Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 08/06

20060195263 - System for reporting high resolution ocean pressures in near realtime for the purposes of tsunami monitoring: This invention is the NOAA Deep ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) system, which utilizes a seafloor tsunameter linked to an ocean surface buoy via bi-directional communication system for near real-time measurement and reporting of tsunamis. The buoy is equipped with a bi-directional satellite and acoustic modem communication system...

20060195264 - Method and apparatus for estimating distance to or from a geological target while drilling or logging: A system and method for estimating the distance between a borehole and a subsurface boundary of interest in a geophysical region. In one embodiment, available existing sensor data for the geophysical region is used to create a resistivity model of the region, with the model reflecting changes in resistivity across...

20060195265 - Method of measuring stick slip, and system for performing same: Disclosed is a method of measuring stick slip in an earth drilling system, and a system for performing same. The method includes positioning an accelerometer in a downhole component of a drill string, the accelerometer being radially offset from a centerline of the downhole component, obtaining acceleration data for the...

20060195267 - Ellipsoidal gaussian representations of molecules and molecular fields: I describe several techniques for characterizing molecules based on the shapes of their fields. In particular, I describe a way to automatically break molecules into a series of fragments by using an ellipsoidal Gaussian decomposition. These fragments can then be analyzed by a shape metric technique, and the parameters of...

20060195268 - Method for determining the titer of biological agents in living target cells: Method for determining the titer (concentration) of biological agents, such as viral vectors for gene transfer, in real time, in living target cells and uses thereof in the field of gene therapy and diagnosis....

20060195266 - Methods for predicting cancer outcome and gene signatures for use therein: The present invention pertains to specific gene signatures for cancer that are used to predict survival and novel processes for identifying such gene signatures. In one embodiment, gene signatures for human colorectal cancer are identified and outcomes are linked to the specific gene signatures using significance analysis of microarrays (SAM)...

20060195269 - Methods and systems for predicting cancer outcome: The invention provides a molecular marker set that can be used for prognosis of colorectal cancer in a colorectal cancer patient. The invention also provides methods and computer systems for evaluating prognosis of colorectal cancer in a colorectal cancer patient based on the molecular marker set. The invention also provides...

20060195270 - Marking system and method: A methodology for facilitating the identification, authentication or quality control of packaged products is described comprising a marking and an authentication phase. In the marking phase the method involves obtaining an analytical specification, and for example an analytical spectrum, of a reference chemical composition for the product; and recording the...

20060195271 - Isotope correlation filter for mass spectrometry: The present invention relates generally to mass spectrometry and the analysis of chemical samples, and more particularly to methods for processing data obtained therefrom. Disclosed is an improved method for filtering low intensity mass spectral data. More specifically, the invention provides a method for use with digitized mass spectra that...

20060195272 - Real-time measuring system used for motor driver: A real-time measuring system of the motor driver is provided, comprising: a digital signal processor (DSP), which is used to digitalize the operation data of the motor driver, and output more than one measured data; an interface circuit, which is connected to the digital signal processor, and is used to...

20060195273 - Method and circuit arrangement for disturbance-free examination of objects by means of ultrasonic waves: A method and circuit arrangement for processing signals which are produced during disturbance-free examination of objects such as pipes or sheet metal, by reflecting ultrasonic waves at defective spots on the structure of the object. According to the method, a complete wave front is emitted on at least one section...

20060195274 - Wave receiving device and method of determining wave reception: An ultrasonic receiver receives an ultrasonic signal having a period in which an amplitude thereof progressively increases as time elapses. A pattern matching unit determines whether a comparative pattern, which is generated as a result of comparison between the respective maximum amplitude values of a plurality of successive waves of...

20060195275 - Usage monitoring apparatus: An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring usage of multiple electrical devices. The apparatus comprises multiple non-invasive current sensors for sensing current in respective conductors associated with the electrical devices. Such conductors may for example be the electrical power supply leads to the devices. The apparatus further includes multiple analogue to...

20060195276 - Configurable voltage regulator: A method selects a group of values for an external impedance used to configure a semiconductor. The external impedance has a tolerance and the group of values include a quantity. The method includes providing a measurement circuit as a portion of the semiconductor; determining tolerances associated with the measurement circuit;...

20060195277 - Method and apparatus for recording a real time signal: A system, method, and apparatus for obtaining a record of logic level transitions within a signal, and for accurately determining a voltage-time pair exhibited by the signal. To achieve these ends, a front-end device may be mated to a real-time sampling system, such as an oscilloscope. The front-end device effectively...

20060195278 - System and method for applying correction factors related to ambient conditions: A method and system for effecting an appearance model correction for a display unit, e.g., a CRT, using a polynomial-based algorithm is described. The correction may be effected in real time and is based on gamma values associated with the display. Strong correlations with the CIECAM02 specification are achieved according...

