Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 03/06

20060069510 - Method and system for measuring depth to saturated soils: A method is provided for determining the depth to the saturated soil at a selected site. A first and second instance wherein the depth of the water table equals the depth to the saturated soil is identified (142). The rate of change of the depth to the saturated soil is...

20060069511 - Gas reservoir evaluation and assessment tool method and apparatus and program storage device: A Gas Reservoir Evaluation and Assessment Tool utilizes an Analytical Engine to produce predictions of pressure values and other production data at any point in space and at any point in time in a reservoir. A computer system, such as a workstation, stores a Gas Reservoir Evaluation and Assessment software...

20060069517 - Crystal structure of house dust mite allergen der p 1: The present invention relates to a crystal structure of house dust mite allergen proDer p 1, the three-dimensional structure of proDer p 1 and the use of the three-dimensional structure to design a mutant of a protein belonging to the papain-like cysteine proteases....

20060069512 - Gene discovery through comparisons of networks of structural and functional relationships among known genes and proteins: The present invention relates to methods for identifying novel genes comprising: (i) generating one or more specialized databases containing information on gene/protein structure, function and/or regulatory interactions; and (ii) searching the specialized databases for homology or for a particular motif and thereby identifying a putative novel gene of interest. The...

20060069518 - Identification of genetic targets for modulation by oligonucleotides and generation of oligonucleotides for gene modulation: Interative, preferably computer based iterative processes for generating synthetic compounds with desired physical, chemical and/or bioactive properties, i.e., active compounds, are provided. During iterations of the processes, a target nucleic acid sequence is provided or selected, and a library of candidate nucleobase sequences is generated in silico according to defined...

20060069515 - Method and system for protein folding trajectory analysis using patterned clusters: A method (and system) of analyzing protein folding trajectory includes a combinatorial pattern discovery process for analyzing multidimensional data from a simulation of the protein folding trajectory. The method of analyzing protein folding trajectory allows a user to understand the global state changes and folding mechanism of a protein during...

20060069519 - Method for predicting protein-protein interactions: Method predicting whether protein or polypeptide interacts with another one by the steps of decomposition, database searching, sequence alignment and frequency determination; recording medium for carrying out the method; and obtained proteins....

20060069514 - Methods, systems, computer program products and data structures for hierarchical organization of data associated with medical events in databases: Methods of organizing medical data can include hierarchically relating a single type of medical or research event to medical data generated from the single type of medical or research event in a computer database environment. Organizing the data in this way may enable a researcher to access medical data collected...

20060069513 - Repair and protection factor scoring method for bioactive agents: A method of scoring the biological activity of bioactive agents like colostrum comprising conducting separate bioassays for cell restitution and cell proliferation on the bioactive agent, a comparative growth factor stimulating agent, and (preferably) a negative baseline control sample containing the cells and growth medium alone. These values are then...

20060069516 - Structure-based modulators of b1 g-protein coupled receptors: The present invention relates to a method for identifying modulators of B1 G-protein coupled receptors. The present invention also relates to a method for identifying an antagonist or agonist of the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 2 (CRFR2). The present invention also relates to a method for improving antagonists or agonists of...

20060069520 - Structure health monitoring system and method: A structure health monitoring (“SHM”) system according to the invention can be deployed in an onboard environment, such as an aircraft, to provide an ongoing damage assessment of structural components on the aircraft. The SHM system reduces or eliminates time consuming and costly manual inspections of aircraft. The SHM system...

20060069521 - Methods and systems for analyzing structural test data: Systems and methods for analyzing structural test data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes applying a sequence of loads to a test article, receiving raw test data indicative of the applied loads from at least one sensor operatively associated with the test article, receiving predicted test data indicative...

20060069522 - Method and apparatus for phase determination: An electricity metering method and apparatus is provided for determining the phase of first waveform relative to a harmonically distorted, second waveform having cycles temporally distinguished by an occurrence of an amplitude that is neither zero amplitude nor a maximum amplitude of said waveform....

20060069523 - Tire grip sensor and control system using the sensor: A system for directly measuring tire grip conditions is provided which can measure a skidding condition with no need of applying a vibration. A tire rotation speed sensor comprising a detection gear and a magnet sensor is mounted to a rotating shaft of a tire. An output of the tire...

20060069524 - Malfunction detector for rotation sensor: While a voltage value of the battery detected by a battery voltage-detecting part is less than a predetermined threshold voltage value for determining a low voltage state, a rotation sensor malfunction-detecting part stops calculating a vehicle speed and uses the vehicle speed calculated at a time immediately before a time...

20060069525 - Guid, pnpid, isochronous bandwidth based mechanism for achieving memory controller thermal throttling: A device to control memory bandwidth including a processing unit and a memory connected to the processing unit, the memory having a memory controller driver to issue at least one command based on a memory bandwidth requirement of another driver process. A memory controller to direct data to and from...

20060069526 - Radiolocation using path loss data: Determining the location of a station or potential rogue access point in a wireless network including accepting an ideal path loss model and calibrating the ideal model using path loss measurements between access points at known locations. The calibrating determines a calibrated path loss model between the access points. The...

20060069527 - Shape model generation method and shape model generation system: A shape model generation method or system for generating a shape model from shape description data such as X-ray CT data, including a process by virtual probe measuring unit of causing a virtual probe defined as an area having a finite expansion in a virtual space in the shape description...

