Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 08/07

20070203650 - Environmental sensing: One apparatus embodiment includes an electronics assembly including an environmental sensor, memory that provides data storage, a logic circuit, an indicator component, and a power source for providing power to at least one of the logic circuit and the memory. The logic circuit can be designed to perform a time... Agent: Brooks & Cameron, PLLC Suite 500

20070203655 - Method and apparatus for producing quantum entanglement and non-local effects of substances: A method and apparatus are disclosed which produce quantum entanglement and non-local effects of various substances on responsive targets such as biological and/or chemical systems through quantum entanglement. In one broad embodiment, the apparatus includes a quantum entanglement generating source, said source emitting a plurality of quantum-entangling members such as... Agent: Huping Hu

20070203660 - Systems and related methods for managing data corresponding to environmental inspections, and for dynamically generating an inspection report: A system is provided for easily and efficiently managing a compliance monitoring process and for dynamically generating an inspection report. The system includes a database that contains data that identifies specific information about a device, system or environmental element that is located and to be inspected at a particular site.... Agent: John M. Janeway Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20070203651 - Magnetic measurements while rotating: Measurements made using at least one two-component magnetometers on a rotating bottomhole assembly are processed to correct for disturbance of the magnetic field due to the rotating drillstring and get an estimate of instantaneous toolface angle.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070203654 - Measuring apparatus, and measuring method: A measuring method, including storing reference data for two or more previously determined types of examination object compounds, so as to provide a correspondence with each of the compounds; supplying a compound to a biologically active substance attached on an attachment film to measure the interaction of said compound with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070203653 - Method and system for computational detection of common aberrations from multi-sample comparative genomic hybridization data sets: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for automatic, statistically meaningful detection of aberrations common to multiple samples within a sample set. Many various aberration-calling techniques are used to identify aberrant intervals within each of the samples of the sample set. A set of candidate... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070203652 - Method of improving a mass spectrum: The present invention provides a method of improving a mass spectrum collected from a mass spectrometer comprising a detector for collecting a mass spectrum from ions stored in or released from an ion trapping volume, wherein assignment of masses to peaks appearing in the mass spectrum is sensitive to an... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20070203656 - Freeplay monitor: A system and method for monitoring freeplay within an actuator is provided. In accordance with various embodiments, the method includes collecting a plurality of actuator parameter data sets during a predetermined period. During the predetermined time period the actuator drive motor is commanded to extend and retract an actuator output... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20070203657 - Method and device for determining the density and speed of free-flowing media: The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the density and speed of a free-flowing medium according to the preamble of patent claims 1 and 4. In order to obtain a larger variety of evaluation possibilities, the flow speed and/or the density p are derived from the... Agent: Michael M Rickin Abb Inc

20070203658 - System and method of parallel loadflow computation for electrical power system: A method of performing loadflow calculations for controlling voltages and power flow in a power network by reading on-line data of given/specified/scheduled/set network variables/parameters and using control means, so that no component of the power network is overloaded as well as there is no over/under voltage at any nodes in... Agent: Sureshchandra B Patel

20070203659 - Measuring apparatus, measuring method, testing apparatus, testing method, and electronics device: There is provided a measuring apparatus for measuring a signal-under-test, having a comparator for sequentially comparing voltage values of the signal-under-test with a reference voltage value fed thereto at timing of strobe signals sequentially fed thereto, a strobe timing generator for sequentially generating the strobe signals placed almost at equal... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070203661 - Trimming for accurate reference voltage: A method for trimming reference voltage circuitry includes defining a desired target reference voltage for a set of at least one die. At least two reference voltages are measured for at least two different trim settings associated with a given die of the at least one die. A modified target... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070203662 - Testing circuit and testing method for semiconductor device and semiconductor chip: A testing circuit for a semiconductor device having a test mode in which the information about built-in memory cannot be read after conducting a test on a semiconductor device, and cutting a pad formed in a scribe area is provided. The scribe PAD and the scribe ROM are formed in... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070203663 - System and method for scanning an intraoral cavity: According to the invention, a method and system are provided for scanning, and for facilitating scanning of, an intraoral cavity. The target parts of the intraoral cavity that it is desired to have scanned are identified, and the spatial relationships between a scanning device and the target parts of the... Agent: Gary M. Nath The Nath Law Group

20070203664 - Temperature detection circuit: First and second reference-potential generator units output first and second reference potentials V1 and V7, respectively, which correspond to first and second specific temperatures to be detected. An intermediate-potentials generator unit divides the potential difference between the reference potential V1 and the reference potential V7 to output intermediate potentials through... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070203665 - Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot: One disclosed method involves using at least one device supported by a user while the user is in locomotion on foot during an outing to monitor a performance parameter of the user comprising one a pace of the user and a speed of the user. Prior to the outing, the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070203666 - Signal-processing unit for fluxgate magnetometers: e

20070203667 - Positional information detecting method and device: In a positional information detecting device, a tone-burst signal propagating unit causes a tone-burst signal to propagate through a path. The tone-burst signal is composed of a continuous wave train, the continuous wave train including a plurality of cycles of a constant frequency. A detecting unit detects, at a predetermined... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070203668 - Immersed fuel level sensor: A level sensor includes a first transducer generating a first signal, a second transducer generating a second signal, and a processor configured to switch operation between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the first transducer generates the first signal and the second transducer senses a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070203669 - Performance monitoring method and system for a single shaft combined cycle plant: A performance monitoring system for monitoring the performance of a single shaft combined cycle plant having a steam turbine, a gas turbine and a generator connected by a single shaft, comprising: a gas turbine calculation means 2 for estimating a gas turbine output and a gas turbine exhaust gas temperature... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070203671 - Enhanced flexible process optimizer: A flexible process optimizer for recording and analyzing various parameters to improve the efficiency of a production process. The flexible process optimizer acquires and conditions signals from a variety of transducers mounted on a production machine. Through qualitative and quantitative data analysis, specific aspects are of the production process which... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070203670 - System for automatic authorization and notification of transmitted data: A data acquisition system for a machine is disclosed. The data acquisition system has an interface control module located on the machine and an offboard data system in communication with the interface control module. The interface control module is configured to collect information related to performance of the machine. The... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070203673 - 3d pre-stack full waveform inversion: A method, comprising: generating a macro P-wave velocity model, including resolution of residual moveout errors, using reflection tomography from a seismic data set; generating a diffraction response from the macro P-wave velocity model for a given common image gather location therein assuming a locally laterally invariant model; converting the generated... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C.