20060195279 - Method and system for the detection and/or removal of sinusoidal interference signals in a noise signal: A method and a system for the detection and/or removal of sinusoidal interference signals in/from a noise signal transforms a measured signal (x(t), x(μ·Δt)) composed of a limited number of sinusoidal interference signals (Ak·ej(ωkt+φk), Ak·ej(μ·ωkΔt+φk)) and a white noise signal (w(t), w(μ·Δt)) into a subspace containing its white noise components...

20060195280 - Pulse oximeter with separate ensemble averaging for oxygen saturation and heart rate: The use of two separate ensemble averagers for processing a detected waveform for use in calculating oxygen saturation and a pulse rate. The ensemble averager used for calculating oxygen saturation operates on a signal which has been normalized, while the ensemble averager for the pulse rate calculation operates on a...

20060195281 - System and method for correcting an inaccurate clock: System and method for correcting an inaccurate clock with the use of an accurate reference clock. A preferred embodiment comprises repeatedly counting clock cycles in a clock signal generated by the inaccurate clock for a specified period of time, after the completion of each specified period of time, computing a...

20060195282 - Method and apparatus for correcting output information of flow measurement apparatus: A method and apparatus of correcting flow information generated by flow measurement apparatus, such as a Coriolis flowmeter. The disclosed method and apparatus corrects flow information generated during low flow and zero flow rates by blocking the application of spurious flow signals from the output of the flowmeter....

20060195283 - Control method of measuring apparatus and measuring apparatus: A measuring apparatus has a master communication interface for sequentially transmitting an operation command issued by a CPU to a plurality of mechanism units used for measurement of an analyte; a slave communication interface, provided for each mechanism unit, for receiving he operation command; and a plurality of driving circuits...

20060195284 - Signal processing device, use of the signal processing device and method for signal processing: A signal processing device is provided that includes a modulation unit that produces an amplitude element as well as a phase element from components that are applied thereto. A correction device is also provided, in which at least one of the components is supplied and is compared with an ideal...

20060195286 - Apparatus of automatically detecting type of cable connected to network and method thereof: The present invention is to provide an apparatus of automatically detecting the type of a cable connected to a network and method thereof, which comprising a memory having an automatic detection program, a switch, a network controller adapted to switch the state of the switch based on a predetermined switching...

20060195285 - Canary device for failure analysis: A diagnostic system and method for testing an integrated circuit (IC) during fabrication thereof, wherein the diagnostic system comprises at least one IC chip comprising an electrical signature; a sacrificial circuit adjacent to the IC chip and comprising a known electrical signature and intentionally mis-designed circuitry; and a comparator adapted...

20060195287 - Eclipz wiretest for differential clock/oscillator signals: A method, apparatus, and computer program product in a data processing system for testing differential clock or oscillator signals. A method is comprised of the following steps: A first single-ended receiver is connected to a positive leg of a differential pair, and a second single-ended receiver is connected to a...

20060195288 - Method for at speed testing of multi-clock domain chips: A method of and system for testing multi clock domain devices at functional clock speed by aligning the Launching C2 clocks of the high speed and low speed domains, issuing a Cl->C2 clock in each domain, to at speed test all intra-domain paths and the low speed to high speed...

20060195289 - Temperature sensor instruction signal generator and semiconductor memory device having the same: A temperature sensor instruction signal generator, which may drive a temperature sensor, and a semiconductor memory device including the same. The temperature sensor instruction signal generator may generate an instruction signal that instruct the operation of the temperature sensor using at least one of a master clock (CLK) signal, a...

20060195290 - Angular rate sensor having a vibration gyroscope: The invention relates to an angular rate sensor having a vibration gyroscope, in which circuits are provided for operating the vibration gyroscope and for deriving an angular rate signal. Said circuits access modifiable data, whereby this data is stored in a writable non-volatile memory. Means are provided for reading out...

20060195291 - 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...

20060195292 - 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...

20060195293 - Lens array and display apparatus using same: In an autostereoscopic display, a horizontal view range can be widened without reducing two-dimensional resolutions. Lenses are arranged to be a linear combination having integer coefficients of two unit vectors, thereby to control the vertical and horizontal view ranges....

20060195294 - Determining fleet matching problem and root cause issue for measurement system: Methods, systems and program products are disclosed for determining whether a measurement system under test (MSUT) matches a fleet including at least one other measurement system. The invention implements realistic parameters for analyzing a matching problem including single tool precision, tool-to-tool non-linearities and tool-to-tool offsets. A bottom-line tool matching precision...

20060195295 - Determining root cause of matching problem and/or fleet measurement precision problem for measurement system: Methods, systems and program products are disclosed for determining whether a measurement system under test (MSUT) matches a fleet including at least one other measurement system. The invention implements realistic parameters for analyzing a matching problem including single tool precision, tool-to-tool non-linearities and tool-to-tool offsets. A bottom-line tool matching precision...

20060195296 - Control for a disease progression: The invention relates to analysis methods for diagnosing diseases on human and animal samples. Said invention also relates to an evaluation method for diagnosing the individual stages of a disease in such a way that it is possible to display the progression thereof. Said invention also makes it possible to...