20060069528 - Memory defect remedy analyzing method and memory test instrument: In the test of a memory all data bit of fail data, which is output from a logic comparator, are stored in a failure analysis memory AFM; and at the time of recovery processing, bit designating data for designating plural bits in the fail data are read out of a...

20060069530 - Blind signal separation using array deflection: A communications device for separating source signals provided by M signal sources includes an antenna array comprising N antenna elements for generating N initial antenna patterns for receiving N different summations of the M source signals, with N being less than M. The antenna array includes an elevation controller for...

20060069529 - Blind signal separation using correlated antenna elements: A communications device for separating source signals provided by M signal sources includes an antenna array comprising N correlated antenna elements for receiving at least N different summations of the M source signals, with N and M being greater than 1. A receiver is connected to the antenna array for...

20060069531 - Blind signal separation using polarized antenna elements: A communications device for separating source signals provided by M signal sources includes an antenna array comprising N antenna elements for receiving at least N different summations of the M source signals. At least two of the N antenna elements are correlated and have different polarizations for receiving at least...

20060069532 - Noise reduction circuit and temperature measuring apparatus equipped with the same: In some embodiments, a noise reduction circuit for use in a temperature measuring apparatus includes a replacing processing portion configured to execute replacing processing for replacing data of one of plural pixels among plural pixels with data of another pixel among the plural pixels, the data of the one of...

20060058965 - Method for generating a reservoir model on flexible grid: A method having application notably to the development of petroleum for fast generation of a geostatistical reservoir model on flexible grid, representative of a porous heterogeneous medium. A flexible grid best discretizing the medium is first generated. A regular Cartesian grid whose cell size, in a given direction, is greater...

20060058967 - Method of designing probe set, microarray having substrate on which probe designed by the method is immobilized, and computer readable medium on which program for executing the method is recorded: A method of designing a probe set for identifying a target sequence from a plurality of target sequence groups by a hybridization reaction is provided. The method includes: (a) selecting a first target sequence group including a plurality of target sequences; (b) selecting oligonucleotides specifically binding to the target sequences...

20060058966 - Methods and systems for guiding selection of chemotherapeutic agents: The present invention relates to a systems and methods for selecting agents and combinations of agents for treatment of particular cancer patients or selected groups of cancer patients. These methods of the invention index possible agents and combinations in a ranking indicating the likelihood of their usefulness in the particular...

20060058970 - Analytical method for reducing quantitative analysis systematic error of real-time fluorescence thermal cycler and the applications of the same: The invention provides an analytical method to reduce the quantitative analysis systematic error of real-time fluorescence thermal cycler for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the application thereof. In the method, tn, the amplifying time by which fluorescence intensity (Rn) gets to a certain threshold, is set as the measuring index...

20060058968 - Protein structure alignment using cellular automata: The detection of protein sequence alignments firstly generates protein blocks having n successive C-alpha atoms from two protein sequences. A matrix of the distance of protein atoms from said C-alpha atoms for each block is then determined. A difference matrix is determined from respective distance matrices representing the differences between...

20060058969 - Systems and methods for processing nucleic acid chromatograms: Computer systems, computer program products and methods for processing an input nucleic acid chromatogram having a plurality of substantially simultaneous traces. Each trace in the plurality of traces has a plurality of datapoints. Each respective datapoint in each of the plurality of datapoints represents a signal amplitude at a position...

20060058971 - Coriolis flowmeter: A Coriolis flowmeter having an improved measurement accuracy, especially in measurement applications, where conventional Coriolis flowmeters may have a reduced accuracy due to erroneous flow spiking or outputs during no-flow situations is described, comprising: a measurement tube, a driver for imparting a force proportional to an applied excitation signal to...

20060058972 - Method and apparatus for vibration detection, method and apparatus for vibration analysis, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and computer program: According to one embodiment, a method for determining information relating to vibration includes projecting an aerial image at an image position in a projection plane; mapping an intensity of the aerial image into an image map, the image map arranged for comprising values of coordinates of sampling locations and of...

20060058973 - Built-in-self-test (bist) circuit with digital output for phase locked loops-jitter testing and method thereof: A built-in-self-testing (BIST) circuit with digital output for phase locked loops-jitter testing and the method thereof are used to solve the problems of difficult processing and test of high frequency signals encountered during test of jitter signal of phase locked loops. The built-in-self-testing (BIST) circuit with digital output for phase...

20060058974 - Converting a digital radiograph to an absolute thickness map: A digital radiography imaging system for acquiring digital images of an object, and a method for transforming digital images into an absolute thickness map characterizing the object under inspection. The system includes a radiation source for directing radiation through a desired region of the object, and a radiation detector having...

20060058975 - Weight measuring device: A weight measuring device comprises a load detecting section for constantly detecting a load value (W) of a sample placed on a measuring pan; a moving average processing section for calculating a moving average (Wa) of the detected load value (W); a load changing rate calculating section for calculating a...

20060058976 - Method of testing components designed to perform real-time, high resource functions: A method of testing an engine designed to perform a real-time DSP or communications high resource function on an embedded target platform, the method comprising the steps of: (a) developing a reference engine for the high resource function, the reference engine performing the same functionality as the engine but running...

20060058977 - Method for monitoring tyre pressure variation of automobile tyre and system for realizing the same: A method for monitoring tyre pressure variation of automobile tyres, comprising steps of: (1) obtaining rotation speeds of individual automobile tyres, and creating rotation speed reference values Vr for comparison and judgment based on the obtained rotation speeds; (2) obtaining current rotation speeds of individual automobile tyres, and comparing the...