20070203676 - Monitor system, and monitor device and data collecting device therefor: A monitor system is formed with a programmable controller for executing a user program, a data collecting unit connected to the programmable controller for collecting variable data of the programmable controller and a monitor device connected to the data collecting unit through a communication line. The functions of the system... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070203675 - Observation apparatus, observation method and program: An observation apparatus which observers operations of an observation target apparatus, and which includes: an output signal acquisition unit for sequentially acquiring signal values by observing signals outputted by the observation target apparatus; a state storage unit for sequentially storing the acquired signal values; a determination unit for determining whether... Agent: Law Office Of Ido Tuchman (yor)

20070203674 - System and method for analyzing data streams: A system and method operates to analyze a data stream, for example, a stream of download times for accessing information through a computer network. The system and method are capable of identifying abnormalities in the data stream compared to previous data in the data stream. More particularly, the system and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070203672 - Testing a station's response to a reduction in wireless signal strength: A controllable and/or configurable device that communicates wirelessly with a station may be used to test the station. For example, the device may be configured to communicate in multiple different wireless communication modes. As another example, the device may be controlled to engage in wireless communications that do not comply... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070198202 - Measuring signal propagation and adjustable delays in electronic devices: Systems and methods to measure signal propagation delay through objects. The system includes a controller, a single shot pulse generator, a first pulse/edge former, a multiplexer/demultiplexer, a second pulse/edge former, a timer, and a counter. The controller initializes the system, the clock and the counter. A pulse is sent from... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070198203 - Data correction apparatus, data correction method, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and x-ray ct apparatus: A data correction apparatus includes a sensitivity correction unit and an SNR distribution correcting unit. The sensitivity correction unit produces first processed data by performing sensitivity correction to first objective data obtained based on correction objective data using ununiform sensitivity distribution of a sensor for acquiring the correction objective data.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070198192 - Systems and methods for well data compression: Systems and methods in which data compression techniques are utilized to fill a predetermined channel capacity are shown. According to one configuration, event data points within test data are selected for communication via the data communication channel and a data decimator is utilized to identify other data points within the... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070198193 - Automatic creation and identification of biochemical pathways: An information management system for managing biochemical information comprises data structures for modelling biochemical entities (616), categories (606) and biochemical pathways (600). Annotations form many-to-many relationships between biochemical entities and categories. The set of categories comprises function categories for describing a function of each biochemical entity associated to the function... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070198196 - Computational systems and methods relating to ameliorating an immune system: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070198195 - Determining pharmacophore features from known target ligands: A computational method of determining a set of proposed pharmacophore features describing interactions between a known biological target and known training ligands that show activity towards the biological target.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070198197 - Pattern discovery techniques for determining maximal irredundant and redundant motifs: Basis motifs awe determined from an input sequence through an iterative technique that begins by creating small solid motifs and continues to create larger motifs that include “don't care” characters and that can include flexible portions. The small solid motifs, including don't care character's and flexible portions, are concatenated to... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070198194 - Systems and methods involving data patterns such as spectral biomarkers: The present invention is generally related to the separation, fractionation, and/or characterization of molecules and/or biomolecules in one or more mixtures. After fractionation, different phases of a partitioning system can be analyzed via an analytical technique such as spectral analysis, chromatography, or the like, to produce a spectrum or other... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070198198 - Methods and apparatuses for diagnosing aml and mds: Methods, systems and equipment for diagnosing or monitoring the progression or treatment of AML or MDS. This invention identifies a plurality of AML or MDS disease genes which are differentially expressed in bone marrow cells of AML or MDS patients as compared to disease-free humans. These AML or MDS disease... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070198199 - Method and system of computing and rendering the nature of the chemical bond of hydrogen-type molecules and molecular ions: Provided is a system of computing and rendering a nature of a chemical bond based on physical, Maxwellian solutions of charge, mass, and current density functions of hydrogen-type molecules and molecular ions. The system includes a processor for processing Maxwellian equations representing charge, mass, and current density functions of hydrogen-type... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070198200 - Speed detector and servomotor: This disclosure concerns a speed detector sampling coordinates showing the position of a moving body and detecting the speed thereof includes a memory storing preset tentative angles and the values of a trigonometric function corresponding to the tentative angles; a first register storing the first coordinates of the moving body... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070198201 - Configurable voltage regulator: A voltage regulator having a device characteristic comprises a first terminal connectable to a first external impedance. A measurement circuit communicates with the first terminal to measure the first external impedance. A control circuit controls the device characteristic as a function of the measured first external impedance.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070198204 - Adaptive design of nanoscale electronic devices: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device so as to cause the device to have a desired transfer characteristic. Computations may be performed that predict a transfer characteristic of the semiconductor device for each of a plurality of different sets of values of available control parameters that may be used... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070198205 - Test apparatus: A test apparatus that tests a plurality of electronic devices in parallel is provided. The test apparatus includes: a pattern generating section that generates a test pattern provided to the plurality of electronic devices; a plurality of logical comparator circuits arranged corresponding to the plurality of electronic devices that judges... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070198206 - Device for indicating downloading of data items: A device (1) for indicating downloading of a data item (3) by a user computer (5) from a first computer (7) using a data communication network (9) is disclosed. The device (1) comprises a processor (13) being configured for receiving an upload instruction for uploading the data item (3) from... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070198207 - Assisted seismic measuring system including gps receivers: A system for analyzing three-dimensional seismic data includes a plurality of digitizer units, each with a configuration of geophones, a data recording and control center, a base GPS receiver with an associated antenna with a substantially unrestricted view of the sky and at the respective digitizer units low-power slave GPS... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20070198208 - Compass tool display object for navigating a tooth model: A compass tool having a center, together with a set of orientation arrows that correspond to pairs of anatomical reference points in a human mouth. The orientation arrows are arranged to identify given orientation axes. An image (or, more generally, a representation) of a given tooth under design is located... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20070198209 - Magnetic-sensor controller, magnetism measurement apparatus, offset setting method, and computer-readable medium on which offset setting program is recorded: A magnetic-sensor controller includes an input section, a perpendicular-bisector calculation section, a storage section, and a setting section. The input section successively inputs a plurality of magnetic data sets successively output from a three-dimensional magnetic sensor. Each magnetic data includes three components. The perpendicular-bisector calculation section calculates, for each pair... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070198210 - Digital measurement system: A digital measurement system is provided for an apparatus including first and second parts that are positionally adjustable relative to one another, the first part having a base surface and the second part being selectively adjustable toward and away from the base surface. The measurement system includes an elongate reference... Agent: William E. Noonan

