Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 05/06

20060111843 - Apparatus for measuring number of footsteps and method thereof: A footstep measuring apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a terrestrial magnetism sensor for outputting digital values of each axis according to movements of a body; a reference digital value generator for generating a reference digital value based on N digital values of each axis, (N−1)...

20060111844 - Implementing two dimensional segment inversions with inversion-conforming data sets processing being rendered to include generalized composite weight factors in the processing of error-affected multivariate data samples: Representations of data inversions are generated by alternate forms of maximum likelihood estimating and associated least-squares and regression analysis which are rendered in correspondence with either single component residual deviations or projections between data samples and inversion-conforming data sets. Deficiencies in representing likelihood as related to errors-in-variables data and heterogeneous...

20060111846 - G-matrix fourier transformation (gft) nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) experiments for resonance assignment and structure determination of organic molecules: The present invention discloses a suite of G2FT and GFT NMR experiments that can be used for complete resonance assignments of proteins and for obtaining structural (conformational and orientational) constraints for determining high resolution three-dimensional structures of biomolecules....

20060111848 - Identification and use of cofactor independent phosphoglycerate mutase as a drug target for pathogenic organisms and treatment of the same: Present embodiments of the invention describe computational methods for performing a systematic, genome-wide search for novel drug targets in pathogenic organisms for example, the human filarial parasites. Cofactor independent phosphoglycerate mutase (iPGM) was identified by this search as a candidate target for identifying therapeutic agents for use in treating animal...

20060111845 - Method for managing agricultural produce inventories: The present invention relates to a system and method for managing and monitoring agricultural produce inventories from harvest forward in the supply chain, including obtaining data points relating to activity and activity locations that bear on the produce as it moves along the supply chain, and further includes methods for...

20060111847 - Method, system, and software for analyzing pharmacovigilance data: A computer-implemented method of analyzing a dataset of pharmacovigilance data, includes determining a sample size-independent measure of association between two conditions of interest in the dataset of pharmacovigilance data; using a hypergeometric distribution to determine a measure of statistical unexpectedness between the conditions of interest in said dataset, wherein the...

20060111849 - Computer systems and methods that use clinical and expression quantitative trait loci to associate genes with traits: A method for associating a gene G in the genome of a species with a clinical trait T exhibited by one or more organisms in a plurality of organisms of the species. An expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) is identified for the gene G using a first quantitative trait loci...

20060111850 - Method and apparatus for detection of fluorescently labeled materials: Fluorescently marked targets bind to a substrate 230 synthesized with polymer sequences at known locations. The targets are detected by exposing selected regions of the substrate 230 to light from a light source 100 and detecting the photons from the light fluoresced therefrom, and repeating the steps of exposure and...

20060111852 - Autonomous non-destructive inspection: Autonomous non-destructive inspection equipment provides automatic and/or continuous inspection and evaluation of a material under inspection. The inspection equipment comprises at least one detection sensor and at least one detection sensor interface for a computer. The signals are communicated from the sensor to the computer. The signals are then conditioned...

20060111851 - Fuel theft detection system and method: A fuel theft detection system (50) for detecting when fuel has been stolen from a vehicle's fuel tank (16) is disclosed. The detection system (50) comprises input means (56) that is connectable to a vehicle's fuel level sensor (14) for providing an indication of the fuel level in the vehicle's...

20060111853 - Vehicle wheel state monitoring device and method: A vehicle wheel state monitoring device appropriately determines whether it is probable that a vehicle wheel is damaged by setting a threshold value for damage determination in accordance with a type of the vehicle wheel fitted to the vehicle. A road surface input calculation portion calculates a road surface input...

20060111854 - Method and system for battery parameter estimation: Methods and systems for estimating present parameters of an electrochemical cell system comprising: making an internal parameter prediction of the cell; making an uncertainty prediction of the internal parameter prediction; correcting the internal parameter prediction and the uncertainty prediction; and applying an algorithm that iterates the internal parameter prediction, and...

20060111855 - Test method and system for dynamic positioning systems: t

20060111858 - Computer method and apparatus for online process identification: A computer method and apparatus of online automated model identification of multivariable processes is disclosed. The method and apparatus carries out automatically all the four basic steps of industrial process identification: 1) identification test signal design and generation, 2) identification plant test, 3) model identification and 4) model validation. During...

20060111859 - Semiconductor chip inspection supporting apparatus: A semiconductor chip inspection supporting apparatus includes a data processing unit. To the data processing unit, an image data is supplied. The image data indicates a layout of a plurality of normal chips and a plurality of abnormal chip on a semiconductor wafer. The data processing unit includes a data...

20060111860 - System and method for monitoring and managing electrical power transmission and distribution networks: A system and method for monitoring and managing electrical power transmission and distribution networks through use of a deterministic, non-iterative method using an holomorphic embedding and algebraic approximants for determining the real-time load flow in a power generating system having an electrical grid. Such method may be employed for real-time...

20060111857 - System and method for predicting component failures in large systems: A method for predicting a time to failure of a component in a system is presented. The method comprises obtaining a set of data measurements related to the component. The set of data measurements are representative of a plurality of parameters including a plurality of leading parameters. The method comprises...

20060111861 - System and method for calibrating signal paths connecting a device under test to a test system: The present technology involves an apparatus and method for calibrating a plurality of distinct signal paths connecting a device under test (DUT) to a time measurement device. The disclosed calibration circuit, which may be connected to the test setup throughout the testing process, measures the signal skew associated with each...

20060111862 - Device for impact sensing: A device for impact sensing is described which detects an impact by a pressure, a normalized signal being supplied to a processor for analyzing the pressure signal. This normalization may occur either in the pressure sensor, by the sensor element itself or by a signal preprocessor, or in the processor....