20060058978 - Absolute position determination of an object using pattern recognition: A contact free optical position sensor for an inertial reference system. An optical sensor is adapted to generate image signals of a gas bearing supported inertial sensor assembly. The surface of the inertial sensor assembly is adapted with a reference surface pattern. A controller is coupled to receive the image...

20060058979 - Method and system for calibrating integrated metrology systems and stand-alone metrology systems that acquire wafer state data: The present invention is directed to methods and systems for calibrating integrated metrology systems and stand-alone metrology systems that acquire wafer state data. In one illustrative embodiment, the method includes providing a plurality of process tools, each of the process tools comprising an integrated metrology system adapted to obtain wafer...

20060058980 - Electronic maintenance record file system for equipment such as a elevators: An electronic maintenance record file system for facilities comprising local monitoring units, installed near the equipment to be maintained, a calculator made available to the maintenance company and connected to the local units using a transmission network to receive and process the information transmitted by the local units. Each local...

20060058982 - Data relay device and data management system using the same: A data relay device and a data management system that eliminate the need for changing the setting when a new testing or measuring device is added is provided. An adapter 4 for connecting to a LAN 3 plural kinds of testing devices 5a, 5b . . . generating data in...

20060058981 - Ultrasonic characterization of high concentration particles: A method for characterizing a suspension with particles floating therein, which method comprises the steps of generating an acoustic actuation signal and registering an acoustic reflected signal. Further, a first dataset is calculated on the basis of the reflected signal, the dataset containing information which represents an autocorrelation function as...

20060058983 - Signal separation method, signal separation device, signal separation program and recording medium: This invention achieves high-quality separation of mixed signals in situations where the relationship between the number of signal sources N and the number of sensors M is such that N>M. First, the values of the observed signal observed by M sensors are transformed into frequency domain values, and these frequency...

20060058984 - Device for parallel data processing as well as a camera system comprising such a device: The invention relates to a device for parallel data processing, a DSP. The device according to the invention comprises a processor matrix (100) in which processors (103) are arranged in rows (101) and columns (102). Furthermore, the device (100) comprises first and second external data ports (107, 108). The rows...

20060052937 - Method, systems, and computer readable media for optimizing the correlation of well log data using dynamic programming: A method, systems, and computer readable media optimize the correlation of well log data utilizing dynamic programming. A geological signature in well log data from a reference well is mapped onto well log data from one or more target wells by using a dynamic programming algorithm to calculate multiple solutions....

20060052936 - Tubing expansion: In one embodiment, there is disclosed a method of expanding downhole tubing such as a liner (10), the method comprising the steps of locating the liner (10) in a borehole (12), expanding a part (16) of the liner (10) in the borehole (12), locating an expansion device such as an...

20060052938 - Method for creating facies probability cubes based upon geologic interpretation: A method for creating a facies probability cube is disclosed. A S-grid containing facies is first created. The grid includes layers of cells and columns of cells. Vertical facies proportion data for the layers of cells is derived from sources such as well data, conceptual vertical geologic sections and graphs...

20060052943 - Architectures, queries, data stores, and interfaces for proteins and drug molecules: Architectures, queries, data stores, and interfaces for proteins and drug molecules are provided. Active and binding sites or proteins and drug molecules are modeled and indexed in a data store. The data store may be browsed, searched, and mined to find specific proteins or to find potential drug molecules that...

20060052941 - Crystal of bacterial core rna polymerase and methods of use thereof: A detailed three-dimensional structure for a bacterial core RNA polymerase is provided. Crystals of the bacterial core RNA polymerase are also included in the invention. The present invention further provides procedures for identifying agents that can inhibit bacterial proliferation through the use of rational drug design predicated on the crystals...

20060052942 - Integrated knowledge-based reverse engineering of metabolic pathways: A method of enhancing the yield of a product is provided. A host organism that is adapted to produce the product as a function of metabolism in the presence of a substrate is selected and a plurality of optimal reaction pathways are determined by searching a database and executing an...

20060052939 - Methods for identifying compounds for treating disease states: The process of System Reconstruction is used to integrate sequence data, clinical data, experimental data, and literature into functional models of disease pathways. System Reconstruction models serve as informational “skeletons” for integrating various types of “high throughput” data....

20060052944 - Particle size distribution analyzer: In a measurement system, by suppressing the environmental changes of counter-flow of air, and temperature changes and the like, measurement can be accomplished with stable high precision and replication, and by providing a transparent cell 2 which stores a particles dispersed in a dispersion medium, and a light source which...

20060052940 - System and method for identifying test kit types: An analysis data interpretation system configured to automatically identify a test kit type used to generate a laboratory system output file. The system includes an analysis data interpretation processor configured to receive a laboratory system output file including a test kit identifier to identify the test kit that was used...

20060052947 - Biofabrication of transistors including field effect transistors: Use of peptides and other biological agents for fabrication of transistors, field effect transistors, and components thereof. An intermediate component for use in fabrication of a field effect transistor, the component comprising at least two of the following transistor elements: (i) source, (ii) drain, (iii) channel, (iv) gate, and (v)...

20060052946 - Display method and display apparatus of gene information: A display method and a display apparatus capable of discriminating correctly between a true peak and noise peaks in a waveform data of a fluorescence analysis result that is obtained from an electrophoresis experiment of PCR amplification products of a DNA fragment and also capable of displaying them are provided....

