03rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120016538 | UAV POWER LINE POSITION AND LOAD PARAMETER ESTIMATION - A system and method for providing autonomous navigation for an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) in the vicinity of power lines is presented. Autonomous navigation is achieved by measuring the magnitude and phase of the electromagnetic field at an unknown location within a space under excitation by a set of power cables of the power line with one or more orthogonal electromagnetic sensors formed on the UAV; modeling a set of expected complex electromagnetic strengths of the set of power cables at the currently estimated position and orientation of the UAV based on a model of the set of power cables; and estimating parameters related to a position and orientation of the UAV, and load parameters of each cable based on the residual error between the measured set of complex electromagnetic field values and the set of expected electromagnetic field values corresponding to a combined model of the set of power cables. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016539 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ALTITUDE DETERMINATION - A system includes a memory device, and a processor coupled to the memory device. The processor is configured to receive, in a first time interval, from a first component a signal indicating an altitude of the aircraft, from a second component a signal indicating a first heading of the aircraft, and from a third component a signal indicating a first position of the aircraft. The processor is further configured to receive, in a second time interval later than the first time interval, and from the second and third components, signals respectively indicating a second heading and second position of the aircraft. The processor does not receive a signal from the first component in the second time interval. The processor is further configured to determine an estimated altitude of the aircraft and a geometric altitude of the aircraft. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016540 | Method And Device For Aiding The Control Of Guiding Modes Transitions Of An Aircraft - The device includes means ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120016541 | System and Method for Assessing the Risk of Conjunction of a Rocket Body with Orbiting and Non-Orbiting Platforms - A system and method for assessing the risk of conjunction of a rocket body with orbiting and non-orbiting platforms. Two-body orbital dynamics are used to initially determine the kinematic access for a ballistic vehicle. The access may be represented in two ways: as a volume relative to its launcher and also as a geographical footprint relative to a target position that encompasses all possible launcher locations. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016542 | SIGNALING AND REMOTE CONTROL TRAIN OPERATION - A model train and layout control system based on on-board sound and locomotive modules, new signaling methods, bi-directional communication, environmental sound, turnout control, train location methods, computer interaction and accessory control, by adding components to existing technology. AC power signal waveforms are variously altered to convey digital command words. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016543 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE TOE ANGLE OF A SHIP'S RUDDERS - A method of checking a toe angle of at least one port rudder ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120016544 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE ROLLOVER DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus for detecting change in orientation comprises a first position sensor and a second position sensor. The position sensors are in different orientations. The outputs of the position sensors are filtered to smooth out instantaneous and/or insignificant changes in orientation, or noise. A processor or logic circuitry is configured to determine a change in both outputs, and communicate such a change. Furthermore, the processor or logic circuitry is configured to electrically and/or physically de-couple batteries from a power delivery system in an EV. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016545 | ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE - In an electric drive vehicle equipped with a power generating unit that is detachable, the power generating unit includes a power-generating-unit side ECU capable of controlling an operation of the power generating unit solely, and the electric drive vehicle includes a vehicle-side ECU capable of managing a state of charge of a battery used for running, and in a case where the power generating unit is installed in the electric drive vehicle and power is supplied to the battery from the power generating unit, an instruction by the vehicle-side ECU is given priority to an instruction by the power-generating-unit side ECU, and the vehicle-side ECU controls the operation of the power generating unit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016546 | System and Method for Supplying Back-Up Electric Power to a House from a Hybrid Vehicle - A system and method for supplying back-up electric power to a house or other building from a hybrid vehicle. Switches in the vehicle and in the house can place the vehicle in a mode where it receives charging power from the house, or where it can supply power into the main electrical distribution system of the house. These switches can be controlled from a control module in the house that can sense or cause the vehicle to sense if there is adequate ventilation in the environment to start the internal combustion engine (ICE) in the vehicle. The control module or the vehicle can cause a garage door to open or ventilation fans or vents to open. If the ICE can be started, the generator/battery can supply most if not all of the power needed by the house until the outage is over. If there is inadequate ventilation, the control system can cause only the battery in the vehicle to supply limited power to the house, typically only to critical circuits. When main power is restored, the system can revert back automatically. The ICE can be turned off anytime there is inadequate ventilation or an abnormal condition. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016547 | CHARGING/DISCHARGING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - In a traveling mode for controlling traveling of a hybrid vehicle to maintain a charge amount of a power storage device of the hybrid vehicle to fall within a predetermined control range, when a malfunction associated with the power storage device takes place, a control center value defining the control range is set higher than a control center value employed in a normal state and set at a value near a management lower limit value of the charge amount. Then, it is permitted to charge/discharge the power storage device. In this way, upon occurrence of a malfunction of a level that does not require immediate interruption of the charging/discharging of the power storage device, a vehicle operation can be continued using the power storage device while protecting the power storage device. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING OR MODIFYING PROGRAMMABLE PARAMETERS IN POWER DRIVEN WHEELCHAIR - A collection of diagnostic and troubleshooting information associated with a power driven wheelchair is stored for access by a microcontroller to be displayed to a user to assist in troubleshooting the power driven wheelchair. A log of fault codes transmitted by various fault-detecting mechanisms is compiled. A user may request display of diagnostic information associated with a selected fault code. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016549 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE - A vehicle comprises a drive motor ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120016550 | POWER DOOR SAFETY LOCKING SYSTEM - A safety locking system is provided to detect an open fault or a ground fault condition. The safety locking system includes a central processing unit with an input and an output, and a safety switch electrically connected to the input of the central processing unit. The input receives a low signal when the safety switch is in an enabled state and a pulsed signal when the safety switch is in a disabled state. The central processing unit detects an open fault condition when the input receives a high signal for a time period greater than a threshold time period, and a ground fault condition when the input receives the low signal and the safety switch operates as if the safety switch is in the disabled state. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016551 | Charge Notification Method for Extended Range Electric Vehicles - The described principles provide a method and system for assisting a user of an electric vehicle in maintaining a charge state of the chargeable onboard energy storage system so as to be able to forgo the use of an auxiliary power unit to great extent. The method, also implemented by the system, comprises identifying charging locations for the vehicle, and prompting the user to charge the vehicle when the vehicle is at a charging location and a charge is need to avoid the use of the auxiliary power unit for a learned or planned journey. The charge reminder my be visible and/or audible within the vehicle and may optionally be remote from the vehicle. