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20080228231 | Acoustic Back-Scattering Sensing Screw for Preventing Spine Surgery Complications - A medical device having an implantable instrument configured to be implanted in bone tissue, the implantable instrument having an internal chamber configured to house at least one transducer; a transducer located within the internal chamber of the implantable instrument, the transducer configured to transmit a signal and to receive one or more reflections of that signal; and a signal processing system configured to process the signals transmitted and received by the transducer so as to provide information indicative of the acoustic impedance of matter in the vicinity of the implantable instrument after it is implanted into the bone tissue based on the signals transmitted and received by the transducer. | 09-18-2008 |
20090318805 | BREATHING CIRCUIT WITH EMBEDDED ACOUSTIC REFLECTOMETER - An instrument may continuously monitoring acoustic reflections from within and/or beyond an intubation tube positioned within the mouth of a patient while the patient is breathing. The instrument may include an acoustic reflectometer configured to detect the acoustic reflections. An acoustic flow channel may contain the acoustic reflectometer within it. The acoustic flow channel may be configured to acoustically couple the acoustic reflectometer to an end of the intubation tube, but to substantially block the free flow of expiratory gas from the end of the intubation tube through the acoustic flow channel. A gas flow channel may be separate from the acoustic flow channel and may be configured to allow the free flow of expiratory gas from the end of the intubation tube through the gas flow channel. | 12-24-2009 |
20100300708 | DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION OF AIRWAY / DRAPE FIRES DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURES - Apparatus for oxygenating the airway of a patient may include a device for delivering an oxygen-carrying gas into the airway, a fire detection system configured to detect indications of an imminent or incipient fire in the airway, and a fire suppression system configured to suppress the imminent or incipient fire in the airway in response to detection of the fire in the airway by the fire detection system. | 12-02-2010 |
20110096629 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL GENERATION SYSTEM USING MOVING REFLECTING SURFACE - An acoustic signal generation system may include a cylindrical-like object having a cylindrical-like surface which is configured to reflect an acoustic signal directed to a location on the surface in substantially different directions as the cylindrical-like object is rotated. The cylindrical-like surface may be on the exterior of the cylindrical-like object or form an interior surface of the cylindrical-like object. The cylindrical-like surface may be formed by a plurality of substantially flat surfaces connected to one another in a substantially cylindrical configuration. The flat surfaces may have different angular orientations with respect to the axis of rotation. An acoustic transducer may be configured and oriented so as to direct an acoustic signal to a location on the cylindrical-like surface as the cylindrical-like object rotates. A motor may be configured to cause the cylindrical-like object to rotate. | 04-28-2011 |
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20100171641 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE MOVEMENT - A method for monitoring vehicle movement for use in a first vehicle includes the steps of determining a lane location at a first point in time, determining a position of a second vehicle at a second point in time, the second point in time being subsequent to the first point in time, and determining a path of the second vehicle based at least in part on the position of the second vehicle and the lane location. | 07-08-2010 |
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20130131905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOSED-LOOP DRIVER ATTENTION MANAGEMENT - A method and system may manage the driver's attention while driving. The driver may be driving using an autonomous driving system or limited-ability autonomous driving system. A method may detect, by a sensor, characteristics of a driver; determine, based on the detected characteristics of the driver, whether the driver exercises sufficient supervisory control of the vehicle; and provide a series of one or more prompts, wherein each prompt's intrusiveness is related to the determination of whether the driver exercises sufficient supervisory control of the vehicle. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131906 | STEERING WHEEL DEVICE FOR INDICATING REQUIRED SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR USE - A method and system may manage the driver's attention while driving. The driver may be driving using an autonomous driving system or limited-ability autonomous driving system. A steering wheel device may indicate to the driver a level of required supervisory control of a vehicle. The steering wheel device may include indicators to flash lights, vibrate, or provide other indicators. The indicators may have distinct levels of intensity for each level of supervisory control required to safely control a vehicle. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MISUSE OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING - A method and system may prevent misuse of an autonomous driving system by providing at least one prompt at least one prompt for a driver of a vehicle. A sensor may whether the driver responds to the prompt. A processor may determine whether the driver exercises sufficient supervisory control of the vehicle, based on whether the driver responds to the prompt. The processor may disengage the autonomous driving system if the driver fails to exercise sufficient supervisory control of the vehicle. The processor may further reduce the vehicle's speed if the driver continues to misuse the autonomous driving system. | 05-23-2013 |