20060195297 - Method and apparatus for supporting log analysis: An apparatus for classifying a plurality of logs recorded in a log file includes: a parsing unit that performs a parsing of the logs in the log file; a rule generating unit that generates a rule for a data classification based on a result of the parsing; a data classifying...

20060195298 - Method for managing semiconductor characteristic evaluation apparatus and computer program therefor: A management method for data in a semiconductor characteristic evaluation apparatus comprised of a control unit, a memory unit, and input/output units includes steps for selecting the workspace including the test programs for testing a plurality of wafer types, for storing the test results in the selected workspace as histories,...

20060195299 - Sensor application integration framework (saif): Methods and apparatus are provided for standardizing an interface infrastructure between sensor devices and client applications. The apparatus comprises a Sensor Application Integration Framework (SAIF) in the form of an application program interface (API) transport layer between sensor devices and client applications. Sensor services are registered in the SAIF API...

20060195300 - Hair coloring system: A system for determining hair color treatment, including a processor. The processor is configured for: receiving as input an initial spectrum of a sample of hair, the initial spectrum having a wavelength range; calculating a new spectrum of the hair due to a hypothetical hair color treatment as a direct...

20060195301 - Method and apparatus for artifact signal reduction in systems of mismatched interleaved digitizers: An artifact signal correction system may include a mixing component to generate a waveform corresponding to an artifact such as an error tone, whereupon that waveform may be combined with the input waveform to substantially eliminate the artifact. In preferred embodiments, a method and apparatus for reducing spurious tones in...

20060195302 - System for solving diagnosis and hitting set problems: The diagnosis problem arises when a system's actual behavior contradicts the expected behavior, thereby exhibiting symptoms (a collection of conflict sets). System diagnosis is then the task of identifying faulty components that are responsible for anomalous behavior. To solve the diagnosis problem, the present invention describes a method for finding...

20060190177 - Nanocircuitry for sensing, recording and outputting data: The device implements nanotechnology by embedding nanocircuits with sensors to surfaces such as walls, wall coverings, clothing, windows, window coverings, flooring, roofs, roadways and telephone poles. Using a plurality of nanocircuits in a multitude of locations, events can be continuously detected and recorded without intrusion, and reconstructed at a later...

20060190178 - Three-dimensional wellbore visualization system for hydraulics analyses: A visualization system for wellbore and drillstring data includes a graphics processor for creating a wire mesh model of a well and drillstring based on datasets of depth-varying parameters of the well. A graphics system maps appropriate textures to the wire mesh models, which are then displayed on a graphics...

20060190181 - Method for combining seismic data sets: A method is disclosed for combining seismic data sets. This method has application in merging data sets of different vintages, merging data sets collected using different acquisition technologies, and merging data sets acquired using different types of sensors, for example merging hydrophone and geophone measurements in ocean bottom seismic data....

20060190179 - Method of estimating the illumination fold in the migrated domain: The invention relates to an estimate of the seismic illumination fold (x,p) in the migrated 3D domain at an image point x, for a dip of vector p characterized in that the illumination fold I (z, p; s, r) is estimated for each (source s, receiver r) pair in the...

20060190180 - Petroleum exploration and prediction apparatus and method: A method for predicting the state of a geological formation. The method may include generating a separation key effective to extract a first feature from a signal or signals corresponding to a first state and a second feature, distinct from the first feature, from a signal or signals corresponding to...

20060190182 - Method of calculating seismic bracing: This invention pertains to a novel method of calculating seismic bracing and more particularly to a method of selecting and positioning support components for a bracing system without calculating the forces in these components comprising, choosing a design configuration of the bracing system, determining the seismic coefficient of the design...

20060190187 - Data processing apparatus for measuring apparatus and storage medium: An application program is configured by a tri-layer architecture having a presentation layer, business logic layer, and data access layer. The presentation layer has a communication module for communication between a computer and a measuring device, and a display module for displaying process results of the measurement data on the...

20060190185 - Memory management method and apparatus for automated biological reaction system: A reagent management system for an automated biological reaction apparatus including an automated biological reaction apparatus including at least one reagent dispenser for applying a reagent to a sample, a memory device containing data for a reagent device selected from the group consisting of a reagent dispenser or a reagent...

20060190188 - Methods and systems for determining lot consistency: This invention provides methods for determining lot consistency between a plurality of lots, systems for determining lot consistency between a plurality of lots, and computer-readable media which store a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for determining lot consistency between a plurality of lots....

20060190183 - Peptide sequencing from peptide fragmentation mass spectra: The invention relates to a method of peptide sequencing from peptide fragment mass data, wherein a step of deriving a plurality of candidate peptide sequences comprises the following steps: calculating peptide fragment masses by adding to masses of a proton, hydronium ion, b1 ion or y1 ion masses of one...

20060190189 - Reagents, devices and methods for proteomic analysis with applications including diagnostics, vaccines, quality control and research: The invention describes methods for proteomic analysis, with multiple applications that involve the mapping of samples in an N-dimensional shape space. The applications include the classification of samples on the basis of the three-dimensional shapes of substances they contain, which leads to novel diagnostic methods that are linked to new...

