47th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090287307 | Orthopaedic Implant and Prosthesis Systems, Devices, Instruments and Methods - The present invention provides a replacement ligament comprising first and second ends, two or more securing portions for securing said ligament to a portion of bone material and a body portion comprising a first component having a first, higher, elongation per unit load characteristic; and a second component having a second, lower, elongation per unit load characteristic. The first and second components are between said two or more securing portions and arranged in load series such that initial, lower, loading is reacted by said first component and subsequent, higher, loading is reacted by said second component. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287308 | MEDICAL CONSTRUCTS OF TWISTED LENGTHS OF COLLAGEN FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - The disclosure describes medical constructs with a plurality of collagen fibers twisted together and methods of twisting the collagen fibers to form the medical constructs. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287309 | INTRA-ARTICULAR JOINT REPLACEMENT - A method for implanting an intra-articular shoulder prosthesis is provided. The method includes removing a proximal portion of a humerus. The proximal portion of the humerus preferably forms a resected portion. The resected portion has a convex outer surface and an inner surface. The method further includes engaging the convex outer surface of the resected portion with a cut surface of the proximal portion of the humerus. The cut surface of the proximal portion of the humerus and/or the inner surface of the resected portion are optionally processed to form a generally concave surface, such as by impacting. In one embodiment, the inner surface of the resected portion is impacted into engagement with the cut surface of the proximal portion of the humerus. The generally concave inner surface of the resected portion forms a concave articular surface to receive an interpositional implant. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287310 | DYNAMIC KNEE BALANCER WITH PRESSURE SENSING - A device for performing a surgical procedure on a knee includes an adjustable femoral portion, a tibial portion and at least one sensor coupled with the femoral and/or tibial portions to sense pressure exerted by the femoral and tibial portions against one another. The femoral portion is adapted for removably coupling with a distal end of a femur to adjust tension in soft tissue adjacent the knee and has at least one positioning feature adapted to move relative to the distal end of the femur as the femoral portion is adjusted, thus helping position a femoral prosthetic on the distal end of the femur. The sensor(s) may be adapted to sense pressure at medial and lateral sides of the knee, and relative pressures may be displayed as data on a visual display. Adjustments to the femoral member may be made to balance pressure at flexion and extension of the knee. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287311 | ASYMMETRIC DESIGN OF HIP SOCKET FOR REDUCING SOCKET DEFORMATIONS - A hip socket for use in a hip joint prosthesis comprising a shaft on which a ball head may be fixed, the ball head may be rotatably inserted in a socket insert and the socket insert may be inserted and fixed in the hip socket the shaft and the hip socket being implantable in the thigh bone and the pelvic bone respectively. Damages to the socket insert and/or limitation of the function of the sliding pair of ball head/socket insert may be avoided by local reduction of the calotte diameter of the socket insert, such that the hip socket has an asymmetrical design with regard to the stiffness and/or geometry thereof in two different directions (x, y) orthogonal to each other and to the symmetry axis (z) of the hip socket. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287312 | ACETABULAR CUP CONVERSION RING - An acetabular implant for hip replacement surgery includes a shell component and first and second alternative bearing components interchangeably engageable with the shell component to provide a choice in bearing materials. The shell component has an engagement mechanism suitable for locking engagement with the first alternative shell component. A conversion ring is lockingly engageable with the shell component to adapt the shell component to provide an engagement mechanism suitable for locking engagement with the second alternative shell component. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287313 | TISSUE ADHESIVE SEALANT - A tissue adhesive sealant includes a cross-linkable protein in a solution that when combined with a cross-linking agent solution including an aldehyde and amino acid containing species reactive with the aldehyde cross-links to form a seal. The sealant is well suited for bonding tissue alone or in combination with a patch. The ratio between the aldehyde and the amino acid containing species is between 20:1 and 1:1 on an aldehyde moiety:amino acid or peptide subunit molar basis. Particularly strong seals are formed when the protein and cross-linking agent are present in a molar ratio of between 15:1 and 1:1. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287314 | JOINTS FOR PROSTHETIC, ORTHOTIC AND/OR ROBOTIC DEVICES - An artificial foot device may include a core, a talus body operatively coupled with the core by a first joint, and a toe operatively coupled with the core by a second joint. The first joint may provides for constrained relative movement between the talus body and the core. The second joint may provide for constrained relative movement between the core and the toe. In some embodiments, the core may include a core assembly including a core body, an Achilles sheave coupled with the core body and a toe bracket coupled with the core body. The toe bracket may be operatively coupled with the toe, and the Achilles sheave may be operatively coupled with the talus body. Constrained relative movement between the talus body and the core may substantially correspond to a coordinated movement of a first natural joint and a second natural joint during ambulation of a natural human foot. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287315 | FOOT PROSTHESIS WITH RESILIENT MULTI-AXIAL ANKLE - The present foot prosthesis includes various structural features that provide the foot with advantageous rollover properties. In certain embodiments, the foot guides rollover toward the medial side. For example, an asymmetrical upper element and a correspondingly shaped resilient ankle member support more of the wearer's weight on the lateral side as the foot rolls over. In another embodiment, stiffeners added to the resilient ankle member increase the stiffness on the lateral side relative to the medial side. In certain other embodiments, the foot provides progressively increasing support from mid stance through toe off. For example, a gap between the resilient ankle member and the lower element closes during the later portion of the wearer's gait. The closing gap increases a contact area between the resilient ankle member and the lower element, providing progressively increasing support. In another embodiment, the foot includes a gap between a lower front edge of an attachment adapter and the upper element. The gap may be filled with a resilient material. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287316 | PROSTHETIC SPLIT HOOK TERMINAL DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE PINCH FORCE, FUNCTIONAL GRASPING CONTOURS AND ILLUMINATION - A voluntary opening prosthetic split hook terminal device is provided with an adjustable pinch force, functional grasping contours and illumination capabilities. Embodiments of the present invention include a tensioning mechanism that permits adjustment of the tension of a spring member to increase or decrease the pinching force of the device. The tensioning mechanism may be repositioned among multiple positions to vary the tension in a spring member. Movement of the tensioning mechanism utilizes principles of mechanical leverage in a way such that the force applied by the spring member does not need to be directly opposed in order to reposition the tensioning mechanism and the tensioning device will automatically lock into a selected position. Additional embodiments include digits with dual internal edges and logarithmic spiral contours for enhanced grasping of objects. Still further embodiments include illumination for functional and aesthetic purposes. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287317 | Display control apparatus and method and display control program - According to an aspect of the embodiment, a display control apparatus includes a storage unit storing a plurality of connection information each of which is associated at least with one property information, an extraction unit extracting connection information from the plurality of connection information, the extracted connection information including property information which partially correspond with each other, and a display unit performing display control to distinguish the extracted connection information extracted by the extraction unit from the other connection information. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287318 | CONFIGURATION AND DISPLAY MODULE FOR BUS-NETWORKED STATIONS - A system for configuring slave stations connected to a bus configured to have a predefined number of slave stations connected thereto includes at least one master station, and a configuration module connected to the bus and configured to receive a query from the master station at a beginning of a configuration process. The configuration module is configured to provide information corresponding to a configuration of the slave stations connected to the bus. The configuration module has a plurality of mechanical setting devices, a number of the mechanical setting devices corresponding to the predefined number of slave stations connectable to the bus. Respective positions of the mechanical setting devices indicate a sequence of the slave stations connected to the bus. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287319 | Universal model predictive controller - A method for building robust model predictive controller universally applicable is presented based on the innate process characteristics independent of the method of control actuation. The method of universal MPC design permits proper configuration of requisite regulatory control loops for measured and unmeasured disturbance rejections consistent with the underlying innate process characteristics and their embedding within the overall process unit model predictive controller. The method of universal MPC design requires that manipulated variables process value based model (PV-based models) be used in control and optimization in place of the customary set point based models (SP-based models) or control output based models (OP-based models). The PV-based models are devoid of the manipulated variables regulatory controllers response and tuning. Based on the PV-based models, an alternate method of MPC called PV-based MPC is presented that is most robust and adaptable of possible three types of MPC. Based on the universal MPC design, the prior art MPC can be adapted to improve its robustness at or near control valve saturation. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287320 | System and Method for the Model Predictive Control of Batch Processes using Latent Variable Dynamic Models - A computer implemented method for modeling and controlling batch or transitional processes is disclosed including collecting, or initiating the collection of measurements on a plurality of process variables. The method may include creating, or initiating the creation of, a latent variable model predictive controller based on the collected measurements. The method further provides for applying or initiating the application of, the model predictive controller to predict and control at least one of the process variables to track a desired trajectory, by operation of at least one computer including one or more computer processors. A related system for implementing the method is disclosed as is a computer program operable with this method. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287321 | CONFIGURATION SYSTEM USING SECURITY OBJECTS IN A PROCESS PLANT - A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be controlled by associating access control data with the items. The configuration system may also use objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant. Access to these objects may be controlled by associating access control data with the objects. The access control data may indicate whether users or certain users may be able to, for example, view or modify all or some data associated with the process plant items or the objects. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant, composite templates, module templates, etc. The objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant may comprise, for example, phase classes or unit phases. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287322 | INSTRUMENTATION CONTROL SYSTEM - Disclosed is an instrumentation control system, including: a first field device; and a second field device coupled to the first field device via a fieldbus. The first field device includes: a transmitting buffer to store data to be transmitted; a transmitter; and an inquiry processing section to cause the transmitter to retransmit the data stored in the transmitting buffer to the second field device in response to a request from the second field device. The second field device includes: a receiving buffer to store the data transmitted from the first field device; a checking section to determine whether the data stored in the receiving buffer is normal or not, and to make a data retransmission request to the first field device if the data stored in the receiving buffer is not normal; and a processing unit to perform predetermined processing based on the data which is determined to be normal. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287323 | Information Processing Apparatus, Method, and Program - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, method, and program that are capable of analysing a waveform of a tune involving a modulation with a reduced operation amount. A beat feature extraction section | 2009-11-19 |
20090287324 | PORTABLE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT AND MEDIA PLAYER DEVICE - A portable audio enhancement and media player device and method are disclosed for enabling an electronic consumer product such as a personal computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular phone or the like, to process and format media having different data formats such “wav” “mp3”, “mov”, “midi” files, and the like. The portable device may be connected to an electronic consumer product via a connector such as universal serial bus (USB), firewire, audio out, audio in, and the like. By connecting the portable device via one of the connectors, the portable device provides the required processors for processing audio/video media data necessary to play such data formats and enable the electronic consumer product with sound card and media player functionality. The portable device with media player functionality enables an electronic product such as a personal computer to obtain an additional secondary functionality such as audio enhancement when connected to the host computer and also aid in processing data when connected to the host computer. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287325 | DIGITAL CONTENT PLAYER WITH SOUND-ACTIVATION FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR POWERING ON AND OFF THE DIGITAL CONTENT PLAYER - A digital content player with sound-activation function includes a microphone receiving external sound signal, and an activation controller electrically connected to the microphone. The activation controller is further electrically connected to a power source and a digital content player console. The activation controller supplies electrical power from the power source to the microphone and judges a power on condition and a power off condition based on the external sound signal. The activation controller selectively powers on and off the digital content player console based on the power on and off condition. Therefore, user can remotely activate the digital content player console by, for example, two successive sounds by clapping. A power on operation sequence is automatically performed after the digital content player console is powered on, thus facilitating operation for user. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287326 | AUDIO LEVEL METER - A circuit for correcting the output of an audio level meter comprises input means for generating the square or the absolute value of an input signal, a low pass filter having a predetermined attack time and release time, and output means for converting the output signal from a linear scale to a logarithmic scale. The circuit further comprises a correction means to which an information about whether the input signal to the audio level meter was subject to squaring or converting into an absolute value at the input, as well as the attack and release time of the low pass filter, are supplied as input values, and which provides, at its output, a value representing the difference between the output of the audio level meter and the true signal power of the input signal. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287327 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYING SYSTEM AND TIME-COUNTING METHOD APPLIED THERETO - A multimedia playing system includes an audio outputting device and a multimedia player. The audio outputting device includes a connecting plug and a distance detector. The distance detector generates a distance detecting signal if the distance detector detects the presence of a nearby object. The multimedia player is communicated with the audio outputting device through the connecting plug so as to transmit an output audio signal to the audio outputting device. The distance detecting signal is transmitted to the multimedia player through the connecting plug. The multimedia player generates a prompt event to the audio outputting device if the time duration of continuously receiving the distance detecting signal exceeds a time threshold. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287328 | EXTRACTION OF A MULTIPLE CHANNEL TIME-DOMAIN OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM A MULTICHANNEL SIGNAL - A digital signal processing system and method transforms pairs of channels selected from a multichannel signal into the frequency domain. Vector operations are performed upon the frequency-domain data by which signal components unique to one of the input channels are routed to one of the output channels, signal components unique to the other of the input channels are routed to another of the output channels, and signal components common to both channels are routed to a third and optionally to a fourth output channel. The frequency-domain output channels are then transformed back into the time-domain, forming a plurality of time-domain output channels. The vector operations are performed in a manner that preserves the overall information content of the input data. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287329 | Audio Processor - An audio processor is provided which includes a digital signal processor for processing a digital audio data in an inputted digital audio file and a digital analog converter for converting the digital audio data processed by the digital signal processor into an analog audio data in accordance with a sampling frequency of the digital audio data. The digital signal processor adds a silent data of predetermined amount of time which is the same or longer as time for completing a setting of the sampling frequency in a beginning of the digital audio data in the inputted digital audio file. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287330 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A MANUFACTURING PROCESS HAVING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTED DISCREET OPERATING STATIONS - A process to control product throughput in a multi-station manufacturing system is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: providing the manufacturing system as a plurality of discrete operating stations; separating the plurality of pathways into a plurality of independent pathways; identifying a first constraining throughput capacity corresponding to each of the plurality of independent pathways; adjusting a target rate of each of the discrete operating stations in each of the plurality of independent pathways according to the corresponding first constraining throughput capacity; reconstituting the plurality of independent pathways into an interconnected pathway comprising the discrete operating stations; reforming the plurality of pathways for the object of manufacture to pass from the first operating station to the distal operating station; combining the target rate of each of the discrete operating stations of the interconnected pathways; and, adjusting product throughput according to the combined target rates. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287331 | Systems and Methods for Bio-Refinery Application Management and Process Improvement - Systems and methods are provided for management of bio-fuel production research and development, comprising (1) mapping process template layers into process segments, wherein each process template layer specifies configuration of a bio-fuel manufacturing process via process segments, and wherein each process segment specifies a stage of the bio-fuel manufacturing process via a grouping of segment modules, (2) recording specified data at each segment module, wherein the specified data includes input data, output data, and environment data, (3) configuring workflow through each process segment according to the segment modules within respective process segments, and wherein the workflow specifies the segment modules that are present and the order of the segment modules, and (4) providing the specified data to a research and development lifecycle management module for determination of results based on tracking and comparison of specified data, and wherein segment modules are modified based on the determined results. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FULL AND PARTIAL DENTURES - There is provided a system for fabricating at least a portion of a denture. The system includes a three-dimensional scanning device for scanning a surface of a denture template, and a computer-readable medium including a computer program for receiving data from the scanning device, creating a 3-dimensional model of the surface, and optionally modifying the 3-dimensional model and/or adding features to the 3-dimensional model. The system also includes a fabricator for creating the at least the portion of the denture, from a selected material, based on the 3-dimensional model. The fabricator may be a device including a lathe, or a rapid prototyping machine. There is also provided a method for fabricating at least a portion of a denture. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287333 | AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION FILTERS FOR RADIATION TREATMENT MACHINES INCLUDING MANUFACTURE SCHEDULING - Automating the process for providing a radiation filter is based on different software programs executed by a computer system. The software programs include customer interface software, tool path generation software and manufacture scheduling software. Each software program performs a specific function for automating the process. The manufacture scheduling software determines available tooling machines to manufacture the radiation filter based on the generated tool path from a plurality of tooling machines, and selects one of the available tooling machines based on availability for manufacture of the radiation filter. The manufactured radiation filter is shipped, and the customer is then invoiced for the order. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287334 | AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION FILTERS FOR RADIATION TREATMENT MACHINES INCLUDING TRACKING THEREOF - Automating the process for providing a radiation filter is based on different software programs executed by a computer system. The software programs include customer interface software, tool path generation software and manufacture scheduling software. The customer interface software imports into a database a customer file for the radiation filter, and each of the different software programs set a flag in the database upon completion of their task. Tracking software tracks progress on manufacture of the radiation filter based on the different corresponding flags set in the database. The customer file is provided by a customer, and the customer remotely accesses the database to view progress on the manufacture of the radiation filter. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287335 | PROCESSING DATA MANAGING SYSTEM, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING DEVICE DATA MANAGING METHOD - A processing data managing system includes: a processing device | 2009-11-19 |
20090287336 | METHOD OF ANALYZING AN ASSEMBLY OF PARTS WITH RESPECT TO A PREDETERMINED DESIGN CRITERION - The invention relates to a method of analyzing an assembly of parts with respect to at least one predetermined design criterion, characterized in that it comprises the following steps performed on the basis of the design data represented by digital mock-ups each reliably representing a part in three dimensions, the assembly of mock-ups together defining the assembly of parts in three dimensions: —identifying the parts of the assembly, —determining, among the parts thus identified of the assembly, several first pairs of parts which each define two parts in mechanical contact with one another, —determining, among the first pairs of parts, several second pairs of parts which each define two parts which conform to said at least one predetermined criterion, —identifying a set of second pairs of parts, —as a function of the set thus identified, determining the result of the analysis of the assembly of parts with respect to said at least one predetermined design criterion. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287337 | METHOD FOR MODELING AND EXECUTING A PRODUCTION RULE IN A DISCRETE MANUFACTURING SCENARIO - A method for modeling and executing a production rule of a production phase in a discrete manufacturing scenario, whereby the production rule is associated to a process element and contains predefined production steps and predefined dependencies between the production steps, contains the steps of loading a production rule into a production order manager, parsing the production rule, and retrieving the predefined production steps and the predefined dependencies. Optionally user-defined parameters for the predefined production steps and the predefined dependencies are input. A state machine is created and contains the production steps labeled each as a predefined state, and further contains the dependencies labeled each as a predefined transition between two predefined states. The state machine is then forwarded to a process controller. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287338 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING WAFER PROCESSING ORDER FOR CYCLICAL TWO PATTERN DEFECT DETECTION - A method of sequencing wafer processing order to minimize sequence correlation in a cyclical two pattern model by generating a set of sequences of wafer identifiers that each specify an order by which one or more fabrication equipments processes wafers of a wafer lot, where the wafer lot contains a number of slots and the fabrication equipments each includes a first subsystem for processing wafers in odd-numbered slots of the first wafer lot and a second subsystem for processing wafers in even-numbered slots of the first wafer lot, and where each of the generated wafer sequences contains exactly a number of wafer identifiers that match the wafer identifiers in every other wafer sequence indexed in the set. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287339 | SOFTWARE APPLICATION TO ANALYZE EVENT LOG AND CHART TOOL FAIL RATE AS FUNCTION OF CHAMBER AND RECIPE - In one embodiment, a method for providing a user interface to graphically indicate a cause for fault-related events includes providing a user interface to illustrate a plurality of fault-related events for a plurality of recipes performed on a plurality of manufacturing process hardware tools, presenting in the user interface the plurality of recipes in a first axis and the plurality of manufacturing process hardware tools in a second axis, and graphically indicating in the user interface whether the plurality of fault-related events were caused by one of the plurality of manufacturing process hardware tools or one of the plurality of recipes performed on the one manufacturing process hardware tools. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287340 | In-line effluent analysis method and apparatus for CMP process control - An apparatus and method for collecting and analyzing the effluent stream created by a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process performs a continuous measurement of at least one effluent characteristic and integrates the results over time to create a volumetric analysis of the planarization process. The volumetric analysis can be used as feedback/feedforward signals to control the planarization process itself (e.g., endpoint detection based upon an known initial thickness of film material), create alarm signals for out-of-range measurements, and/or waste stream indicators useful in treating the effluent prior to discharge (e.g., determining a pH correction). | 2009-11-19 |
20090287341 | Pre-aligner search - Methods and systems, in one embodiment, for receiving a warped flexible wafer to be transferred between a first mechanism and a second mechanism are described. The method and system senses a first vacuum suction between the warped flexible wafer and the first mechanism. The warped flexible wafer is positioned to define a gap between the warped flexible wafer and the second mechanism. Methods and systems for closing the gap incrementally between the warped flexible wafer and the second mechanism are described. At each increment, the methods and systems detect whether a second vacuum suction is created between the warped flexible wafer and the second mechanism. When a second vacuum suction is detected between the warped flexible wafer and the second mechanism, the first vacuum suction between the warped flexible wafer and the first mechanism is released. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287342 | Molding Machine Management System, Molding Machine, Management Apparatus, and Molding Machine Management Method - An object is to facilitate protection of data and suppress communication loads imposed on a network, molding machines, etc. A molding machine management system includes a management apparatus for managing a plurality of molding machines. The system comprises an information recording processing section which records on a recording device reference data acquired by operating each molding machine; an information manipulation processing section which performs predetermined processing on the reference data and actual data acquired by operating each molding machine to thereby obtain manipulated data; an information transmission processing section which transmits the reference data to the management apparatus in advance and transmits the manipulated data to the management apparatus as needed; and an information synthesis processing section which synthesizes the reference data and the manipulated data. Since the data obtained by operating each molding machine are recorded in the recording device of the molding machine, protection of the data becomes easier. After the reference data are sent from each molding machine to the management apparatus, only the manipulated data should be sent from each molding machine to the management apparatus. Consequently, there is no need for performing communication between the management apparatus and each of the molding machines at all times. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287343 | GENERATION OF UNIQUE MAIL ITEM IDENTIFICATION WITHIN A MULTIPLE DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT - The present teachings relate to a method and system for the processing of mail items within a multiple device document processing environment to ensure generation of unique mail items. The present teachings provides for an improved system and method for assigning and maintaining unique mail item identifiers and processing of the unique mail items in a multiple mail processing device environment to qualify for maximum postal work sharing discounts. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287344 | System and method for mail verification - A system and method is provided for transmitting mail verification data over a wide area network, such as the Internet, in response to receiving and authenticating at least a portion of mail identification (ID) data. In one embodiment of the present invention, a mail verification application is adapted to store at least a verifying portion (e.g., an identifiable code portion, a shipping portion, a recipient portion, etc.) of mail ID data in memory. The mail ID data is then affixed to a mail object. The mail object is then manually delivered to a recipient. At least an authenticating portion of the mail ID data is then provided to a reception device. The reception device, which communicates with the mail ID device over a wide area network, transmits at least the authenticating portion of the mail ID data to the mail verification application operating on the mail ID device. The mail verification application then compares the authenticating portion of the mail ID data with the verifying portion stored in memory. If the authenticating portion of the mail ID data is authenticated, mail verification data is sent to the reception device. In one embodiment of the present invention, at least a portion of the mail verification data includes authenticating data, securing data, sender data, recipient data, mail-content data, downloadable-product data, sender-web-page data, and/or third-party-web-page data. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287345 | SHUTTLE TYPE CONVEYING DEVICE, MICROPLATE FEEDING AND COLLECTING DEVICE, PICKUP DEVICE FOR MICROPLATE, CASSETTE FOR MICROPLATE, AND SHELF FOR RECEIVING MICROPLATE - A shuttle-type conveying system to convey an article. The system includes a feeding and collecting device capable of setting a cassette in which articles to be conveyed are stacked as they are on a rotating and feeding table, a pickup device taking out the article and placing it on a receiving/delivery table, and a conveying device feeding the article on the receiving/delivery table to another receiving/delivery table by a shuttle conveying portion traveling on conveying paths below the receiving/delivery table. After the article is lifted up by the shuttle conveying portion and moved to outside the receiving/delivery table, the article is lowered below the receiving/delivery table and made to travel under the receiving/delivery table to another receiving/delivery table. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287346 | Drive for the Cross Belt of a Cross Belt Sorter - A cross belt sorter is provided for transporting and sorting piece goods, composed of a plurality of sorter elements which are moved on a conveyor track and which are coupled to form a train or can be moved individually and which are in each case provided with a cross belt which circulates continuously around deflection rollers and can be driven transversely with respect to the transport direction of the sorter elements and on which the piece goods can be transported in a resting position and loaded and/or unloaded at fixed loading and/or unloading locations, for which purpose at least one deflection roller of the cross belt corresponds to a drive. The drive of the at least one deflection roller for the cross belt be provided by means of a barrel motor which is arranged within the deflection roller. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287347 | PHARMACEUTICAL DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES ASSOCIATED WITH SAME - A pharmaceutical dispensing system includes a frame having first and second opposed sides, a plurality of cells configured to house pharmaceutical pills, a first touch screen display on the frame first side, and a second touch screen display on the frame second side. The pharmaceutical dispensing system includes a processor and memory coupled thereto. A computer program resides in the memory and is executable by the processor for displaying a cell inventory graphical user interface (GUI) within the first touch screen display, and a prescription order processing GUI within the second touch screen display that include status information about a prescription order at a respective stage of completion by the pharmaceutical dispensing system. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287348 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATIC DISPENSER - A control apparatus for an automatic dispenser provided at least with a display device and a processing and command unit. The control apparatus comprises at least first sensor elements able to detect at least the presence of an image reproduced by the display device and to transmit the data detected to the processing and command unit, which is able to vary the operating and/or functional conditions of the display device and/or of the automatic dispenser according to the data detected. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287349 | Device for controlling access to user-selectable content - A device having user-selectable content includes a storage having the capacity to store pre-loaded content and a controller. The controller is operative to manage access to the pre-loaded content, by way of limiting the access to a user-selected portion of the pre-loaded content. The controller limits access subject to and performed according to an indication of an initial purchase transaction. Also provided is a controller that includes a processing unit and an interface to a memory. The processing unit is operative to manage access to pre-loaded content stored on the memory. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287350 | PHARMACEUTICAL DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES ASSOCIATED WITH SAME - A pharmaceutical dispensing system includes a frame having first and second opposed sides, a plurality of cells configured to house pharmaceutical pills, a first touch screen display on the frame first side, and a second touch screen display on the frame second side. A plurality of dispensing shelves configured to receive filled pill containers are accessible from the second side of the frame for removal of pill containers therein. The pharmaceutical dispensing system includes a processor and memory coupled thereto. A computer program resides in the memory and is executable by the processor for displaying a cell inventory graphical user interface (GUI) within the first touch screen display, and a series of GUIs within the second touch screen display that include status information about a prescription order at a respective stage of completion by the pharmaceutical dispensing system. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287351 | HAPTIC DEVICE GRIPPERS FOR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION - An embodiment of a haptic gripper system includes a slave gripper device, a master gripper device, and a gripper motor controller. The gripper motor controller includes a slave encoder loop, a master encoder loop, and a haptic loop. The haptic loop is configured to receive a slave motor encoder loop output signal and a master motor encoder loop output signal, determine a difference signal between the slave motor encoder loop output signal and the master motor encoder loop output signal representative of a difference between a first relative angular position of a slave gripper motor and a second relative angular position of a master gripper motor, and provide a slave motor control signal to a slave motor control signal input, and provide a master motor control signal to the master motor control signal input. The slave motor control signal and the master motor control signal drive at least one of the slave gripper motor and the master gripper motor to match their respective relative angular positions with respect to the other. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287352 | ROBOTIC SYSTEM INCLUDING FOLDABLE ROBOTIC ARM - A system includes an end effector, a robotic wrist for orienting the end effector; and a robotic arm for positioning the end effector. The robotic arm is foldable into a stack. The robotic wrist is mounted to a last link of the robotic arm. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BIPEDAL ROBOT VIA A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system for controlling a bipedal robot via a communication device. The system acquires a mapping data and a current location of the bipedal robot via a Global Positioning System (GPS), determines a route on the mapping data, and directs movement of the bipedal robot until it reaches a preset destination. A method for controlling the robot and a storage device containing computer instructions for execution of the method are also provided. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287354 | ROBOT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COOPERATIVE WORK THEREOF - Disclosed are a robot, which performs cooperative work with a plurality of robot manipulators through impedance control, and a method of controlling cooperative work of the robot. The method includes calculating absolute coordinate positions of end effectors, respectively provided at a plurality of manipulators to perform the work; calculating a relative coordinate position from the absolute coordinate positions of the end effectors; calculating joint torques of the plurality of manipulators using the relative coordinate position; and controlling the cooperative work of the plurality of manipulators according to the joint torques. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYDRONIC SYSTEMS HAVING MULTIPLE SOURCES AND MULTIPLE LOADS - A system and method are provided to control hydronic systems having a plurality of on-demand sources, semi-on-demand sources, and intermittent sources that are fluidly or thermally coupled to a plurality of load zones. The hydronic system device obtains performance measurements for system components to provide system metrics, including failure diagnostics, energy capture, and usage optimization. The hydronic system device may also calculate British Thermal Units produced and used by the plurality of sources and loads to calculate incentives, including renewable energy credits. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287356 | High throughput flow cytometer operation with data quality assessment and control - The invention provides a flow system and method for reliable multiparameter data acquisition and particle sorting. In accordance with the invention, a flow system assesses changes in the pattern of data collected in successive time intervals and actuates one or more corrective actions whenever the changes exceed predetermined limits. The present invention overcomes problems associated with collecting data and sorting and enumerating particles in flow cytometry systems that operate for prolonged periods or that must accommodate samples that vary widely in quality. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287357 | System and Method of Constant Pressure, Variable Speed Pump Control with Local Equalization for Dissimilar Pumps - A pump control system includes a plurality of different variable speed pumps. Each of the pumps can be operated at a different speed to equalize pump loads. A system wide proportional integral differential control loop increases and decreases the speed of all pump motors to maintain a desired system output pressure. A second proportional integral differential control loop associated with each pump adjusts pump speed to equalize a load profile for each respective pump. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287358 | MIXING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing and distributing a cleaning solution for use in a vehicle washing facility. The method includes receiving pre-measured raw chemical material at a distributor's facility, diluting the pre-measured raw chemical material using a mixing apparatus at the distributor's facility to form a cleaning solution, packaging at least a portion of the cleaning solution into containers at the distributor's facility, and delivering at least one of the containers from the distributor's facility directly to the vehicle washing facility. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287359 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AN ENERGY CONSUMING LOAD - An apparatus for managing an energy consuming load in a group of energy consuming loads comprising the load and a plurality of other loads, including a transmitter to transmit a set of load state data generated from the load and a receiver to receive sets of load state data generated from the other loads. A processor generates the set of load state data from the load, to compile the set of load state data from the load with the sets of load state data from the other loads, and to process the compiled sets of load state data in order to make an enablement state decision for the load, wherein the enablement state decision reflects an enablement state of the load which is either a load enabled or a load disabled state. The enablement state decision is made independently of the other loads, and is implemented by a controller. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287360 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE OF STEEL PLATE, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD OF STEEL PLATE - A method and apparatus measuring temperature of a steel sheet. A reference plate including a temperature controller is disposed opposite to the steel sheet. The reference plate temperature of the reference plate is measured by a contact thermometer. A radiation pyrometer is trained on the steel sheet at an angle such that alternate reflection of radiation energy by the reference plate and the objective steel sheet occurs once or twice. The radiosity of the steel sheet is measured by the radiation pyrometer. A temperature obtained by converting the radiosity into a temperature of a blackbody that radiates energy equivalent to the radiosity is used as a radiosity temperature. The temperature controller executes a control operation to make the temperature of the reference plate coincide with the radiosity temperature. The radiosity temperature is used as the temperature of the steel sheet. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287361 | Command Input System - A command input system, includes: 1) an infrared camera for picking up an image of a sensing area, with which defines a certain part as a back face; 2) an extractor for extracting, based on an image data of the image picked up by the infrared camera, at least one of the following: a) a configuration of a hand, and b) a movement of a hand; and 3) a temperature adjustor for adjusting at least one of a hand temperature and a back face temperature so as to increase a difference between the hand temperature and the back face temperature. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287362 | MONITORED BURN-IN TEST APPARATUS AND MONITORED BURN-IN TEST METHOD - A monitored burn-in test method includes: subjecting an element set, including elements, to a writing process for writing data into each of the elements, the elements requiring a refresh process; subjecting the element set to the refresh process after the writing process; and interrupting the refresh process for a selected one or ones of the elements, when instructions for readout of data are supplied to the selected one or ones during the refresh process, and subjecting the selected one or ones to a readout process in accordance with the instructions. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287363 | Weapon integrated controller - The present disclosures are systems, apparatus and methods for communicating with a robot via a weapon. In one embodiment, the weapon comprises a barrel, a receiver assembly, a handgrip, and a first controller. The receiver assembly is coupled to an end of the barrel and to the handgrip. The first controller is integrated into the handgrip and inputs a first controller signal to a processing device. A transmitter receives a processing signal from the processing device according to the first controller signal. Preferably, the transmitter sends the processing signal to a robot, which responds accordingly to the received processing signal. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287364 | VISUAL AIRCRAFT SPACING TOOL - An air traffic display aid and method that uses parameters for defining a heading for an alpha approach and a beta approach. These can be intersecting or converging runways, dependent or independent parallel runways or airways in en-route configurations. A target reference point is determined in dependence upon the alpha and beta approaches. And an image reference point is determined in dependence upon at least one of the target reference point, a difference between the headings, a characteristic of the beta approach and an offset. Single target mirror ghosting, in-trail ghosting on demand, associated configurations and user selectable resynchronization spacing is also supported. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287365 | CONVERTER FOR CONVERTING A LOAD FACTOR COMMAND INTO A LONGITUDINAL ATTITUDE DEVIATION INSTRUCTION - The invention relates to flight control systems for aircraft, which have large control loops delivering load factor commands and which are applied to flight controls more suited to the following by the pilot of a longitudinal attitude deviation instruction than to the following of a load factor instructions. It consists of a small control loop generating a deviation indicator displayed by the flight director on the PFD screen, with a converter for converting a controlled load factor into a longitudinal attitude deviation instruction comprising a bandpass filter allowing the integration for the calculation of the longitudinal attitude deviation instruction value in the piloting frequency span only. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287366 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) DRIVING MODE OPTIMIZATION FOR A PARALLEL HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method of operating a parallel hybrid electric drive train may include manually selecting a first mode by a user. The first mode include an electric mode that provides for propelling a vehicle using only an electric motor. The method may also include propelling the vehicle in the electric mode, limiting an allowed vehicle acceleration below a predetermined acceleration value, detecting a battery state of charge, and preventing an engine start during operation in the electric mode. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVER CONTROL OF A LIMITED-ABILITY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - A vehicle system for providing an interface for driver control of at least a partially autonomous vehicle. The system includes a driver command processor that receives request signals from a driver interface device of the driver's desire for the vehicle system to take certain actions and sends appropriate signals in response thereto to the proper autonomous vehicle systems. The driver command processor also sends signal to a display device indicating available actions, acknowledgement of the driver request, status of actions being taken or to be taken, etc. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287368 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A motor vehicle has a driver assistance system for outputting a warning message and/or for engaging in a driving operation, an activity of the driver assistance system occurring if a variable triggering threshold is exceeded. To increase the active and passive traffic safety, further external circumstances, in particular influencing variables which have an influence on the driving behavior, the braking distance, and the skid resistance of the motor vehicle, for example, may be taken into consideration during the driving operation. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287369 | Method and System for Providing Supplemental Services to Telematics Systems - The embodiments of the present innovation provide a method and system for providing supplemental services to telematics systems. The method and system receives data from a telematics provider in a non-proprietary format, parses the data, stores the data, provides the data to a third party application, obtains an output from the third party application, and transmits the output to a customer. The method and system may also receive data from any portable device, parse the data, store the data, provide the data to a third party application, obtain an output from the third party application, and transmit the output to a customer. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287370 | FAILURE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED ECU FOR USE IN THE FAILURE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - A failure diagnosis system that erases diagnostic information applied to a vehicle that includes an ECU for that stores a vehicle identification number (VIN) and diagnostic information (hereinafter, referred to as “VIN storage ECU”), and an ECU that does not store the vehicle identification number but stores the diagnostic information (hereinafter, referred to as “other ECU”) is characterized by being constructed so as to erase the diagnostic information stored in the VIN storage ECU and also erase the diagnostic information stored in the other ECU in connection with the writing of the vehicle identification number stored in the VIN storage ECU. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287371 | SHOCK ABSORBER HEALTH AND CONDITION MONITORING DEVICE - Apparatus and method for determining shock-absorber wear are presented. The device includes a shock absorber, a temperature sensor, and an electronics assembly. The temperature sensor may generate temperature data for the shock absorber. The electronics assembly may determine a condition of the shock absorber based on the temperature data. The temperature sensor may be inside, on the surface, or nearby the shock absorber. A condition of the shock absorber, such as a shock-wear value or a remaining useful life (RUL) is determined, based on the temperature data. A shock-wear state may be determined by comparing the shock-wear value to one or more thresholds. A shock-wear indicator and/or a combined indicator may indicate the shock-wear value, RUL, and/or the shock-wear state. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287372 | PIT ROAD DISPLAY - Instruments or gauges arranged to provide feedback detectable by the peripheral vision of a driver when vehicle operating parameters, such as engine speed, temperature, pressure, and voltage, are in a critical range, include one or more of the following types of instruments or gauges and/or features: (a) a tachometer that not only includes a primary numeric display, but also a secondary display made up of a plurality of discrete lights of different colors, the colors indicating whether the engine speed of a vehicle is within a relatively narrow range of engine speeds acceptable for the roadway leading from a race track to service areas, known as “pit road,” the high and low limits of the range being adjustable to meet pit road requirements at different tracks; (b) an instrument or gauge having a background that illuminates to indicate critical sensor readings; (c) an instrument or gauge having improved handling of sensor abnormalities to prevent false readings; (d) a non-linear analog gauge for a motor vehicle having a higher resolution in a particular range of interest, and a lower resolution outside that range; and (e) a boost pressure gauge that facilitates entry of gear information for use in traction control. The instruments or gauges of the invention are suitable for use in racing vehicles that meet standards established by NASCAR. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287373 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A WORK MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER - A control system for a work machine is provided, which system includes an electric machine, a hydraulic machine and at least one hydraulic cylinder. The electric machine is connected in a driving manner to the hydraulic machine. The hydraulic machine is connected to a piston side of the hydraulic cylinder via a first line and a piston-rod side of the hydraulic cylinder via a second line. The hydraulic machine is adapted to be driven by the electric machine and supply the hydraulic cylinder with pressurized hydraulic fluid from a tank in a first operating state and to be driven by a hydraulic fluid flow from the hydraulic cylinder and drive the electric machine in a second operating state. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287374 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING DRIVING CONDITIONS OF A VEHICLE - The method and system evaluate driving conditions of a vehicle whereby drivability of the vehicle can be evaluated accurately and objectively. To evaluate drivability of the vehicle under different driving conditions, a plural pieces of driving load information including biological information on a driver and movement information of the vehicle being driven are measured. Then, a group of weighting coefficients as many as or fewer than pieces of the driving load information is selected from groups of weighting coefficients that are set according to representative values of the driving load information in order to use a weighted linear sum of the representative values of the driving load information as an index of an integrated evaluation of the drivability of the vehicle. Subsequently, a weighted linear sum is obtained using the selected group of weighting coefficients and used to perform the integrated evaluation of the drivability under various driving conditions. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287375 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABSOLUTE STEERING WHEEL ANGLE FROM A SINGLE-TURN STEERING WHEEL ANGLE SENSOR - A method and algorithm for determining a steering wheel angle of a vehicle steering mechanism upon power up of a vehicle using a single-turn steering wheel angle sensor by eliminating plausible steering wheel angles until one and only one steering wheel angle possibility remains. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287376 | Vehicle Control Device - A vehicle control device calculates an operation amount and a motion state amount for varying an operation amount necessary for a real vehicle's operation based on a dynamic vehicle model modeling the motion state of a vehicle running in accordance with running targets such as a target path and a speed pattern and determines whether the calculated operation amount and the motion state amount satisfy prescribed running requirements. The operation amount and the motion state amount determined to satisfy the running requirements are a feed-forward (FF) operation amount and a target state amount in a state feedback (FB) control, respectively. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287377 | VEHICLE BODY DRIFTING SUPPRESION DEVICE - A vehicle body drifting suppression device including a steering torque detection unit which detects a steering torque of a vehicle, wherein a vehicle body drifting suppression is performed according to a vehicle body drifting suppression control-amount, and the vehicle body drifting suppression control-amount is adjusted according to a temporal sustention status of the steering torque. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287378 | DRAG TORQUE REQUEST SECURITY DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An engine control system for a vehicle comprises a torque module and a drag request evaluation module. The torque module controls torque output of an engine based on a driver torque request and increases the torque output based on a wheel drag torque request generated based on a driven wheel speed. The drag request evaluation module disables the increase of the torque output when the driven wheel speed is greater than an undriven wheel speed by more than a predetermined speed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287379 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND RECORDING A CLOSURE PANEL RELEASE REQUEST - A system and a method are provided for receiving and recording a closure panel release request. The system comprises an input device for transmitting the closure panel release request, a closure mechanism for securing the closure panel in the closed position, and a processor that is coupled to the vehicle, the closure mechanism, and the input device. The processor is configured to receive the closure panel release request and set a condition indicating that the closure panel is released from the closed position. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287380 | WORK MACHINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCAST SPREADING OF A MATERIAL IN WIND CONDITIONS - A work machine includes a spreader configured for broadcast spreading of a material from the work machine; an input device configured to provide wind condition data; an orientation control device configured to determine an orientation of the work machine; and a controller coupled to the spreader, the input device and the GPS receiver. The controller is configured to execute program instructions to control the broadcast of the material from the work machine based on the wind condition data from the input device and based on the orientation of the work machine. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287381 | Determining and Reconstructing Changes in Load on Lifting Gear - The invention relates to a method of determining changes in loads on lifting gear, whereby a change in load is determined within load curve data at a transition point of the load curve gradient, and whereby the load curve is broken down into discrete-time observation intervals at the transition points. It further relates to a method of reconstructing load situations on lifting gear, for which such a method of determining changes in load is used. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287382 | Vehicle control system and method - A vehicle control system includes a first powertrain, a second powertrain, and a third powertrain. The first powertrain includes a first power source. The second powertrain includes a second power source. The third powertrain includes a third power source. The vehicle control system also includes an operator control interface. The operator control interface includes a first portion configured to receive a first operator input and a second portion configured to receive a second operator input. The first operator input and the second operator input are indicative of a desired speed and a desired direction. The vehicle control system additionally includes a controller configured to deliver a power control signal to at least one of the first powertrain, the second powertrain, and the third powertrain. The power control signal is a function of the first operator input and the second operator input. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287383 | SHIFT-BY-WIRE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A SBW control system is disclosed which is powered by an electric power source on a vehicle to electrically control mode shifting of an automatic transmission of the vehicle. The SBW control system includes: 1) means for inputting a shift command to shift a current operating mode of the automatic transmission to a desired operating mode; 2) means for shifting the current operating mode to the desired operating mode according to the shift command; 3) means for locking an output shaft of the automatic transmission when the desired operating mode is P (park) mode and unlocking the same otherwise; 4) means for detecting an abnormal condition of the vehicle; and 5) means for controlling the locking/unlocking means in such a manner that when the abnormal condition is detected, the output shaft of the automatic transmission is unlocked regardless of whether or not the desired operating mode is P mode. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287384 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THRUST FORCE OF BELT OF CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - The present invention relates to a system and a method for controlling the thrust force of a belt of a CVT. The method includes: determining whether a rough road condition is satisfied; continuously calculating, in a case that the condition is satisfied, a thrust force for a first predetermined time by gradually increasing a safety factor to a safety factor of the rough road condition; increasing the thrust force of the belt to the calculated thrust force; and maintaining the thrust force according to the safety factor of the rough road condition for a second predetermined time. With that method, belt slip can be prevented and fuel efficiency can be improved. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287385 | Method For Controlling A Shift Point In An Automatic Transmission - The method according to the invention for shift point control in automatic transmissions by means of an electronic control device, which receives a performance requirement value and the vehicle speed as input signals and triggers up-shifts and down-shifts, by means of a functional module. The functional module controls the shift point, by using characteristic shift curves stored in the control device as a function of the performance requirement value and the vehicle speed. When predetermined operating conditions apply, a speed range is defined below a defined vehicle speed, in which range an instantaneous down-shift is performed, which is independent of the currently applicable characteristic shift curve. As soon as the performance requirement value or an operating value proportional to the performance requirement value falls below a threshold, an up-shift subsequent to the down-shift is delayed by a first predetermined time period after the instantaneous down-shift. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287386 | CLUTCH CONTROL SYSTEM - The clutch control system includes a motor in a liquid pressure modulator for engagement/disengagement of a clutch, a clutch control unit for controlling the operation of the motor, vehicle condition detection means which detects at least that an engine is in working and which detects the running speed of the vehicle, and neutral detection means for detecting the neutral state of a transmission. As controlled states of the clutch, there are set a first control state in which the clutch is in a partially engaged state or an engaged state, and a second control state in which the clutch is disengaged. When the engine being working and the vehicle speed being in excess of a predetermined value is detected and the neutral state is detected, in the first control state, transition to the second control state is effected and the clutch is disengaged. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287387 | CLUTCH CONTROL SYSTEM - When a predetermined time has passed without detection of engine stall and without detection of the neutral state and without detection of a vehicle starting operation, in a first control state in which a clutch is in a disengaged state, a clutch control system effects transition to a second control state in which transition to a third control state is permitted. When a vehicle starting operation is detected in the second control state B in which the clutch is in the disengaged state, a liquid pressure modulator is driven to effect transition to the third control state in which the clutch is put in the engaged state or a partially engaged state. When an engine stall or the neutral state is detected in the second control state, transition to the first control state A is effected. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287388 | System for controlling a vehicle driving downhill - A system for a hill descent control in the braking equipment of a motor vehicle comprising an electrically controllable service brake system, which is designed both for an anti-locking control function and for a braking function irrespective of actuation by the driver, a brake actuator which permits an individual adjustment of the braking pressures or braking moments generated for the individual wheels of a motor vehicle, which are the respective manipulated variables controlled by the hill descent control, an electronic control unit being provided for the electronic control and/or regulation which directly or indirectly detects variables related to operating conditions of the motor vehicle and adjusts additional braking moments when driving on steeply inclined roads, irrespective of whether a brake pedal is actuated. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287389 | Method For Increasing The Resolution Of Output Signals From At Least One Measuring Sensor On An Internal Combustion Engine And Corresponding Controller - The resolution of output signals from at least one measuring sensor on an internal combustion engine can be increased by: the working level range of the sensor is divided into at least two range sections, each section is provided with the same given output level range limited with relation to the working level range, for the output signal from the sensor and the switching from one to the other section is carried out independently by the sensor, when a range boundary between two adjacent sections is reached, exceeded or fallen below, the operating point of the internal combustion engine is determined by an engine management based on at least one parameter, the time curve for the raw sensor signal is predicted from at least one set of performance characteristics for the current operating point and the engine management determines which section is current from the predicted raw sensor signal time curve. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287390 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine includes: a fuel amount detector; a smoothing calculation unit that calculates a smooth output value, which is obtained by smoothing an output value of the fuel amount detector in a temporal direction; a continuous low speed condition detection unit that detects a continuous low speed condition in which the vehicle speed remains in the low speed region continuously beyond a predetermined time period; a calculation processing unit that successively calculates a maximum value and a minimum value of the smooth output value; a reference setting unit that updates and stores a reference value in response to the engine stoppage and in accordance with the current minimum value calculated by the calculation processing unit; and a fuel supply determination unit that detects a fuel supply to the fuel tank during the continuous low speed condition. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287391 | Engine Fuel Control System - A fuel control system is provided. The fuel control system includes an electronic control system coupled to a pair of control valves for blending pipeline fuel with waste fuel at a blend ratio for controlling fuel flow to an internal combustion engine. The fuel control system can estimate energy content of the fuel mixture to compensate the blend ratio. The fuel control system can use engine operational parameters to compensate the blend ratio. Typically, the system will use the operational parameter of output power or exhaust emissions to compensate the blend ratio. Further, the fuel control system can prioritize variation from the blend ratio or variation from a desired power output when the blend ratio cannot generate the desired power output. The fuel control system can also be equipped with engine speed/load controls, misfire, ignition timing and knock detection capabilities. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLOSED LOOP LAMBDA CONTROL OF A GASEOUS FUELED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and system in accordance with the present invention provides for improved lambda control utility that includes the following: the introduction of an inner control loop to the lambda control based on the pressure of the gaseous fuel downstream of the fuel control valve and upstream of the carburetor relative to the pressure of the air at the inlet of the carburetor, and the introduction of operating point based dynamic parameter scheduling in the lambda feedback control loop. The combination of these enhancements, working together, will allow an engine system to consistently meet the mandated performance requirements via tighter lambda control in the presence of set point changes and load disturbances. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287393 | DIRECT FUEL INJECTION CONTROL WITH VARIABLE INJECTOR CURRENT PROFILE - A direct fuel injection control for an internal combustion engine includes first and second controllers. The first controller has a microprocessor and generates injection timing and duration signals on injector select lines. The second controller is a state machine including injector controls that receive the injection timing and duration signals and control injector current according to sets of injector current profile defining parameters received from the first controller on a serial bus and stored in register sets in the second controller. The second controller includes switching apparatus that can quickly change the connection of each injector control between different register sets to select different injector current profiles in successive injection pulses. Several alternative ways of providing register select signals are disclosed, and these may be incorporated in the same second controller for selection by the first controller. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287394 | IDLING ROTATION SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS - There is provided an idling rotation speed control apparatus that can reduce the development man-hours and the cost and that enables operation during a trolling cruise to be readily performed. The idling rotation speed control apparatus includes an engine rotation speed detection means, an engine temperature detection means, an engine idling driving state detection means, an engine load detection means, an intake air amount adjusting means for adjusting an amount of intake air during an idling state, and an ECU for controlling the intake air amount adjusting means during idling driving. The ECU includes a basic torque ratio calculation function for calculating a ratio of torque to be generated, to engine maximal torque, that is necessary for making the engine steadily operate at a target rotation speed during idling driving; a target torque ratio calculation function for correcting the basic torque ratio, in accordance with a difference between a target rotation speed and an engine rotation speed, and calculating a target torque ratio; a target air amount calculation function for calculating an air amount necessary for generating the target torque ratio; and an intake air amount adjusting function for controlling the intake air amount adjusting means, based on the calculated air amount. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287395 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - An engine control device, which is capable of preventing fuel from being consumed more than necessary when a PTO device is in operation, is provided. An engine control device ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090287396 | FUEL PROPERTY DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND FUEL PROPERTY DETERMINATION METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The fuel injection amounts into each cylinder are set on the assumption that a heavy fuel will be injected during the engine starting process, and a specific torque is allowed to be generated by combustion in a specific cylinder when a fuel with a specific property between those of the heaviest fuel and the lightest fuel is injected thereinto. When the torque generated in the specific cylinder is in a range at or around the specific torque, the property level of fuel to be injected during the engine starting process is determined to be in a level range at or around the specific property. When the torque generated in the specific cylinder is higher than the range around the specific torque, the property level is determined to be in a level range on the light fuel side of the level range around the specific property. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287397 | PARALLEL SEQUENTIAL TURBOCHARGER ARCHITECTURE USING ENGINE CYLINDER VARIABLE VALVE LIFT SYSTEM - An exemplary controller includes one or more processors, memory and control logic to individually control at least one of two exhaust valves of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine to either provide exhaust from the cylinder to a single exhaust turbine or to provide exhaust from the cylinder to two exhaust turbines where the two exhaust valves are mounted in a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. For example, such a controller may call for operation of one exhaust valve to provide exhaust to a single exhaust turbine and call for operation of two exhaust valves to provide exhaust to two exhaust turbines. Various other exemplary methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287398 | INTERNAL-COMBUSTION-ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - Provision is made for an internal-combustion-engine control apparatus whose knocking detectability is high regardless of the type of an engine. Preparation is made for a data group consisting of serial segments each including a predetermined number of values obtained by A/D-converting a signal that appears within a knocking detection window and a data group consisting of serial segments each including the predetermined number of values, the starting timing of each serial segment in the latter data group being shifted from that of each serial segment in the former data group; a time-frequency analysis is applied to the data groups in a plurality of frequency bandwidths; the peak values and the integration values of spectrums, within the knocking detection window, outputted after the time-frequency analysis in each of the plurality of frequency bandwidths are calculated; a P/H method in which knocking determination is performed based on the peak value in each of the frequency bandwidths and an integration method in which knocking determination is performed based on the integration value in each of the frequency bandwidths can be performed; and in the case where knocking is detected through at least one of the P/H method and the integration method, the ignition timing is delayed in order to avoid the knocking. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287399 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A COMBUSTION ENGINE DURING A TEMPORARY STOPPAGE - A method for controlling, during temporary stoppage, a four-stroke combustion engine including a block delimiting cylinders which define combustion chambers equipped with pistons into which opens an intake pipe and an exhaust pipe, both provided with valves that can move between open and closed positions. The method involves detecting conditions of a temporary stoppage of the engine and commanding the exhaust valves to be kept in the closed position once the engine has gone through an intake phase during the last engine cycle prior to the stoppage. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287400 | APPROACH FOR ENGINE START SYNCHRONIZATION - A method of starting an engine is provided. The engine includes a cylinder and a fuel injector configured to directly inject fuel into the cylinder. The method includes: at an engine start condition, receiving a sensed engine position, in response to the sensed engine position correlating with a stored engine stop position, injecting fuel directly into the cylinder at a next suitable engine position for a first combustion cycle, and in response to the sensed engine position not correlating with the stored engine stop position, rotating a shaft of the engine an angular distance without injecting fuel directly into the cylinder until the sensed engine position correlates with another parameter, and thereupon, injecting fuel directly into the cylinder at a next suitable engine position for a first combustion cycle. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287401 | System and method for realtime community information exchange - System and method for traffic mapping service are disclosed for allowing plurality of users having each a navigation device to transmit their locations to a server and optionally to signal to the server their requested destination. The system and method are further capable of calculating traffic parameters such as current traffic speed at a given road based on the momentary locations of the users. The system and method of the invention may also calculate and advise the users of preferred roads to take in order to arrive at the requested location with minimum delay. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287402 | VIRTUAL TRAFFIC SENSORS - Techniques are described for virtual traffic sensors (VTS). In an implementation, an electronic device provides a variety of functionality including at least functionality to determine position. The electronic device may be further configured to ascertain locations of one or more virtual traffic sensors. In at least some embodiments, locations of virtual traffic sensors are determined by the electronic device using a variety of VTS criteria. Using a determined position, the electronic device may detect proximity to the virtual traffic sensors. The electronic device may collect traffic related data when in proximity to the one or more virtual traffic sensors. The electronic device may then communicate the collected traffic data over a suitable network connection to a service provider. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287403 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FUSION OF TRAFFIC DATA WHEN INFORMATION IS INCOMPLETE - A method for merging imprecisely localized traffic reports with precisely localized traffic data includes obtaining a plurality of possible positions (x) of the localized traffic reports having imprecise position indications. The plurality of possible positions is evaluated using overlap functions. Substantially precise positions for the localized traffic reports are defined by solving an extremum problem. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287404 | System for providing traffic information - A system for providing traffic information to a plurality of mobile users connected to a network. The system comprises a plurality of traffic monitors, each comprising at least a traffic detector and a transmitter, the traffic detector generating a signal in response to vehicular traffic and the transmitter transmitting the signal. A receiver receives the signals from the traffic monitors. A computer system is connected to the receiver and is further connected to the network. The computer system in response to a request signal received from one of the users transmits in response thereto information representative of the signals transmitted by the traffic monitoring units. Alternative systems for gathering traffic information are disclosed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287405 | TRAFFIC DATA QUALITY - Techniques are described for traffic data quality. In an implementation, an electronic device provides a variety of functionality including functionality to determine position. The device may use determined position to ascertain geographic locations as collection points where traffic related data may be collected. In at least some embodiments, traffic data quality techniques combining both device side and server side technique are applied to data collected at the collections points. In an embodiment, communication of collected data by the device may be delayed to enable additional observations of vehicle movement, routing, position, and so forth. The additional observations during the delay enable the device to determine the validity of the collected data. | 2009-11-19 |
20090287406 | Vehicle-Mounted Equipment - Vehicle-mounted equipment includes a storage unit | 2009-11-19 |