20060111863 - Method of automatic adjustment of the control parameters of a magnetic suspension system: In adjustment of the control parameters of a magnetic suspension system, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for adjusting the control parameters to optimum values automatically by employing the iterative feedback tuning method, without increasing the complexity of the program, the amount of calculation and...

20060111864 - Printhead assembly with composite support beam for a pagewidth printhead: A pagewidth printhead assembly that includes a support beam assembly having a composite shell of metals selected so that the shell has a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially the same as that of silicon and a core located within the shell and defining a number of longitudinally extending ink reservoirs...

20060111866 - Method, apparatus, and system for memory read transaction biasing in mirrored mode to provide thermal management: A thermal management that redirects the target of read transactions from a thermally failed Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) in one mirror, to the corresponding DIMM in the other mirror. The memory controller or MCH would effectively bias the read transactions toward the mirror that is best able to respond...

20060111865 - On-chip temperature sensor for low voltage operation: An on-chip temperature sensor for a semiconductor device. A temperature sensing mechanism includes a first current generator producing a first current that is proportional to absolute temperature of the semiconductor device. A second current generator produces a second current that is inversely proportional to absolute temperature of the semiconductor device....

20060111867 - Angular position, speed and direction encoding of a rotating member: A spatial detection apparatus comprising a rotating member having a predetermined number of teeth angularly spaced about its circumference at predetermined distances to form a bit pattern; at least one sensor capable of detecting a rising edge and a falling edge of the teeth; and a processor configured to detect...

20060111868 - System and method for indentifying, validating, weighing and characterizing moving or stationary vehicles and cargo: An asset identification and information infrastructure management (AI3M) device having an automated identification technology system (AIT), a Transportation Coordinators' Automated Information for Movements System II (TC-AIMS II), a weigh-in-motion system (WIM-II), and an Automated Air Load Planning system (AALPS) all in electronic communication for measuring and calculating actual asset characteristics,...

20060111869 - Method of weighted combination specs for enhanced manufacturing yield: Embodiments of the invention provide methods for enhancing the downstream product yield without significantly affecting the yield of components from which downstream products are made or enhancing yield of the components without significantly affecting the downstream product yield and performance. In one embodiment, a method comprises obtaining a failure rate...

20060111870 - Method and system for joint battery state and parameter estimation: A method and apparatus for estimation of the augmented state of an electrochemical cell, the method comprising: making an internal augmented states prediction of the cell where the augmented state comprises at least one internal state value and at least one internal parameter value; making an uncertainty prediction of the...

20060111871 - Method of and system for representing unscheduled events in a service plan: A method of representing unscheduled events in a service plan includes retrieving unscheduled service event information relevant to a subject assembly and generating a service plan for the assembly that is responsive to the unscheduled service event information. A system for representing unscheduled service events in a service plan includes...

20060111873 - Compactor independent direct diagnosis of test hardware: Methods, apparatus, and systems for performing fault diagnosis are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, a failure log is received comprising entries indicative of compressed test responses to chain patterns and compressed test responses to scan patterns. A faulty scan chain in the circuit-under-test is identified based at least in...

20060111872 - Extraction of imperfection features through spectral analysis: Autonomous non-destructive inspection equipment provides automatic and/or continuous inspection and evaluation of a material under inspection. The inspection equipment preferably comprises at least one detection sensor and at least one detection sensor interface for a computer. The autonomous non-destructive inspection capability may also be retrofitted into conventional inspection systems by...

20060111874 - Method and system for filtering, organizing and presenting selected information technology information as a function of business dimensions: A method and system for filtering, organizing and presenting selected information technology (IT) information as a function of business dimensions, through guided analysis, are disclosed. The method and system may be based on the needs and role of the viewer requesting such IT asset information at the time of the...

20060111875 - Valve monitoring method and arrangement: A method and apparatus or arrangement, for monitoring the operating characteristics of valves, principally to monitor for failure of a valve. The method including measuring a pressure differential across a valve 1 and comparing the measured differential with a required differential. If the measured differential is acceptable relative to the...

20060111876 - System, method and program for evaluating environmental load: The invention provides an information management technology which evaluates environmental load information of a product. A system comprises a parts construction database which stores parts numbers, type information and relation information thereof, an environmental load information database which stores environmental load information of the parts, an evaluation rule storage unit...

20060111877 - System and method for processing a series of image frames representing a cardiac cycle: The invention relates to a system for processing a series of image frames representing a cardiac cycle, at least comprising input or data collection means for collecting the series of image frames, a memory inter alia for storing and retrieving said series of image frames, a processor for processing the...

20060106539 - System and method for electronically recording task-specific and location-specific information, including farm-related information: A system and method for electronically tracking and recording task-specific and location-specific information, including farming-related information, agricultural information, and other information. The system and method comprise a handheld unit having a simple-to-use, fully-customizable user interface that a farmer, for example, can carry with him during his daily tasks. Since the...

20060106540 - Weather station: A weather station for providing weather information to a user, especially weather information related to lightning and severe thunderstorm activity. In accordance with the present invention, the weather station includes one or more antennas for receiving GPS transmissions, weather radio transmissions, and a separate radio band, such as the AM...

20060106541 - Enhancing the quality and resolution of an image generated from single or multiple sources: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for logging an earth formation and acquiring subsurface information wherein a logging tool is conveyed in a borehole to obtain parameters of interest. The parameters of interest obtained may be density, acoustic, magnetic or electrical values as known in the art. As...

