Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 05/07

20070124079 - Method of reservoir characterization and delineation based on observations of displacements at the earth's surface: Reservoir characterization based on observations of displacements at the earth's surface. One method of characterizing a reservoir includes the steps of: detecting a response of the reservoir to a stimulus, the stimulus causing a pressure change in the reservoir; and determining a characteristic of the reservoir from the response to... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070124081 - Biological information processing apparatus, biological information processing method and biological information processing program: A biological information processing apparatus predicts a disordered region in a polypeptide. The biological information processing apparatus comprises a prediction target data acquisition unit which acquires amino acid sequence data of a polypeptide of the prediction target; a window level prediction unit which predicts a disordered region at the level... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070124080 - Method for testing for bioaccumulation: For use in estimating or predicting bioaccumulation of a chemical analyte, even a surfactant, log Pow values for the analyte may be determined by calculating the log of the ratio of the concentrations of the analyte in n-octanol and in water, equilibrated using a slow-stir method. In this method, samples... Agent: Karen B. Tripp

20070124084 - Method for tracking and imaging biological samples: Systems, methods, and apparatus are described for the handling of biological specimens for analysis. The systems, methods and apparatus are designed to reduce errors in misidentification, incorrect processing, and recordkeeping and reporting. The systems, methods, and apparatus can also provide real time tracking of samples at any stage, from collection... Agent: Dako, Global Intellectual Property C/o Thomas F. Cooney

20070124083 - Molecules comprising an impdh-like binding pocket and encoded data storage medium capable of graphically displaying them: The present invention relates to a data storage medium encoded with the corresponding structure coordinates of molecules and molecular complexes which comprise the active site binding pockets of IMPDH. Such data storage material is capable of displaying such molecules and molecular complexes, or their structural homologues, as a graphical three-dimensional... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070124082 - System for tracking biological samples: Systems, methods, and apparatus are described for the handling of biological specimens for analysis. The systems, methods and apparatus are designed to reduce errors in misidentification, incorrect processing, and recordkeeping and reporting. The systems, methods, and apparatus can also provide real time tracking of samples at any stage, from collection... Agent: Dako, Global Intellectual Property C/o Thomas F. Cooney

20070124087 - Automatic threshold setting and baseline determination for real-time pcr: The invention discloses a system and methods for quantitating the presence of nucleic acid sequences by evaluation of amplification data generated using real-time PCR. In one aspect, the methods may be adapted to identify a threshold and threshold cycle for one or more reactions based upon evaluation of exponential and... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20070124088 - Automatic threshold setting and baseline determination for real-time pcr: The invention discloses a system and methods for quantitating the presence of nucleic acid sequences by evaluation of amplification data generated using real-time PCR. In one aspect, the methods may be adapted to identify a threshold and threshold cycle for one or more reactions based upon evaluation of exponential and... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20070124085 - Method of processing a biological image: A method of processing an image of a biological sample containing nuclei, cytoplasm and micronuclei, each of the nuclei being surrounded by cytoplasm, determines the incidence of micronuclei in the sample. The cytoplasm has a maximum distance, which is the largest extent of the cytoplasm from its nucleus occurring in... Agent: Amersham Biosciences Corp

20070124086 - Molecular nephrotoxicology modeling: The present invention is based on the elucidation of the global changes in gene expression and the identification of toxicity markers in kidney tissues or cells exposed to a known renal toxin. The genes may be used as toxicity markers in drug screening and toxicity assays. The invention includes a... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070124089 - System for high dynamic range analysis in flow cytometry: A flow cytometer (700) capable of using electronics (7, 9) to analyze a large dynamic range while avoiding and/or correcting traditional limitations of acquisition electronics. The invention allows for measuring signal characteristics, which may include but are not limited to linear peak, integral, logarithmic peak, and pulse width. Other system... Agent: Thomas F Cooney Dako Global Ip

20070124090 - Digital flowmeter: A controller for a flowmeter includes an input module operable to receive a sensor signal from a sensor connected to a vibratable flowtube. The sensor signal is related to a fluid flow through the flowtube. The controller also includes a signal processing system operable to receive the sensor signal, determine... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070124091 - Method and flow meter for determining the flow rate of a multiphase fluid: A method for determining the flow rates and/or composition of a fluid comprising a multi-component mixture of a gas and at least one liquid in a pipe comprises the following steps: electromagnetic loss and phase measurements are performed in at least two directions of the pipe; the degree of annular... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20070124092 - Internal bias measure with onboard adc for electronic devices: An apparatus and method for on-chip bias measurement of an analog signals on an integrated circuit with a switchable analog-to-digital converter capable of performing testing and other types of processing. Analog signal test locations are selected for testing by a test input selector which is in turn controlled by a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070124093 - Method for locating line-to-ground fault point of underground power cable system: The present invention provides method for locating a line-to-ground fault point of an underground power cable system wherein a distributed parameter circuit analysis theory is employed to consider a capacitive element of a cable in a underground power cable analysis, thereby providing an accurate estimation of the fault distance even... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070124094 - Histogram difference method and system for power/performance measurement and management: A histogram difference method and system for power/performance measurement and management has low data storage requirements while supporting multiple monitoring applications having different update rates. Histogram data for power usage and/or performance mode is collected at a predetermined rate and the histogram data is read out at periodic intervals by... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20070124095 - Status polling: 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... Agent: Lng/kla Joint Customer C/o Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070124096 - Geomagnetic sensor and geomagnetic sensor correction method, temperature sensor and temperature sensor correction method, geomagnetism detection device: The correction coefficients a11-a22 of the magnetic sensors are measured during LSI shipment inspection. The correction data D1-D4 obtained from these correction coefficients a11-a22 are written into the fuse memory 315. The control circuit 308 inputs the detection outputs Sx and Sy of the magnetic sensors 310 and 311 to... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070124097 - Methods and systems for calibrating a sensor using a vector field: Systems and methods according to the present invention address these needs and others by providing a system for calibrating a sensor using a constant vector field.... Agent: Potomac Patent Group, PLLC