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE INTEGRITY OF A VEHICLE TESTING/DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - A system and method for testing the integrity of a vehicle testing/diagnostic system is provided. Examples of vehicle testing/diagnostic systems may include any equipment (portable or stationary) found in an automotive maintenance and/or testing environment (or other environment) that is capable of communicating with vehicle on-board diagnostic (OBD) systems. Prior to conducting an OBD test on one or more vehicles, an integrity testing system interfaces with a vehicle testing/diagnostic system to determine whether the vehicle testing/diagnostic system is capable of communicating via one or more predetermined communications protocols. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016553 | Method and System for Detecting and Compensating Weather Condition Effects on Wireless Signals - A method and system for adjusting an operation of a wireless communication device based on information related to at least one of an operating status of a vehicle system and a weather condition. The method includes a step of receiving at least one information source related to an operation status of at least one vehicle system of a motor vehicle. The method further includes a step of analyzing the information to determine an ambient moisture condition. The method also includes adjusting an operating parameter of the wireless communication device and then operating the wireless communication device according to the adjusted operating parameter to compensate for attenuation to a wireless signal caused by the ambient moisture. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016554 | VEHICLE INFORMATION UNIFICATION METHOD WHICH COMBINES WITH A HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a vehicle information unification method which combines with a hand-held electronic device, a hand-held electronic device, which includes a first processor, a first screen and a first transmission interface, is connected with a receiving system of a vehicle. The hand-held electronic device and the receiving system are interconnected within an effective distance through the first transmission interface and a second transmission interface of the receiving system, allowing the receiving system to access digital messages in a storage unit of the hand-held electronic device. The digital messages are computed and a result of computation is outputted for use by the vehicle. By the interconnection between the hand-held electronic device and the receiving system of the vehicle, the vehicle can access and apply information of various hand-held electronic devices to provide the vehicle information that is personalized, convenient and safe. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016555 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARKING ASSIST - A parking assist method comprising the steps of capturing a rear-facing image, displaying the rear-facing image, superimposing, by way of a camera module, at least one locus line on the displayed rear-facing image, sensing a steering wheel angle change on the vehicle, extracting vehicle wheel base data from memory in the camera module, calculating, in the camera module, at least one replacement locus line in response to the change in the steering wheel angle and vehicle wheel base data, and changing the display by superimposing the at least one replacement locus line on the displayed rear-facing image in place of the at least one locus line. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016556 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND COMPENSATING FOR A TRANSVERSE INCLINATION OF A ROADWAY ON WHICH A VEHICLE IS TRAVELING - A method and a device detect a transverse inclination of a roadway on which a vehicle is traveling. The transverse inclination is detected on the basis of a transverse acceleration of the vehicle that is generated by the transverse inclination of the roadway. A transverse acceleration of the vehicle is measured with a measuring device. A transverse acceleration that is generated by driving maneuvers of the vehicle is determined by a transverse inclination observer. The transverse acceleration of the vehicle due to the transverse inclination of the roadway is subsequently determined by determining a difference between the transverse acceleration generated by the driving maneuvers and the transverse acceleration measured by the measuring device. A method and a device are also provided for compensating for the transverse inclination of the roadway on which a vehicle is traveling. A steering angle which compensates for the transverse acceleration of the vehicle that is caused by the transverse inclination of the roadway, by way of a transverse inclination compensator. The steering angle is set by taking into consideration the transverse acceleration of the vehicle caused by the transverse inclination of the roadway. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016557 | Method and Device for Controlling a Mobile Ground Working Device - The invention relates to a method for controlling a mobile ground working device, such as a trailing suction hopper dredger or bulldozer. The method is characterized in that it comprises at least the steps, proceeding under the control of a central computer via a digital network, of A) presetting an optimum criterion; B) collecting information relating to the current state of the ground; C) collecting information relating to the current state of the ground working device, including at least its position; and D) calculating the control of the ground working device at which the optimum criterion is minimized. Using the invented method ground can be worked with an increased efficiency compared to the known method. The invention likewise relates to a computer program comprising program instructions for having a computer perform the method, and to a computer adapted to run the computer program. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016558 | ANTITHEFT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An antitheft device for vehicle includes store means storing a parking-lock canceling state activating a parking lock canceling operation and a parking lock state disabling the parking lock canceling operation alternatively, and switching means switching the parking lock state to the parking-lock canceling state upon success of a verification, an initial value of the store means being set to the parking-lock canceling state. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016559 | VEHICLE SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS - It is provided a vehicle shift control apparatus that electrically controls switchover of a shift range of a transmission based on a position signal corresponding to an operational position in a shift operating device, the vehicle shift control apparatus being capable of storing therein a determination result of whether the position signal is normal or abnormal, the shift range being switched based on the position signal acquired when a vehicle electric power supply is turned on if a memory of the determination result is retained when the vehicle electric power supply is turned on, the shift range not being switched based on the position signal acquired when the vehicle electric power supply is turned on if the memory of the determination result is not retained. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016560 | CAPTURING ACTUATOR POSITION - A method for operating a drive device for adjusting an automated clutch in a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a control device by which at least one control of the drive device and one capture of measurement data of a clutch travel sensor takes place for determining the setting of the automated clutch. The drive device has a drive motor with a drive connection to a displaceable element to be positioned. A travel range of the displaceable element is monitored and a referencing procedure is performed cyclically after a prescribed time and is followed by a plausibility check if referencing is permitted at the point in time. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016561 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TORQUE TRANSMITTING DEVICE WITH LEARNING FUNCTION - Apparatus (control device) and a method for controlling a torque transmitting device such as a brake, wet clutch, dry clutch ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120016562 | VEHICLE SPEED LIMITING SYSTEM - To provide a vehicle speed limiting system that is capable of executing a maximum speed limiting control without influencing a driving feeling of a vehicle. A vehicle speed limiting system includes: a three-dimensional map | 2012-01-19 |
20120016563 | EMISSION DETERIORATION INFORMING DEVICE - An emission deterioration informing device senses actual injection timing, at which fuel injection is actually performed from an injector. The device calculates a deviation amount of the sensed actual injection timing from target injection timing. The device has a warning light for informing deterioration of exhaust emission when the calculated deviation amount is larger than a predetermined threshold value. The device determines whether an operation state of an internal combustion engine is an impact state, in which the exhaust emission receives a predetermined influence or more from the deviation of the actual injection timing from the target injection timing. The device allows lighting of the warning light when the operation state is determined to be the impact state. The device prohibits the lighting of the warning light when the operation state is not determined to be the impact state. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016564 | Apparatus and Method for Use in Computational Fluid Dynamics - An apparatus includes a parallel computation unit including an input port and an output port and a one-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model. The input port is configured to sample at a time t | 2012-01-19 |
