DIRECTION OF TRAVEL/USER-DEFINED PATH - A device receives global navigation satellite system coordinates associated with a mobile user device, and determines a direction of travel of the mobile user device based on the global navigation satellite system coordinates. The device creates a user-defined path based on a user-defined starting point, a user-defined destination point, and one or more user-defined intermediate points received from the mobile user device, and receives, from the mobile user device, a search request for points of interest in one of the direction of travel or along the user-defined path. The device further determines, based on the search request, one or more points of interest in the direction of travel or along the user-defined path, and provides, to the mobile user device, the determined one or more points of interest in the direction of travel or along the user-defined path. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268464 | NAVIGATION METHOD FOR A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A navigation method for a communication device sends a navigational route request from the communication device to the server to generate a navigation contact group, sends a join message to join the navigation contact group as a group member, the navigational route request includes a start time and a time interval, and receives position information of the group members at each time interval from the server. The method further selects a position of a target group member from the position information of the group members, receives updated position information of the target group member from the server, and provides navigational route for the communication device according to the updated position information of the target group member using a global position system of the communication device. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268465 | POSITION DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of determining a location of a User Equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes generating, by the UE, a database of location data for a plurality of locations; receiving at least one navigation signal at a particular area; determining an identity of a cell in which the UE is currently located at the particular area; and determining the location of the UE at the particular area using the at least one navigation signal, the identity of the current cell, and at least a portion of the data stored in the database. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268466 | ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM FOR RAILWAYS - An anti-collision system and method for railed vehicles are provided. This system can include a camera module, a processor, and a transceiver. The camera module is configured to record images of the environment around a first railed vehicle. The processor is configured to receive an image from the camera and extract a detected feature from the image. The detected feature is then compared to features stored in a database having an associated unique location on the rail system. Should the detected feature be found within the database, the unique location on the rail system is transmitted via a transmitter as the present location of the railed vehicle. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268467 | Lightning detection - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program is provided. The method includes: quantizing a received time-varying radio frequency signal to produce a series of digital values; maintaining a plurality of data groups, each data group including a cumulative parameter and each data group being defined by a digital value range, wherein maintaining the plurality of data groups includes updating a cumulative parameter for a data group, from the plurality of data groups, when a digital value, from the series of digital values, is within the digital value range for that data group; and processing at least some of the cumulative parameters of the data groups to determine whether the received time-varying radio frequency signal originated from lightning. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268468 | Method and Apparatus for Geobaric Analysis - A method and apparatus for geobaric analysis. The method may include acquiring an in situ gas volume of a subterranean formation, acquiring a drilling fluid characteristic, determining a volume of gas excavated from the subterranean formation utilizing the drilling fluid characteristic, and estimating the formation pressure utilizing the in situ gas volume and the excavated gas volume. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268469 | MICROFLUIDIC OSCILLATING TUBE DENSITOMETER FOR DOWNHOLE APPLICATIONS - Devices, methods and systems for determining one or more properties of at least one fluid sample. A tube configured to receive the at least one fluid sample wherein the tube is placed in a pressure housing. Further, an excitation source configured to generate vibration of the tube whereby a circulation of an electrical current along a portion of the tube is subjected to at least one magnetic field produced by at least one magnet. Further still, at least one vibration sensor that converts vibrations of the tube into a measurement signal. Finally, a processor that receives the measurement signal determines a resonant frequency from the measurement signal using a frequency measuring device to determine a property of the one or more properties of the at least one sample fluid. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268470 | System, Method, and Nanorobot to Explore Subterranean Geophysical Formations - An system and method for exploring geophysical formations at great depths below the surface of the earth. In order to explore the formation, nanorobots with a size less than 500 nanometers are inserted into the formation. The nanorobots propel through the formation, analyzing fluids and conditions as each moves through the formation. The nanorobots can communicate with a machine on the surface via a series of receivers and transmitters located in the wellbore. The machine on the surface is able to combine and analyze the data from the nanorobots to create a three dimensional map of the formation. The map shows the locations of pathways through the formation, pockets of hydrocarbons within the formation, and the boundaries of the formation. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268471 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA OBTAINED FROM SEISMIC PROSPECTING - A method of processing data obtained from seismic prospecting of an earth formation, comprises obtaining data representing a multicomponent seismic signal from a multicomponent seismic receiver at a receiver location in an earth formation, in response to transmitting seismic waves into the earth formation; performing a wave-equation migration of the multicomponent seismic signal to obtain a seismic image of the earth formation, wherein the polarization of the seismic wave at the receiver location is taken into account and wherein a seismic image value at a point in the earth formation is calculated from a sum of products of a source field component for a particular dimension and a complex conjugated back propagated wave field component for the same dimension, summed over a plurality of dimensions. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268472 | DETERMINATION OF SINGLE PEAK MELTING TEMPERATURE BY PCR ANALOGY AND DOUBLE SIGMOID EQUATION - Systems and methods for determining melting temperatures, Tm, for DNA from melt curve data. The systems and methods also allow for quantitative determination of gene amount based on peak height. A PCR analogy is used to perform quantization of an acquired melting curve dataset. The melting curve is transformed using a horizontal flip and a horizontal translation, and a double sigmoid equation is then fit to the data. Inverse translation and inverse horizontal flip transforms are applied to the equation to produce an equation based solution of the melt curve dataset. The equation based solution of the melt curve is then used to determine the first derivative (e.g., Tm value) and peak height. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268473 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE HIGHLY-SENSITIVE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DIVERSE MOLECULAR ENTITIES - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for analysis of individual components in a multicomponent sample where the identity of the individual components is an indicator for disease. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268474 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PREDICTING RESPONSIVENESS TO A PHARMACEUTICAL THERAPY FOR OBESITY OR EVALUATING INVESTIGATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS - Methods, systems, and computer program products using TRL V6 as a biomarker for the modulation of triglyceride and/or lipoprotein metabolism in a mammal induced by an investigational weight loss pharmaceutical agent. The biomarker may be used for predetermining if an individual patient will likely respond favorably to a given weight loss pharmaceutical agent and/or for testing a pharmaceutical agent's ability to modulate triglyceride and/or lipoprotein metabolism in a mammal. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268475 | ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD, LIQUID SAMPLE MEASURING METHOD, AND MEASURING DEVICE | 2010-10-21 |
20100268476 | PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING SIMILAR 3D SUBSTRUCTURES ONTO 3D ATOMIC STRUCTURES AND ITS APPLICATIONS - Our disclosure pertains to the field of structural biology and relates to a process to compare various three-dimensional (3D) structures and to identify functional similarities among them. Our process of comparison of 3D atomic structures is based on the comparisons of defined chemical groups onto the 3D atomic structures and allows the detection of local similarities even when neither the fold nor sequence for example aminoacid sequences for polypeptides sequences or nucleotide sequences for nucleic acid sequences are conserved. This process requires the attribution of selected physico-chemical parameters to each atom of a 3D atomic structure, then the representation of each 3D atomic structure by a graph of chemical groups. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268477 | Systems and Methods for Calibrating Physiological Characteristic Sensors - A method of calibrating glucose monitor data includes collecting the glucose monitor data over a period of time at predetermined intervals, obtaining reference glucose values from a reference source that temporally correspond with the glucose monitor data obtained at the predetermined intervals, calculating the calibration characteristics using the reference glucose values and corresponding glucose monitor data to regress the obtained glucose monitor data, and calibrating the obtained glucose monitor data using the calibration characteristics. In additional embodiments, calculation of the calibration characteristics includes linear regression and, in particular embodiments, least squares linear regression. Alternatively, calculation of the calibration characteristics includes non-linear regression. Data integrity may be verified and the data may be filtered. Further, calibration techniques may be modified during a fast rate of change in the patient's blood glucose level to increase sensor accuracy. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268478 | Sequencing Nucleic Acid Polymers with Electron Microscopy - This invention relates to using an electron microscope to sequence by direct inspection of labeled, stretched DNA. This method will have higher accuracy, lower cost, and longer read length than current DNA sequencing methods. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268479 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION - A system for selectively determining at least two analytes, comprising at least one resonant sensor circuit comprising a sensing material that predictably affects the resonant complex impedance response of a sensor electrode, wherein the sensing material having at least two material properties that change upon exposure to two or more analytes; and a processor that generates a multivariate sensor response pattern that is based at least in part on a change in the two material properties of the sensing material and a sensing device and methods adapted to detect an analyte using the same sensor system. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING EMISSION AND QUANTIFYING EMISSION SOURCE - A system and method for quantifying an emission source is provided. The system and method obtain a plurality of emission concentration measurements at one or more sampling points and wind data over the time the emission concentrations are measured. For each sampling point, a virtual sampling arc can be constructed using the emission concentration measurements taken at the sampling point, the wind data for when the emission concentration measurement were taken and an approximate distance to the emission source. The virtual sampling arcs can then be used to construct one or more virtual sampling grids and the amount of emissions emanating from the emissions source approximated from the virtual sampling grids. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268481 | Monitoring system and method for electronic device - A system includes a device, a sensor connected to the device, and a processing module connected to the sensor. The sensor detects shock and vibration of the device and stores the shock and vibration data. The processing module receives the shock and vibration data from the sensor and predicts useful life of the vibrating device. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268482 | APPARATUS OF INSPECTING DEFECT IN SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD OF THE SAME - When size of a defect on an increasingly miniaturized pattern is obtained by defect inspection apparatus in the related art, a value is inconveniently given, which is different from a measured value of the same defect by SEM. Thus, a dimension value of a defect detected by defect inspection apparatus needs to be accurately calculated to be approximated to a value measured by SEM. To this end, size of the defect detected by the defect inspection apparatus is corrected depending on feature quantity or type of the defect, thereby defect size can be accurately calculated. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268483 | Methods and systems for enabling simulation of aging effect of a chrono-rheological material in computer aided engineering analysis - Methods and systems for enabling simulation of material aging effect of chrono-rheological materials in computer aided engineering (CAE) analysis are disclosed. According to one aspect, a set of material property tests is conducted for a chrono-rheological material of interest. Each test obtains a series of material properties such as relaxation test data at different age. The relaxation test data are measured by maintaining a specimen of the chrono-rheological material at a predetermined strain. A set of first and second time-dependent material aging effect parameters is determined by shifting and matching the series of relaxation test data between each pair of the tests. The set of first and second time-dependent material aging effect parameters in conjunction with a CAE analysis application module with a chrono-rheological material constitutive equation configured therein are then used for simulating material aging effect by performing a CAE analysis of an engineering structure containing at least in part the chrono-rheological material. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268484 | CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - A drive device for operating an electromagnetic oscillator includes: an OP amplifier for amplifying an analog input signal from an electromagnetic pick-off; an A/D converter for converting an analog signal output from the OP amplifier into a digital signal; a D/A converter for converting, after digital processing performed by a DSP on the digital signal output from the A/D converter based on phase detection, a digital signal having a processed data amount into an analog signal; and a D/A converter for converting, after the digital processing performed by the DSP on the digital signal output from the D/A converter based on the phase detection, a digital signal having a processed data amount into an analog signal. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268485 | MULTI-GAS FLOW SENSOR WITH GAS SPECIFIC CALIBRATION CAPABILITY - A multi-gas/gas-mixture or liquid flow sensor apparatus utilizing a specific media calibration capability. The flow sensor can be coupled with an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) that incorporates a signal conditioner and a memory module. The signal conditioner provides a high order calibration and signal processing of flow signals from the sensor to a processed signal output representative of the flow. The processed signal output can be stored in the memory module. A correction factor can be calculated and stored in the memory module in response to the stored values of the processed signal output, which tends to linearize the relationship between the flow rate and the processed signal output of a measuring system. The correction factor and/or the processed signal output provided by the signal conditioner can be utilized by the measuring system. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268486 | ULTRASONIC MULTIPHASE FLOWMETER, ULTRASONIC MULTIPHASE FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM, AND MULTIPHASE FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING ULTRASONIC WAVE - To provide an ultrasonic multiphase flowmeter, an ultrasonic multiphase flow rate measurement program and a multiphase flow rate measurement method using an ultrasonic wave that can accurately measure the flow rate of a multiphase flow by detecting the position of an interface between phases by an operation processing of at least one of data on reflected ultrasonic wave and data on a flow velocity distribution. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268487 | ULTRASOUND MULTIPHASE FRACTION METER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHASE FRACTIONS IN A MULTIPHASE FLUID - An apparatus and method to determine fractions of various phases in a multiphase fluid. The apparatus includes main body including an interior configured receive a multiphase fluid and an exterior. The apparatus senses fluid pressure of multiphase fluid received in the interior and senses a fluid temperature of the multiphase fluid. The apparatus transmits an ultrasonic wave into the fluid and detects the transmitted wave to determine its velocity and attenuation. The apparatus may adjust the determined velocity and attenuation based on the temperature and pressure of the fluid to compensate for a difference between the sensed temperature and pressure and a standard temperature and pressure. The apparatus determines a gas fraction, water fraction, and a non-water fluid fraction of the multiphase fluid based on the sensed fluid pressure, the sensed fluid temperature, and the velocity and attenuation of the ultrasonic wave in the multiphase fluid. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268488 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining the Permeability and Diffusivity of a Porous Solid - Apparatus for measuring the permeability and diffusivity of a porous solid comprising: a permeability measuring means for measuring permeability of the solid; a diffusivity measuring means for measuring diffusivity of the solid; a sample chamber for holding a sample of the solid, the arrangement being such that the permeability and diffusivity can be measured without removing the sample from the sample chamber. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268489 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING AND MEASURING LEAKS AND FLOWS - The present invention concerns a method of quantifying, detecting and localizing leaks or flows of liquid, gasses, or particles, in an oil or gas producing well ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100268490 | LIQUID MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A liquid measurement system detects a surplus status of a liquid fuel in a fuel cell. The liquid measurement system includes a storage device, two electrodes, a charging and discharging circuit, and a processing unit. The storage device has a containing space for storing the liquid fuel and disposed between the electrodes. The electrodes are oppositely disposed on the outer surface of the storage device to form a capacitor. The charging and discharging circuit is electrically connected to the electrodes to cyclically charge/discharge the capacitor between a first voltage and a second voltage to generate an output signal. The processing unit is electrically connected to the charging and discharging circuit to receive the output signal and obtains a wave number of the output signal within a specific time interval to determine the surplus status of the liquid fuel in the containing space. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING THE INTEGRITY OF A ROCK MASS - A method for assessing the integrity of a rock mass, the method including impacting the rock mass, capturing an acoustic signal generated as a result of the impact, deriving a frequency distribution for the captured acoustic signal, processing data from the frequency distribution by means of a neural network process applying artificial intelligence to assess the inputted data, and presenting a signal from the neural network process which is indicative of the integrity of the rock mass. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268492 | Battery cell voltage measurement device - A battery cell voltage measurement device for a battery pack constructed by battery cells (E | 2010-10-21 |
20100268493 | Battery management system and driving method for the same - Disclosed are a battery management system that uses a source file for sensing of the cell voltages of battery cells by changing only declaration information of a header file using an MCU even when the number of battery cells is changed, and a driving method for the same. The battery management system is connected to a battery including at least one battery pack in which a plurality of battery cells are contained. includes a sensor including an AD converter connected to the battery cells, the sensor configured to sense cell voltages of the battery cells, a storage configured to store source data generated using an input external signal, and a controller configured to generate a source signal corresponding to the source data and forward the source signal to the sensor, the sensor being configured to sense the cell voltages of the battery cells according to the source signal. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268494 | Automatic Discharge Of A Failed Battery - A system comprises a battery cell, control logic, and a battery drain latch circuit. The control logic is coupled to the battery cell and determines whether a battery pack has experienced a failure condition. The battery drain latch circuit is activated by the control logic, upon detection of a failure condition, to cause the battery cell to drain energy therefrom. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268495 | POWER SUPPLY MONITORING FOR AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for projecting an end of service (EOS) and/or an elective replacement indication (ERI) of a component in an implantable device is provided. The method comprises measuring the measured voltage of the energy storage device, and determining whether the measured voltage is less than a transition voltage. When the measured voltage is less than the transition voltage, determining a time period remaining until an end of service of the energy storage device is based upon a function of the measured voltage. When the measured voltage is greater than or equal to the transition voltage, determining a time period remaining until an end of service of the energy storage device is based upon a function of the total charge depleted. The transition voltage is a voltage associated with the transition point of non-linearity in the battery voltage depletion curve. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268496 | SENSOR FOR USE IN AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING CONFIGURATION DATA FROM AN EXTERNAL COMPUTER TO A SENSOR - The present invention is directed to a sensor for use in automation technology and a method for transferring configuration data from an external computer to a sensor. The sensor includes: a sensor element for measuring a physical variable; a control/evaluation unit for controlling the sensor element, for processing a measuring signal from the sensor element, and for outputting an output signal to a computer interface; wherein the control/evaluation unit includes a memory for storing at least configuration data and program data, the control/evaluation unit cooperating, in an operating mode, with the computer interface for connecting the sensor to a peripheral unit, and wherein the sensor is supplied with electrical energy by the peripheral unit, in the operating mode; wherein the computer interface is adapted for use in a configuring mode for direct connection of the sensor to an external computer; the sensor is supplied with electrical energy by the external computer via the computer interface, in the configuring mode; and the computer interface is adapted to transfer, in the configuring mode, configuration data differentially between the sensor and the external computer through two wires of a data line at a bandwidth of more than 1 MBit/s. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268497 | PORTABLE SYSTEM WITH FUNCTION OF MEASUREMENT AND MEASUREMENT METHOD THEREBY - A portable system having a function of measurement includes a conductive structure and a mobile communication device. The conductive structure is plugged into a earphone socket of the mobile communication device for measuring a electric signal of an object. Next, the result of the measurement can be shown on a display or broadcasted on a speaker of the mobile communication device. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268498 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING SIGNALS OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A method for testing signals of electronic components. The method sends a positioning command to a control computer through a switch, so as to drive a probe holder of a mechanical arm to position probes of the oscilloscope on a position of the electronic component. The method further receives measured data collected by the oscilloscope, and compares the measured data with preset standard values to determine if the measured data is acceptable. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268499 | INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - In an interferometer system and a method for its operation, the interferometer system includes an interferometer having an interferometer light source whose emitted radiation is able to be split into a measuring arm and a reference arm, an object to be measured being disposed in the measuring arm, and the interferometer delivering interferometer signals as a function of the position of the object to be measured. In addition, a detecting device is provided for detecting fluctuations in the refractive index of the air in the measuring arm and/or reference arm. The detecting device includes a spectrometer unit; the spectrometer unit has at least one spectrometer light source, as well as at least one spectrometer detector unit. The bundles of rays emitted by the spectrometer light source are superimposed on the bundles of rays from the interferometer light source, the spectrometer light source emitting radiation having a wavelength which lies in the range of an absorption line of at least one specific air component. The spectrometer detector unit is used to generate spectrometer signals which characterize the absorption of the air component in terms of the spectrometer light-source wavelength in the measuring arm and/or reference arm. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268500 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF A DELAY-SUSCEPTIBLE CONTROL PATH, CONTROL DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for identifying a delay-susceptible control path in the control of a steam generator and a device constructed for carrying out the method are provided. A model structure of the steam generator is specified, consisting of an unknown time-variable Nth-order delay element and a known integrator. Also used for the identification are measurements of the fuel mass flow, the turbine stream mass flow, and the live stream pressure which arises in the steam accumulator behind the steam generator after the removal of the turbine steam mass flow. Using these online measurements and the model structure, the live steam mass flow at the output of the steam generator is derived by calculation. In this way, the input value and the output value of the Nth-order delay element are determined and, using an estimation method, the parameters of a continuous transmission function of the Nth-order delay element are also determined online. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268501 | Method for assessing data worth for analyzing yield rate - A method for assessing data worth for analyzing yield rate includes: getting measured data with data points that corresponds to control variables of semiconductor manufacturing; transforming the data points into a distance matrix with matrix distances corresponding to differences of the data points under the control variables; expressing sample differences recorded in the distance matrix by two-dimension vectors and calculating similarity degrees of the two-dimension vectors and the distance matrix so as to take loss information as a conversion error value; calculating discriminant ability of the transformed two-dimension data and expressing the discriminant ability by an error rate of discriminant; and taking the conversion error value and the error rate of discriminant as penalty terms and calculating a quality score corresponding to the measured data. Thereby, before analyzing the yield rate of semiconductor manufacturing, analysts can determine whether data includes information affecting the yield rate based on the quality score. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268502 | DOWNWARD PROPAGATION OF RESULTS FOR TEST CASES IN APPLICATION TESTING - A test case for the application under test is determined for the quality assurance application where results for a test case can be received from a user. An interface is displayed to allow the user to enter a pass or fail indication for a manual test that has been performed for the test case. If a pass indication is received for the test case, the test case is marked as passed. Also, in response to receiving the pass indication for the test case, a plurality of steps for the test case are automatically marked as passed. If a fail indication is received for the test case, a request for the user to identify a step that failed the manual test is output. When the response indicating which step failed is received, that step is marked as failed. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268503 | Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Array Alignment Fixture - Increasing the effective aperture of an ultrasound imaging probe by including more than one probe head and using the elements of all of the probes to render an image can greatly improve the lateral resolution of the generated image. In order to render an image, the relative positions of all of the elements must be known precisely. A calibration fixture is described in which the probe assembly to be calibrated is placed above a test block and transmits ultrasonic pulses through the test block to an ultrasonic sensor. As the ultrasonic pulses are transmitted though some or all of the elements in the probe to be tested, the differential transit times of arrival of the waveform are measured precisely. From these measurements the relative positions of the probe elements can be computed and the probe can be aligned. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268504 | Method for calibrating clinical chemistry instruments - A method of deriving correction for instrument-to-instrument variations in the illumination band centroid wavelengths and wavelength band shapes of the optical systems of clinical chemistry instruments includes the steps of determining the centroid wavelength and wavelength band shape of a light source used in the optical system of a clinical chemistry instrument to provide a determined wavelength band shape and centroid wavelength, comparing the determined wavelength band shape and centroid wavelength with a known reflection density or absorbance wavelength spectrum of a specific type of chemical reagent test to provide a correction value, and calculating the correction value, which is to be used to modify a reflection density or absorbance measurement taken by the instrument of a reagent test of the a specific type of chemical reagent test. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE DATA ACQUISITION USING A MEASUREMENT PROGRAM PACKAGE - In a method to control the image acquisition and/or image evaluation at an image acquisition device, a measurement program of a measurement program package has at least one protocol step for measurement data acquisition according to a measurement protocol is used to operate the image acquisition device. At least one action element associated with the measurement program or at least one step is provided that causes an external, auxiliary program to be executed automatically upon occurrence of a trigger event in the measurement program or in the associated step. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268506 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAN MODULE - A testing method for a fan module is provided. When the fan module is tested, a testing computer sends a testing command to a testing device first. Then, the testing device respond to the testing command and controls the fan module to work in a plurality of rotational speed modes in sequence. The testing device reads an actual rotational speed when the fan module works in one of the rotational speed modes and sends the actual rotational speed back to the testing computer. The testing computer compares the actual rotational speed with a corresponding reference rotational speed value stored in the testing computer, and determines the testing result. Finally, the testing result is shown. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268507 | APPARATUS FOR TESTING MULTIPLE CONDUCTOR WIRING AND TERMINATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - An apparatus for testing connections in a system has a plurality of inputs each adapted to couple to a test point in the system under test and a switching module. The switching module includes a first output selectively coupled to receive a first group of one or more of the inputs and a set of outputs corresponding in number to the plurality of inputs, each being selectively coupled to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs. The apparatus may also include a meter coupled to the first switching module output and an array of nodes coupled to the set of switching module outputs, where each node couples a signal to a row sense line and a column sense line. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268508 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TILT USING LOWEST DEGREES OF FREEDOM OF ACCELEROMETER - Systems and methods are provided for calculating the tilt of an object from a minimum set of measurements. In the described embodiments, one or more accelerometers are used to sense tilt in fewer degrees of freedom than would otherwise be required in a conventional measurement apparatus. In one embodiment, a single axis accelerometer measures 2D tilt by taking into account a constant value of the earth's gravitational field in a direction generally perpendicular to the earth. | 2010-10-21 |
20100268509 | TURBOMACHINE, GAP-MEASURING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROTOR GAP - The invention relates to a turbomachine having a rotor ( | 2010-10-21 |