20060106542 - Shear wave velocity determination using circumferentially aligned transmitter and receiver elements: A method for determining a formation shear wave velocity for a subterranean formation includes propagating a multi-pole acoustic signal in a borehole using an acoustic transmitter and receiving an acoustic waveform from the multi-pole acoustic signal at one or more receivers deployed at the same circumferential position as the transmitter....

20060106544 - Method and system for predicting functions of compound: Feature of a compound is predicted by using information on interactions between substances. A database of interactions between compounds and genes/proteins is constructed on the base of information collected from bibliographic databases, gene/protein databases, and disease databases, and an interaction network is prepared by mapping the collected information to thereby...

20060106543 - Method for analyzing effectiveness of pharmaceutical preparation: The activity of a pharmaceutical preparation or medicament on a neuronal structure is analyzed by subjecting a neuronal structure to the influence of a pharmaceutical preparation. Signals describing neuronal activities in the neuronal structure under the influence of the pharmaceutical preparation are detected and statistically evaluated to determine indicators for...

20060106545 - Methods of clustering proteins: The invention relates to a method of clustering a set of proteins based on the sequence similarities of functional domain(s) such as pocket(s), functional site(s), allosteric site(s), and active site(s). The functional domain(s) of a protein sequence are identified based on the three-dimensional structure of the protein. Proteins are clustered...

20060106546 - System and method for evaluating materials using ultra wideband signals: A system for evaluating properties of materials by probing the materials using ultra wideband signals wherein the probing may be by transmission or by reflection of radiated ultra wideband signals. Received signals may be evaluated by determining signal characteristics including reflection coefficient, transmission attenuation, multipath decay profile, and signal scattering...

20060106547 - Electronic method and system for detection of conducting or dielectric medium with dielectric constant higher than that of air: The method of detecting the presence of a conducting or dielectric environment with dielectric constant higher than that of air, of this invention, consists in counting the number of control signals (No), resulting from the relationship No=f(Qp, Qod, Ucc, Up, T), sent from the control system (US) as necessary to...

20060106548 - Apparatus and method for facilitating molecular interaction measurements: A method of facilitating biomolecular interaction measurements includes attaching an interaction species fluidic router to a substrate. A set of interaction species samples is routed through the interaction species fluidic router to produce a coated sensor surface with multiple reaction zones corresponding to the interaction species samples. The interaction species...

20060106549 - Method for estimating damage to an object, and method and system for controlling the use of the object: Method and apparatus for estimating damage to an object, with at least a first parameter which corresponds to an operational state for the object and at least a second parameter which corresponds to a condition during the operational state being determined by at least one operation measurement, and with such...

20060106550 - Structural health management system and method for enhancing availability and integrity in the structural health management system: A structural health management system is disclosed. The structural health management system comprises a zone of sensors. A first sensor data collector is coupled to a first subset of the sensors in the zone; and a second sensor data collector coupled to a second subset of the sensors in the...

20060106552 - Method for generating a control output for a position control loop: A method for optically detecting the position of a moveable test object (10), especially a mirror or reflector, in which a measuring beam (6) produced by a light source (2) is reflected by the test object (10 and reaches a position-sensitive light detector (12) which carrier out a conversion into...

20060106551 - Method for reducing the computation resources required for determining damage in structural health management system: A method for determining damage in a structural health monitoring system comprising a plurality of sensors distributed across a structure is disclosed. The method includes decomposing the plurality of sensors into a plurality of sub-arrays. Each sub-array is associated with a current sensor. For each sub-array, data is collected, the...

20060106553 - Maximum and minimum power limit calculator for batteries and battery subpacks: A system for determining an operating limit of at least one battery according to some embodiments of the present invention comprises a voltage module that measures a voltage V across at least one battery during first and second periods. A current sensor that measures current I supplied by the at...

20060106554 - Current sensing lug: Electrical current in an electrical power distribution system, such as at a power distribution transformer or the like, for an electrical utility is transferred through a current sensing connector lug mounted with an end of a user or consumer's service connection conductor or line. The lug is connectable to the...

20060106555 - Method for using an alternate performance test to reduce test time and improve manufacturing yield: A method for using an alternate performance test to reduce test time and improve manufacturing yield. The method comprises establishing a specification test limit within which a product would be accepted under specification test criteria and inner and outer alternate test error bounds relative to the specification test limit; initially...

20060106556 - Method and service and computer program code for broadcast of interface group bring-up in a multiprocessor computer system having multiple nodes: A method and hardware design is disclosed for allowing the bring-up of a large scale system of interfaces that need to undergo a sequence of calibration steps. The method involves the use of a flexible broadcast scheme whereby groups of interfaces within a chip are assigned to groups to which...

20060106557 - System and method for self-referencing a sensor in a micron-sized deep flow chamber: A system and method are described herein for self-referencing a sensor that is used to detect a biomolecular binding event and/or kinetics which occur in a sample solution flowing along side a reference solution in a micron-sized deep flow channel....

20060106558 - Systems and methods for controlling a landing position of sensors deployed from an air vehicle: A sensing device is described that is configured to be launched from an air vehicle for deployment on the ground. The sensing device includes at least one sensor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), at least one flight control surface, a flight control unit configured to control a position of the...

20060106559 - Altimeter having temperature correction: According to the invention, a climate-related, or to be precise, a temperature-related correction of the altitude reading is carried out on an altimeter. In doing this, the measurement of altitude is based on an average reference temperature value at sea level and on an average air pressure reference value at...

20060106560 - Anomaly detection in data perspectives: The present invention leverages curve fitting data techniques to provide automatic detection of data anomalies in a “data tube” from a data perspective, allowing, for example, detection of data anomalies such as on-screen, drill down, and drill across data anomalies in, for example, pivot tables and/or OLAP cubes. It determines...