20060190184 - System and method using a visual or audio-visual programming environment to enable and optimize systems-level research in life sciences: The current invention provides a visual or audio-visual programming environment for life science and bioinformatics. It is based on the VIBE platform, which is a flexible, extensible, and integrated workflow construction and management platform. The current invention enables researchers to consolidate molecular profiling data from complementary experimental techniques, intelligently reduce...

20060190186 - Viral polymerase and modulation thereof: The present invention provides the tertiary structure of a Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) polymerase reverse transcriptase (rt) domain from which a variant HBV polymerase mutations associated with resistance to or having reduced sensitivity to an anti-viral drug have been mapped. The present invention further provides methods of identifying, designing and/or...

20060190192 - Databases for assessing nucleic acids: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for evaluating nucleic acids, methods of preparing such compositions, and applications and business methods employing such compositions and methods. In particular, the present invention provides business methods for operating a gene expression measurement service....

20060190194 - Least-square deconvolution (lsd): a method to resolve dna mixtures: Least Square Deconvolution (LSD) uses quantitative allele peak area derived from a sample containing the DNA of more than one contributor to resolve the best-fit genotype profile of each contributor. The resolution is based on finding the least square fit of the mass ratio coefficients at each locus to come...

20060190190 - Method and system for analysis of gene-expression data: In various embodiments of the present invention, initial gene-expression data is initially partitioned into classes by patient, subject, or other identifier of a source of samples, expression-level-differences are computed for each gene with respect to each initial partition, and a rank consistency score or fold-change consistency score is computed for...

20060190193 - Reading chemical arrays: Methods of using an addressable array of biopolymers which has been exposed to a sample, and apparatus and computer program products for use of the arrays. In one embodiment the method includes detecting signals from the exposed array to obtain a signal image of the array. The array signal image...

20060190191 - Systems and methods for evaluating the significance of differences in biological measurements: A method for fluorophore bias removal in microarray experiments in which the fluorophores used in microarray experiment pairs are reversed. Further, a method for calculating the individual errors associated with each measurement made in nominally repeated microarray experiments. This error measurement is optionally coupled with rank based methods in order...

20060190195 - Clinical examination analyzing device, clinical examination analyzing method, and program for allowing computer to execute the method: A pattern matching unit performs pattern matching on present data obtained this time in clinical examination of a part of a subject and previous data obtained last time in the clinical examination of the part with reference patterns. Reference patterns that are most closely approximate to the present data and...

20060190196 - Method and apparatus for testing a photomask: A method, a recording medium and an apparatus for testing a photomask are provided. In the disclosed method, a particular region of a photomask is selected, either from a physical instance of the photomask, or from the photomask as represented by a digital representation thereof. The particular region is then...

20060190197 - Method for implementing vibration suppression system under control from a remote site: A method of implementing vibration suppression at equipment residing at a local site is provided. The method comprises transmitting a prompt from a remote site to the local site, automatically sensing vibration response information from the equipment in response to the prompt, and transmitting the sensed vibration response information to...

20060190198 - Measurement/acquisition system for electric information: An electric-information measurement/acquisition system comprising a sensor unit, a measurement unit, and an acquisition unit. The sensor unit includes sensors for detecting properties such as the voltage, current, temperature, and moisture,. The measurement unit includes: an A/D conversion unit for performing A/D conversion of the properties thus obtained at a...

20060190199 - Method and integrated circuit for use by a handheld multiple function device: A method for efficient battery use begins by monitoring at least one output of the handheld device for an overload condition. The processing continues by monitoring a system voltage produced by a DC-to-DC converter for a system low voltage condition. The process continues by monitoring voltage of the battery for...

20060190200 - Method for normalization of an eye diagram and selection of sampling parameters for a receiver: Measurements for an eye diagram of a signal of interest are placed in a data structure that is examined to locate an eye opening of interest. The eye opening of interest has already been, or is subsequently, normalized into figure of merit units related to the operational voltage and timing...

20060190201 - Derivation of composite step-function response: where ω0 is the initial frequency and Fs is the sample rate frequency. For reduction in calculation expense an impulse response segment is calculated over a narrow range of data about each reflection event. The resulting estimated impulse response is accumulated to produce the composite step response for the band...

20060190202 - Sensor measurement method and system with universal data concentrators: A measurement method and system in which a plurality of sensors are scattered about the system. One or more universal data concentrators are deployed in the areas where the sensors are concentrated. Each data concentrator is connected to one or more computers. Unique configuration data is provided to each data...

20060190203 - Method for determining programmable coefficients to replicate frequency and supply voltage correlation in an integrated circuit: One use for delay adjustment circuit (32), coarse-grain delay offset circuit (34), and fine grain delay systhesis circuit (36) may be as part of a delay replication circuit (30) used to replicate the frequency versus voltage behavior of an integrated circuit (29). Also, a circuit (30) and method for determining...