20070124098 - Heterogeneous multipath path network test system: A test system for a heterogeneous multipath network. A tester system evaluates a plurality of status indicators from a plurality of types of test components in a network. Based on the status indicators of at least one of the test components, the tester system selects a first test to be... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070124099 - Analyzer and computer program product: An analyzer that comprises a sample measuring mechanism for measuring a sample and generating a measurement value, a memory for storing a plurality of standard values for evaluation of the measurement value, the plurality of standard values including a fixed standard value and a variable standard value, a controller for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070124103 - Analytical generation of software thermal profiles: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for analytical generation of software thermal profiles. In order to generate a thermal profile, a set of instruction streams are analyzed for a program being executed by a set of processors to create analyzed information. A thermal... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070124100 - Generation of hardware thermal profiles for a set of processors: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for generation of hardware thermal profiles for a set of processors. Sampling is performed of the thermal states of the set of processors during the execution of a set of workloads to create sampled information. The sampled... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070124101 - Generation of software thermal profiles executed on a set of processors using processor activity: A computer implemented method, data processing system, computer usable code, and apparatus are provided for generation of software thermal profiles for applications executing on a set of processors. Sampling is performed of the hardware operations occurring in a set of processors during the execution of a set of workloads to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070124102 - Generation of software thermal profiles executed on a set of processors using thermal sampling: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for generation of software thermal profiles for applications executing on a set of processors using thermal sampling. Sampling is performed of the thermal states of the set of processors for the set of workloads to create sampled... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070124104 - Maximal temperature logging: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for logging a maximal temperature in an integrated circuit. A digital thermal sensor senses a temperature in the integrated circuit. The sensed temperature of the digital thermal sensor is read and a determination is made as to whether the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070124105 - Tracing thermal data via performance monitoring: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for tracing thermal data via performance monitoring. A performance monitor is set into a tracing mode. Temperatures are sensed by a digital thermal sensor over a time period. The sensed temperatures are stored in a data structure and a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070124106 - Method and device for determining the position of at least one point of reflection of an obstacle: The invention relates to a method for determining the position (x, y) of at least one point of reflection (R1-2) on an obstacle (200). According to traditional methods of this kind a first distance (r1) between the point of reflection (R1-2) and a first position (x1) of a distance measuring... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070124107 - Shape model generation method and shape model generation system: A shape model generation method or system for generating a shape model from shape description data such as X-ray CT data, including a process by virtual probe measuring unit of causing a virtual probe defined as an area having a finite expansion in a virtual space in the shape description... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070124108 - Structure, system and method for dimensionally unstable layer dimension measurement: A structure, a system and a method are directed towards determination of a dimension of a patterned dimensionally unstable layer when the dimension is measured using an apparatus that induces a variation of the dimension. The structure, system and method use a patterned dimensionally unstable layer pattern design that correlates... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070124109 - Fuzzy time-of-use metering and consumption monitoring using load profile data from relative time transmit-only devices: Systems and methods for providing Time-of-Use (TOU) rate schedules to relative-time meters (e.g., water and gas meters) in a utility metering network. The system may also be used to determine usage based on filtering interval data received from the relative-time meters. The TOU rate schedules are bound by windows of... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070124110 - Method, system and computer program product for identifying primary product objects: Methods, systems and computer program products for identifying primary product objects on a web page. A primary product object is the object that shows the best view of the product the web page is detailing. A set of features is extracted for one or more objects on the web page.... Agent: William L. Botjer

20070124111 - Diagnostic system for a modular fieldbus boad: A diagnostic system for a modular fieldbus board carrying a number of fieldbuses connected to a bulk power supply, comprising a monitoring transceiver means adapted in use to one or more of the number of fieldbuses by means of two or more common mode and/or differential mode signal injection and/or... Agent: Horst M Kasper

20070124112 - Method and computer program for determining performance of a computer system: A method and computer system are provided for determining the performance of a computer system by determining at least one current performance value of the computer system in a current configuration. Processes being executed on the computer system during measurement of the performance value are determined. A comparison is made... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070124113 - Fault detection system and method using multiway principal component analysis: A fault detection system and method is provided that facilitates detection of faults that are manifest over a plurality of different operational phases. The fault detection system and method use multiway principal component analysis (MPCA) to detect fault from turbine engine sensor data. Specifically, the fault detection system uses a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070124114 - Device testing framework for creating device-centric scenario-based automated tests: A target test framework and method are provided which can enable scenario writer(s) to design and implement driver test(s) by providing a platform to build scenario-based automated tests for device(s) and device driver(s) by using a set of components designed for target testing. The framework enables scenario writer(s) to perform... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070124115 - Safety-oriented control system: For the purpose of controlling safety functions as part of a system controller which is not oriented to safety functions in an automation system, the invention provides safety modules having a sound functionality and provides a safety protocol which transmits data in the form of safety messages, wherein input and... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070124117 - Method and system for fiber tracking: One embodiment of the present invention includes a system comprising to determine a direction of tracking a fiber based on a vector corresponding to a largest value of a set of values for a tensor, if an anisotropy value of the tensor is greater than or equal to a first... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070124116 - System and method for metadata verification during measurement processing: A system and method of verifying metadata in a measurement processing system is described. Each combination of metadata is associated with a key, and the keys are used to verify that operations performed using the measurements are valid based on the metadata of the respective measurements. Embodiments allow metadata verification... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070124118 - Expert knowledge methods and systems for data analysis: A method for adjusting a data set defining a set of process runs, each process run having a set of data corresponding to a set of variables for a wafer processing operation is provided. A model derived from a data set is received. A new data set corresponding to one... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070118290 - Atmospheric feature detection using lagrangian scalar integration: Described are a method and a system for detecting an atmospheric feature. A value of a meteorological scalar field at an initial time is determined for a set of tracers. Each tracer is initialized at a first tracer location. An integration time is selected according to a coherence time of... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20070118289 - Methods and apparatus for emergency rig monitoring: Methods and apparatus for emergency rig monitoring are disclosed herein. The invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for monitoring an offshore rig. The rig monitoring systems and methods of use can relay information regarding the rig such as location, attitude (e.g. tilt, oscillation), and local water and weather conditions.... Agent: B. Todd Patterson Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070118291 - System and method for producing a flexible geographical grid: A variable resolution grid provides a mechanism for focusing specific concentrations of risk exposure on a geographical grid to determine projected loss caused by a particular catastrophe. The geographic grid provides a stable base map by using latitudes and longitudes to define the grid points and cells. Each cell is... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky And Popeo PC

20070118293 - Method of estimating geological formation depths by converting interpreted seismic horizons the time domain to the depth domain: A method of estimating geological location depths by converting horizon data from the time domain to the depth domain is provided wherein the method includes at least a data accumulation step and a data evaluation step, and wherein the data evaluation step further includes assignment of greater statistical weight to... Agent: Arnold & Ferrera, L.L.P.