20060052948 - Method of identifying drugs, targeting moieties or diagnostics: The present invention relates to a method for identifying a binding agent or epitope for use in drug design, drug targeting or diagnostics. The method employs contacting and sorting binding agents and cognate epitopes from collections thereof, characterizing the binding agent and cognate epitope, detecting the level or location of...

20060052945 - System and method for improving clinical decisions by aggregating, validating and analysing genetic and phenotypic data: The information management system disclosed enables caregivers to make better decisions, faster, using aggregated genetic and phenotypic data. The system enables the integration, validation and analysis of genetic, phenotypic and clinical data from multiple subjects who may be at distributed facilities. A standardized data model stores a range of patient...

20060052949 - Extracorporeal blood processing information management system: A blood component collection system with manipulation and optimization capabilities. Process parameters are derived from an input/configured predetermined blood component yield and which is based upon the maximization of at least one process parameter. Thereafter, the blood component collection procedure is performed with these derived process control parameters. Also, process...

20060052950 - Gas monitoring system and sidestream gas measurement system adapted to communicate with a mainstream gas measurement system: A method and apparatus for interfacing a plurality of gas measurement systems, including a mainstream and a sidestream gas measurement system, to a host system via an interface unit. The present invention also pertains to a sidestream gas measurement system that output signals emulating the signals output by a mainstream...

20060052951 - Methods and compositions for cancer treatment relating to brca1 brct domain recognition of phosphorylated bach1: The present invention relates to compounds (e.g., peptidomimetics and non-peptides) that treat, prevent, or stabilize cellular proliferative disorders and methods of treating, preventing, or stabilizing such disorders. The invention also provides three-dimensional structures of a BRCT domain-BACH1 phosphopeptide complex....

20060052952 - System and method for providing environmental impact information, recording medium recording the information, and computer data signal: An environmental impact information collection system modifies and analyzes environmental impact information, which is collected and stored in advance, and obtains the environmental impact at each process done in an organization, according to each product. The environmental impact information collection system then obtains a set of environmental impacts in a...

20060052953 - Analyzing system for the detection of reducing and oxidizing gases in a carrier gas with a metal-oxide-semiconductor sensor arrangement: Analyzing system for the detection of reducing and oxidizing gases in a carrier gas, wherein the detection means are sensors based on semiconductor-type metal oxides that work in the absence of oxygen. The system includes means for connecting to a chamber which contains the sensors, and moreover in that the...

20060052954 - Automatic parasitic echo storage: Described is a method for automatically initiating an update of a parasitic echo storage device in a fill level meter operating according to a runtime method. In this method individual echoes of echo curves of different ages are allocated, according to their typical echo characteristics, to global echo groups so...

20060052956 - Power breaking apparatus for prevention of electrical shock: A power breaking apparatus for prevention of electrical shock breaks AC power supplied to electrical structures such as traffic lights, streetlights etc. if a leakage voltage is detected over a preset voltage or the electrical structures are inundated, thereby preventing electrical shock from inundation or leakage voltage. A plurality of...

20060052955 - Protection circuit and method for floating power transfer device: A protection circuit and method are provided for a floating power transfer device having one or more switches for controlling charging of a reservoir capacitor across which a load is applied when in use. The protection circuit includes a control circuit (43), a fault detection circuit (33) and a precharge...

20060052957 - Method and apparatus for testing circuit boards: The invention provides a method of apparatus for testing circuit boards which does not require any inner wide power plane so as to detect an open circuit defect and/or a short circuit defect in a conductor path network formed in the circuit board quickly and accurately. An apparatus for testing...

20060052958 - Power management integrated circuit: A power management intergrated circuit for monitoring a parameter of a power system is disclosed. The integrated circuit comprises an analog front end operative to receive and at least one of amplify, attenuate and filter analog signals representative of at least one of voltage and current in a power system...

20060052959 - Mathematical model useful for determining and calibrating output of a linear sensor: The present invention relates to a method of analyzing accuracy of linear sensor output based on a theoretical prediction of the output model. The method comprises steps of: analyzing a statistically significant number of linear sensors to obtain operating profiles at two or more operating conditions; individually testing a linear...

20060052961 - Individual data line strobe-offset control in memory systems: Systems and methods for strobe signal timing calibration and control in strobe-based memory systems are provided below. These strobe-offset control systems and methods receive a strobe signal from a memory device and in turn automatically generate separate per-bit strobe signals for use in receiving data on each data line of...

20060052962 - Integrated circuit having clock trim circuitry: An integrated circuit is provided comprising a processor, an onboard system clock having a ring oscillator for generating a clock signal, a memory, and clock trim circuitry. The processor is arranged to, in response to receiving an external signal, determine the number of cycles of the clock signal during a...

20060052960 - Sorting method for automated optimization of asymmetric waveform generator lc tuning electronics: Disclosed is a method of controlling an asymmetric waveform generated as a combination of two sinusoidal waves having a frequency that differs by a factor of two. A method according to the instant invention includes a step of sampling a generated asymmetric waveform to obtain a set of data points,...

20060052963 - Noninvasive testing of a material intermediate spaced walls: A sensor probe provides a pair of unique signal paths through a test material, wherein one configuration of the probe provides identical external portions of the signal paths such that a selected parameter of a measuring signal passing along at least two of the unique signal paths is measured. From...

20060052964 - Test apparatus and testing method: A test apparatus that tests a device under test, includes: a main memory having an expectation pattern storing region storing an expectation pattern sequence to be sequentially compared with a plurality of output patterns sequentially output from a terminal of the device under test; a test pattern outputting unit operable...