20140139341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-CORRECTING AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM - A method and system for driver attention management system may include means for closed-loop diagnostics. A convenience message may alert a driver of an item of interest to the driver. A sensor may detect the driver's response to the convenience message. Based on the response to the convenience message, the characteristics of an attentive response from the driver may be determined. The determined attentive response may be used by a driver attention management system. The driver attention management system may be able to diagnose errors in the sensors that are used in the driver attention management system. The driver attention management system may also be able to determine whether a driver is exercising sufficient supervisory control of a vehicle by determining whether the driver is attentively responding to prompts provided by the driver attention management system. The driver attention management system may be used in an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving system. | 05-22-2014 |
20140214256 | STEERING SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVEN VEHICLE AND METHODS OF STEERING THE SAME - A steering system for an autonomously driven vehicle and methods of steering the vehicle are disclosed. A brake device is operable in a first phase to brake the vehicle when a power steering controller is in a first mode and operable in a second phase to steer the vehicle when the power steering controller is in a second mode. A main controller is in communication with a friction device to signal the friction device to actuate to a disengaged position when the power steering controller is in the first mode and the brake device is in the first phase, and signal the friction device to actuate to an engaged position to secure a steering wheel in an initial position when the power steering controller is in the second mode and the brake device is in the second phase to allow the brake device to steer the vehicle. | 07-31-2014 |
20140240478 | DRIVER MONITORING CAMERA SYSTEM - A driver monitoring camera system for a vehicle includes a camera system and an optical beam shaper. The camera system has an exit field of view central axis oriented more vertical than horizontal with respect to a set of orthogonal x, y and z axes, where the z-axis defines a direction line indicative of a vertical direction. The optical beam shaper is disposed in optical communication with the camera system and optically between the camera system and an operator of the vehicle. The optical beam shaper is structurally configured to direct an image of a face of an operator of the vehicle toward the exit field of view of the camera system, and is structurally configured to compress the image in the vertical direction to define a compressed image having a height to width aspect ratio of less an uncompressed height to width aspect ratio of the image. | 08-28-2014 |
20140277893 | STEERING SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVEN VEHICLE AND METHODS OF STEERING THE SAME - A steering system for an autonomously driven vehicle and methods of steering the vehicle are disclosed. A main controller signals a secondary steering assembly to operate in a first phase when a power steering controller is in a first mode and a second phase to steer the vehicle when the power steering controller is in a second mode. The main controller signals a friction device to actuate to a disengaged position when the power steering controller is in the first mode and the secondary steering assembly is in the first phase, and to signal the friction device to actuate to an engaged position to secure a steering wheel in an initial position when the power steering controller is in the second mode and the secondary steering assembly is in the second phase to allow the secondary steering assembly to steer the vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
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20110286975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC GUIDANCE AND PATTERNING OF MATERIALS - Systems and methods generally useful in medicine, cellular biology, nanotechnology, and cell culturing are discussed. In particular, at least in some embodiments, systems and methods for magnetic guidance and patterning of cells and materials are discussed. Some specific applications of these systems and methods may include levitated culturing of cells away from a surface, making and manipulating patterns of levitated cells, and patterning culturing of cells on a surface. Specifically, a method of culturing cells is presented. The method may comprise providing a plurality of cells, providing a magnetic field, and levitating at least some of the plurality of cells in the magnetic field, wherein the plurality of cells comprise magnetic nanoparticles. The method may also comprise maintaining the levitation for a time sufficient to permit cell growth to form an assembly. | 11-24-2011 |
20140322784 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC GUIDANCE AND PATTERNING OF MATERIALS - Systems and methods generally useful in medicine, cellular biology, nanotechnology, and cell culturing are discussed. In particular, at least in some embodiments, systems and methods for magnetic guidance and patterning of cells and materials are discussed. Some specific applications of these systems and methods may include levitated culturing of cells away from a surface, making and manipulating patterns of levitated cells, and patterning culturing of cells on a surface. Specifically, a method of culturing cells is presented. The method may comprise providing a plurality of cells, providing a magnetic field, and levitating at least some of the plurality of cells in the magnetic field, wherein the plurality of cells comprise magnetic nanoparticles. The method may also comprise maintaining the levitation for a time sufficient to permit cell growth to form an assembly. | 10-30-2014 |
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20110087919 | MANAGING AVAILABILITY OF A COMPONENT HAVING A CLOSED ADDRESS SPACE - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for managing availability of a component executing in a distributed system. The component may have an address space closed to the distributed system. In one embodiment, the component may be initiated. A state of the component may be analyzed to determine the availability of the component. The determined availability may be transmitted to the distributed system. The component may also be restarted responsive to a request from the distributed system to restart the component. | 04-14-2011 |