20120016565 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When the operating characteristics of an intake valve are changed by an intake valve stop mechanism, an ECU outputs a command signal (control on) to a solenoid. At this time, a timing, at which the command signal is output to the solenoid, is determined on the basis of a rotational position of a crankshaft, calculated from a signal of a crank position sensor. However, the output timing is corrected on the basis of a rotational phase difference of a camshaft with respect to the crankshaft. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016566 | Method for Purging Fuel Vapors - A method for improving purging of fuel vapors from a boosted engine is presented. In one embodiment, the method increases the efficiency of a venturi that supplies vacuum to purge fuel vapors from a vapor storage canister. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016567 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE COMBUSTION PHASE OF A FUEL MIXTURE OF A SPARK-INGNITION SUPERCHARGED INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE, NOTABLY OF GASOLINE TYPE - The present invention relates to a method of controlling the combustion phase of a fuel mixture of a spark-ignition supercharged internal-combustion engine comprising at least one cylinder ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120016568 | COMBUSTION STATE DETECTION SYSTEM AND COMBUSTION STATE DETECTION METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Detecting a combustion state of an internal combustion engine includes calculating a one-step difference value and a two-step difference value of a physical quantity that correlates with torque generated by the internal combustion engine; detecting that a misfire has occurred, when the calculated one-step difference value is greater than a first determining value, and the calculated two-step difference value is greater than a second determining value; and determining the first determining value and the second determining value according to a required torque of the internal combustion engine, sensitivity of a change in the one-step difference value with respect to a change in the required torque, and sensitivity of a change in the two-step difference value with respect to a change in the required torque. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016569 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A fuel injection control system provided with a throttle by wire (TBW) system detecting an operation condition of a throttle grip and controlling, via an actuator, a throttle valve. The control system detects the throttle valve opening and controls an injector. An increased quantity correction value is determined based upon of an output of a throttle valve opening sensor and an operation condition of the throttle grip. When an acceleration condition of a vehicle is detected according to the output of the throttle valve opening sensor, an increased quantity correction of fuel is performed. The increased quantity correction value is brought to an attenuation condition in which the increased quantity correction value is gradually decreased, or a stop condition in which the increased quantity correction value is made to zero, when the throttle grip is not in drive in an opening direction, even though an acceleration condition is detected. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016570 | Engine Governor - An engine governor ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120016571 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A series of combustion forms including initial low-temperature combustion, premixed combustion, and diffusive combustion are performed when an engine operates under a low load and a medium load. The initial low-temperature combustion is carried out by performing a small-amount injection while performing an operation for lowering the encounter rate between oxygen and a fuel spray in a cylinder, and thereby the heat generation rate is kept low and the amount of NOx generated is suppressed. The premixed combustion is carried out as fuel receives heat in the initial low-temperature combustion, and the amount of smoke generated is suppressed. The diffusive combustion is accomplished as fuel travels through the combustion field of the premixed combustion, and by controlling the fuel injection timing thereof, it is possible to suitably control the timing at which the heat generation rate reaches its maximum in the aforementioned series of combustion. Thereby, it is possible to concurrently suppress the amount of NOx generated, suppress the amount of smoke generated, and secure the required torque. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016572 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A NUMBER OF INJECTIONS - In a method for carrying out a number of injections for at least one cylinder of an internal combustion engine, a reference point in time for a control application onset of an injection is ascertained for the at least one cylinder, and a target point in time for the control application onset is determined from the reference point in time plus a delay time. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016573 | Engine Control For A Motor Vehicle - A control system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The control system determines if a motor vehicle is going to stop according to information about a preceding vehicle. The control system may use information about the vehicle speed of the motor vehicle, a following distance between the motor vehicle and a preceding vehicle and preceding vehicle deceleration information. When the control system determines that the motor vehicle is going to stop, the motor vehicle shuts down the engine prior to the vehicle stopping in order to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016574 | GPS TRACE FILTERING - A mobile device can function as a probe to sense conditions on roads and other areas of interest. A mobile device can have a GPS receiver to receive traces of GPS fixes. In a system with many such probes, it may be desirable to reduce an amount of GPS data reported by each device. To reduce such data reporting, a trace of GPS fixes is approximated by a selection of representative GPS fixes. Examples of how such a selection can be made are disclosed. Parameters and other behaviour by each device functioning as a probe can be set by central controller; for example, probes can be turned on and off, reporting frequencies can be adjusted, and thresholds used in the approximation can be set. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016575 | System and Method for Providing Fuel Information for Aircraft - A system and method for determining an expected fuel usage for a flight segment. The system and method including receiving current parameters for a departing airport and an arriving airport for a flight segment of an aircraft, comparing the current parameters to a compilation of historical parameters to determine the historical parameters that correlate to the current parameters, determining an off-to-on time for the flight segment based on the historical parameters and determining an expected fuel usage for the flight segment based on the off-to-on time. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016576 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH ECOLOGICAL ROUTE BASED DESTINATION GUIDANCE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating candidate routes from a start location to a destination; calculating a route travel fuel cost with a vehicle fuel consumption rate of a vehicle; calculating a route acceleration fuel cost from an acceleration of the vehicle; calculating a route idle fuel cost from a vehicle idle instance of the vehicle; calculating a route fuel cost for the candidate routes with the route travel fuel cost, the route idle fuel cost and the route acceleration fuel cost; and selecting an ecological route from the candidate routes having the lowest value of the route fuel cost for displaying on a device. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016577 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING INTEREST CONTENTS BASED ON TRAVEL ROUTE INFORMATION - Provided is a method and system for determining interest content that may provide an actual travel route of a terminal. The method and system for determining interest content may search for a travel route from a terminal to an interest content point based on location information of the terminal and location information of the interest content, may generate an interest content list including interest contents according to the found travel route, and may display the generated interest content list. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016578 | OUTDOOR TO INDOOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM - An outdoor-to-indoor (and vise versa) navigation system guides a traveler ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120016579 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INDICATING POSITION OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON ELECTRONIC MAP - An indication method indicates position of an electronic device on an electronic map. The electronic device includes a global positioning system (GPS) and an e-compass. The method detects a position and an orientation of the electronic device using the GPS and the e-compass, indicates the detected position on an electronic map on a display screen of the electronic device, and marks the detected position and the detected orientation of the electronic device in the electronic map. Upon the condition that the detected direction is initialized, a default orientation of the electronic device is pointed North and the electronic map is initially oriented accordingly, the indication method then adjusts the electronic map as needed according to the detected orientation of the electronic device, and displays the adjusted electronic map on the display screen. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016580 | PILOTING ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT - The present invention relates to a piloting assistance method for an aircraft, the method consisting in using data from at least one active telemeter sensor (A) in order to construct a sensor safety cordon (B) for avoiding the terrain and obstacles that are overflown. The method; | 2012-01-19 |