20060106561 - Centralized calibration coefficients for sensor based measurements: Disclosed is a methodology for reducing data processing time for data retrieved from a condition responsive sensor. During sensor manufacture, the manufacturer determines and stores calibration data for individual sensors in a database that associates sensor identification data and calibration data. The calibration data is later associated with a sensor...

20060106562 - Vehicle-occupant fatigue-level assessment method, vehicle seat assessment method, and vehicle seat assessment device: A highly reliable vehicle driver's fatigue evaluating method is provided, which is capable of quantitatively calculating a degree of fatigue of a driver seated on a seat. The degree of fatigue of the driver seated on a seat is quantitatively calculated based on an amount of rearward deflection of a...

20060106563 - Method and system of generic implementation of sharing test pins with i/o cells: The present invention provides a method and a system of generic implementation of sharing test pins with I/O cells. The method includes a step of making a general change in a testlib file. The testlib file is suitable for controlling I/O cell pins to gain test access. The general change...

20060106565 - Multi-instrument triggering: A multi-instrument triggering system includes in each instrument trigger system a system ready line for coupling an internal ready signal to an external port. A multi-instrument trigger bus cable connects the external ports, trigger event outputs and trigger event inputs of multiple instruments together in such a way as to...

20060106564 - Timing closure for system on a chip using voltage drop based standard delay formats: A timing closure analysis associated with SoCs uses voltage drop based standard delay formats (SDFs). Static timing analysis (STA) is implemented using multiple SDFs, one for each mode (ATPG Test, BIST Test, Functional) as contrasted with doing STA with only one worst-case SDF for all modes. The multiple SDFs account...

20060106566 - Position detecting method and apparatus: A position detecting method includes the steps of forming an image of a mark on a sensor, performing a first process that processes a raw signal obtained from the sensor with plural parameters, performing a second process that determines an edge of a signal processed by the first process for...

20060106567 - Displacement sensing by comparing matrices of pointwise measurements: Determining a displacement of a substantially rigid item relative to a frame of reference between a first time and a second time is described. At the first time, a first set of pointwise measurements of a physical property of the item taken at a plurality of fixed locations relative to...

20060106568 - Multimode electronic calipers having ratiometric mode and simplified user interface: A multimode electronic measuring instrument is provided that includes a ratiometric mode of operation. During the ratiometric mode, a desired dimension is established as a stored reference dimension “Xref”. After the reference dimension is stored in memory, subsequent ratiometric measurement readouts will equal a current measurement distance “Xcurr” divided by...

20060106569 - Method of assessing a surface of a fuel injector assembly: A method of assessing a profile of a surface of a fuel injector assembly. The method includes the steps of measuring the surface to obtain a set of data points, selecting a subset of the set of data points, fitting a regression line to the subset, establishing a tolerance limit...

20060106571 - Biometric apparatus and method using bio signals: A biometric apparatus and a method thereof using bio signals are provided. The apparatus includes an ADC, a periodic signal extractor, a template storing portion, a comparator. The ADC performs sampling of an input bio signal to convert the sampled bio signal into a digital signal. The periodic signal extractor...

20060106570 - Method and system for approximating value functions for cooperative games: A method and system for approximating a value functions for cooperative games. The method and system include approximating value functions for large cooperative games. The method and the system may be applicable to other types of value function problems such as those found in engineering, finance and other disciplines....

20060106573 - Method for ambiguity resolution in location determination: A method using various heuristics techniques for resolving ambiguity in location determination in environments with or without noise. A final location determination solution may be determined from a set of ambiguous location determination solutions by using clock temporal bias value, by using consistency information of ranging signal order such as...

20060106572 - Method for evaluating processes for manufacturing components: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods of evaluating processes for manufacturing components. In one embodiment, an average probability of a first component to fail is calculated based on a measurement of a parameter where the first component was built using a new process. Another average probability of a...

20060106574 - Nozzle information search system and nozzle catalog data base: There is provided a nozzle information search system, wherein a data base is constructed based on a nozzle catalog in a server system installed on a network, and the nozzle user can retrieve the nozzle information by accessing the server system through a data base search means, characterized in that...

20060106575 - Strategies for analyzing pump test results: Strategies are described for analyzing test data received from tests performed on a fire pump, and then automatically computing an overall grade (e.g., excellent, good, fair, or poor) which reflects how the analyzed test data compares with reference data. A standard curve or a manufacturer's curve can serve as the...

20060106577 - Component unit monitoring system and component unit monitoring method: A component unit monitoring system includes at least one independently installable component unit, a system management controller, a wireless transmission and reception controller for controlling communications between the system management controller and a first wireless link, and a wireless IC tag connected to the wireless transmission and reception controller through...

20060106576 - Diagnosis system for household electric appliances: A diagnosis system for household electric appliances, such as refrigerators, freezers, and others, presenting multiple loads (10) energized by switches (20) commanded by electronic controls (30) coupled to a command module (50), which energizes the loads (10) and an interface (80). The system comprises: a voltmeter (60) to measure a...

20060106579 - Diagnostic method for manufacturing processes: A method for use in a system for diagnosing the causes of manufacturing defects involves process characterization. A set of forms is identified for a workpiece and for a piece of manufacturing equipment that acts upon the workpiece. The forms for the workpiece are preferably a hierarchic set of geometric...

20060106578 - Machine management device, communication line diagnosis device and machine management method: In a computer system, a device for and a method of conducting self-diagnosis of failure such as a break and a short circuit of a data communication line remove difficulty of conducting the self-diagnosis of the break and the short circuit only by driving and monitoring the data communication line...

20060106580 - Full swath analysis: An inspection system for detecting anomalies on a substrate. The inspection system has a sensor array for generating image data. A first high speed network is coupled to the sensor array and receives and communicates the image data. An array of process nodes is coupled to the first high speed...