20110113010 | SYNCHRONIZING AN AUXILIARY DATA SYSTEM WITH A PRIMARY DATA SYSTEM - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for synchronizing a primary data system with an auxiliary data system that processes data for the primary data system. In one embodiment, how current the primary data system and the auxiliary data system are may be determined. Requests sent from the primary data system that were not processed by the auxiliary data system may be determined. The requests may be resent to the auxiliary data system for processing. | 05-12-2011 |
20110137864 | HIGH THROUGHPUT, RELIABLE REPLICATION OF TRANSFORMED DATA IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Provided are techniques for, in response to a source object being changed by a local transaction, generating log records, wherein each of the log records includes a sequence identifier, a source system entity modification timestamp, a target key, a target partition identifier, and values of source properties, wherein the source properties are identified using a target key indicator. The log records to process are selected based on a phase value of each log record, wherein the phase value is one of submitted, in-flight, and source system entity state change complete. One or more disjoint partitions are assigned to each of multiple processing instances. Under control of each of the multiple processing instances, it is determined whether to transmit a log record in the one or more disjoint partitions assigned to said processing instance and, in response to determining that the log record is to be transmitted, the log record is transmitted. | 06-09-2011 |
20110179105 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED TASK DISPATCH IN A MULTI-APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON CONSENSUS - A method and system for distributing tasks from an external application among concurrent database application server instances in a database system for optimum load balancing, based on consensus among the instances. Each application instance identifies a task partition ownership by those in a membership group based on a time window and generates a new membership group and partition ownership based on the current partition ownership. The instance makes the new membership group and partition ownership known to other members by recoding them in the membership table and partition map. Each participation by an instance in the membership group is identified by a random number. The new membership group and partition ownership are generated and adjusted based on an average partition allocation to achieve consensus among the instances. | 07-21-2011 |
20120042030 | HIGH AVAILABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR STATELESS COMPONENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED MASTER-SLAVE COMPONENT TOPOLOGY - Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for managing availability of a slave components executing in a distributed system. A master server and a heartbeat protocol may be provided. The heartbeat protocol may define state machines for the master server and/or the slave components. The master server and/or the slave components may act in accordance with the state machines to manage availability of the slave components in the distributed system. | 02-16-2012 |
20120059823 | INDEX PARTITION MAINTENANCE OVER MONOTONICALLY ADDRESSED DOCUMENT SEQUENCES - Provided are techniques for partitioning a physical index into one or more physical partitions; assigning each of the one or more physical partitions to a node in a cluster of nodes; for each received document, assigning an assigned-doc-ID comprising an integer document identifier; and, in response to assigning the assigned-doc-ID to a document, determining a cut-off of assignment of new documents to a current virtual-index-epoch comprising a first set of physical partitions and placing the new documents into a new virtual-index-epoch comprising a second set of physical partitions by inserting each new document to a specific one of the physical partitions in the second set using one or more functions that direct the placement based on one of the assigned-doc-id, a field value derived from a set of fields obtained from the document, and a combination of the assigned-doc-id and the field value. | 03-08-2012 |
20120278288 | HIGH THROUGHPUT, RELIABLE REPLICATION OF TRANSFORMED DATA IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Provided are techniques for, in response to a source object being changed by a local transaction, generating log records, wherein each of the log records includes a sequence identifier, a source system entity modification timestamp, a target key, a target partition identifier, and values of source properties, wherein the source properties are identified using a target key indicator. The log records to process are selected based on a phase value of each log record, wherein the phase value is one of submitted, in-flight, and source system entity state change complete. One or more disjoint partitions are assigned to each of multiple processing instances. Under control of each of the multiple processing instances, it is determined whether to transmit a log record in the one or more disjoint partitions assigned to said processing instance and, in response to determining that the log record is to be transmitted, the log record is transmitted. | 11-01-2012 |
20130013723 | HIGH AVAILABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR STATELESS COMPONENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED MASTER-SLAVE COMPONENT TOPOLOGY - Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for managing availability of a slave components executing in a distributed system. A master server and a heartbeat protocol may be provided. The heartbeat protocol may define state machines for the master server and/or the slave components. The master server and/or the slave components may act in accordance with the state machines to manage availability of the slave components in the distributed system. | 01-10-2013 |