20060190204 - Analyzing the response of an electrochemical system to a time-varying electrical stimulation: The invention provides a method for capturing and analyzing the total electrical response to a time-varying electrical stimulation of a system or device containing electrochemically active biological or non-biological substances. The response can be either a time-varying voltage (in the case of current-mode stimulation), or a time-varying current (in the...

20060190205 - Test systems for media drives of data storage systems: A test system is described for testing a media drive, such as a tape drive. The test system includes a host emulator, a storage library emulator, and a control system. The host emulator communicates with a first interface of the media drive and mimics a host system to the media...

20060190207 - Pattern detection for integrated circuit substrates: A method for selecting test site locations on a substrate, by a) specifying a subset of all test site locations on the substrate, and b) selecting a desired number of candidate test site locations from within the subset of test site locations on the substrate. c) While selecting one of...

20060190206 - Semiconductor test management system and method: A system and method for semiconductor test management. A second computer receives a scrap rule from a first computer, acquires an initial scrap threshold corresponding to the scrap rule, stores the scrap rule as a SBC/SBL (Statistic BIN Control/Statistic BIN Limit) rule when a scrap condition therein is less or...

20060190208 - System and method for testing a memory: A method and apparatus for testing a memory at speed. A test and repair wrapper integrated with a memory instance is operable to receive test information scanned in from a built-in self-test and repair (BISTR) processor. Logic circuitry associated with the test and repair wrapper is operable to generate address,...

20060190209 - Programmable hardware element with cartridge controllers for controlling modular measurement cartridges that convey interface information: System and method for measurement, DAQ, and control operations which uses small form-factor measurement modules or cartridges with a re-configurable carrier unit, sensors, and a computer system to provide modular, efficient, cost-effective measurement solutions. The measurement module includes measurement circuitry, e.g., signal conditioner and/or signal conversion circuitry, and interface circuitry...

20060190210 - Dram temperature measurement system: A converter comprising a comparator having a first input operable to receive a first signal, a second input operable to receive a second signal, and an output, a switch for sinking a portion of the first signal, wherein the switch is responsive to the output, and an integrator connected to...

20060190211 - In-situ wafer parameter measurement method employing a hot susceptor as radiation source for reflectance measurement: Preferred embodiments of a semiconductor wafer temperature measurement method take advantage of the tight control of the surface conditions and temperature of a hot susceptor, which tight control provides known and reproducible radiation emissions from the hot susceptor. The known amount of radiation emitted by the hot susceptor is employed...

20060190212 - Method for controlling tire pressure in a motor vehicle: Method for controlling tire pressure in a motor vehicle having a wheel including a gas-filled tire, and a tire-pressure-controlling device for controlling a filling pressure in the gas-filled tire. The filling pressure within the setpoint pressure value range which is characterized by a driving setpoint pressure value is set by...

20060190213 - Rotating speed detecting apparatus: A rotating speed detecting apparatus has: a bearing sensor configured to detect rotation of a motor and output detection pulses whose frequency depending on a rotating speed of the motor; and a calculating unit configured to receive the detection pulses from the bearing sensor. The detection pulses include a first...

20060190214 - Method and program for fracture plane reconstruction: The invention relates to a method for fracture plane reconstruction in a three-dimensional set (20) of values, comprising the steps of providing a computer with the three-dimensional set, display by the computer of a succession of plane sections (10) of the three-dimensional set, selection by the user of points of...

20060190215 - Method and system for timing measurement of embedded macro module: A method and system is presented for measuring a data access time of an embedded macro module in an integrated circuit. A single external test signal is inputted into the embedded macro module for enabling a data input therein and extracting a data output therefrom. A pulse width of the...

20060190216 - Retro-regression residual remediation for spectral/signal identification: An improved regression-based qualitative analysis algorithm useful when the mixture to be analyzed contains a compound not in the library spectra, a so-called unknown. A regression of a measured spectrum is computed against the library spectra. This regression is referred to as a “master” regression. Estimated mixing coefficients for an...

20060190217 - Particle sampling method and sensor fusion and filtering method: Disclosed is a technique for obtaining an_estimate and variance of each variable based on a constraint manifold. Particles (or samples) are sampled in order to filter and fuse ambiguous data or information on at least one state variable of a system using the particles. The sampling is carried out in...

20060190218 - Generative instrumentation framework: A generic instrumentation framework comprises two primary systems: an instrumentation generation system, and a runtime system. The instrumentation generation system creates an instrumentation generator that is specific to the system or subsystem to be instrumented. Preferably, the instrumentation generator is created by an instrumentation generation engine, which receives as input...

20060184325 - Architectural dynamic control: intelligent environmental control and feedback system for architectural settings including offices: A smart, adaptive control system that monitors and influences physical conditions of an architectural setting. The architectural setting in which the system is deployed typically includes a plurality of private spaces and at least one community space. The individual private spaces, and the community spaces, may include an environmental control...

20060184326 - Weather data quality control and ranking method: A method and system for performing quality control checks upon weather data are provided. The weather data includes information pertaining to a plurality of weather parameters. The quality control checks may identify inaccurate weather parameters or be used to rank weather data sets. The quality control checks include hourly, daily,...