20060106581 - Aggregating sensor data: Methods, systems, and computer program products, implementing techniques for aggregating sensor data. In one aspect, the techniques include receiving sensor data values emitted by a sensor device, identifying the occurrence of a business event based on the sensor data values, and notifying an enterprise application of the occurrence of the...

20060106583 - Method for protocol recognition and analysis in data networks: The method uses a network for protocol self identification for recognizing determinative data by the naming given among data transmitted through a detected connection, and an empty or nonempty list of protocol usable namings called son protocols associated with each usable protocol naming called a father protocol. The kernel of...

20060106582 - Monitoring a parameter with low power consumption for aircraft landing gear-data logger: Apparatus for monitoring a parameter associated with a structural component comprises a module (1) which is attachable to the structural component and which is associated with a sensor (2) for making measurements of said parameter. The module incorporates a power supply (7) for powering the apparatus; a memory (4) for...

20060100784 - Dynamic weather simulation: Methods and systems for providing dynamic weather simulation in a computer gaming environment are disclosed. Weather may be user-specified, computer simulated, or based on periodic updates of real-world weather conditions. To dynamically simulate weather while conserving computer resources, a weather simulation manager may periodically alter temperature and dew point values...

20060100785 - Processing seismic data: A method of processing seismic data comprises identifying the value of a first parameter associated with an event in a first set of seismic data. The value of a second parameter associated with a corresponding event in a second set of seismic data is then obtained using at least one...

20060100788 - Collections of matched biological reagents and methods for identifying matched reagents: Provided herein are collections of matched biological reagents selected from a larger collection of biological reagents, wherein the collection of matched biological reagents relate to a biological element. Also provided are methods for selling an isolated biomolecule or biological research reagent in a collection of matched biological reagents, and methods...

20060100789 - Methods for searching stable docking models of biopolymer-ligand molecule complex: Methods for searching stable docking models of biopolymer-ligand molecule complex, which comprise the steps of: (1) searching possible hydrogen-bond schemes between a biopolymer and a ligand molecule by preparing possible combination sets of hydrogen-bonding heteroatoms in the ligand molecule with dummy atoms located at the positions of heteroatoms that can...

20060100786 - Pan coating simulation for determining tablet coating uniformity: A method and computer program product for simulating a pan coating process estimates at least one of tablet coating uniformity or coated tablet weight uniformity for tablets within a tablet bed of a pan. The simulation includes obtaining a plurality of parameters associated with the pan coating process, selecting tablet...

20060100787 - Synthesis of nanocodes, and imaging using scanning probe microscopy: Methods for making nanocodes that can be detected using scanning probe microscopy are provided, as are nanocodes constructed of two or more polymers, including homogeneous polymers such as nucleic acid molecules and heterogeneous polymers such as peptide nucleic acid polymers, and subunits useful for constructing such nanocodes. Also provided are...

20060100790 - Methods for providing a nucleotide sequence information protection service: Methods are provided for a protecting an individual's genetic information, particularly an individual's nucleotide sequence information. According to these methods, a service provider obtains nucleotide sequence information for an individual, enters the information into a database, and seeks protection for the individual's nucleotide sequence information, especially copyright protection....

20060100791 - Methods, computer software products and systems for clustering genes: In some embodiment of the invention, methods are provided to classify genes based upon biological knowledge. The methods are useful for analyzing biological data such as gene expression data....

20060100792 - Biopolymer automatic identifying method: The invention aims to provide a highly accurate automatic biopolymer determination technique utilizing mass spectrometry whereby calibration prior to measurement or the addition of an internal standard to a sample can be eliminated. The biopolymer automatic identifying method of the invention comprises: retrieving a candidate molecule by matching an observed...

20060100793 - Characterizing organic materials in a thin film: A process for characterizing the phase of an organic material in a thin film comprises employing a reference spectrum library for potential phases, subjecting the film to a vibrational spectroscopy measurement to obtain a resulting spectrum; and comparing the resulting spectrum to those in the reference library to characterize the...

20060100794 - Method of fabricating semiconductor cleaners: A method of manufacturing cleaning solvents is provided. The method includes selecting a small plurality of test solvents from a large plurality of perspective solvents. The equilibrium composition of a multi-component solution is preferably described by the Hansen solubility model. A small plurality of test solvents is applied to solute...

20060100795 - Method of regulating resistance in a discontinuous time hot-wire anemometer: A system and method are provided to regulate resistance in a discontinuous time hot-wire anemometer. The solution removes supply voltage dependency on the mass airflow output signal. Operating the hot-wire anemometer using discontinuous time regulation offers lower system power, but introduces an inverse supply dependent term in the associated transfer...

20060100796 - Clogging detector for air filter: The detector for monitoring decrease in air flow rate due to air filter clogging. It is based on combination of three essential components: the air flow sensor, a threshold detector and an indicator. The air flow sensor is built in form of a novel thermo-anemometer which contains a thermistor, a...

20060100797 - System and method for vibration monitoring: The present invention is directed to a system and method of monitoring assets of an enterprise, wherein the assets perform a process and include machines subject to vibration. The system includes a vibration diagnostic software system integrated with a process automation system and a computerized maintenance management system to provide...

20060100798 - Method to increase the maximum allowable ambient temperature rating of an electronic device: A manufacturer determines a maximum ambient temperature for an electronic device to be manufactured. The device preferably has a data processor equipped with a utilization monitor. A test unit of the device is manufactured and placed under test at the maximum ambient temperature. The manufacturer during this test stage runs...