20070198211 - Selection of wavelengths for integrated circuit optical metrology: Specific wavelengths to use in optical metrology of an integrated circuit can be selected using one or more selection criteria and termination criteria. Wavelengths are selected using the selection criteria, and the selection of wavelengths is iterated until the termination criteria are met.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070198212 - Form measuring instrument, form measuring method and form measuring program: A form measuring instrument measures a form of a surface of an object to be measured using a contact to follow the surface. A pseudo-measurement point acquirer acquires positional coordinates of the reference point of the contact as pseudo-measurement points when the contact touches the object at a plurality of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070198213 - Biometric quality control process: Systems and methods configured to guide and manage laboratory analytical process control operations. A Biometric quality control (QC) process application is configured to monitor bias and imprecision for each test, characterize patient population data distributions and compare, contrast, and correlate changes in patient data distributions to any change in QC... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070198214 - Trust evaluation: A solution for evaluating trust in a computer infrastructure is provided. In particular, a plurality of computing devices in the computer infrastructure evaluate one or more other computing devices in the computer infrastructure based on a set of device measurements for the other computing device(s) and a set of reference... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070198216 - Method and apparatus for analyzing computer system performance and proposing hardware component upgrades: A method and apparatus is provided for analyzing performance of a computer or data processing system, during the time that a specified task is running on the system. The analysis is used to furnish a system user with a list of proposed hardware component upgrades that would improve system performance... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070198217 - Method for determining a system operating state: Provided is a method and an apparatus for detecting an operating state or a change in an operating state in a system in which at least one analog signal indicating the operating state is present. The method includes sampling of the analog signal or of a signal dependent on the... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070198215 - Method, system, and computer program product for performing prognosis and asset management services: A method, system, and computer program product for performing prognosis and asset management services is provided. The method includes calculating an accumulated damage estimate for a component via a diagnostics function and applying future mission data for the component to at least one model that calculates accumulated damage or remaining... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070198218 - Protocol analyser arrangement, analyser module, and method of managing resources: There is provided a protocol analyser arrangement, comprising: more than one analyser module (100A, 100B, 100C) including: at least a processing unit (110) for controlling functions of the analyser module in each of the analyser modules; and a data transfer unit (106) coupled to the processing unit for communicating data... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070198221 - Flow computer with networked i/o modules: A flow computer is operable to interface with a first instrument suite associated with a first flow monitoring system. The flow computer includes a network, a first input/output (I/O) block, and a first processing unit. The first I/O block is coupled to the network and operable to communicate with the... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070198219 - Machine and/or monitoring: In a method of monitoring the status of a machine and/or a process run on the machine a plurality of parameters (v) containing information about the status of the machine and/or the process is measured and stored. From a database (24) a corresponding plurality of stored reference values for said... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070198220 - System and method for making synchronized signal measurements at spaced apart locations: A system and method is disclosed which allows for the simultaneous capturing of signals at a plurality of diverse locations. In one embodiment, all transmissions received at each location are recorded for a period of time and after that period of time the recorded transmission is discarded. When a determination... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070198222 - System and method to combine and weight multiple sensors with overlapping sensing range to create a measurement system utilized in a high integrity or safety environment: The claimed subject matter provides industrial automation systems and/or methods that can aggregate data. A plurality of sensors can provide redundant detected data. Additionally, a weighting component can respectively weight the detected data based upon a confidence of accurate measurement corresponding to each of the plurality of sensors. Further, a... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070198224 - Adjustable industrial antenna mount: A field device including a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface surrounding a main cavity. The housing further includes an aperture extending from the main cavity to the outer surface. An electrical component is located within the main cavity of the housing. An antenna is in electrical... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070198223 - Dynamic production system management: Data about operation of a well for extracting a product from the subterranean reservoir and at least one of a characteristic of a subterranean reservoir or operation of a processing and transport system upstream of a point of sale is received. A corrective action can be automatically initiated on at... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070198225 - Efficiency monitor: A system and method are provided for monitoring a reliability status of an actuator. The method includes determining a virtual actuator load value (VALV) based on various load factor parameters of a structural system component controlled by the actuator. The load factor parameters are acquired absent sensed load values from... Agent: Intellectual Property Management Boeing Management Company

20070198227 - Method and apparatus for automated characterization of objects with unknown rf characteristics: A method for generating radio frequency (RF) planning modeling data for an object. The method includes placing an RF signal source near the object and sequentially positioning a receiver at a plurality of locations around the object. At each of the locations, an indication is provided to the receiver that... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070198226 - Method for residential indoor environmental quality inspection and monitoring: Data on indoor air quality can be obtained using air monitoring stations. Air stations can provide information on odor and chemicals, microscopic airborne particulates, carbon monoxide, relative humidity, temperature and carbon dioxide. This data on indoor air quality, however, does not in itself provide a sufficiently comprehensive picture of indoor... Agent: Butler, Snow, O'mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC

20070198228 - Tire pressure control system for a motor vehicle: A tire pressure control system for a vehicle having wheels with tires includes a controller and tire pressure sensors each having a transceiver. The sensors are within respective tires. Each sensor transmits information regarding the pressure of its tire to the controller. The controller transmits to the sensors a signal... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070198229 - Method for processing a signal: During a method for processing a signal (S(A)), which reproduces a physical output quantity (A), of an industrial installation (4), an output signal (S(Z)), which reproduces a derived physical target quantity (Z), is ascertained from the signal (S(A)). To this end, an automatic conversion of the unit of the output... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070192031 - System and method for pump noise cancellation in mud pulse telemetry: Pump noise in a mud-pulse telemetry system is reduced based on analysis of the frequency characteristics of the noise generated by one or more pumps. Least mean-squares filtering may be done. Alternatively, the frequency domain analysis of the pump frequencies is fine-tuned in the time domain and a synthetic timing... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070192036 - Molecular interaction predictors: Adaptive threading models for predicting an interaction between two or more molecules such as proteins are provided. The adaptive threading models have one or more learnable parameters that can be learned from all or some of the available data. The available data can include data relating to known interactions between... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070192037 - Molecular interaction predictors: Adaptive threading models for predicting an interaction between two or more molecules such as proteins are provided. The adaptive threading models have one or more learnable parameters that can be learned from all or some of the available data. The available data can include data relating to known interactions between... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070192038 - System for providing vehicular hospitality information: In a system for providing vehicular hospitality information, biological characteristic information about a user using a vehicle is acquired. Then, in accordance with a predetermined correlation between the biological characteristic information and stored hospitality information, hospitality information matching the acquired biological characteristic information is retrieved and outputted. Accordingly, in accordance... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070192044 - Method and device for determining the reset time and/or for drift compensation in a combustion chamber pressure sensor: In a method for determining the reset time in a pressure sensor that detects the pressure in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and emits a corresponding pressure signal, with the pressure curve in the combustion chamber having at least one high-pressure region the reset time is determined... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070192050 - Interface control apparatus and setting method for an interface: According to one embodiment, an interface control apparatus controls an interface to which a calibration is required in use. The interface control apparatus includes an interface controller configured to drive the interface, a storage device that stores a predicted value of a setting value after the calibration is carried out... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070192052 - Correction method, computer-readable recording medium storing computer-executable correction programs and measurement apparatus: A correction method for correcting measurement error in data obtained when a stylus tip of a measurement apparatus that moves following the height of a workpiece traces the workpiece along a measurement axis, the measurement error having occurred due to stylus movement in a plane defined by the measurement axis... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070192035 - Forensic integrated search technology: A system and method to search spectra databases and to identify unknown materials. A library having a plurality of sublibraries is provided wherein each sublibrary contains a plurality of reference data sets generated by a corresponding one of a plurality of spectroscopic data generating instruments associated with the sublibrary. Each... Agent: Daniel H. Golub Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070192034 - Methods for representing sequence-dependent contextual information present in polymer sequence and uses thereof: The invention includes methods of representing polymer sequences in a way that reveals important position-specific contextual information. The representations can be used to determine a number of properties of polymers, such as protein and nucleic acid sequences, including the identification of secondary domain structures, folding rate constants, and the effects... Agent: Louis Myers Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070192033 - Molecular interaction predictors: Adaptive threading models for predicting an interaction between two or more molecules such as proteins are provided. The adaptive threading models have one or more learnable parameters that can be learned from all or some of the available data. The available data can include data relating to known interactions between... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070192032 - Polymodal biological detection system: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing biological detection. The system includes: at least one polymodal sensor for collectively detecting at least two conditions; and at least one node, each node including at least one of the polymodal sensors. The system also includes at least one... Agent: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070192039 - Shift-invariant predictions: Shift invariant predictors are described herein. By way of example, a system for predicting binding information relating to a binding of a protein and a ligand can include a trained binding model and a prediction component. The trained binding model can include a hidden variable representing an unknown alignment of... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070192040 - 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: Leonard D. Bowersox, Esquire Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20070192041 - Digital gas detector and noise reduction techniques: A sensor apparatus incorporates a responding gas sensor to measure and display gas concentrations or other indications. Calculation of a gas concentration may be derived from an output signal of a light detector through the use of a linear equation. Through the use of digital processing an output signal may... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070192042 - Apparatus and method for detecting a corrosive substance leak in a chemical composition analyzer: An apparatus includes a detection element having a detection element property that changes when exposed to a corrosive substance, a testing device coupled to the detection element, the testing device configured to measure the detection element property, and a processor in communication with the testing device, the processor configured to... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070192043 - Method for providing a high-resolution angle mark signal: A method for providing a high-resolution angle mark signal comprises the detection of a low-resolution angle mark signal and of a revolution trigger. Based on the low-resolution angle marks, angle marks are generated, subsequently, of a frequency that is increased by a multiplication factor, which can be preset. In order... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070192045 - System and method for sensing and interpreting dynamic forces: The present invention relates to a sensing system which is capable of discriminating types of causes of changing loads on a surface, such as the type of motion of a human subject. The system has wide ranging applications including sports performance (e.g. golf club swing analysis). The system comprises a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070192046 - Flow meter diagnostics: Apparatus and associated systems, methods and computer program products relate to monitoring the performance of an operating gas meter by automatic and substantially continuous differential pressure (dP) measurement. Measured dP may be compared against a baseline dP characteristic to determine if the measured dP exceeds a threshold value above a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070192047 - Unsteady flow meter: The invention makes it possible to measure, in real time, the flow of a fluid that is incompressible while having an unsteady flow. The pressure measuring system is primarily comprised of a negative-pressure element (1) placed within the flow and provided with two wall pressure taps (A, B). A means... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070192048 - System and method for estimating phase offset in a communication system: A system and method for estimating phase offset between a local oscillator and a transmitted input signal in a communication system comprises a differential detector and a phase compensation stage for compensating for phase errors in an output signal from the differential detector. The output signal from the differential detector... Agent: Venable LLP

20070192049 - Measurement system optimization: Optimizing a measurement system under test (MSUT) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting a first set of adjustable parameters of the MSUT that affect a quality metric for the MSUT, calculating the quality metric over a range of values of each adjustable parameter in the first set... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070192051 - Backboard transmission method, backboard transmission apparatus, and substrate unit: A substrate unit and other substrate unit are mounted with integrated circuits and are connected to a backboard via respective connectors. The substrate unit monitors a signal wave passed between the substrate unit and other substrate unit and detects a delay time and a gain of a reflected wave with... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070192053 - Connection test method and information processing apparatus performing the same: A method for an information processing apparatus to test a connection to an information storage server from which the information processing apparatus obtains information is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) receiving a request for a connection test using connection information for establishing the connection to the information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070192054 - Multi-variable mass/flow rate transfer device: The multi-variable mass/flow rate transfer device is provided with: a differential pressure/static pressure/temperature calculating unit for calculating a differential pressure value, a static pressure value, and a temperature value in real time based upon a signal detected from a process; an instantaneous flow rate calculating unit for calculating an instantaneous... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070192055 - Measurement data collection method and portable information device: A data collection unit (37) collects measurement data which satisfies a data collection condition designated by an application (33) and stores the measurement data in a temporary storage area (24). The data report unit (38) reports, to the application (33), measurement data which is stored in the temporary storage area... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070192057 - Method and apparatus for repairing shape, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using those: The invention relates to a method for enabling repair of a defect in a substrate, particularly the invention provides a method and apparatus for enabling repair of a pattern shape in a semiconductor device, which has not been able to be practiced because of lack of a suitable method, and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070192056 - Metrology tool recipe validator using best known methods: A method of preparing recipes for operating a metrology tool, each recipe including a set of instructions for measuring dimensions in a microelectronic feature. A database includes a plurality of known instructions with best known methods for measuring different feature dimensions by creating a summary of a recipes used by... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20070192058 - Method of measuring warpage of rear surface of substrate: A method of measuring warpage of a rear surface of a substrate includes a substrate detection step, a best fit plane calculation step, and a warpage calculation step. Further, the method of measuring warpage of a rear surface of a substrate can further includes after the substrate detection step and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070192059 - Method and system for monitoring component consumption: A method for monitoring consumption of a component, including the steps of emitting a radiation beam onto a first area of the component and detecting a portion of the radiation beam that is refracted by the component. A radiation level signal is generated based at least on a strength of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070192061 - Fast microarray expression data analysis method for network exploration: A method for feature selection is provided. The method includes the steps of selecting a predictor set of features, adding at least one complementary feature to the predictor set based on a quality of prediction, checking to see if all of the features of the predictor set are repeated, and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070192060 - Web-based system of product performance assessment and quality control using adaptive pdf fitting: A data analysis system analyzes data sets that are characterized by a wide variety of probability density functions (PDFs), and also analyzes mixed populations, i.e., a single data set containing subsets of data that each fit a different distribution. The data analysis system receives quality control data from a product... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20070192063 - Method of condition monitoring: A method for the condition monitoring of a fleet of machines, plants, or processes includes the generation of a single generic network for the fleet using historic data from the members of the fleet and using novelty detection tools for analyzing and reducing the data. Scaling factors relevant to each... Agent: Cermak & Kenealy LLP