20060184327 - Method and system for processing and analyzing digital terrain data: A method for processing and analyzing digital terrain data utilizing Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED). The method comprises defining approach azimuth and visibility limitations angle which are used for defining directional fans by determining fan opening angle, fan azimuth, and maximal range for terrain analysis. At least one directional fan...

20060184328 - Determining and/or monitoring: A method of determining a function and a method of monitoring using a function is provided in which the function relates the proportion of one or more radionuclides detectable using a radiometric instrument to one or more radionuclides which cannot readily be detected using a radiometric instrument to provide more...

20060184329 - Method system and program storage device for optimization of valve settings in instrumented wells using adjoint gradient technology and reservoir simulation: A new adjoint method for calculating and using adjoint gradients in a Reservoir Simulator comprises: calculating adjoint gradients of an objective function with respect to changes in valve settings taking into account the modeling of pressure drop and fluid flow along a wellbore, and using the adjoint gradients to calculate...

20060184330 - Operating voltage determination for an integrated circuit: Voltage-binning of individual integrated circuits is achieved by operating those integrated circuits at a plurality of required clock frequencies and for each of those frequencies determining the minimum supply voltage level which produces a pass result for a series of applied test vectors....

20060184331 - Controller for generating video signal, simulation system comprising the same, and method of generating video signal: A system and method is provided for generating a video signal including a signal generator to generate the video signal, a user setting part to allow a user to set information for generating the video signal, and a controller to control the signal generator to generate the video signal on...

20060184332 - Test apparatus and test method: A testing apparatus for performing a testing on a device under test (DUT) is provided, wherein the testing apparatus includes a performance board on which the DUT is mounted; a main frame for generating a test signal for testing the DUT and determining pass/fail of the DUT on the basis...

20060184333 - Method and apparatus for autocalibrating a plurality of phase-delayed clock signal edges within a reference clock period: A method of calibrating a timing vernier includes autocalibrating a plurality phase-delayed clock signal edges to match respective ideal signal edges, the phase-delayed clock signal edges dividing one period of a reference clock, comparing a vernier clock signal edge to one of the plurality of phase-delayed clock signal edges after...

20060184334 - Combining multiple reference measurement collections into a weighted reference measurement collection: Combining of reference measurement collections (RMCs) of at least three reference measurement systems into a weighted reference measurement collection (wRMC) is disclosed. Each RMC includes a plurality of corresponding sample measurements, each of which has a measurement value of the same sample. The invention plots corresponding measurement values to generate...

20060184335 - Controlling modular measurement cartridges that convey interface information with cartridge controllers: A cartridge controller, usable to provide an interface between a cartridge and a controller for performing industrial operations using the cartridge. The cartridge controller may include interface circuitry, operable to provide an interface between a cartridge coupled to the cartridge controller and the cartridge controller, and detection circuitry coupled to...

20060184336 - Single/multiple axes six degrees of freedom (6 dof) inertial motion capture system with initial orientation determination capability: A highly miniaturized electronic data acquisition system includes MEMS sensors that can be embedded onto moving device without affecting the static/dynamic motion characteristics of the device. The basic inertial magnetic motion capture (IMMCAP) module consists of a 3D printed circuit board having MEMS sensors configured to provide a tri-axial accelerometer;...

20060184337 - Method for measuring a degree of association for dimensionally referenced data: A method for measuring a degree of association (58) between, and for selectively creating a grouping (40) of, n plurality of spatially referenced physical events (22) of a predetermined physical characteristic. The method includes the steps of assembling n plurality of physical events (26), assembling a universe of possible sample...

20060184338 - Method, system and program for selection of database characteristics: Disclosed is a method for directing a data processing system, the data processing system and an article of manufacture. The data processing system has memory for storing a database. The method directs the data processing system to configuring the database based on a database workload having a performance metric. The...

20060184339 - Using arm correlators to link log file statements to transaction instances and dynamically adjusting log levels in response to threshold violations: A method, apparatus and computer instructions are provided for additional logging capabilities in response to a threshold being violated. Parent and current correlators are utilized as fields in all log files. The correlator field logging service/format advantageously uses the exact log statements to link to a node in the TMTP...

20060173622 - Method for predicting grain size distribution from reservoir thickness: The present invention is a method for predicting the grain size distribution at a designated location within a water-lain sedimentary deposit. Initially, the vertical thickness of the sedimentary deposit at the designated location must be determined, as well as the vertical thickness and grain size distribution at a second location...

20060173623 - System and method for enhanced measure-correlate-predict for a wind farm location: Enhanced meteorological measure-correlate-predict systems and methods. The systems and methods preferably consider publicly available, long-term data sets at each of a plurality of locations nearby a potential wind farm location. A test tower is preferably located at the potential location to collect a shorter-term data set, which, in combination with...