20060052965 - Event driven testing method, system and program product: Under the present invention, a scenario is compartmentalized into a series of (discrete) events. Thereafter, a test case is provided that arranges the series of events into a desired order, and specifies event information and a verification decision for each event. The verification decision expresses whether verification of the corresponding...

20060052966 - Determining impact of test operations at a product assembly and test facility with repairable products: A method and apparatus for establishing an average test time (TA) include determining a first time interval (TG) nominally associated with non-failing testing of a unit under test (UUT), and determining a second time interval (TPR) nominally associated with troubleshooting and repairing a failed unit under test. Additionally, a percent...

20060052968 - Pressure and temperature compensation algorithm for use with a piezo-resistive strain gauge type pressure sensor: A method of determining a temperature and a pressure in a tank is provided. The method comprises the steps of obtaining sensor data and calculating coefficients. Then, a bridge resistance is ratiometrically determined from a bridge voltage. A temperature is calculated with the coefficients and the bridge resistance. Thereafter, a...

20060052967 - Pressure and temperature measurement of a piezo-resistive device using differential channel of a ratiometric analog to digital converter: A temperature and pressure measuring circuit is provided. The circuit comprises an uncompensated pressure transducer, an analog-to-digital converter, a reference resistive device, and first and second switches. The transducer has variable resistive devices between first, second, third, and fourth bridge nodes. The analog-to-digital converter has first and second reference inputs...

20060052969 - Methods and apparatus for low distortion parameter measurements: This invention seeks to provide methods and apparatus that can improve the accuracy of measured parameter data used for processing workpieces. One aspect of the present invention includes methods of measuring process conditions with low distortion of the measurements caused by the measuring apparatus. The measurements include data for applications...

20060052970 - On-die temperature control data for communicating to a thermal actuator: An on-die temperature control variable is provided to throttle a thermal actuator for cooling an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a storage element to hold the temperature control variable. A temperature sensor is thermally coupled to the integrated circuit to sense an operating temperature of the integrated circuit. A...

20060052971 - An analysis system: An apparatus for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft includes at least one input receiving shaft rotation dependent measurement data from a sensor surveying a measuring point of the machine, and a data processor processing condition data dependent on the measurement data. The data processor performs...

20060052972 - Shaft sensorless angular position and velocity estimation for a dynamoelectric machine based on extended rotor flux: A shaft sensorless rotor angular position and velocity sensing system for a dynamoelectric machine that is based on dynamoelectric machine extended flux estimation....

20060052974 - Instrument mounting system with dual encoders: The present invention provides a way to measure the position of an instrument that is mounted on an instrument shaft within a clutched mounting system, the instrument shaft being driven through a reduction gearbox by a motor shaft. The position of the instrument is measured as a function of the...

20060052973 - Position measuring method and position measuring system used in the multiplication of signal periods: The invention relates to a position measuring device and a position measuring system (1) that are used to process signals (SIN, COS), which represent the displacement (8) of a scale gradation (4) relative to a signal generation unit (7). To increase the resolution of the signals (SIN, COS), output signals...

20060052975 - Relative range camera calibration: Method and system for measuring a relative position and orientation of range cameras using a movement of an object within a scene. In general, the method and system determine the relative pose between two cameras by measuring a path the movement of the object makes within a scene and calculating...

20060052976 - Claw-pole electric machine with actively controlled switches: A system, for determining a starting position angle of an electric motor, includes a plurality of windings, a circuit, a processor, and at least one voltage sensor. The circuit is configured to create a pulse current field in at least one of the plurality of windings. The sensor is configured...

20060052977 - Combined feature dimensional parameter analysis: A computerized method is disclosed for determining the size and location effects of simulated or manufactured features on an object, determining the transformation of a pattern of features, determining usable feature size within a pattern of features, and determining the remaining feature tolerances. The simulated or manufactured position of a...

20060052979 - Method and apparatus for measuring thickness of metal layer: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for measuring a thickness of a metal layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. First, second, and third light pulses are successively irradiated onto a top surface of the metal layer to generate respective first, second, and third second sonic waves in the metal layer....

20060052978 - Wall thickness data analyzer and method: A wall thickness data analyzer is disclosed. The wall thickness data analyzer may comprise a storage device that stores a plurality of thickness data for a plurality of locations on the component, wherein one or more thickness data measured at specified times are provided for each location. The wall thickness...

20060052981 - Method for detecting tampering: There is disclosed method of detecting tampering with product packages, using an RFID transponder on the package, wherein the weight before shipment is encoded into the RFID transponder, and the received package is weighed and its RFID transponder is decoded upon receipt of the package, and a comparison of the...

20060052980 - System and method for providing certified weighing services at remotely attended scales: A remotely attended scale system for providing certified weighing services for a vehicle. The system having a plurality of weigh sites located remotely from one another and a weighmaster located at a central location. The weighmaster verifies proper placement of the vehicle upon the scale, may facilitate a normal weighing...

20060052982 - Time measurement method using quadrature sine waves: A time measurement circuit includes N time stamping units that each includes a dual sinusoid interpolator for achieving high timing resolution. The time measurement circuit is capable of time stamping input signals at a high re-trigger rate, and is thus well suited for quickly measuring the timing jitter of test...

20060052983 - Electronic drink coaster: A system for ordering drink refills, comprising a coaster body with a processor, a wireless transmitter and at least one button, the processor responding to user inputs to activate the wireless transmitter to transmit wireless signals indicative of a desired order....