20140012808 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED TASK DISPATCH IN A MULTI-APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON CONSENSUS - A method and system for distributing tasks from an external application among concurrent database application server instances in a database system for optimum load balancing, based on consensus among the instances. Each application instance identifies a task partition ownership by those in a membership group based on a time window and generates a new membership group and partition ownership based on the current partition ownership. The instance makes the new membership group and partition ownership known to other members by recoding them in the membership table and partition map. Each participation by an instance in the membership group is identified by a random number. The new membership group and partition ownership are generated and adjusted based on an average partition allocation to achieve consensus among the instances. | 01-09-2014 |
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20160048499 | SYSTEMATIC TUNING OF TEXT ANALYTIC ANNOTATORS - A data structure is generated containing enumerators for data types of a domain, text forms of the enumerators and context patterns for the text forms. The data structure also includes information extraction rules that are associated with the enumerators. The data structure is updated with additional context patterns and text forms that are identified within a set of documents to which text analytic annotators are to be tuned. The set of documents are analyzed against the updated data structure and additional extraction rules are generated based on the analysis. | 02-18-2016 |
20160048501 | SYSTEMATIC TUNING OF TEXT ANALYTIC ANNOTATORS - A data structure is generated containing enumerators for data types of a domain, text forms of the enumerators and context patterns for the text forms. The data structure also includes information extraction rules that are associated with the enumerators. The data structure is updated with additional context patterns and text forms that are identified within a set of documents to which text analytic annotators are to be tuned. The set of documents are analyzed against the updated data structure and additional extraction rules are generated based on the analysis. | 02-18-2016 |
20160092503 | VIRTUALIZING SCHEMA RELATIONS OVER A SINGLE DATABASE RELATION - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system maps one or more virtual relations to a table of a relational database management system. The system generates a structured query language (SQL) statement for the table from a SQL statement for a virtual relation by applying the mapping to one or more elements of the SQL statement for the virtual relation. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for mapping virtual relations to a table in substantially the same manners described above. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092594 | VIRTUALIZING SCHEMA RELATIONS OVER A SINGLE DATABASE RELATION - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system maps one or more virtual relations to a table of a relational database management system. The system generates a structured query language (SQL) statement for the table from a SQL statement for a virtual relation by applying the mapping to one or more elements of the SQL statement for the virtual relation. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for mapping virtual relations to a table in substantially the same manners described above. | 03-31-2016 |
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20140195290 | TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention provides a system, method, and computer readable medium for facilitating the execution of one or more tasks. Task data pertaining to a plurality of tasks and worker data pertaining to one or more workers may be saved to a computer system. Each worker may be provided with an electronic device capable of determining and transmitting its geographical location (and thus the worker's geographical location) to the computer system via one or more computer networks. In one embodiment, task data and worker data may be analyzed and compared in order to identify eligible workers for each task. Once eligible workers have been identified, they may be assigned to one or more tasks and notified accordingly. In one embodiment, the task data and worker data stored by the computer system may be dynamically updated to reflect worker assignments and completed tasks. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195295 | TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention provides a system, method, and computer readable medium for facilitating the execution of one or more tasks. Each worker may be provided with an electronic device capable of determining and transmitting its geographical location (and thus the worker's geographical location) to the computer system via one or more computer networks. In one embodiment, the system allows for the tracking of each task or work-related activity performed by each worker. The system may include pre-determined workflows to assist the worker in completing a task. Workflows may include recommended solutions to problems that may be encountered given the project or task at issue. In one embodiment, one or more effectiveness metrics may be utilized in order to ascertain the effectiveness of one or more of the workflows. | 07-10-2014 |
20140204121 | AUGMENTED REALITY FOR OILFIELD - A method for augmenting an immediate user task includes obtaining role information identifying a role of a user within an oilfield company. The user is performing oilfield operations in a field. The method further includes identifying a current location of the user in the field to identify the immediate user task being performed by the user in the field, defining, using the role information, a user perspective of the user, selecting metadata corresponding to the user perspective to obtain selected metadata, and presenting the selected metadata to the user. | 07-24-2014 |