20060173624 - Method for real-time well-site interpretation of array resistivity log data in vertical and deviated wells: A method and apparatus for real-time well-site interpretation of array resistivity log data. An inversion of data with different depths of investigation is carried out after data shoulder-bed correction. The formation model used by inversion is constructed with the layer boundaries obtained from an imaging tool or other log measurements....

20060173627 - Enhanced measurement of azimuthal dependence of subterranean parameters with filters and/or discretely sampled data: A method for estimating an azimuthal dependence of a parameter of a borehole using logging sensor measurements acquired as a function of azimuth of the logging sensors is provided. The method includes acquiring at least one logging sensor measurement and a corresponding azimuth from a downhole tool. The method further...

20060173626 - Method for locating casing joints using measurement while drilling tool: A method for locating casing string joints using a measurement while drilling tool is disclosed. The method includes deploying an MWD tool in a wellbore and measuring the magnetic field along a length of the wellbore. Changes in the magnetic field along the length of the wellbore are evaluated to...

20060173625 - System for optimizing drilling in real time: A method for optimizing drilling parameters includes obtaining previously acquired data, querying a remote data store for current well data, determining optimized drilling parameters, and returning optimized parameters for a next segment to the remote data store. Determining optimized drilling parameters may include correlating the current well data to the...

20060173630 - Automated method and system for setting image analysis parameters to control image analysis operations: A method and system for setting image analysis parameters to control image analysis operations. The method and system include collecting set of digital training images including a set of states for the set of digital training images. An objective function is defined to determine a relative quality of plural different...

20060173633 - Crystalline phosphatase and method for use thereof: This disclosure is directed to a crystalline form of a human protein tyrosine phosphatase designated cdc14A and more particularly to a crystal of human cdc14A, a method of crystallization thereof, and its structure, obtained by x-ray diffraction. In addition, the disclosure relates to methods of identifying new PTP binding agents...

20060173629 - Diagnosis method of hepatic steatosis using biochemical markers: The present invention is drawn to a new diagnosis method for detecting the extent of hepatic steatosis in a patient, in particular in a patient who suffers from a disease involving hepatic steatosis, or who already had a positive diagnosis test of liver fibrosis and/or presence of liver necroinflammatory lesions,...

20060173628 - Method and system for determining feature-coordinate grid or subgrids of microarray images: The present invention provides various embodiments that are directed to methods and systems for determining a feature-coordinate grid of a microarray image so that individual features can be located and isolated for statistical analysis. The method receives microarray-image data and determines centroid coordinates for each feature of the microarray image....

20060173632 - Method for predicting effectiveness of chemotherapy: A method for predicting an effectiveness of chemotherapy is described. The method comprises a comparing step and a predicting step. The comparing step is a step of comparing a threshold value with a parameter of a cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) included in a sample containing a tumor cell obtained from...

20060173631 - Methods, software arrangements and systems for aligning sequences which utilizes non-affine gap penalty procedure: Methods, software arrangements and systems are provided which can utilize an exemplary embodiment of a procedure which can enable an efficient alignment of DNA sequences using piecewise-linear gap penalties that closely approximate general and biologically meaningful gap-functions. Accordingly, an exemplary process, software arrangement and system can be provided for obtaining...

20060173635 - Analyzing and visualizing enrichment in dna sequence alterations: Methods, tools, systems and computer readable media for analyzing CGH data, together with data from an independent source. Independent data is compared with the CGH data, wherein the CGH data is characterized by sets of defined regions differentiated by at least one property. Enrichment is assessed for at least one...

20060173634 - Comprehensive, quality-based interval scores for analysis of comparative genomic hybridization data: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to increasing the reliability, precision, and resolution of identification, by analysis of comparative genomic hybridization (“CGH”) data and array-based comparative genomic hybridization (“aCGH”) data, of intervals along one or more chromosomes in which the copy number of the DNA subsequence within the interval...

20060173636 - Apparatus and methods for simultaneous surface accoustic wave and surface plasmon resonance measurements: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for obtaining and analysing physical properties of a substance. Optical data and acoustical data are obtained for the substance and the data are used to apply a model of the optical/acoustical properties of the substance such that thereby any of the thickness,...

20060173637 - Method of compensating for a measuring error and an electronic arrangement to this end: A method and electronic arrangement for measuring errors with the aid of a gas sensor wherein a plurality of measurement valves occurring instantly during mutual sequential measuring cycles are detected. The electronic circuit arrangement has a plurality of circuit arrangements for compensating measurement errors wherein the measurements are affect with...

20060173638 - Optical linear strain gage: An optical linear strain gage includes a target, a sensor, and a computer, wherein the target contains a gage length defined by end points. The target can be a one-dimensional barcode, the gage length defined between, and perpendicular to, two chosen parallel lines of the barcode. The target, including a...

20060173639 - Precise pressure measurement by vibrating an oval conduit along different cross-sectional axes: A conduit (106), with geometry designed to enhance pressure sensitivity, is vibrated at resonance in two modes along different cross-sectional axes (a, b). Measuring the change in the frequency ratio squared of the modes yields a substantially linear relationship to pressure that is substantially immune to other material properties and...