20070192062 - Strategies for analyzing pump test results: Strategies are described for analyzing test data received from tests performed on a fire pump, and then automatically computing an overall grade (e.g., excellent, good, fair, or poor) which reflects how the analyzed test data compares with reference data. A standard curve or a manufacturer's curve can serve as the... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070192064 - Process fault analyzer and system, program and method thereof: A process fault analyzer, capable of analyzing fault caused due to a process performed by a plurality of process equipments, is provided. The analyzer includes: a plurality of process data storing units which store process data of the respective process equipments; a process data editing unit which calculates process characteristic... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070192067 - Apparatus for automatically selecting ring and vibration mode of a mobile communication device: An apparatus for automatically selecting alert option of a communication device is provided. The apparatus includes a noise detection unit for collecting a current ambient noise, and generating a quantified value of the current ambient noise according to the current ambient noise collected; and a central processing unit (CPU), including... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070192065 - Embedded performance forecasting of network devices: A forecast engine is embedded in a networked device or in network component wherein the embedded forecast engine receives collected data concerning the device and applies forecasting techniques and methodologies to generate event forecasts particular to that device. The event forecasts are generated using device specific parameters and device specific... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20070192066 - Pairwise symmetry decomposition method for generalized covariance analysis: The present invention provides a system for evaluating a correlation between a plurality of time-series data. The system includes a calculating section which calculates characteristic quantities indicating symmetry of a diagram drawn by a graph, on which data values included in the plurality of time-series data are plotted in a... Agent: Ido Tuchman

20070185655 - Wellbore diagnostic system and method: To perform diagnosis of a completion system, at least one parameter of the completion system in a wellbore is monitored using a sensor. A profile is generated based on the monitored parameter, and a real-time diagnosis is performed of an operation of the completion system based on a comparison of... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070185664 - Abnormal noise correction verification apparatus: An abnormal noise correction verification apparatus is provided that can easily verify the effectiveness a corrective action with respect to an abnormal noise being generated. The apparatus has at least one vibration sensor, which detect vibrations of the vehicle. The apparatus extracts a signal in a specific frequency band for... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070185665 - Method for determining power flow in an electrical distribution system: A method for determining a power flow in an electrical distribution network (104) includes determining respective feeder apparent powers of electrical power feeders (114) connected at a supply node (118) of the electrical distribution network. The method also includes determining a feeder power factor angle of at least one of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070185674 - Test machine for an automated light: A moving light tester includes plural sensors, each of which can test a function of the moving light. A conveyor can move the light between the sensors. Once tested, information about the test is used to characterize the light, to determine if it needs repair, or can be re rented.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070185653 - Method and system for automated location dependent probabilistic tropical cyclone forecast: A method for automated location dependent probabilistic tropical cyclone forecast. A plurality of new data records representative of alternative tracks are generated based on historical tracks by a first MonteCarlo-module. Points of the new data records are generated from points along the historical track by a dependent sampling process, whereas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070185654 - Method of detecting and viewing low-power moving acoustic sources: The inventive method relates to the field of submarine detection and deals in particular with the problem of detecting low-power acoustic underwater objects by passive detection systems, of the passive drifting buoy type, which are used by maritime patrol systems, for example. The method consists in processing the complex amplitude-azimuth... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070185656 - Computer systems and methods for identifying surrogate markers: Methods, computer program products and systems for identifying cellular constituents in a secondary tissue that serve as surrogate markers for a target gene expressed in a primary tissue of a species are provided. A classifier is constructed using cellular constituent abundances of cellular constituents in a first plurality of cellular... Agent: Jones Day

20070185657 - Graphic design of combinatorial material libraries: Computer-implemented methods, programs and apparatus for generating a library design for a combinatorial library of materials. A library design includes a set of sources representing components to be used in preparing the combinatorial library, destinations representing arrangements of cells and mappings, defining one or more distribution patterns for assigning components... Agent: Symyx Technologies Inc Legal Department

20070185658 - Determining probabilities of inherited and correlated traits: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for determining probabilities of inherited and correlated traits. A computer-implemented method includes calculating a probability of an initial trait being present in an individual by examining a presence or absence of the trait in genetically-related family members.... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20070185659 - Apparatus and method for detecting valve mechanical effectiveness in a chemical composition analyzer: An apparatus for determining whether a mechanical component in a chemical composition analyzer is defective, the apparatus including a mechanical component, a transducer coupled to the mechanical component, the transducer configured to measure a mechanical component property, and a processor in communication with the transducer, the processor configured to determine... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070185660 - Method of regulating wireless sensor network energy use: A method of regulating wireless sensor network energy use includes establishing a wireless sensor network having at least one access point node, and having a plurality of sensor nodes defining a sensing region; identifying at least one environment parameter related to an environment of the sensing region that is needed... Agent: Deere & Company

20070185662 - Correlation method for measurements of total and fractional immiscible media flow rates and a device for its embodiment: The invention relates to measuring equipment and can be used in data-measuring systems in oil-producing and oil-processing industries for the determination of multiphase flow composition, in particular, for evaluation of the well production rate. The invention is based on obtaining maximum data on the structure of the multiphase flow by... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070185661 - Measurement method and arrangement: Method and arrangement for measuring a liquid flow in connection with a pump system, where the pump is driven by an alternating-current motor, whose rotating speed is controlled by a control unit. The flow is determined without any direct flow measurement by utilizing characteristic data of the pump and parameters... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070185663 - Device and method for processing data that are obtained by sampling an analog signal: A device and a method for processing data, in particular measuring data of a knock sensor of an internal combustion engine, are provided, the data being obtained by sampling an analog signal. The sampled values are combined to form data blocks and then processed as data block by a computing... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070185666 - System and method for providing universal additional functionality for power meters: A system and method for providing an additional option function to existing functionality of a meter device configured for measuring parameters of energy is provided. The meter device is coupled with an option device for exchanging data between the meter and the option devices along at least one data path,... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070185667 - Electromagnetic flow meter: A method of determining the inter-electrode or electrode-to-ground impedance or the filling state of an electromagnetic flow meter having flow sensing electrodes connected to an electrode signal amplifier, the method comprising applying a test input signal to the flow sensing electrodes via a connection through which an output flow measurement... Agent: Walter J. Kawula