20060052984 - Device, method and program for optimization analysis: The present invention relates to optimization analysis achieving a target value and provides a device, method and program ensuring improved analysis efficiency and analysis accuracy. The device includes an analysis unit (CPU 14), an evaluation unit (CPU 14) and a condition modification unit (CPU 14). The analysis unit executes an...

20060052985 - System for acquiring data from facilities and method: A field instrument and system for obtaining pressure, flow and temperature data from a facility. The field instrument includes an enclosure having an opening therein. An integrated analog sensor is sealingly contained within the opening. The field instrument further contains an external analog sensor. An analog to digital converter converts...

20060052986 - Method and apparatus for animal environmental and health monitoring: A method and apparatus for animal environmental and health monitoring have been disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention the monitoring provides on-site and/or off-site real-time information on such things as heart rate, water usage, respiration, temperature, movement, tracking of location, and who is handling the animal....

20060052987 - Wireless measuring device: A wireless measuring device 1 is provided which includes a plurality of child units 2 and a parent unit 3 to receive data measured by these child units 2 by wireless communication. Each of the child units 2 has a controlling section 20 that can move to a standby state,...

20060047430 - Method and apparatus for improving wireline depth measurements: Wireline depths are estimated using cable depth measurements and accelerometer depth measurements made over a time interval encompassing the time for which the wireline depth is being estimated. A least squares smoothing filter or a weighted least squares smoothing filter may be used. Problems caused by washouts in the borehole...

20060047429 - Method of estimating geological formation depths by converting interpreted seismic horizons from the time domain to the depth domain: According to one aspect of the invention, a method of estimating geological location depths by converting horizon data from the time domain to the depth domain is provided, wherein the method comprises at least a data accumulation step and a data evaluation step, wherein the data evaluation step further comprises...

20060047431 - Method and apparatus for imaging permeability pathways of geologic fluid reservoirs using seismic emission tomography: The application of SET for the imaging and analysis of seismic energy emission induced during production of fluid resources from their reservoirs allows 4 dimensional measurements of the components of the permeability field of the reservoir. The seismic energy emission associated with the permeability field is identified by its spatial...

20060047432 - Method of determining multiphase flow parameters of a porous medium taking account of the local heterogeneity: A method with application for evaluation or production of a reservoir for determining multiphase flow parameters of a porous medium such as a rock, from the interpretation of displacement experiments. From an injection experiment on a rock sample, the saturation profiles are measured in different sections of the sample. The...

20060047440 - Apparatus, method, and computer product for supporting estimation of metabolism: Structure information of an estimation target compound and structure information of an arbitrary unit of CYP are acquired. Stable position information on a stable position in which the estimation target compound is stably disposed in a pocket of the CYP based on the acquired structure information. A distance between an...

20060047438 - Identification of different regions of biopolymer sequences using a denoiser: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to analysis of biopolymer sequences by introducing artificial noise into the sequences and then applying a denoiser to remove the artificial noise, monitoring the denoisability of each portion of the sequence by comparing the product of the denoiser and the original sequence....

20060047441 - Semantic gene organizer: A semantic gene classification and annotation system, method and computer program can utilize Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) to identify conceptually related genes based on textual information in biomedical literature, including MEDLINE citations. In addition, term weights calculated from the usage of the gene terms in and across gene documents can...

20060047437 - System and method for heightening an immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment....

20060047439 - System and method for improving a humoral immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment....

20060047436 - System and method for magnifying an immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment....

20060047435 - System and method related to augmenting an immune system: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment....

20060047433 - System and method related to enhancing an immune system: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method related to detection and/or treatment....

20060047434 - System and method related to improving an immune system: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment....

20060047442 - Method for designing primer for realtime pcr: A method for designing a primer for real-time PCR comprises retrieving a primer set using a known primer search algorithm and based on primer design conditions, visually displaying the retrieved primer set together with its splicing information and base sequence, narrowing the primer set using narrowing conditions, and visually displaying...

20060047443 - Method for quantifying initial concentration of nucleic acid from real-time nucleic acid amplification data: Provided is a method for quantifying an initial concentration of a nucleic acid from a real-time nucleic acid amplification data. Nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) extracted from organism or virus is amplified using an enzyme. Then, the initial concentration of the nucleic acid is found by calculating the characteristic amplification...

20060047444 - Method for analyzing an unknown material as a blend of known materials calculated so as to match certain analytical data and predicting properties of the unknown based on the calculated blend: The current invention is an improvement to the method of U.S. Pat. No. 6,662,116 B2. Specifically, the current invention provides means for comparing the quality of property predictions made using different sets of known (reference) materials and different inspection inputs such that the most accurate prediction is obtained. Further, the...

20060047446 - Method for transporting and testing ultra low sulfur diesel: A method for determining the variations in the sulfur content of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel when it is transported through a petroleum transportation system includes sampling fuels at various points during barge transport, pipeline transport and in terminaling operations. New procedures and special handling regiments are developed in view of...

20060047445 - System and method for calibrating remote emissions sensing instruments: A system and method is provided for obtaining calibration curves for CO and CO2 during laboratory calibration of one or more remote emissions sensing (RES) instruments, and for self-calibration of on-road RES instruments to compensate for changes in background CO and CO2 column densities....