20070118292 - Stress and pore pressure limits using a strength of materials approach: A method of developing a reservoir in an earth formation. Seismic measurements are used for defining the first set of constraints in distress diagram characterizing the subsurface. Trend data are used for defining additional constraints in distress diagram. These constraints are used in performing operations for relating to the development... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070118294 - Determining useful life of a fluid using inventory information: A method for determining the remaining time a fluid in a container can be used. The method includes: determining the amount of fluid in the container; and determining the remaining time based on the amount of fluid in the container. Preferably, the step of determining the remaining time is calculated... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070118295 - Methods and systems for designing animal food compositions: A method for preparing a food composition for animals comprising (a) accessing at least one database that comprises a first data set relating functional genomic profile of a biofluid or tissue sample from an animal to physiological condition and optionally genotype of the animal; (b) accessing at least one database... Agent: Colgate-palmolive Company

20070118296 - System and methods for three dimensional molecular structural analysis: The present invention relates to methods and systems for the accurate prediction of nucleic acid, e.g., RNA and DNA, and other macromolecular and biomolecular three-dimensional structure from sequence and constraint information.... Agent: Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20070118297 - Methods for identifying discrete populations (e.g., clusters) of data within a flow cytometer multi-dimensional data set: Systems and methods for identifying populations of events in a multi-dimensional data set, e.g., seven dimensional flow cytometry data of a blood sample. The populations may, for example, be sets or clusters of data representing different white blood cell components in the sample. The methods use a library consisting of... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070118299 - Automated identification of carbohydrates: Disclosed is a computerized method for identifying peaks corresponding to glycans from a mass spectrum. At least one glycan spectrum is received from a mass spectrometer, with each glycan spectrum including peaks having a measured mass. Glycan identifications are automatically assigned to each of the peaks and these assignments are... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070118298 - Method and apparatus for chromatographic data processing: A chromatographic analyzer is provided for facilitating curve fitting by means of the linear least-square method for a chromatogram that contains a plurality of overlapping peaks. The present invention is characterized by a chromatographic data processor for executing data processing of a chromatogram obtained by separating a sample to be... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070118300 - Method and apparatus for cassette integrity testing using a wafer sorter: A system and methods are described for the evaluation of the integrity of a wafer cassette and the disposition thereof based upon evaluation of wafer measurement data obtained using a wafer sorter cassette mapping system utilized in-line during wafer sorting operations. One method comprises initially placing two or more wafers... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070118301 - System to monitor the health of a structure, sensor nodes, program product, and related methods: A system to monitor the health of a structure, health monitoring sensor nodes, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system includes an array of health monitoring sensor nodes connected to or embedded within a structure to monitor the health of the structure. Each health monitoring sensor node includes... Agent: James E. Bradley

20070118302 - Multi-body problem computing apparatus and method: A force/virial calculator selects one of a plurality of miniature cells divided from a basic cell having a periodic boundary condition, sequentially selects a particle included in the miniature cell, and calculates a force exerted by the particle on a particle intended for calculation. A sum total calculator accumulates the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070118303 - Flow assurance monitoring: In one oil production operation, a fluid conduit transports a fluid from a well head to a floating production platform. To prevent an occurrence of formations that obstruct the flow of fluid in the fluid conduit, a forecast is made as to whether a flow assurance curve will intersect an... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070118304 - Method and apparatus for determining a quality metric of a measurement of a fluid parameter: An apparatus for measuring a parameter of a fluid passing through a pipe includes a spatial array of at least two sensors disposed at different axial locations along the pipe. Each of the sensors provides a signal indicative of unsteady pressure within the pipe at a corresponding axial location of... Agent: Cidra Corporation

20070118305 - Contact sensitive device: A contact sensitive device includes a member capable of supporting bending waves and a plurality of sensors mounted on the member for measuring bending wave vibration in the member. The sensors measure the bending wave signals and by calculating a phase angle for each measured bending wave signal and a... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP

20070118306 - System and method utilizing virtual switching for electrical panel metering: A system and method utilizing virtual switching in an electrical panel meter. The virtual switching enables the meter to be upgraded or downgraded through a switching signal, by activating or deactivating the metering functions that are to be performed in the meter. Accordingly, when the upgrade or downgrade is necessary,... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070118307 - Motor parameter estimation method and apparatus: A system and method for establishing estimated values of electrical parameters of a motor. The electrical parameters may be established from motor databases, measured input electrical data, measured output data, and various estimations to account for unknown motor parameters. Compensations also may be provided for stator resistance, cable resistance, and... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20070118308 - Motor parameter estimation method and apparatus: A system and method for establishing estimated values of electrical parameters of a motor. The electrical parameters may be established from motor databases, measured input electrical data, measured output data, and various estimations to account for unknown motor parameters. Compensations also may be provided for stator resistance, cable resistance, and... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20070118309 - Battery monitor: Circuit and methods for tracking the total amount of time that a host device has spent in its high power “activated” state (and optionally idle and hibernate states) and thereby can estimate the total power consumed by the host device. A value representing this time may be send to a... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070118310 - System, and method for quantifying voltage anomalies: A system and method of quantifying voltage anomalies may be used to quantify low frequency voltage transients such as the type caused by power factor correction (PFC) or similar events. The system and method of quantifying voltage anomalies receives sampled voltage data values and computes ideal sine wave data values.... Agent: Kevin J. Carroll Grossman Tucker Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070118311 - Voltage sense apparatus and method for a capacitor charger: In a capacitor charger including a transformer to transform a primary coil voltage to a secondary coil voltage to charge a capacitor at an output through a charging node to approach a predetermined voltage, a voltage sense apparatus and method comprise sensing the voltage on the capacitor with a voltage... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070118312 - Magnetic sensing system and method: A coil at a first location in magnetic communication with a door of a vehicle generates a magnetic field responsive to a time varying signal applied thereto. The first location and the coil are adapted so that the magnetic field is influenced by an opening state of the door, and... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.C.