20060100799 - Power management for serial-powered device connections: A method and apparatus for managing an Inline Power relationship between and among a first network device acting as power sourcing equipment (PSE) to provide Inline Power to a second Powered Device (PD) and a third device. In one aspect of the invention, the powered device(s) and the third device...

20060100800 - Method and system for accurately reporting battery capacity: A method and a system for accurately reporting battery capacity that do not rely on a coulomb counter are disclosed herein. The method comprises the steps of determining if the battery is in a transition phase and determining the battery capacity based on a transition phase battery capacity model when...

20060100801 - System and method of generating test signals with injected data-dependent jitter (ddj): A system and related method for generating a test signal with controllable amounts of signal jitter includes a pattern generator, a programmable arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) and a phase modulator. The pattern generator is configured to generate a data signal characterized by a given data pattern, bit rate and pattern...

20060100803 - Leading wave position detecting unit, receiver, leading position detecting unit, leading wave position detecting method and leading position detecting method: A leading wave position detecting unit and method etc. is provided for detecting the position of the leading wave in a delay profile. Time spaces between sampled values (τ1-τ1 3) in the delay profile are measured. Among the measured time spaces, a maximum time space (τ8) is determined, and the...

20060100802 - Method for evaluating diagnosis function of a variable valve mechanism and apparatus for diagnosing a variable valve mechanism: Gains of a feedback control of a variable valve mechanism are varied so that a response delay occurs. As a result that a transient response is diagnosed under this state, in the case where the occurrence of response delay is not judged, it is judged that a response diagnosis function...

20060100804 - Method for inspecting defect and system therefor: Based on a plurality of defects' position-coordinates and attribute detected by an inspecting apparatus, defects that are easily detectable by an observing apparatus are selected. With these selected defects employed as the indicator, the observing apparatus detects and observes the defects. Moreover, creating a coordinate transformation formula for representing a...

20060100805 - Enhanced methods for electronic storage device calibrations: Enhanced calibrations for ESDs are implemented to better performance, power conservation, and efficiency of the ESD. Performing calibrations in an electronic storage device includes triggering a calibration request, receiving a qualifying I/O request, and performing a calibration associated with the calibration request. This conserves power by eliminating a separate power-up...

20060100806 - Enhanced system for electronic storage device calibrations: Enhanced calibrations for ESDs are implemented to better performance, power conservation, and efficiency of the ESD. Performing calibrations in an electronic storage device includes triggering a calibration request, receiving a qualifying I/O request, and performing a calibration associated with the calibration request. This conserves power by eliminating a separate power-up...

20060100807 - Multiple calibration ranges stored in a process transmitter: Process variable transmitters, and method for calibrating such device, are disclosed that support calibrating, within a single transmitter device, multiple operating ranges such that a transmitter can switch from a first calibration correction definition associated with a first calibrated range, to a second calibration correction definition associated with a second...

20060100808 - Method and apparatus for performing temperature compensation for a payload measurement system: The present invention provides a method and apparatus configured to perform relative load compensation for a payload measurement system of a machine. The machine has at least one cylinder for elevating a payload carrier. The cylinder is connected to a fluid circuit having an actuating fluid. The payload measurement system...

20060100809 - Transmission characteristic measuring device transmission characteristic measuring method, and amplifier: A transfer characteristics measuring device automatically measures the transfer characteristics of each channel of a multi-channel acoustic reproduction system in a multi-channel acoustic reproduction environment, while allowing normal multi-channel reproduction to proceed. The transfer characteristics measuring device (5) comprises an object of measurement selecting section (51) that selects one of...

20060100813 - Automated circuit board test actuator system: An apparatus for automatically inserting connectors and coupling test probes to circuit boards, such as computer system boards and the like. The apparatus enables connectors to be automatically inserted into mating connectors on a circuit board device under test (DUT). Connectors may be automatically inserted along 1-4 axes. The apparatus...

20060100814 - Automated circuit board test actuator system: A method for automatically inserting connectors and coupling test probes to circuit boards, such as computer system boards and the like. The method is implemented via an apparatus that enables connectors to be automatically inserted into mating connectors on a circuit board device under test (DUT). Connectors may be automatically...

20060100812 - Low cost test for ic's or electrical modules using standard reconfigurable logic devices: Low cost test for Integrated Circuits or electrical modules using a reconfigurable logic device is described. In one embodiment, the invention includes configuring a reconfigurable logic device to comply with input standards of a device under test, applying test signals to the device under test, detecting output results of the...

20060100811 - Method and apparatus for rapid inline measurement of parameter spreads and defects in integrated circuit chips: A method and apparatus for monitoring a plurality of semiconductor devices is disclosed. At least one array of 2n semiconductor circuits is provided. A clock ring oscillator provides a clock signal. The clock signal drives a frequency divider followed by an n-stage binary counter. The outputs from the counter's stages...

20060100810 - Testing of integrated circuits: An integrated circuit with a test interface contains a boundary scan chain with cells (14) coupled between a test data input (TDI) and output (TDO) in a shift register structure. Each cell (14) is also coupled between a respective one of the terminals (16) and the core circuit (10). A...

20060100815 - Enhanced testing for compliance with universal plug and play protocols: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enhanced Universal Plug and Play (“UPnP™”) compliance testing. A control point (e.g., a computer system) and one or more devices (e.g., printers, wireless gateways, etc.) are network connectable (or are connected) to a common network. The control point...

20060100816 - Mobile instrument, viewing device, and methods of processing and storing information: A method of transferring information stored in a mobile instrument, the information including a first information file containing metadata and a pointer indicative of a first auxiliary file address; and first auxiliary file containing image information, the first auxiliary file being located at the first auxiliary file address. The method...