20060047447 - System, method and device for monitoring an athlete: The invention provides a system, method and device which allows for real time monitoring of an athlete's performance during an athletic event, such as a boxing match or kick-boxing match, to provide a greater quantity of information to a viewer of the event. The system (9) includes a plurality of...

20060047448 - Intrusion detection system and method thereof: An intrusion detection system and method utilizing a power transmission cable connected to a source of radio frequency signals. A data transmission cable is associated with the power transmission cable and is provided with a plurality of radio frequency identification chips. The power transmission cable would induce an electromagnetic field...

20060047449 - Graphical test development tool for use with automated test equipment: A method for displaying data received from automated testing equipment is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving data output from automated testing equipment, processing a predetermined integer number of samples of the received data, displaying the predetermined integer number of samples on a graph, the graph showing magnitudes...

20060047450 - System and method of obtaining data-dependent jitter (ddj) estimates from measured signal data: Methods for estimating data-dependent jitter (DDJ) from measured samples of a transmitted data signal include a first exemplary step of obtaining a plurality of measurements (e.g., time tags and event counts for selected pulse widths in the data signal). Such measurements may be obtained at predetermined intervals within a transmitted...

20060047451 - Apparatus and method for circuit diagram display, and computer product: A circuit diagram display apparatus displays a plurality of logic circuit diagrams. An associating unit associates the logic circuits based on at least any one of identification information, structural information, logical equivalence information, and external designated information about the logic circuits. A display format changing unit changes a display format...

20060047452 - Method of estimating parameters of time series data using fourier transform: A method of estimating parameters of time series data using a Fourier transform is disclosed. The parameter estimation method of the present invention can directly estimate modes and parameters, indicating the characteristics of a dynamic system, on the basis of the Fourier transform of the time series data. Accordingly, the...

20060047453 - Quality analysis including cumulative deviation determination: A device and technique for monitoring the quality of a manufacturing process, a resulting part or both includes determining a cumulative deviation of an actual process signature from an expected signature. A disclosed example includes determining a quantitative value of a difference between the signatures at each of a plurality...

20060047454 - Quality control system for manufacturing industrial products: In a quality control system for manufacturing industrial products, the product quality history and the manufacturing process history are collected and collated to calculate the correlation magnitude between the two histories. The candidates for the cause of quality variation hidden in the manufacturing processes are listed, and the correlation magnitude...

20060047455 - Method and apparatus for management of calibration data: An apparatus and method for management and maintenance of one or more periodic calibrations provides an alert regarding the current calibration status....

20060047456 - Method and apparatus to separate field and grid parameters on first level wafers: Disclosed are a method and system for calibrating grid parameters for a photolithographic tool. One embodiment of the invention utilizes at least two artifacts located on the wafer stage. The artifacts are located outside of the area where a substrate would be placed. Typically, four artifacts are used, with two...

20060047457 - Part measurement prioritization system and method: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for prioritizing the measurements made on manufactured parts while maintaining specified part quality standards. According to the method, system and apparatus, the process used by the CMM is modified so that the number of measurements made is reduced in accordance with the results...

20060047459 - Edge-aligned ratio counter: An Edge-Aligned Ratio Counter (EARC) that includes at least one processor coupled to at least one counter circuit is provided for determining a ratio between two clock signals by receiving a first and a second value in response to a first clock signal and generating a control signal under control...

20060047460 - Method for testing image processing circuit, particle image analyzer, and storage medium: A particle image analyzer provided with an image processor for executing predetermined image processes on a particle image containing an image of a particle, a reading means for reading test result data from a flash memory card on which are previously recorded test result data equivalent to the processing result...

20060047458 - Smart component-based management techniques in a substrate processing system: A method of component management in a substrate processing system is disclosed. The substrate processing system has a set of components, at least a plurality of components of the set of components being designated to be smart components, each component of the plurality of components having an intelligent component enhancement...

20060047463 - Bit synchronization for high-speed serial device testing: An apparatus for testing electronic devices that output high-speed serial data bit streams employs a programmable device to adjust the timing of the strobe so that the data bit stream being analyzed is strobed at or near the center of the bit. The programmable device sets a number of different...

20060047462 - Displacement estimation system and method: A displacement estimation system comprising a data acquisition system and a processing system is provided. The data acquisition system is configured to capture a first frame from a first substrate including a first pattern at a first time and capture a second frame from a second substrate including a second...

20060047461 - Non-deterministic protocol packet testing: A test apparatus implements a method for testing electronic devices that exhibit non-deterministic behavior. The test apparatus includes a high-speed buffer queue for storing data packets. The data packets arrive at one end of the queue and, as they exit at the other end, are compared against expect data packets...

20060047464 - Rfid server internals design: The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates implementing an RFID process by providing creation and/or execution of the RFID process as it relates to a provider(s) and the associated devices related to such provider(s). A receiver component can receive information relating to at least one or...

20060047465 - Measurement device that appears to a computer system as a file storage device: A measurement device operable to communicate with a computer system via files. The computer system may receive one or more files created by the measurement device, where the files include measurement data generated by the measurement device and may utilize the files to perform a measurement application. The measurement device...

20060047467 - Method and apparatus for the monitoring of body temperature and/or blood flow: A method and apparatus for estimating a body temperature and/or an ambient air temperature and/or blood flow. The method and apparatus acquire values indicative of temperature from two or more sensors. Some of the sensors being in thermal contact with a surface of the body and the other sensors being...