20070118313 - Systems and methods for detecting discontinuous fibers in composite laminates: Systems and methods for detecting discontinuous fibers in composite laminates are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting an incident ultrasonic signal onto a front surface of a composite laminate at a plurality of locations over an area of interest, receiving a full waveform at each of the plurality... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070118316 - Determining frequency components of jitter: A method of determining frequency components of jitter in a waveform is provided. The method includes conducting a plurality of locally-in-order strobings of the waveform. Changing the acquisition time associated with each locally-in-order strobing. Measuring jitter associated with each locally-in-order strobing and determining jitter as a function of frequency based... Agent: Teradyne, Inc

20070118315 - Jitter measurement algorithm using locally in-order strobes: A method of jitter measurement is provided and includes sampling a device-under-test (DUT) output signal, having a repeating pattern, using an asynchronous clock over a desired period of time and mapping the samples onto a single period of the repeating pattern. Each period of the repeating pattern is sampled at... Agent: Teradyne, Inc

20070118314 - Jitter measuring apparatus, jitter measuring method and test apparatus background of the invention: There is provided a jitter measuring apparatus for measuring jitter in a signal-under-measurement, having a pulse generator for outputting a pulse signal having a pulse width set in advance corresponding to edges-under-measurement from which the timing jitter is to be measured in the signal-under-measurement, a filter for removing a carrier... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070118317 - System and method for generating triggers based on predetermined trigger waveform and a measurement signal: A test measurement system and method which uses parallel digital samples of an input measurement signal to determine a trigger point for a predetermined trigger waveform. The system correlates the predetermined trigger waveform with digital samples of the input measurement signal. The result of this correlation is then used to... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070118318 - Sensor hysteresis reduction: A method and circuit includes a means for reducing hysteresis in a system. The method includes the definition of boundary conditions relative to an incoming signal. The boundary conditions and the incoming signal are then utilized to determine a proper correction value. The hysteresis correction value is tailored to changes... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070118319 - System and method for testing control processes in a vehicle: System for testing control processes in a vehicle, including a simulation model which responds to the control processes to be tested, experiment software being superimposed upon the simulation model, and a signal pattern being formed between the experiment software and a component triggering the signal pattern; the signal pattern being... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070118320 - Simulating topography of a conductive material in a semiconductor wafer: A dimension of a conductive material in a semiconductor wafer is determined by a computer that treats as identical (a) volume of the conductive material which is proportional to an effective surface area of sidewalls of an insulative trench and (b) volume of the conductive material derived from geometry based... Agent: Silcon Valley Patent Group LLP

20070118321 - Test set for testing a device and methods for use therewith: A test set for testing a device includes a protocol encoder for formatting a plurality of test data in accordance with a channel protocol to create formatted data. A channel encoder encodes the formatted data in accordance with at least one analog channel parameter and at least one analog perturbation... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070118322 - Testing circuit for a data interface: A testing circuit for an interface includes a load feeding circuit and a voltage testing circuit. The load feeding circuit includes a resistance-regulating unit, a first comparator, a pass element, and a capacitor. The resistance-regulating unit is connected to a positive input of the first comparator. A negative input of... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070118323 - Method for analyzing measurement data of device under test, program, measurement data analyzing system: An operation method for a semiconductor measurement apparatus includes measuring means, displaying means, inputting means, storing means, and computing and controlling means that is connected to each means and that performs computation and control. The method includes selecting, through the inputting means, a template for a semiconductor measurement-evaluation application displayed... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070118324 - Explosive device detection based on differential emissivity: Techniques for monitoring thermal emissivity levels of human traffic within a plurality of sections of a zone of interest are presented. The thermal emissivity levels are monitored using an infrared detector with sensitivity range of less than fifty milliKelvin, and in some variations, about fifteen to thirty milliKelvin, such as... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070118325 - Device and method for controlling the state of an energy accumulator: The invention concerns a device and method for checking the state of an accumulator with energy reserve that is connected to a fluid system. According to the invention, the fluid system is first of all pressurized and this fluid is maintained at an operating pressure PF for at least a... Agent: Perman & Green