20120016581 | Collision Warning System Using Driver Intention Estimator - A collision warning system for a subject vehicle is disclosed. The collision warning system uses data relating to the subject vehicle and a target vehicle in an algorithm to estimate the intention of the driver of the subject vehicle. The system uses historic data to improve the algorithm to obtain more accurate estimates. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT ROUTING ON A NETWORK IN THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE-EDGE RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER CONSTRAINTS - Embodiments provide systems and methods that find the quickest route between two locations on a graph with multi-edge constraints in a time and space efficient manner. In some embodiments, Dijkstra's algorithm is split into separate universes when a) a multiple-edge constraint is reached, and b) along each edge of a multi-edge constraint. In some embodiments, the split is performed for the purpose of finding the quickest (i.e. lowest weighted) route to the intersection(s) at the end of the constraints. These universes, in some embodiments, are merged or discarded when the intersection at the end of the constraint is found. Using these systems and methods, in some embodiments, the shortest path between two locations of a multi-edge constrained road network can be efficiently determined. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016583 | MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS TO A DESTINATION WITHOUT PROVIDING A SPECIFIC ORIGIN - The automatic generation of multiple sets of directions for navigating geographically to a specific destination without specification of an origin. Based on the destination, candidate roads or other transportation conduits are selected for analysis. Candidate meta-departure points are analyzed and selected along the roads based on distribution about the destination, cardinal directions relative to the destination, road metadata, distance to the destination, driving time, and other factors. The number of departure points generated to represent routes to the destination from the several logical cardinal directions is minimized. The generated departure points also represent routes that a majority of people would likely take to the destination. Additionally, the generated departure points originate from places that users are likely to be familiar with and can get to without additional guidance. The final instruction sets for navigating to the destination are presented along with a map that identified the departure points. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016584 | ROUTE GUIDING SYSTEM, ROUTE GUIDING SERVER, AND ROUTE GUIDING METHOD - In a route guiding system equipped with a route guiding server ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120016585 | METHOD AND TOUR PLANNER FOR PLANNING TOUR FOR A GROUP - The invention describes a method, a tour planner, and a computer program product for planning a tour for a group including one or more travelers. In various embodiments of the invention, the tour planner enables a traveler to select a travel route and simultaneously share the selected travel route with at least one other traveler. Thereafter, based on the feedback of the other traveler, the selected travel route is either changed or finalized by the group. Further, the method facilitates the group of travelers on the day of the travel by providing each one of them with one or more alerts relating the finalized travel route. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016586 | VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF LANDMARKS - Visual images may be used to detect, or verify the existence of, landmarks. In one example, the landmarks may be used to provide driving or walking directions. A set of records may be examined to identify the street addresses of businesses or other entities. Additionally, street-level images may be captured with a camera, and the locations at which the images were captured may be recorded. The images may be evaluated with an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) process to determine what words appear in the images. The words in the image are compared with the names of entities whose addresses are near where the image was captured. If the words match the entity name, then a sign identifying the entity is presumed to be visible along a particular route, and the entity may be used as a landmark in a set of walking or driving directions. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016587 | RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT FOR SUBTERRANEAN WELL DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS - Enhancing resolution of distributed optical measurements along a wellbore can include acquiring optical signals during an acquisition time period, thereby producing a convolved profile along the wellbore, and deconvolving the profile using a first function corresponding to the acquisition time period, thereby determining a second function. Another method of enhancing resolution of distributed temperature measurements along a wellbore can include acquiring optical backscatter signals during at least first and second acquisition time periods, thereby producing respective first and second convolved temperature profiles along the wellbore; deconvolving the first temperature profile using a first function corresponding to the first time period, thereby determining a second function; and deconvolving the second temperature profile using the second function, thereby determining the first function corresponding to the second time period. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016588 | Correction for Low Porosity Effects on Neutron Gamma Density - Systems, methods, and devices are provided to determine an accurate neutron-gamma density (NGD) measurement for a broad range of formations, including low-hydrogen-index or low-porosity formations and formations with heavy elements. For example, such an NGD measurement may be obtained by emitting neutrons into a formation such that some of the neutrons inelastically scatter off elements of the formation and generate inelastic gamma rays. The neutrons and inelastic gamma rays that return to the downhole tool may be detected. Some characteristics of certain formations are believed to affect the fast neutron transport of the formations. Thus, if a formation has one or more of such characteristics, a correction may be applied to the count rate of neutrons, the count rate of inelastic gamma rays, or the neutron transport correction function, upon which the neutron-gamma density (NGD) may be determined. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FATIGUE ANALYSIS OF A BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY - A system and a method analyze fatigue damage of a bottom hole assembly (“BHA”), and more specifically, use a multi-scale approach for fatigue analysis of a BHA. Three length scales may be used in modeling of a BHA, namely the BHA scale, the component scale and the feature scale. Loading conditions for each collar/tool of the BHA may be determined, such as by use of a beam model, and may be applied to the finite element models for the collar/tool to determine the fatigue damage of each fatigue susceptible feature of each collar/tool. A cumulative fatigue damage of each critical feature may be determined, and the weakest component of the BHA may be identified. Prognostic and diagnostic implementation with well survey and drilling data may monitor fatigue damage of critical components of the BHA. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016590 | VH Reservoir Mapping with Synchronous Data - A method and system of detecting and mapping a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir includes determining ratio data for a plurality of orthogonal spectral components of naturally occurring low frequency background seismic data. The ratio data may be compared, plotted, contoured and displayed as a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir map or a hydrocarbon potential map. The ratio data may represent a vertical spectral component of the seismic data over a horizontal spectral component of the seismic data. The subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir map may include contouring the ratio data over a geographical area associated with the seismic data. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016591 | TIME REVERSE IMAGING ATTRIBUTES WITH BOREHOLE DATA - A method and system for processing synchronous array seismic data includes acquiring synchronous passive seismic data from a plurality of sensors to obtain synchronized array measurements. A reverse-time data propagation process is applied to the synchronized array measurements to obtain a plurality of dynamic particle parameters associated with subsurface locations. Imaging conditions are applied to obtain imaging values that may be summed or stacked to obtain a time reverse image attribute. A volume of imaging values may be scaled by a non-signal noise function to obtain a modified image that is compensated for noise effects. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016592 | IMAGE DOMAIN SIGNAL TO NOISE ESTIMATE WITH BOREHOLE DATA - A method and system for processing synchronous array seismic data includes acquiring synchronous passive seismic data from a plurality of sensors to obtain synchronized array measurements. A reverse-time data propagation process is applied to the synchronized array measurements to obtain a plurality of dynamic particle parameters associated with subsurface locations. Imaging conditions are applied to obtain imaging values that may be summed or stacked to obtain a time reverse image attribute. A volume of imaging values may be scaled by a non-signal noise function to obtain a modified image that is compensated for noise effects. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORLDWIDE SREENING FOR HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS - The invention relates to in vitro methods of screening female human subjects for the presence of human papillo mavirus, for example as a marker of cervical epithelial precancer. In particular, the invention provides methods and apparatus which can be used to filter a patient data set of measurements related to multiple HPV types according to the geographical location of the patient under test, so that only those measurements of HPV types which are pre-determined to be relevant for the geographical region in which the patient under test is located are selected for output/display. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016594 | METHOD FOR TRANSLATING GENETIC INFORMATION FOR USE IN PHARMACOGENOMIC MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE RESEARCH - A gene-drug specific system for classifying individual genetic variants based on strength-of-evidence of clinical utility from published scientific and clinical data that support their effect on modifying drug response and behavior. This allows categorization of the genetic variants into evidence classes that have a wide range of uses such as pharmacogenomic molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine research designed to guide the clinical implementation of PGx. Furthermore, this information can be combined with a knowledgebase of drug-response phenotypes, a knowlegebase of specific drug-induced outcomes and individual patient diplotype information for a gene-drug combination into a programmed computer to output corresponding patient-specific predicted drug responses. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016595 | TRANSCRIPT MAPPING METHOD - A transcript mapping method according to an embodiment of the invention is described hereinafter and combines short tag based (SAGE and MPSS) efficiency with the accuracy of full-length cDNA (flcDNA) for comprehensive characterization of transcriptomes. This method is also referred to as Gene Identification Signature (GIS) analysis. In this method, the 5′ and 3′ ends of full-length cDNA clones are initially extracted into a ditag structure, with the ditag concatemers of the ditag being subsequently sequenced in an efficient manner, and finally mapped to the genome for defining the gene structure. As a GIS ditag represents the 5′ and 3′ ends of a transcript, it is more informative than SAGE and MPSS tags. Segment lengths between 5′ and 3′ tag pairs are obtainable including orientation, ordering and chromosome family for efficient transcript mapping and gene location identification. Furthermore, a compressed suffix array (CSA) is used for indexing the genome sequence for improve mapping speed and to reduce computational memory requirements. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016596 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A measurement result management system suited for storing biological information measured with a measuring equipment in a server is provided. The measurement result management system includes a measuring equipment for measuring and transmitting biological information, and a server for receiving the biological information from the measuring equipment and storing the same, wherein the measuring equipment performs a step of transmitting authentication related information related to authentication of the measuring equipment when transmitting the biological information with a communication unit, and the server performs a step of carrying out authentication based on the authentication related information, and steps of storing the biological information acquired through a communication unit in a storage unit regardless of whether the authentication result of the step of carrying out authentication based on authentication related information is positive or negative. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016597 | METHOD FOR GAS CHROMATGRAPHY ANALYSIS AND MAINTENANCE - A method of analyzing gas chromatography data may include acquiring response factor data for each of a plurality of compounds included in one or more calibration gas samples from a gas chromatograph apparatus, and determining a correlation with molecular weight data for each of the plurality of compounds. The correlation may be analyzed to determine a condition of the gas chromatograph. The method may also determine a correlation for each of a plurality of operating phases of the gas chromatograph, for example, before and after actuation of valves which change the flow rate. The method may also include diagnosing faults, and calibrating and configuring gas chromatographs. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016598 | NORMALIZATION OF MASS SPECTRA ACQUIRED BY MASS SPECTROMETRIC IMAGING - Mass spectra acquired by imaging mass spectrometry (IMS), in particular MALDI imaging of tissue sections, are each normalized by one of: the p-norm of the mass spectrum transformed by applying an exclusion list, the p-norm of the mass spectrum transformed by square rooting the intensity values, the median of the mass spectrum, and the median absolute deviation of the noise level of the mass spectrum. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016599 | Method and System for Golf Ball Fitting Analysis - The present invention provides golf ball recommendations correlating to a golfer's swing parameters determined by comparing the flight characteristics of a golf ball driven by the golfer with a database of flight characteristics of golf balls associated with particular swing parameters. The swing parameters in the database may be correlated with golf ball flight characteristics determined using empirical tests. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016600 | DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A defect detection system and method enable a fastened crystalline silicon product to generate micro-vibration by a micro-vibration excitation device, so as to enable the crystalline silicon product to generate an excitation signal, then to acquire the excitation signal by a acquisition device, so as to analyze the excitation signal acquired by the acquisition device in the time and frequency domain by an analysis detection device with a specific analysis, and to obtain an analysis result, at last, determine a defect state of the crystalline silicon product according to the analysis result. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016601 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF AN ASPHALT MATERIAL - A method for determining properties of an asphalt material include measuring respective current deformations of a plurality of samples of the asphalt material, repeating the measuring step over a plurality of temperatures that change at a predetermined rate, calculating a plurality of measured total strain values as a function of the deformations and the temperatures, calculating respective creep strains, at different ones of the plurality of temperatures, based on the total strains as a function of applied stresses, calculating respective creep stiffnesses as a function of the temperatures, determining a combined creep curve based on the respective creep stiffnesses, deriving a theoretical creep curve, and fitting the theoretical creep curve with the combined creep curve to determine a master creep curve function and a time-temperature shift function. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016602 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE PRESSURE UPSTREAM FROM THE TURBINE OF A SUPERCHARGING TURBOCHARGER OF A THERMAL ENGINE - A method for determining, in a turbocharger for supercharging a thermal engine including a turbine and a compressor, the pressure upstream from the turbine based on the inlet air flow, the pressure upstream from the compressor, the temperature upstream from the compressor, the pressure downstream from the compressor, the temperature upstream from the turbine, and the pressure downstream from the turbine. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016603 | PRESSURE SCANNER ASSEMBLIES HAVING REPLACEABLE SENSOR PLATES - A pressure scanner assembly having at least one replaceable sensor plate, wherein each of the replaceable sensor plates has at least one pressure sensor adapted to transmit a signal substantially indicative of a sensed pressure condition. A memory chip, which stores correction coefficients for each of the pressure sensor to compensate for thermal errors, may be installed on each of the replaceable sensor plates. The signals from the pressure sensors are multiplexed and may be outputted in analog or digital form. The pressure scanner assemblies described herein have sensor plates that can be interchanged with other sensor plates of the same or different pressure range without disrupting the electronic configuration of the pressure scanner assembly or having to recalibrate and/or update the memory chip installed thereon. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016604 | Methods and Systems for Pointing Device Using Acoustic Impediography - Invention includes a novel pointing device which uses acoustic impediography as a means to locate the position of finger and then uses the said location to control the position of a cursor on a computer screen. In addition, while the finger is touching the sensor the touch-pressure level can be estimated via statistical data evaluation, as average brightness decreases with increasing touch-pressure providing a means for gesturing. This new device has the advantage that it can double as a biometric identification device for verifying the identity of the computer's user. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016605 | CARBON EMISSION TRACKER AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A carbon emission tracker is disclosed. The carbon emission tracker includes a main body, a power input interface, a power output interface, a power detecting unit, a communication unit, a memory unit, and a processing unit. The power detecting unit is configured to detect an electricity usage of an electrical appliance. The processing unit is configured to aggregate power consumption data over a time period and to store the power consumption data for the time period to the memory unit. The processing unit transmits the power consumption data of the memory unit to a data center through the communication unit. The power consumption data further includes identification data of the electrical appliance. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016606 | Power Profiling for Embedded System Design - Tools and methods for profiling power consumption of an embedded system are provided. Power event and control modules, executable by the embedded system are provided. Additionally, a power measurement and control unit is provided that can measure the power consumption and limit the supply current to the embedded system. Furthermore, a power profiling tool is provided. The tool includes modules that interface with the power measurement and control unit and well as the power event and control modules. Then, power event and system data may be received by the power profiling tool from the embedded system and power consumption data may be received from the power measurement and control unit. Subsequently, power consumption metrics may be viewed by the power profiling tool. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016607 | REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for monitoring an industrial process, comprising one or more sensors connected to one or more operating components of the industrial process; a remote monitoring station, comprising a computer and a database; and a connection between the one or more sensors and the remote monitoring station, wherein the remote monitoring station is at least about 100-2500 miles away from the industrial process, for example 500-1000 miles. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016608 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING RESIDENTIAL APPLIANCES - This present disclosure provides a method and the system thereof for monitoring residential appliances, which includes: measuring electrical data in a residence and transmitting the electrical data to a local data-processing unit, the electrical data at least containing a voltage, a real power, and a reactive power; normalizing the electrical data according to the voltage; calculating a variation of the normalized electrical data when the electrical data change; and comparing the variation of the normalized electrical data to an electrical feature which is contained in appliance information of the local data-processing unit, so as to determine the appliance which causes the variation of the electrical data. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016609 | IN-VEHICLE BATTERY MONITOR - An apparatus and a method of monitoring a battery in an automotive vehicle are provided. An output is provided which can be a relative output as a function of minimum and maximum parameters of the battery. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016610 | Temperature Measurement Devices - A temperature measurement device is provided to measure an environment temperature and includes a thermistor, a resistor, a determination circuit, and a measurement circuit. The thermistor is coupled to a first node. The thermistor has a specific impedance value at a specific environment temperature point. The resistor has a first terminal coupled to the first node. The determination circuit determines a real impedance value of the resistor. The measurement circuit is coupled to the first node for receiving a measurement value signal generated at the first node and obtains a value of the specific environment temperature point according to the measurement value signal and the real impedance value of the resistor. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016611 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An impedance matching system is provided. The impedance matching system includes an impedance matching apparatus and an impedance analysis apparatus. The impedance matching apparatus varies a capacitance value of a capacitor according to an applied voltage value, and matches an impedance according to the varied capacitance value. The impedance analysis apparatus supplies a voltage for varying the capacitance value to an impedance matching circuit, and determines an impedance value, changed according to the voltage value, to analyze characteristic of a capacitor included in the impedance matching apparatus. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016612 | System and Method for Acquiring Data of Multi-Channel Squid Signal - A system for acquiring data of a multi-channel superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) signal includes a digital converter connected to a SQUID sensor having a plurality of channels and configured to receive a voltage signal output from the plurality of channels and generate a channel-voltage serial digital signal having information about a channel from which the voltage signal is output and information about the voltage signal, and an optical fiber cable through which the channel-voltage serial digital signal is transmitted from the digital converter. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016613 | Insulation Resistance Measuring Circuit Free from Influence of Battery Voltage - Provided is an insulation resistance measuring circuit including: a source resistor unit including a first source resistor connected between a positive terminal of a battery and a second source resistor and the second source resistor connected between a negative terminal of the battery and the first source resistor; a voltage sensing unit sensing a voltage of the first source resistor as a first voltage and sensing a voltage of the second source resistor as a second voltage; and an insulation resistance measuring unit measuring an insulation resistance of the battery through a value obtained by dividing a difference between the first and second voltages by a sum between the first and second voltages. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016614 | Magnetic 3D Sensor Calibratable During Measurement Operation - A magnetic field sensor for detecting first, second, and third spatial components of a magnetic field at a reference point includes a first sensor element arrangement for detecting the first magnetic field component having a first measurement field component and a first calibration field component with respect to a first spatial axis at a reference point, a second sensor element arrangement for detecting the second magnetic field component having a second measurement field component and a second calibration field component with respect to a second spatial axis y at the reference point and a third sensor element arrangement for detecting the third magnetic field component having a third measurement field component and a third calibration field component with respect to a third spatial axis x at the reference point. An excitation line is arranged such with respect to the three sensor element arrangements that when impressing a predetermined current into the excitation line respective predetermined calibration field components with respect to the spatial axes in the sensor element arrangements are generated. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016615 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SELF MIXING LASER SENSOR SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE VELOCITY OF A VEHICLE - The method is based on a determination of the orientation of the sensor to the surface moving with respect to the sensor and then acquiring data where the lateral velocity is small and the forward velocity is large. Then, the orientation of the sensor with respect to the direction of the forward velocity is determined and the velocity data subsequently measured are corrected using the measured orientation of the sensor with respect to the reference surface and the forward velocity direction. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016616 | FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CORRECTING METHOD, FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING METHOD, AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING APPARATUS - A fluorescence intensity calculating apparatus, includes: a measuring section configured to receive fluorescences generated from plural fluorescent dyes excited by radiating a light to a microparticle multiply-labeled with the plural fluorescent dyes having fluorescence wavelength bands overlapping one another by photodetectors which correspond to different received light wavelength bands, respectively, and whose number is larger than the number of fluorescent dyes, and obtain measured spectra by collecting detected values from the photodetectors; and a calculating section configured to approximate the measured spectra based on a linear sum of single-dyeing spectra obtained from the microparticle individually labeled with the fluorescent dyes, thereby calculating intensities of the fluorescences generated from the fluorescent dyes, respectively. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016617 | METHOD FOR TESTING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for testing an electronic device is implemented with a host computer. The host computer detects a test status of the electronic device. The host computer stores a test order table that indicates the test status and test order corresponding to the test status. The host computer transmits a test order based on the test status and the test order table to the electronic device. The electronic device executes a self-test based on the test order. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016618 | MATCHED FILTER TESTING OF DATA TRANSMISSION CABLES - In one embodiment, a method for testing a cable includes receiving a read-signal profile read at a receiving-end of a cable upon an initial test signal being input to a sending end of the cable, calculating a cross-correlation function between the read-signal profile and a matched filter output, and determining a peak value of the cross-correlation function. In another embodiment, a system includes a device, the device including logic for receiving a read-signal profile read at a receiving-end of the cable upon an initial test signal being input to a sending end of the cable, logic for calculating a cross-correlation function between the read-signal profile and a matched filter output, logic for determining a peak value of the cross-correlation function, and logic for storing the peak value to a computer readable medium. Other methods, systems, and computer program products are also described according to various embodiments. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016619 | DELAY FAULT TEST QUALITY CALCULATION APPARATUS, DELAY FAULT TEST QUALITY CALCULATION METHOD, AND DELAY FAULT TEST PATTERN GENERATION APPARATUS - A delay fault test quality calculation apparatus for calculating delay fault test quality to be achieved by a test pattern to be applied to a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a defect distribution extraction unit, a delay fault-layout element information extraction unit, and a weighting unit. The delay fault test quality calculation apparatus further includes a delay fault test quality calculation unit which calculates the delay fault test quality on the basis of delay design information of the semiconductor integrated circuit, detection information of the test pattern to test the semiconductor integrated circuit, execution conditions of the test, a physical defect distribution extracts the defect distribution extraction unit, and a weights adds the weighting unit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING AN OBJECT USING A MECHANICAL ARM - A system and method for testing objects using a mechanical arm includes establishing coordinate system based on a work area of the mechanical arm, and obtaining test parameters from a storage system. The method further includes controlling the mechanical arm to get an object and position the object to the position of a test platform according to the test parameters, controlling the mechanical arm to get test tool from a tool shelf and position the test tool to a position of test point on the object to test the object according to the test parameters. The method also includes controlling the mechanical arm to get the object from the test platform and position the object to the location reserved for the object according to the test parameters. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016621 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-MODE TESTING THROUGH OPERATION INTERFACE AND SCENARIO ABSTRACTION IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments are described for a system and method for testing a hosted application through a test framework that uses the same operational test code for any one of a plurality of application interfaces. A method under embodiments defines a set of test operations comprising a test for the hosted application, each test operation interacting with the application through an interface of a plurality of interfaces; defines a set of test scenarios, with each test scenario including a number of generic test steps and test operations, and wherein each test scenario includes a function call to the test operation corresponding to the interface to be tested; and executes one or more of the test scenarios to implement a test on the interface to be tested for the hosted application. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016622 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING INNER WALL TEMPERATURE FROM OUTER WALL TEMPERATURE OF TUBE - The present invention relates to the field of measurement technology, and offers a method for calculating an inner wall temperature from a measurement result of an outer wall temperature of a tube in relation to a problem of a two-dimensional, unsteady heat flow in tube. The evaluation method includes the steps of measuring outer wall temperatures at a plurality of points under a two-dimensional unsteady flow in the tube; and estimating inner wall temperatures on the basis of the measured values of the outer-wall temperatures. The approach of the present invention makes it possible to correctly estimate change over time of the inner wall temperature of the tube from the outer wall temperature of the tube with high accuracy, and requires a relatively short calculation time. For these reasons, the present invention is applicable to the problem in that the inner wall temperature of a tube is difficult to measure, in relation to flow in the tube in the industrial production and the scientific research. Therefore, the present invention has a wide range of possible applications. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016623 | Use of Multiple Internal Sensors for Measurement Validation - A microcontroller-based method and apparatus are described for measuring motions signals ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120016624 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING MOVEMENTS - The invention proposes a device and a method for characterizing movements performed by an object, notably a limb of a human being instrumented with at least one accelerometer. The invention is particularly useful for determining the direction, the line and the length of the steps of said human being. The invention uses algorithms for processing the signals from the sensor to make it possible to segment the steps by identifying the lifting and the landing of said limb by comparing the signals output from the sensor with thresholds, to determine the direction and the line of the step by comparing the maxima of the values of the signals along two axes substantially parallel to the walking plane and to calculate the length of the step by double integration of the signals according to the direction of the step. The invention is also applicable to hand movements that have trend characteristics similar to those of the steps. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016625 | LINEAR POSITION SENSOR SYSTEM - A position sensor measures a magnetic flux of a magnetic field produced by a magnet system in a first direction and a second direction. Values associated with the measured magnetic flux in the first direction are adjusted based on a first gain and a first offset that are determined based on the measured magnetic flux and a reference magnetic flux in the first direction. Values associated with the measured magnetic flux in the second direction are adjusted based on a second gain and a second offset that are determined based on the measured magnetic flux and a reference magnetic flux in the second direction. A position of the magnet system with respect to the position sensor at a given time may then be determined based on the adjusted values of the magnetic flux in the first and second directions at the given time. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016626 | UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD OF POSITION REFERENCE DATA - An apparatus, a method and a computer program, the apparatus comprising: collection circuitry configured to collect position reference data, wherein the collected position reference data is for assisting another apparatus to determine a position of the another apparatus based upon wireless signals received by the another apparatus; receiver circuitry configured to receive control data relating to controlling the transmission of collected position reference data by the apparatus; transmitter circuitry configured to transmit collected position reference data; and processing circuitry configured, in dependence upon the received control data, to selectively control transmission of collected position reference data by the transmitter circuitry. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016627 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION OF VEHICLE AND PROGRAM EXECUTED THEREBY - An on-vehicle apparatus adapted to estimate a location of a subject vehicle, in which the apparatus acquires vehicle-information including a location, a velocity and a running direction of the subject vehicle at a reference time and a factor that changes the velocity of the subject vehicle. The on-vehicle apparatus predicts a location of the subject vehicle at an object time which is advanced from the reference time based on the acquired factor | 2012-01-19 |