20060100817 - Related method and device for counting according to movement of an object: A method for counting according to movement of an object includes the following steps, sensing movement of the object, transferring the movement of the object into a corresponding sensing signal, and when the sensing signal includes a first waveform including a first relative extreme value and two neighboring relative extreme...

20060100818 - Body mechnics calculating method, body mechanics model, its model data, and body model producing method: A forward/reverse mechanics calculation of an accurate model of a human body having bone geometrical data and muscle/cord/band data is carried out at high speed. When a new skeleton geometrical model is given, a mapping between the new skeleton geometrical model and a pre-defined normal body model representing a normal...

20060100820 - Accelerometer based tilt sensor and method for using same: A tilt sensor and a method for the use of the tilt sensor to calculate the degree of tilt, whereby the tilt sensor has at least three accelerometers mounted to a base, the accelerometers are positioned in a common plane, and wherein each is preferably at an equally spaced angle...

20060100819 - System and method for determining an angular position of a rotor and a radial position of the rotor: A system and a method for determining an angular position of a rotor and a radial position of the rotor are provided. The rotor has either a slot or a protrusion on the rotor. The rotor is centered about a center point. The method includes generating a first signal utilizing...

20060100821 - System and method for online end point detection for use in chemical mechanical planarization: The present invention is an online methodology for end point detection for use in a chemical mechanical planarization process which is both robust and inexpensive while overcoming some of the drawbacks of the existing end point detection approaches currently known in the art. The present invention provides a system and...

20060100822 - Recycable electric junction box applicable to automotive vehicles: A recyclable electric junction box applicable to automotive vehicles, of the type comprising at least one casing housing a series of circuits inside materialized in one or more printed circuit boards with a series of electroconducting tracks on at least one of its sides, and with a series of components...

20060100824 - Plasma processing apparatus, abnormal discharge detecting method for the same, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program: A plasma processing apparatus that is capable of accurately detecting abnormal discharge. A chamber 10 houses a semiconductor wafer W. A susceptor 11 which functions as a lower electrode and a showerhead 33 which functions as an upper electrode are disposed inside the chamber 10, for applying a high-frequency electric...

20060100823 - System and method for estimating production and feed consistency disturbances: A fiber processing system including a refiner configured to process fibrous matter. The system further includes a plurality of measurement units coupled to the refiner to measure different operating conditions of the refiner, and a first control system coupled to the plurality of measurement units and configured to receive a...

20060100825 - Method of resetting substrate processing apparatus, storage medium storing program for implementing the method, and substrate processing apparatus: A method of resetting a substrate processing apparatus having a chamber which is capable of carrying out abnormality judgment on the substrate processing apparatus accurately without causing a decrease in the utilization ratio of the substrate processing apparatus. The chamber is evacuated. A temperature in the chamber is set. Whether...

20060100827 - Method and system for detecting measurement error: A method of and system for detecting a measurement error. The method includes: receiving measurement data from a measurement unit and user expression data from a user; corresponding each of the received measurement data and expression data to any one section of a plurality of sections; and checking whether or...

20060100826 - Method of monitoring measurements: A method of monitoring a system requiring periodic measurements of a plurality of points of the system, includes the steps of identifying deterministic points in the system as those points which are determinative of one or more determined points in the system, collecting measurements from the deterministic points of the...

20060100828 - Impulse event separating apparatus and method: An impulse event separating method, and an apparatus to perform the method, the method including dividing an input signal into frame units and dividing each frame into a plurality of frequency sub-bands; obtaining a power variation and phase variation of the signal of each of the frequency sub-bands, and detecting...

20060095209 - Electronic power-measurement device with intelligent agent: An electronic power-measurement device with intelligent agent includes a power measurement unit, an intelligent agent and a communication unit. The device can commonly assess data necessary for works, as an intelligent agent is mounted on the electronic power-measurement device, although the manufacturers of the devices and hardware structure based on...

20060095208 - Method for determining an optimal absorber stack geometry of a lithographic reflection mask: The present invention relates to a method for determining an optimal absorber stack geometry of a lithographic reflection mask comprising a reflection layer and a patterned absorber stack provided on the reflection layer, the absorber stack having a buffer layer and an absorber layer. The method is based on simulating...

20060095210 - Weather station: A weather station for measuring and indicating weather conditions, comprises a casing having a display and an electronic operating circuit in the casing for operation. The operating circuit has sensors for sensing atmospheric parameters e.g., temperature, pressure, and humidity, and a memory storing literal weather messages pertinent to the atmospheric...

20060095211 - System and method for modulating a cell mediated immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method related to detection and/or treatment....

20060095213 - Expandable stent and delivery system: An expandable stent and delivery system is provided for enhancing luminal dilation of a blood vessel and treating aneurysms. The delivery system includes proximal, intermediate and distal cylindrical members disposed on and spaced apart along an elongated core member such that first and second gaps are formed. The expandable stent...

20060095212 - Mass scale alignment of time-of-flight mass spectra: The invention generates mass scale comparability between mass spectra which are acquired in time-of-flight mass spectrometers, particularly with ionization by matrix-assisted laser desorption. Always slightly distorted mass scales of different mass spectra from the same type of sample can be aligned. The flight times of identical ions always differ slightly...

20060095214 - Portable equipment and virtual reality method for optimisation of a visual inspection and expert appraisal of a structure particularly in civil engineering: Portable equipment for optimization of a visual inspection and expert appraisal of a structure, particularly in civil engineering, includes an on-board database of visual references for decay in different states of advancement and computing elements for calculation, by interpolation of data from a database of results from predictive physical simulations...