20070118326 - Method for compensating for acceleration vector offset, recording medium storing program for executing the method, and related apparatus: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for compensating for an acceleration vector offset of an acceleration detector, a recording medium storing a program for executing the method, and an apparatus adapted to perform the method. The method comprises determining whether the acceleration detector is in a stable resting state;... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070118327 - Speed sensor: A speed sensor includes a magnetic pickup generating a cyclical output based upon passing teeth of a rotating gear. A counter counts the number of clock pulses that are generated during a measurement period of the cyclical output. The measurement period, in terms of cycles of the cyclical output, is... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070118328 - Shoe-based weight measuring system: A shoe-based weight measuring system, comprising: a shoe; one or more weight sensitive detectors constructed and arranged with the shoe to sense weight of a person wearing the shoe and walking or standing; a processor for processing signals from the detectors to determine a weight of the person; a remote... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070118329 - Form measuring instrument: A form measuring instrument comprising: a roughness sensor placed on the table, and for outputting measurement data that includes information on the cross-sectional shape; a relative movement mechanism for relatively moving the table and the roughness sensor such that the position of the roughness sensor on the workpiece is relatively... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070118330 - Dual wall turbine blade ultrasonic wall thickness measurement technique: A method and apparatus is provided to analyze a dual wall structure having at least one hollow core therein and having the same unknown material sound velocities in walls and in post as well. A transducer is located in at least two different positions with respect to the structure, whereby... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070118331 - Method, system, and program product for accommodating spatially-correlated variation in a process parameter: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for accommodating spatially-correlated variation in a process parameter during statistical timing of a circuit. In one embodiment, the method includes dividing an area of the circuit into a plurality of grid cells; associating an independent random variable with each of the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070118332 - Hierarchical and distributed information processing architecture for a container security system: A hierarchical and distributed system architecture for a container monitoring and security system is provided. The architecture may be a hierarchical chain of separate, related processing elements. The partitioning of functions and distribution of processing among these or other similar hierarchical elements in the network is provided. The elements may... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070118333 - Machinery facility condition monitoring method and system and abnormality diagnosis system: An abnormality diagnosis system for diagnosing a presence or absence of an abnormality of a bearing unit for a railway vehicle axle, comprises a sensing/processing portion for outputting a signal generated from the bearing unit as an electric signal, a calculating/processing portion for making an abnormality diagnosis of the bearing... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070118334 - Data logger for a measuring device: A circuit arrangement for transmitting data between a field unit and a control device with a first data interface for being coupled to the control device and a second data interface for being coupled to the field unit. A galvanic isolator is situated between the data interface on the side... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070118336 - Automated collection of information: Computer-implemented methods and apparatus are provided for collecting information gathered by an instrumentation mechanism for transport to an information collection facility. In one embodiment, the information that is collected is defined by a configuration file. An application may examine the configuration file, execute one or more queries specified by the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070118335 - System to monitor the health of a structure, sensor nodes, program product, and related methods: A system to monitor the health of a structure, health monitoring sensor nodes, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system includes an array of health monitoring sensor nodes connected to or embedded within a structure to monitor the health of the structure. Each health monitoring sensor node includes... Agent: James E. Bradley

20070112518 - Method and apparatus for measuring the wettability of geological formations: The invention discloses a method for determining the wettability of an underground formation traversed by a borehole, the method comprising: determining the critical water fraction of the underground formation; determining the critical water fraction of the underground formation taken entirely oil-wet, which is called the oil-wet critical water fraction; and... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070112519 - Interactive weather advisory system: A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to at least one of a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network. The broadcast network comprises a user input database, a communicator location database, a weather analysis unit, and a communication network. The user input database... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070112520 - Building structures monitoring system: System for monitoring the stability status of building structures made of steel, wood, reinforced concrete or other suitable material, including, in combination, a management and control station (C) thereto one or more seismic and/or vibrational sensors (S) of known type are connected, respectively calibrated on the band of the yielding... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070112521 - Real-time imaging while drilling: Measurements made by a formation evaluation sensor downhole are processed to produce an image and a bitstream characterizing the image is transmitted uphole. The parameters used in the downhole processing are dynamically alterable.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070112526 - Computer method and system for predicting physical properties using a conceptual segment model: Methods of conducting industrial manufacture, research or development. The method comprise computer-implemented steps of modeling at least one physical property of a mixture of at least two chemical species by determining at least one conceptual segment for each of the chemical species. The steps of determining at least one conceptual... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070112524 - Correlation of dna/amino acid sequences: This program is one of many approaches to correlating nucleotides, amino acids or any biophysical parameter in quantum biology. The output is a correlation coefficient and the innovative result is the quanification of any biomolecular sequence. This reading frame distance approach is the most important of all, as it gives... Agent: James H. King

20070112523 - Ligands for 17i as modulators of orthopox viruses and methods for discovery thereof: Disclosed are structural coordinates that define the three-dimensional (3D) structure of I7L proteinase and methods by which the coordinates may be used to develop compounds that bind to, and/or modulate, I7L. The technology described herein may be applied to the development of antiviral compounds that target I7L, or may be... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP - 41305 Charles Calkins

20070112522 - Method of determining structural prototype data for a technical lightweight structure: A method of determining structural data of a prototype for a lightweight technical structure by selecting shell architectures of natural bio-mineralized unicellular organisms in accordance with an aspect set very closely adapted to the lightweight structure to be produced and by directly copying and thereafter scaling their structural data to... Agent: Law Offices Of Kark Hormann

20070112525 - System and device for image-based biological data quantification: A device and method for determining a concentration of a biological target including capturing an image of a ticket that contains the biological target; extracting a region of interest from the captured image; detecting a target from the extracted region of interest; computing intensity of the target in the region... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070112527 - Predictive technologies for lubricant development: In a method for predicting and/or correlating additive chemical structure to engine performance, at least one molecular descriptor for one or more additives are used to characterize the chemical structure. Based on the selected molecular descriptors, a value or functional relation of model parameters of a mechanistic engine model for... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070112528 - Leak detection system and method: A system for detecting leaks in vehicles comprises memory, at least one sensor, an input device, and logic. The memory stores a plurality of threshold profiles, and the sensor is disposed outside of a vehicle for sensing energy emitted by a transmitter disposed inside of the vehicle. The input device... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070112529 - Method for non-distructive measurement or comparison of a laser radiation content in optical components: A predictive choice process of a manufacturing process of an optical component intended to be subjected to laser fluxes, the choice being intended to select from among several possible manufacturing processes that which results in components having better laser flux behaviour than those obtained by the other possible processes characterised... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070112530 - Systems and methods for distributed utilities: A monitoring system for distributed utilities. A generation device is provided for converting an available resource to a desired utility; the resource may be water, in which case the generator is a purifier for providing potable water, or, alternatively, the generator may convert a fuel to electrical power. In either... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070112531 - Apparatus and method for identifying informative data in a process control environment: A method includes identifying a signal and a disturbance using historical data associated with one or more process variables. The method also includes decomposing the signal and the disturbance at a plurality of resolution levels. The method further includes identifying a plurality of points associated with the decomposed signal using... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070112532 - Method of crossover region phase correction when summing signals in multiple frequency bands: A signal processing system may compensate for the relative phase difference between multiple frequency bands so that the combination of the bands is constructive throughout a substantial portion of the band overlap or crossover region. In one embodiment, a signal combining system may include a comparator for determining a relative... Agent: Lecroy Corporation