20070185668 - Digital data signal testing using arbitrary test signal: For testing a digital data signal, a value derived from the digital data signal at a sampling point is compared against a corresponding value of an arbitrary test signal. The comparison is interpreted as an error in case the derived value does not substantially match with the corresponding value of... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc. Legal Department, Dl429

20070185669 - High bandwidth oscilloscope: A method for improving bandwidth of an oscilloscope involves, in preferred embodiments, the use of frequency up-conversion and down-conversion techniques. In an illustrative embodiment the technique involves separating an input signal into a high frequency content and a low frequency content, down-converting the high frequency content in the analog domain... Agent: Lecroy Corporation

20070185670 - Methods of measuring frequencies including charging electrical circuits: A method of measuring a frequency of an input clock signal may include generating an output pulse responsive to an edge of the input clock signal, and charging an electrical circuit responsive to the output pulse. An analog output signal may be generated responsive to the charged electrical circuit, and... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070185671 - Excitation signal generator for improved accuracy of model-based testing: An excitation signal generator (“ESG”) is described. The ESG generates an minimized excitation signal for use in a test system to generate a functional model of a device under test (“DUT”) where extreme values of the minimized excitation signal are increased toward a central value without changing the power spectrum... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070185675 - Method for calibrating a lighting control system that facilitates daylight harvesting: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for calibrating a lighting control system. The lighting control system is a daylight-harvesting system that controls the output of the lighting system based on available daylight and/or other light sources to reduce energy usage while providing lighting for an area. The... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070185672 - Method for recalibrating a material attribute monitor for a mobile vehicle: A method for recalibrating a material attribute monitor for a mobile vehicle includes accumulating an aggregate amount of material from a plurality of material transfers; accumulating a plurality of material attribute data sets via a series of data transfers from at least one vehicle to another vehicle, wherein each material... Agent: Deere & Company

20070185673 - Sensor interface and sensor calibration technique: An apparatus and method for calibrating a sensor signal conditioner coupled to a bridge sensor disclosed. The signal conditioner sensor preferably includes a CMOS integrated circuit, which enables relatively easy and precise calibration of resistive bridge sensors via an EEPROM without the use of a microprocessor. When mated to a... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20070185676 - Single camera three-point vision alignment system for a device handler: A vision alignment system for aligning a testing device includes an alignment camera positioned above an alignment portion of the vision alignment system. A lighting system for emitting light onto the device is located in proximity to the alignment camera. A calibration target is used to define a calibration target... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070185677 - Vehicle abnormality detecting device: Provided is a vehicle abnormality detecting device including an abnormality detecting unit 70A for detecting abnormality on the basis of a state of current supply to a state detecting unit 30, and a power supply control unit 11 for switching a state of power supply to the state detecting unit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070185679 - Indicating status of a diagnostic test system: Systems and methods of indicating status of a diagnostic test system are described. In one aspect, a diagnostic test system includes a housing, an indicator system, and a test unit in the housing. The indicator system produces a non-textual sensory output signal that is perceptible from an area outside the... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070185678 - System for trouble shooting and verifying operation of spare assets: A system for testing components of a simulator has a slave device. A master controller is coupled to the slave device. The master controller transmits chip select and data signals to the slave device for testing a component of the simulator. A computer system is coupled to the master controller.... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070185680 - Usb transducer for measurement signals: The present invention is directed to the provision of a user-friendly system that ensures freedom for incorporating the measuring system into other equipment, reduces a conversion error associated with signal conversion, reduces the cost of an A/D converter, and allows simultaneous processing of a plurality of data. A USB transducer... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070185681 - Mapping systems and methods: Improved systems and methods for mapping are provided. In one embodiment, a system for mapping is provided. The system comprises a rangefinder adapted to output range measurements; an inertial sensor adapted to capture inertial measurements including inertial forces acting on the rangefinder and the attitude of the rangefinder; and a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070185682 - Time-aware trigger distribution: Trigger distribution with time-based control over the handling of trigger signals. A trigger distribution device according to the present teachings includes a timing subsystem that provides a time base for handling a set trigger signals that are distributed among a unit under test and a set of instruments.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070185683 - Method and system for deriving time-dependent dielectric breakdown lifetime: A method and system for deriving Time Dependent Dielectric Breakdown (TDDB) lifetime of a batch of semiconductor devices, the method comprising, defining a qualifying criteria based on past measurement data; measuring at least one parameter of one or more semiconductor devices representative of the batch; comparing said at least one... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20070185684 - Transforming metrology data from a semiconductor treatment system using multivariate analysis: Metrology data from a semiconductor treatment system is transformed using multivariate analysis. In particular, a set of metrology data measured or simulated for one or more substrates treated using the treatment system is obtained. One or more essential variables for the obtained set of metrology data is determined using multivariate... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070185685 - Method and system in the maintenance of machines, processes, automation systems and equipment relating to papermaking: A machine relating to papermaking is located at a production plant (100), which is equipped with a plant data system (155). A teleservice connection (189) based on a data communication link is arranged between the production plant (100) and a teleservice center (200). The condition, state and/or performance of the... Agent: Stiennon & Stiennon

20070185686 - State-based method and apparatus for evaluating the performance of a control system: A method of evaluating the performance of a control system using an electronic device having state machine logic includes determining a first logic state representative a first condition of the control system based on data received from the control system, executing a first testing function included in the electronic device... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070185687 - Transportable container including an internal environment monitor: A system is disclosed allowing non-invasive, continuous local and remote sensing of the internal environmental characteristics of transportable containers. The system utilizes a variety of sensors inside the container to sense internal environmental conditions.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A. 4800 Ids Center