20060173640 - System and method for determining harmonic contributions from non-linear loads without disconnecting any load: A system and method for determining non-linear load harmonics impact on the voltage distortion at the point of common coupling is disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising metering voltage on an electric power system; metering current on the electric power system; determining a predicted voltage based upon...

20060173641 - Current mode waveform generator followed by a voltage mode buffer: A power saving circuit that creates a fast changing high resolution signal for testing of a pin of a device under test is disclosed. The circuit of the invention includes a current mode waveform generator followed by a voltage mode buffer. For example, the current mode waveform generator may be...

20060173642 - Apparatus and method for pressure fluctuation insensitive mass flow control: A mass flow controller includes a thermal mass flow sensor in combination with a pressure sensor to provide a mass flow controller that is relatively insensitive to fluctuations in input pressure. The pressure sensor and thermal sensor respectively provide signals to an electronic controller indicating the measured inlet flow rate...

20060173643 - Memory device with apparatus for recalibrating output signal of internal circuit and method thereof: A memory device with an apparatus for recalibrating an output signal of an internal circuit is disclosed. The memory device includes a plurality of signal modulators for simultaneously receiving the output signal of the internal circuit, and a control unit for outputting a control signal for selecting one of the...

20060173644 - Database system for centralized clinical and research applications with data from wavefront aberrometers: Computer systems, programs, and methods can advantageously be used to process optical data. These approaches often involve modifying a first format data to a second format data, and are useful in simplifying the complications due to data from different wavefront systems, different aberrometer devices and aberrometer software versions, different clinical...

20060173646 - Method, apparatus, and program for controlling temperature within a heating system: A temperature variation of a glass substrate 2 at a plurality of measuring points in a continuous furnace 3 when preset temperatures of respective furnaces 31-33 are changed is estimated in the form of a matrix based on a model, an inverse matrix of the matrix is used so as...

20060173645 - System and method for thermal monitoring of ic using sampling periods of invariant duration: A system and method are provided for monitoring temperature within a specified integrated circuit. Usefully, the system comprises at least one oscillator device proximate to the integrated circuit for generating signal pulses at a frequency that varies as a function of the temperature adjacent to the oscillator device. The system...

20060173647 - Method and system for determining the location of a potential defect in a device based on a temperature profile: According to one embodiment of the invention a method for determining the location of a potential defect in a device includes scanning a surface of the device with a temperature sensor while operating the device. The method also includes measuring a temperature of the device by a temperature sensor at...

20060173648 - Wireless tire-pressure monitor: A wireless tire-pressure monitor mainly has a cylindrical body, a seal assembly, a screw and a sensor. The cylindrical body is mounted through a hole in a wheel rim wall and has an air passage, an interior thread defined in the air passage and a flange formed around the body....

20060173649 - Active speed detecting device for vehicle: A speed detecting device includes a rotating member and a sensor. The rotating member is coupled to a rotating portion of a vehicle to turn therewith. The rotating member includes at least one object formed thereon. The at least one object is made of non-magnet metal. The sensor is connected...

20060173650 - Dimension measuring device: A dimension measuring device that has improved operability when an expensive display device such as bar graph is used commonly has been disclosed, comprising plural dimension measuring sections and a display section for displaying dimension measurements generated by the plural dimension measuring sections, wherein the number of dimension measurements the...

20060173651 - System and method for the dimension checking of mechanical pieces: A system for performing dimension checkings of mechanical pieces includes a contact detecting probe (4) with wireless transmission, for example by means of a single radiofrequency two-way communication link (14), with respect to a base station (10) connected to an interface unit (11). The probe includes a logic unit (36)...

20060173652 - Method for balancing an article for rotation: A method for statistically analyzing the operation of a machine for balancing articles for rotation so as to reduce measurement errors and thereby enhance productivity and quality including the steps of collecting raw data during production balancing of articles for rotation, and statistically analyzing the data to determine appropriate process...

20060173653 - Water heater performance monitoring system: A water heater performance monitoring device for monitoring whether a water heater is functioning optimally or whether it requires service. The device uses maximum heating rates taken from a plurality of measured heating rates to determine if the performance of the water heater has degraded from a threshold performance level....

20060173654 - System and method for guidance of assembly: There is disclosed a system and method for guiding assembly, comprising a component selection tester for testing, prior to assembly, the correct selection of a desired component. The component selection tester includes at least one sensor configured to provide an indication of correct selection only if the desired component is...

20060173655 - Information processing apparatus, failure monitoring method and failure monitoring computer program: An information processing apparatus, a failure monitoring method and a failure monitoring computer program can prevent serious problems from arising by recognizing the increase in the electric current consumption that is caused by a change in the impedance of an electronic part and predicting the trouble that can occur in...

20060173656 - Dynamically tasking one or more surveillance resources: In one embodiment, a system for dynamically tasking one or more surveillance resources includes a first logical layer identifying a collection requirement (CR) and a second logical layer identifying one or more surveillance resources in the CR. Each of the surveillance resources includes one or more sensors. The system also...