20070112533 - Method for failure analysis and system for failure analysis: After completion of an arbitrary device process, an apparatus for micro-sample extraction extracts a part of a wafer as a micro-sample of a size equal to or larger than a repetition pattern with a probe and places the extracted micro-sample to a micro-sample storage, and the micro-sample storage is stored... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070112534 - Peak pattern calibration: A method for calibrating a sample peak pattern comprises aligning at least one second reference peak of the first calibration peak pattern with at least one corresponding second reference peak of the second calibration peak pattern, and performing an interpolation of the respective positions of the first reference peak in... Agent: Perman & Green

20070112535 - Optical aberration correction for machine vision inspection systems: A high-accuracy optical aberration correction system and method. Z-heights determined by an auto-focus tool, which would otherwise vary depending on the orientation angle of surface features or edges in the focus region of interest, and on the location of the focus region of interest in the field of view, are... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070112536 - Measuring gas meter and volume corrector accuracy: Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products relate to measuring the combined accuracy of a gas meter and a volume corrector as a system. The measurement is performed with a transfer prover, and may be performed automatically on either integrated or non-integrated volume correctors and meters. In one embodiment, a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070112537 - Method for learning characteristic curves for hydraulic valves: The described method and computer program product for calibrating one or more electrically actuated hydraulic valves of analog operation render it possible to facilitate the provision of precise actuation characteristic curves in a controlled motor vehicle brake system. To achieve this aim, at least one or respectively one characteristic curve... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070112538 - Concurrent control of semiconductor parametric testing: An automated semiconductor parametric test system has a control module that is operable to concurrently control both operation of semiconductor test equipment and operation of parametric test instrumentation. A state oscillator module is controlled by the control module, and further may be operated by the control module in some embodiments... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070112539 - Device for the preparation execution and evaluation of a non-destructive analysis: The invention relates to a device (10), for the preparation, execution and evaluation of a non-destructive analysis with one or more suitable analysis devices (20) of any type. The device (10) includes an input device (12), an output device (14), a data store, a data processing unit (16), an interface... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070112540 - Terminal device, terminal device control method, and terminal device control program: A terminal device including: receiving condition information generating means for generating receiving condition information indicating a receiving condition of the satellite signals obtained when the speed vector information was generated; speed vector reliability information generating means for generating speed vector reliability information indicating reliability of the speed vector information, based... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070112541 - Form measuring device, form measuring method, form analysis device, form analysis program, and recording medium storing the program: The present invention provides a form measuring device comprising a measuring section (302) for obtaining measurement data obtained by measuring a space between a straightedge rule (321) and an edge of an object to be measured (305) paired with each other, a function value setting section for setting form-function values,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070112542 - Methods for determining weight of a person: A method for monitoring fractional weight supported by one foot of a person, comprising the steps of adhering a movement monitor device underneath the foot such that the device is compressed when weight is applied to the foot; generating wireless signals representative of a target fractional weight of a total... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070112543 - Computer-implemented techniques and system for characterizing geometric parameters of an edge break in a machined part: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program code are provided for characterizing an edge break, e.g., part features and/or geometric discontinuities that could give rise to edge sharpness, as may be encountered in a chamfer, bevel, fillet and other part features. The methodology enables to accurately and consistently determine in... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070112544 - Dynamic on-chip logic analysis: An apparatus and a method for analyzing signals within an integrated circuit are described. In one embodiment of the present invention, internal IC signals are tapped, sampled and stored according to one or more sampling criteria. The signals may be taken from multiple locations within the IC and the information... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070112545 - Random sample timing method and system using same: Random sampling within a bounded sample timing interval is used to acquire samples until a signal to noise ratio of an estimated spectrum from the acquired samples achieves a target signal to noise ratio.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070106476 - Method and system for forming decoding device: A method of forming a decoding device to enable hidden information or indicia on an article to be revealed is described. The method comprises electronically transferring data defining the decoding device from a central source (3) to a remote site (6). The decoding device is created at the remote site... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070106478 - Accessing predictive data: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that access a first dataset in response to a first request associated with a treatment parameter and a first predictive basis, determine a graphical illustration of a first possible outcome of a use of the treatment parameter with respect... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070106479 - Method and apparatus for computer modeling of the interaction between and among cortical and subcortical areas in the human brain for the purpose of predicting the effect of drugs in psychiatric & cognitive diseases: Computer modeling of interactions between and among cortico and subcortical areas of the human brain, for example in a normal and a pathological state resembling schizophrenia which pathological state has inputs representing the effects of a drug(s), for the purpose of using the outputs to predict the effect of drugs... Agent: Berliner & Associates

20070106477 - Predictive technologies for lubricant development: Method for predicting and/or correlating additive structure to engine performance includes developing molecular descriptors for one or more additives, developing a kinetic model for the engine performance using kinetic parameters, determining the relation between the molecular descriptors and the kinetic parameters by testing compositions comprising one or more additives, developing... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070106481 - Data input support system for gene analysis: A data input support system is provided to preliminarily remove particular error causes when genotype data are input for a program to execute linkage disequilibrium analysis or the like. By taking advantage of limiting conditions characteristic of genotype input data and the statistical properties of the entire data set, possible... Agent: Reed Smith LLP Suite 1400