20070185688 - Computer-readable recording medium storing system analysis program, and apparatus and method for system analysis: A computer-readable recording medium storing a system analysis program capable of detecting changes in behavior occurring in a very short time without fail. An address data storing unit obtains an address being accessed by a CPU at prescribed sampling intervals, stores address data comprising the address and its acquisition time... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070185689 - Systems and methods for event detection and logging in access control points: Systems and methods for event detection and logging in access control points are described. One described method includes detecting an event; transmitting a timing correction request over a communications link; receiving a first timing signal having a first send time; and transmitting a second timing signal. The timing signal has... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20070185690 - Indoor power cord network transmission device: The present invention discloses a network transmission device that utilizes an indoor power cord as the network transmission media. A router is provided at one end of the network cable. A control chip is provided inside a power supplier. The network cable with router is electrically coupled to the power... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070185691 - Method and system for evaluating environmental impact occurring during an activity cycle: A system for evaluating an environmental impact during a life cycle of an activity includes a controlling unit, which controls the system with a plurality of data storage elements connected to the controlling unit. The plurality of data storage elements includes a first data storage element, a second data storage... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070179720 - Method for converting direct voltage into three-phase alternating voltage: A method of converting a direct voltage generated by a decentralized power supply system into three-phase alternating voltage by means of a plurality of single-phase inverters (WR1-WR3), said alternating voltage being provided for supplying an electric mains, is intended to avoid inadmissible load unbalances using single-phase inverters. This is achieved... Agent: Thomas R. Vigil

20070179713 - System and method for optimizing seismic sensor response: A method for correcting response of a seismic sensor includes determining a response of the seismic sensor to a test signal. A response of a reference sensor to the test signal is also determined. The response of the seismic sensor to the test signal is adjusted to substantially match the... Agent: E. Eugene Thigpen Petroleum Geo-services, Inc.

20070179715 - Analyzer, information processing device and computer program product: An analyzer analyzes a specimen, and generates analysis result. The analysis result includes displaying information used for displaying a graphical analysis result. The analyzer allows to specify a selection criteria of analysis result and select the analysis results by specified selection criteria. The analyzer displays graphical analysis results based on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070179716 - Crystal structure of cytochrome p450 3a4 and uses thereof: The invention provides the crystal structure of the cytochrome P450 3A4 protein molecule. The structure is set out in Tables 1-4. The structure may be used in to model the interaction of compounds such as pharmaceuticals with this protein, and to determine the structure of related cytochrome P450 molecules.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070179714 - Secure data interchange of biochemical and biological data in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry: A secure data interchange will allow pharmaceutical and biotechnological interests to securely share and profit from biochemical and biophysical data. The purpose of the interchange is to maintain the proprietary value of such data by guarding its exposure to other users while allowing some of its scientific value to be... Agent: Frederick S. M. Herz

20070179717 - System and method for management of specimens: A system and method for the management of specimens and particularly for the management of cryogenically stored biological specimens. The management functions can be performed remotely via the Internet. Management functions include the establishment, dispatch, retrieval, delivery to third parties, disposal, etc., of the samples. Environmental factors of the cryogenic... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070179718 - Modular data logger: A computer-based apparatus for the collection, processing and distribution of electrical data, having a substantially sealed shell capable of resisting environmental contamination. The shell having a plurality of ports with each port configured to couple to an electrical probe, wherein within the shell are disposed, at least the following: a... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070179719 - Circuit arrangement for the overload protection of a controllable switching event: Disclosed is a circuit arrangement (200) for protecting a switching element (T20) from overload when activated, the switching element is connected between an electrical consumer (L1) and a supply voltage (UV) and controlled by a control signal (ST20, ST20′). The circuit arrangement has evaluation elements (60) for determining a malfunction... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070179721 - System and method for detecting noise source in a power line communications system: A method for detecting noise location information in a power line distribution system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of receiving link quality data for a first power line communication link between a first and second power line communications device, determining an asymmetry in the link... Agent: Capital Legal Group, LLC

20070179723 - Analyzing and/or displaying power consumption in redundant servers: A method of analyzing power consumption in an information handling system is provided. A voltage associated with a current share signal may be determined. A power load associated with the information handling system may be determined based at least on the determined voltage associated with the current share signal. An... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070179724 - Isolated operation detecting method, control apparatus for detecting isolated operation for distributed power supply: An isolated operation detecting method according to the present invention includes: a first step that injects a power fluctuation into the power system; a second step that measures a system cycle; a third step that adjusts the injection of the power fluctuation so that the system cycle increases when the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070179722 - Method and apparatus for calculating voltage drop: A method for performing voltage drop calculations in an alarm circuit comprises creating a circuit to be controlled. A first device is selected from a list of devices to add to the circuit. An estimated power supply of the first device is calculated using modified nodal analysis of the circuit... Agent: Dean D. Small Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070179725 - Method and circuit for use by a handheld multiple function device: A method for use in a multifunction handheld device includes receiving a plurality of digitally formatted files from a host device when coupled to the host device. A selected one of the plurality of digitally formatted files is played, the playing includes generating an audio output. The method monitors for... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070179726 - Automated system approach to analyzing harmonic distortion in an electric power system: A method and system to detect and evaluate harmonic distortion in an electrical power system is disclosed. A plurality of monitoring devices is installed in the electrical power system. The hierarchy of the electrical power system is received. Data indicative of harmonic distortion on the electrical power system is received... Agent: Schneider Electric / Square D Company Legal Dept. - I.p. Group (np)

20070179727 - Method and apparatus for removing quantization effects in a quantized signal: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that reconstructs a high-resolution signal from a set of low-resolution quantized samples. During operation, the system receives a time series containing low-resolution quantized signal values which are sampled from the high-resolution signal. Next, the system performs a spectral analysis on the... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070179728 - Flow measuring device: A flow measuring device has a sensor element for outputting a nonlinear signal according to a flow rate. The device comprises: a first signal processing system for obtaining a first signal by filtering the nonlinear signal output from the sensor element, thereafter correcting a sensitivity of the filtered signal; a... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070179729 - Numerical data processing dedicated to an integrated microspetrometer: A method and apparatus for obtaining higher resolution spectral data on lower-resolution spectral data provided by a spectrometric transducer is described. The method includes calibrating the spectrometric transducer to produce results for a reconstruction of spectra using the results, and processing the lower-resolution spectra data using a set of numerical... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20070179730 - Preprocessing data on sensor device: A method of providing sensor-based information from a sensor device to an application program includes receiving, in a sensor device, sensor data obtained using a sensor. The method includes determining, in the sensor device, whether the sensor data meets a predefined condition associated with an application program in a computer... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070179731 - System and method for determining probing locations on ic: An apparatus and method for tracing back a probing location to identify the circuit element being probed on a device under test (DUT). The coordinates of the irregularity on the DUT are used to trace back to the logic cone to decipher the root-cause of the irregularity. The Def and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070179732 - Method and apparatus for handling a user-defined event that is generated during test of a device: In one embodiment, and in response to an ordered sequence of events corresponding to execution of a plurality of tests on at least one device under test (DUT), 1) a plurality of data objects are created, the data objects including A) some data objects that correspond to logical groupings of... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070179733 - Methods and apparatus for testing a link between chips: In a first aspect, a first method of testing a link between a first chip and a second chip is provided. The first method includes the steps of, while operating in a test mode, (1) transmitting test data of sufficient length to enable exercising of worst case transitions from the... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law Dept. 917