20060095215 - Computer-assisted method for calculating the temperature of a solid body: In a method for the calculation of a temperature T of a solid body of a liquid cooling medium, or the time t needed for a temperature change of the solid body or the liquid cooling medium, the differential equation dT/dt=b−cT is converted into a dimensionless differential equation. The function...

20060095216 - Optic module calibration using an enhanced golden module: A system for calibrating a production module having a production module transmitter, a production module receiver, a production module controller, a production module optical device driver, and at least one of a production module post-amplifier, a production module retimer, a production module equalizer and a production module wakeup function. The...

20060095217 - Magnetic flowmeter with built-in simulator: A magnetic flowmeter transmitter includes a differential amplifier that senses an additive combination of actual flowmeter electrode outputs and simulated electrode outputs. The differential amplifier provides an additive amplifier output. A simulator provides the simulated electrode outputs. The simulator senses the additive amplifier output and provides an error indication when...

20060095218 - Analysis apparatus, analysis program product and computer readable recording medium having analysis program recorded thereon: An analysis apparatus capable of analyzing a circuit even when the number of elements handled in a circuit analysis increases includes: a management unit receiving and dividing information into multiple pieces of information; a calculation unit calculating at least any one of a magnitude of an electric field and a...

20060095219 - Electricity metering with a current transformer: The data storage and processing resources required for an electric meter are reduced by basing the selection and application of phase error correction on a root mean square load current flowing through the meter....

20060095220 - Crosstalk reduction digital systems: The invention provides a method of compensating for crosstalk between electromagnetic sensors in an array, each sensor having a flux transformer with a current therein which does not vary smoothly with an applied magnetic field, each sensor configured to produce an output signal comprising a stepwise varying component and a...

20060095221 - Method and apparatus for controlling variable delays in electronic circuitry: A circuit with delay compensation for variable delays, such as those caused by environmental conditions. A delay compensation element having a delay pattern that matches the delay pattern of the circuit to be compensated is included in the feedback path of a phase locked loop. The delay compensation is described...

20060095222 - Optic module calibration: A system is provided for calibrating a production module having a production module transmitter and a production module receiver. A calibrated reference module includes a calibrated reference module transmitter and a calibrated reference module receiver. A first pulse generator is coupled to the calibrated reference module. A second pulse generator...

20060095223 - Method for verifying sensors installation and determining the location of the sensors after installation in a structural health management system: In the present invention, a method is provided for installing and locating a plurality of sensors distributed on a structure as part of a structural health monitoring system. The method includes verifying the proper installation of the plurality of sensors and determining the location of the plurality of sensors. In...

20060095224 - Providing audio indications remotely: Audible status indications available at a local information handling system, e.g. beep codes, are used to notify a remote information handling system of the local information handling system's status. The remote information handling system then generates a visual or audible indication of the local information handling system's status....

20060095225 - Method and computer program for pattern analysis and reporting of chronic disease state management data: A computer-implemented method of visualizing time-dependent data is disclosed. The method comprises loading at least a first set of time-dependent data into a computer. The method also comprises color coding the at least first set of time-dependent data with the computer. Further, the method comprises generating an output from the...

20060095227 - Alignment method, alignment apparatus, exposure apparatus using the same, and device manufactured by using the same: An apparatus for determining positions of a plurality of regions formed on a substrate based on positions of a plurality of sample regions sampled from the plurality of regions. The apparatus includes a stage configured to hold and move the substrate, an alignment optical system configured to measure a position...

20060095226 - Hand/eye calibration method using projective invariant shape descriptor of 2-dimensional image: Provided is a hand/eye calibration method by using a projective invariant shape descriptor of a two-dimensional image. The method includes calculating a projective invariant shape descriptor of a two-dimensional image from at least two images obtained by a camera mounted on a robot hand, at a predetermined time interval, extracting...

20060095228 - Apparatus and method for investigating semiconductor wafers: In order to determine the dielectric constant of a layer deposited on a semiconductor wafer (2), the density of the layer is obtained. To obtain that density, the wafer (2) without the layer is weighed in a weighing chamber (4) in which a weighing pan (7) supports the wafer on...

20060095229 - Method for comparing a value to a threshold in the presence of uncertainty: A method for deciding the relationship between a physical property and a threshold, comprising measuring a physical property to obtain a measured value, calculating the distribution of actual values for the physical property, calculating the error distribution of the obtained measured value, calculating the penalty associated with an erroneous decision,...

20060095230 - Method and system for enhancing machine diagnostics aids using statistical feedback: A system and method for improving diagnostic aids such as fault trees and repair manuals uses feedback in the form of repair data from a distributed base of data collection devices used by technicians. The data is processed by a data analysis computing unit. The computing unit determines proposed modifications...

20060095231 - Plant diagnosis support system and plant diagnosis support method: A plant diagnosis support system includes at least one of facilities provided on a plant company side, at least one of operation data collecting devices collecting, processing, and storing operation data of the plant facility, and a plant supervision server configured to receive the operation data stored in the operation...

20060095232 - Fault detection through feedback: A method, apparatus and a system, for provided for performing a dynamic weighting technique for performing fault detection. The method comprises processing a workpiece and performing a fault detection analysis relating to the processing of the workpiece. The method further comprises determining a relationship of a parameter relating to the...

20060095233 - Method and systems for determining conditional failures within vehicles: A method of determining a cylinder that has a failure in an engine includes accessing an on-board information system associated with the engine; retrieving data from the on-board information system; filtering the data to derive at target data; and decoding the target data to determine a number of a failed...

20060095234 - Converting between coordinate systems: In one embodiment of the present invention, a first set of coordinates for a plurality of locations in a symmetric environment is accessed. The first set of coordinates are defined by a position determining system disposed in the symmetric environment which uses a first coordinate system. A second set of...