20070106480 - Method and system for generating sequences with specific characteristics using adaptive genetic algorithm: Embodiments of the present invention relates to generating sequences, wherein the sequences are used in a communication system and the method comprises the following operations: 1) generating a plurality of sequences with a predetermined length randomly; 2) computing a specific parameter value of each sequence; 3) selecting a plurality of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070106482 - Fast imaging system calibration: Systems and methods are disclosed for calibrating an imaging system comprising a processing unit communicatively coupled to one or more imaging devices. The imaging system may also include a display. In an embodiment, a sequence of display features are displayed on a display, and imaged by the imaging device or... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070106483 - Hybrid hardware/firmware multi-axis accelerometers for pointer control and user interface: A portable computing device with hybrid hardware/firmware accelerometers for pointer control and user interface is disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable computing device can include: (i) at least one accelerometer; and (ii) an embedded controller coupled to the accelerometer, where the embedded controller can change a parameter or variable of... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070106484 - Entertainment ride experience enhancement system: An automated entertainment ride experience enhancement system providing a multi-media memento of rides taken for entertainment. The system comprises a series of audio, video and vehicular and personal data capture devices arranged on, adjacent to and remote from the rider transport mechanism of the ride. The system collects and synchronizes... Agent: Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070106485 - Identifying a state of a system using an artificial neural network generated model: The state or condition of a system may be evaluated by comparing a set of selected parameter values, converted into a trial vector, with a number of model or exemplar vectors, each of which was represents a particular state or condition of a sample system. Examples of such conditions may... Agent: Law Office Of Dan Shifrin, PC - Ibm

20070100555 - Advanced cosmetic color analysis system and methods therefor: An advanced cosmetic color analysis system analyzes the color of a three dimensional object to produce a plurality of color values for distinct subsets of a portion of the object, and a cosmetic analyzer combines the color values to produce a cosmetic color determination that has relative weightings of multiple... Agent: Robert D. Fish Rutan & Tucker, LLP

20070100554 - Measuring method of cylindrical body: The present invention aims at providing a measuring method of making loads of measurement few, making each measured value extremely exact, and efficiently reducing the number of measurement points, in cylindrical dimension measurement, and in particular, the measurement of a circumferential shape. In a measuring method of a shape of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070100553 - Shape simulation method, program and apparatus: A simulation environment establishment unit constructs a three-dimensional virtual space for a simulation, where a plurality of lattice points is orthogonally arranged as well as ensures in a storage step a storage region storing information for each of the plurality of lattice points. A surface shape processing unit sequentially grows... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070100559 - Crystal structure of a deacetylase and inhibitors thereof: The present invention provides three-dimensional structural information from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus which is a histone deacetylase-like protein (HDLP). HDLP shares 35.2% amino acid sequence identity with human histone deacetylase (HDAC1). The present invention further provides three-dimensional structural information of HDLP bound by inhibitor molecules. The three-dimensional structural information... Agent: Mintz Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Et Al.

20070100560 - Crystal structures of mk2 and uses thereof: This invention is directed to the crystal structures of MK2, and to the use of these structures in rational drug design methods to identify agents that may interact with active sites of MK2 proteins. Such agents may be useful as therapeutic agents.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070100561 - Crystals of dpp-iv: The present invention provides a crystal of the extracellular domain of mammalian DPP-IV, wherein the crystal has an orthorhombic space group of P212121 and one homodimer of DPP-IV in the asymmetric unit. Also provided is a co-crystal which includes a ligand bound to the active site of mammalian DPP-IV. The... Agent: Hoffmann-la Roche Inc. Patent Law Department

20070100557 - Selection of genotyped transfusion donors by cross-matching to genotyped recipients: Disclosed are methods for establishing the compatibility between two bloodtypes on the basis of cross-matching (under a designated rule of stringency) the minor blood group genotypes of recipient and prospective donors. To determine compatibility, the blood group genotypes are mapped to corresponding phenotypes according to the expression states associated with... Agent: Eric P. Mirabez

20070100556 - System, method and software arrangement utilizing a multi-strip procedure that can be applied to gene characterization using dna-array data: A system, method and software arrangement are provided that use a fast adaptive multiscale procedure to characterize a random set of points spanning a high dimensional Euclidean space, and concentrated around special lower dimensional subsets. The procedure can be adapted to analyze gene expression data from microarray experiments, and may... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070100558 - Using biological models: Among other things, using a computer to enable a user to express a behavioral motif with respect to at least one biological entity, and causing the expressed behavioral motif to be tested with respect to a model that represents at least part of the at least one biological entity and... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070100562 - Karyometry-based method for prediction of cancer event recurrence: A biological tissue sample is scanned to produce an image and corresponding optical-density data. A computerized algorithm is used to identify, segregate, and produce images of nuclei contained in the image. The OD values corresponding to nuclear chromatin are used to identify numerical patterns known to have statistical significance in... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070100563 - Probe selection methods, computer program products, systems and arrays: Probe selection methods, computer program products, systems and arrays are provided. The probes can be used, for example, in genome scanning applications such as array CGH and/or location analysis.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070100564 - Medical body core thermometer: A temperature sensing device accurately determines the core temperature of a warm blooded animal or human based on at least one measurement of the temperature of the skin of the warm blooded animal or human. The device includes a housing, and a first contact type temperature sensing element coupled to... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070100565 - System and computer program product for analyzing and manufacturing a structural member having a predetermined load capacity: A system and computer program product for analyzing a load capacity of a composite member are provided. The system includes devices or modules for receiving model data that is characteristic of a configuration and load condition of a structural member and material data that is characteristic of material properties of... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070100566 - Method for measuring capacitance and equivalent parallel resistance: CX is measured in the presence of RP by charging CX with a constant current IC for a period time and taking four (time, voltage) pairs: (tA,VA), (tB,VB), (tC,VC) and (tD,VD). The first pair are sufficiently close together that the short straight line segment connecting (tA, VA) and(tB, VB) is... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070100567 - Faraday system integrity determination: A system, method and program product for determining the integrity of a faraday system are disclosed. The invention uses a computer infrastructure to control an automatic determination of a faraday system integrity, when the faraday system is not in operation. The determination is based on the variations on an impedance... Agent: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Assc., Inc.