20060047466 - System and method for monitoring rack equipment: A system and method for monitoring rack equipment. In one embodiment, first and second instances of computer equipment having first and second manufacturers, respectively, are deployed. Both instances of computer equipment are compliant in accordance with a common computer equipment environment specification. First and second sensors are associated with the...

20060047468 - Controller of exhaust gas sensor: The present invention relates to a control device for an exhaust gas sensor. It is an object of the present invention to judge the deterioration of a sensor element in real time and promptly complete an activity judgment in an exhaust gas sensor warm-up sequence without resort to learning. An...

20060047469 - Method and device for filtering information emitted by a pressure sensor mounted on a wheel of a vehicle: The invention relates to a method for filtering information emitted, on the basis of pressure measurements taken by a pressure sensor mounted on a wheel of a vehicle equipped with a tire, to a central unit mounted on said vehicle. According to this method, a value representative of the pressure...

20060047470 - Dual sensor assemblies for positional output feedback: A system for precisely determining a position with resolution on the order of nanometers or sub-nanometers is described. In particular, a system is described that utilizes a first and a second sensor assembly to determine a position of a movable element over a distance many times the capable range of...

20060047471 - Relative range camera calibration: Method and system for measuring a relative position and orientation of range cameras using a movement of an object within a scene. In general, the method and system determine the relative pose between two cameras by measuring a path the movement of the object makes within a scene and calculating...

20060047472 - Relative range camera calibration: Method and system for measuring a relative position and orientation of range cameras using a movement of an object within a scene. In general, the method and system determine the relative pose between two cameras by measuring a path the movement of the object makes within a scene and calculating...

20060047473 - Displacement estimation system and method: A displacement estimation system comprising a data acquisition system and a processing system is provided. The data acquisition system is configured to capture a first frame from a first substrate including a first pattern and a second substrate including a second pattern at a first time and capture a second...

20060047477 - Automated system and method for tool mark analysis: An automated system for tool mark analysis includes an acquisition mechanism for acquiring 3D data of tool marks left on the surfaces of specimens by tools, a signature generation module for generating tool mark signatures from the acquired data, an analysis unit for comparing pairs of the tool mark signatures...

20060047476 - Mechanical transmission of data to an electronic device in a tire: Methodology and apparatus are disclosed for transmitting data to a tire electronics device contained in a tire. The tire electronics device includes a vibration sensor and microcontroller configured so that vibrations sensed by the vibration sensor may be analyzed to determine if the vibrations occurred according to a predetermined sequence....

20060047475 - Method for non-invasive performance monitoring and tuning: A non-invasive method, system, and computer product for monitoring I/O performance without using the RIO bus. When executing a performance benchmark run in a remote I/O drawer, the system logs into a bulk power controller, wherein the bulk power controller provides a communications path between the data processing system and...

20060047478 - Predictive monitoring method and system: A method (300) for monitoring a data processing system is proposed. The method involves the measuring (306) of state parameters of the system. Indicators of the performance of the system are then inferred (324-330) from the state parameters by applying fuzzy-logic rules. The proposed solution is based on the idea...

20060047474 - Self heating monitor for sige and soi cmos devices: A structure, apparatus and method for deterring the temperature of an active region in semiconductor, particularly a FET is provided. A pair FETs are arranged on a silicon island a prescribed distance from one another where the silicon island is surrounded by a thermal insulator. One FET is heated by...

20060047480 - Method of temperature sensing: A method of diagnosing a temperature sensing system having a temperature sensor, a field processing module coupled to the temperature sensor, a bitbus, a fieldbus, and an auxiliary processing module communicating with the bitbus and the fieldbus. The method includes generating a temperature characteristic at the temperature sensor, processing the...

20060047479 - Minimizing use of parts that will reach their end of life prior to the products for which those parts are usable: Use of parts in products is managed to minimize the use of parts that will reach their end of life prior to the products for which those parts are usable. To manage use of a part, end of life data for the part is estimated and compared to the actual...

20060047481 - Maintenance mediation apparatus, maintenance target apparatus maintenance method, and maintenance system: A maintenance mediation apparatus mediating maintenance operation instruction information in which a maintenance center gives an instruction for a maintenance operation to a corresponding one of maintenance target apparatuses connected thereto through a network is disclosed. The maintenance mediation apparatus includes a reception part receiving the maintenance operation instruction information...

20060047482 - Apparatus and methods for detecting system faults using hidden process drivers: An apparatus for detecting faults in a system monitored by a plurality of sensors is provided. The apparatus includes a hidden process driver unit that generates a hidden process driver based upon sensor values received from a group of correlated sensors selected from among the plurality of sensors. The apparatus...

20060047483 - System and method for automated verification of performance and budget goals in a process: A method (and system) for verification of performance and budget goals in a process, uses a feedback assisted automated system tuner with optional user guidance. A simulator with application and data interacts with the automated system tuner, by receiving tunable parameter changes from the system tuner and providing a feedback...

20060047484 - Method and system for optimizing denoising parameters using compressibility: In various embodiments of the present invention, a noisy signal denoiser is tuned and optimized by selecting denoiser parameters that provide relatively highly compressible denoiser output. When the original signal can be compared to the output of a denoiser, the denoiser can be accurately tuned and adjusted in order to...

20060047485 - Parametric outlier detection: A method for determining outlier data points in an ordered dataset of values. a) A subset of dataset patterns is selected from a set of mathematical dataset patterns, and b) the subset of dataset patterns is combined into a composite dataset. c) The composite dataset is compared to the ordered...