20120016628 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING POSITIONS - The method and device for analyzing position are disclosed. By analyzing sensing information with at least one zero-crossing, each position can be analyzed. The number of analyzed positions may be different from the number of zero-crossings. When the number of analyzed positions is different from the number of zero-crossing, the number of analyzed positions is more than one. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016629 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING SYSTEM - Measuring devices each include a rotating body arranged between a wheel and a wheel hub with rotation centers aligned with each other, and an optical detector fixed to a body frame. The rotating body is formed of a disk portion attached between the wheel and a mounting surface of the wheel hub, and a cylindrical portion extending from the disk portion to the body frame and encompassing an outer circumferential surface of the wheel hub. In a circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, there are provided elongate holes as light-transmitting portions that transmit light therethrough. The optical detector includes a light-emitting element serving as a light-emitting portion and a light-receiving element serving as a light-receiving portion, which are fixed to the body frame by a mounting bracket. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016630 | METHOD OF MEASURING DEFECT DENSITY OF SINGLE CRYSTAL - A method of measuring the density of a plurality of defects that occur in a single crystal for each type of defect, includes: etching an observation surface, which is a surface of the single crystal, to form an etch pits at each defect; calculating the maximum depth, mean depth and depth curvature of each of etch pits formed at a plurality of defects present within a predetermined area on the observation surface; and comparing the measured maximum depth, mean depth and depth curvature with respective reference values to determine the type of each defect within the predetermined area. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016631 | Emergency patient medication system - A computer based system is disclosed for providing emergency medical personnel with a means for rapidly ascertaining an accurate estimated weight for a non-responsive and potentially critically ill patient. The system acquires the gross weight of the patient, the support upon which the patient is lying and all life support equipment that may be on that support. From data stored in a data base, and from information input into the system by the personnel on hand, the weights of everything except the patient are deducted by the system to arrive at the patient's weight. That weight is then resident in the system and serves to allow the system to accurately calculate the correct dosages of medications to be administered to the patient while warning the personnel if dangerous interactions are possible. The system includes protocols for treating a wide variety of emergency medical conditions in both hospital and military environments. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016632 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING INTER-CHANNEL DELAY AND APPARATUS AND ENCODER THEREOF - A method for estimating inter-channel delay and an apparatus for estimating inter-channel delay and an encoder are provided by the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: obtaining signal sound field information from a cross-correlation function and a cumulative cross-correlation function of synthetic signals of left and right sound channels respectively; obtaining adjustment information of the cumulative cross-correlation function according to the sound field information that is respectively obtained; adjusting the cumulative cross-correlation function by using the adjustment information, so as to obtain the adjusted cumulative cross-correlation function; and determining a time corresponding to a maximum value in the adjusted cumulative cross-correlation function as an inter-channel delay. Therefore, the delay between the signals of the left and right sound channels can be estimated correctly, so as to improve the stability of the synthetic stereo sound field. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016633 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF ANOMALOUS RECURRENT BEHAVIOR - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to observe the distribution of the frequency of a recurrent behavior to form a histogram. A rehistogram of the histogram is computed to model the distribution of the frequency of the frequency of the recurrent behavior. The rehistogram provides an individual frequency relative to the total frequency of the recurrent behavior. The individual frequency is compared to a predicted frequency to form a difference frequency. An anomaly event is identified when the difference frequency exceeds an anomaly threshold. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016634 | Characterization of Single-Photon Detectors Using a Source of Photon Pairs - Operational parameters of a single-photon detector are determined with a source of photon pairs. At a fixed trigger, a dark count probability and a series of count probabilities at different optical powers are determined. A particular optical power is selected by adjusting the optical power of the source of photon pairs. The dark count probability and the count probabilities are determined for different trigger rates. The operational parameters include efficiency, afterpulsing constant, and detrap time. The operational parameters are computed by fitting the computed dark count probabilities and count probabilities to a user-defined relationship. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016635 | Characterization of Single-Photon Detectors Using a Continuous Wave Laser Source - Operational parameters of a single-photon detector are determined with a continuous wave laser source. At a fixed trigger, a dark count probability and a series of count probabilities at different optical powers are determined. A particular optical power is selected by using a wide-range variable attenuator to attenuate the optical power of the continuous wave laser. The dark count probability and the count probabilities are determined for different trigger rates. The operational parameters include efficiency, afterpulsing constant, and detrap time. The operational parameters are computed by fitting the computed dark count probabilities and count probabilities to a user-defined relationship. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016636 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING STEADY STATE CONDITIONS IN A GAS TURBINE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for determining steady state conditions in a gas turbine. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method for determining stability in a gas turbine is provided. The method can include receiving a guide vane (VGV) command and a fuel stroke reference (FSR) command associated with a gas turbine control system, determining a filtered VGV change based at least in part on the received VGV command, determining a filtered FSR change based at least in part on the received FSR command, and outputting a unit stability signal after a pickup delay time when the filtered VGV change is less than a predetermined VGV stability threshold and the filtered FSR change is less than a predetermined FSR stability threshold. | 2012-01-19 |
20120016637 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS - A system and method for measuring performance of an electronic product using a measurement control device that connects to a measuring machine and a display device. A component of the electronic product is determined according to a coordinate array, and a physical factor of the component to measured is determined according to performance specifications of the electronic product. A sensor corresponding to the physical factor of the component is selected from sensors of the measuring machine, and a physical factor of each the component is measured by the selected sensor. The system indicates whether the electronic product is workable or unworkable by comparing the physical factors of the components with the performance specifications of the components, and generates a measurement report for evaluating the performance of the electronic product according to the indication results. | 2012-01-19 |