20070100568 - Compressed logic sample storage: A test and measurement Instrument samples an input digital logic signal to produce logic samples, compresses the logic samples into compression codes, and stores the compression codes into acquisition memory. Compression includes parsing the logic samples into groups and assigning compression codes to those groups, and is performed so as... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070100569 - Method of automated calibration and diagnosis of laboratory instruments: Method and system providing an automated workflow for installing and/or calibrating laboratory equipment. The workflow empowers an end user to perform installation and calibration thereby reducing the costs associated with such activities. The automated workflow taught herein, can greatly reduce the incidence of calibration error by providing for verification of... Agent: Mila Kasan, Patent Dept. Applied Biosystems

20070100570 - Dual sine-wave time stamp method and apparatus: A time of an event can be determined by acquiring an amplitude, at the time of the event, of at least two periodic timing signals that are out of phase with each other. The time of the event within a cycle of at least one of the timing signals can... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070100571 - Control system and lighting control system: The invention judges whether or not the relation between an illumination at a desired position and a target illumination satisfies a predetermined condition, and causes the illumination at the desired position to approach the target illumination by letting a plurality of lighting devices successively perform a procedure of increasing/decreasing their... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070100572 - System and method for testing a buzzer associated with a computer: An exemplary system for testing a buzzer (110) associated with a computer (100) includes a buzzing module (122) for controlling the buzzer to sound continuously according to a reference frequency value and a reference amplitude value; a recording module (124) for storing the buzzer sound recorded by an audio receiving... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070100573 - Transmitter and transmitter testing method: A transmitter and a method for testing the transmitter which allow easy testing for a failure in the detection processing unit thereof, thereby reducing required manpower and cost, are provided. The transmitter is provided with a detection processing unit for detecting a process variable and processing an electric signal which... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070100574 - Method and system for validating pci/pci-x adapters: An automated system for validating Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus adapters or PCI-X bus adapters has a computer, motherboard, a PCI-X bus and isolated test slot for operatively coupling a PCI/PCI adapter under test through the PCI-X bus to the motherboard. The isolated test slot is adapted and arranged to... Agent: Pete Scott, Senior Corporate Counsel Lsi Logic Corporation

20070100575 - Method for eliminating reading errors in a non-contact microwave solids flow meter: Method for eliminating or reducing reading errors of a non-contact microwave solids flow meter measuring solid particulate flow. The method is particularly suitable for calibration procedures prior to installation into an operating system. The flow meter is very sensitive and may pick up backscatter from dust and/or particulate clouds of... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20070100576 - Radial force variation prediction method, tangential force variation prediction method, radial run out prediction method, tire angle acceleration fluctuation prediction method, radial run out measurement apparatus, radial run out estimation method, inform: It is possible to significantly reduce a prediction error of the high-speed RFV and the high-speed TFV in a tire having a large PRO growth amount at high speed. Three or more sample tires are extracted from each lot. The PRO and RFV are measured and the least-square method is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070100577 - System and process for charting and displaying the time and position of contestants in a race: A system and a process for determining the timing and position of contestants on a track. This system comprises at least one directional antenna that projects a field from an inside rail to an outside rail on the track. There is also at least one competitor communication device that can... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070100578 - Phaseshift interferometer: The present invention provides an investigation device for investigating a sample of a solid, liquid or gaseous medium. The device has a transmission mechanism capable of sending several transmitted signals of different frequencies and a receiving mechanism for receiving received signals corresponding to the various transmitted signals. The device further... Agent: Lang Michener

20070100579 - Control for hand-held imaging array using computer mouse configuration: A hand held non-destructive testing device has a frame which supports an NDI sensor and incorporates means for translation across a surface to be inspected with position registration and resilient means for maintaining the sensor and the translation means in intimate contact with the surface. An ergonomic handle is mounted... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20070100580 - Measuring layer thickness or composition changes: A method of measuring the thickness or the rate of change of thickness of a layer as the layer is being formed on a substrate, includes illuminating the layer through the substrate with low coherence light that transmits through the layer; collecting a portion of the reflected light from each... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070100581 - Method and apparatus for assessing the health of an infant by estimating average growth velocity using an exponential model: The invention covers a method and apparatus for assessing the health of an infant by accurately estimating the average growth velocity of the infant. The invention employs an exponential model to estimate growth velocity based on at least two weight measurements from different days of life of an infant. The... Agent: Craig M. Kuchii

20070100582 - Smart repair patch and associated method: A system and method for identifying defects in a repair patch applied to a structure are provided. The system includes a sheet of material configured to be attached to the structure, and a mechanism operable to generate stress waves within and along the sheet of material. The system also includes... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070100583 - Equipment inspection support system, equipment inspection support method, and program therefor: An equipment inspection support system, equipment inspection support method, and program including maintenance and inspection management unit selecting and transmitting to a terminal device inspection item contents stored in contents storage unit, receiving inspection result data transmitted from terminal device; timing determination unit determining status information acquisition timing by status... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070100584 - Reliability tools for complex systems: Tools for the maintenance of complex plants or systems are provided. A master equipment list of components included in a complex plant are organized according to systems. Those components that are critical to the function of the associated system are identified. A template modeling aspects of each critical component is... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070100585 - Support network: A method of device maintenance, comprising: providing a maintenance network including a user site and a multi-device servicing site that provides maintenance to at least one target device in said user site; selecting, by a user, a degree of access of maintenance functions of said servicing site to at least... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070100586 - Direct fault diagnostics using per-pattern compactor signatures: In embodiments of the disclosed technology, diagnosis of a circuit is performed using compactor signatures (a technique referred to herein as “signature-based diagnosis”). Signature-based diagnosis typically does not require a test step that bypasses the compactor. Compactor signatures can be read from a compactor on a per-pattern basis, and an... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070100587 - Noise reduction and estimation of pipeline signals: A method and apparatus for sensor output signal noise reduction in which at least one sensor output signal is introduced into an LMS-based adaptive noise cancellation mechanism and the resulting noise cancellation mechanism output signal is processed using a sub-band spectral subtractive mechanism, producing a reduced noise signal.... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20070100588 - Method and apparatus for compensating for ac coupling errors in rms measurements: Apparatus for compensating for a coupling error in an input signal may include a blocking correction filter. The blocking correction filter applies to the input signal a transfer function comprising a settling parameter.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.