20070179734 - Transfer function control for biometric monitoring system and related method: A modular apparatus for acquiring biometric data may include circuitry operative to receive an input signal indicative of a biometric condition, the circuitry being configured to process the input signal according to a transfer function thereof and to provide a corresponding processed input signal. A controller is configured to provide... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070179737 - Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling detection of stray voltage anomalies: A mobile apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling the detection of stray voltage anomalies is provided. The mobile apparatus is comprised of a detection system unit and an imaging system unit that are configured, respectively, to provide streaming data of electric field measurements and corresponding video image frames of... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20070179735 - Method and arrangement for monitoring a measuring device located in a wheeled vehicle: For monitoring of a measuring device (1), located in a wheeled vehicle, the measuring device (1) is configured so as to measure three linear accelerations (in unit 3) of the wheeled vehicle, which extend perpendicular to each other, respectively, as well as three rotational speeds (in unit 4) and one... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070179736 - System and method for determining probing locations on ic: A method for identifying an area of a chip to be probed proceeds as follows. A callout list of failures is obtained from a tester, the list including cell name and pin for each failure. A Def file is interrogated to locate a Def entry matching the cell name, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070179738 - Digital method and apparatus for sensing position with a linear variable differential transformer: An apparatus and method for determining a linear position from a linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) including a primary coil driven by an excitation signal, and two secondary coils coupled to two correlated signals. The method includes converting the correlated signals to a digital estimate, for each of the correlated... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C./ Alliant Tech Systems

20070179739 - Implantable pedometer: An implantable pedometer for measuring the amount of joint use is disclosed. The implantable pedometer includes a sensor adapted for detecting indicators of joint usage. A counter is configured for storing count data corresponding to the number of indicators detected by the sensor and a telemetry circuit is configured for... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070179740 - Volume based extended defect sizing system: A system and method for sizing semiconductor wafer defects combines contiguous light intensity values over a defect area of the wafer to provide a defect sizing metric. The light intensity values resulting from a light source applied to the wafer are summed and the summation is compared to known metric... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070179741 - Method and system for data reduction and display of rf signal envelope information: Digitally sampled real or sampled and down-converted complex data representing an RF signal are received. One or more statistical computations are calculated for each group of N data values. The one or more statistical computations are calculated for groups of N data values until a particular number of data values... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070179742 - Method for assessment of uncertainty and risk: A method is disclosed for assessing uncertainty comprising: creating a catalog for uncertainty areas; capturing quantitative and qualitative uncertainty data; establishing dependencies between uncertainties; associating risks to uncertainties; associating action plans and tasks to risks; creating a realization tree from uncertainty ranges; and tracking changes to uncertainties and realizations over... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions Attn: Danita Maseles

20070179745 - Failure analysis and testing of semi-conductor devices using intelligent software on automated test equipment (ate): The invention provides a number of related methods which improve the test and analysis of integrated circuit devices. A first method of the invention provides a method for pausing on a SCAN based test. A second method of the invention provides a method for using stimulations and responses of a... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070179744 - Method and system for prioritizing formatting actions of a number of data formatters: In one embodiment, a method of prioritizing formatting actions of a number of data formatters 1) instantiates a number of threads for execution by a processing system, the number of threads sharing thread processing resources, and the number of threads including at least two threads of dissimilar priority; 2) launches... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070179743 - Methods and apparatus for data analysis: A method and apparatus for testing semiconductors according to various aspects of the present invention comprises a test system comprising composite data analysis element configured to analyze data from more than one dataset. The test system may be configured to provide the data in an output report. The composite data... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20070179746 - Automated modeling and tracking of transaction flow dynamics for fault detection in complex systems: A method and system that automatically derives models between monitored quantities under non-faulty conditions so that subsequent faults can be detected as deviations from the derived models. The invention identifies unusual conditions for fault detection and isolation that is absent in rule-based systems.... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20070179747 - Systems and methods for scheduling machines for inspection: Systems and methods for determining the inspection schedule of a plurality of machines based on at least one operating condition including a monitoring system for determining at least one operating condition for a plurality of machines and a microprocessor programmed to analyze the at least one operating condition to identify... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070179748 - Measuring device, measuring method, measuring program product, measurement data editing device, measurement data editing method, measurement data editing program product, measurement time verifying device, measurement time verifying method and measurement: A disclosed measuring device generates measurement data recorded by continuously measuring measurement information. Divided data items are generated by dividing the measurement data. A feature quantity representing each of the divided data items generated is acquired. A time stamp is acquired based on measurement time data, where the measurement time... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070179752 - Communication apparatus and data protecting method of a communication apparatus: According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus which performs a wireless communication based on a wireless universal serial bus (USB), includes a monitoring unit configured to monitor a wireless connection situation to and from a partner being in progress of data transfer, and a data protecting unit configured to execute... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070179751 - Apparatus productivity improving system and its method: There is provided a system and method for improving productivity of apparatuses. A vendor-side computer 26 obtains operating state data obtained by a monitoring device 18 provided in an apparatus 10 via a communication line 100, and monitors the operating state of the apparatus 10 from a remote location. Maintenance... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070179750 - Information partner network: An information distribution system includes at least a first partner device and a second partner device. The first partner device is configured to execute partner software including an obtain module and a transmit module. The obtain module configured to obtain information from surroundings of the first partner device and the... Agent: Digital Cyclone, Inc. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070179749 - Portable measuring device for use in sport: A portable measuring device for use in sport may include a housing provided with a sensor, a receiver, emitter, and a processing unit. The housing may transmit signals from the sensor of the housing to a remote display and may act as relay, receiving signals from a remote detector worn... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070179753 - Curve fitting for signal estimation, prediction, and parametrization: A method and system of automatically curve fit data series to generate data signal characterization and prediction is disclosed. The method includes receiving input data including a plurality of data series and set of input parameters. The method also includes preprocessing the data series to generate preprocessed data according to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070179755 - Methods and systems for derivation of missing data objects from test data: In an embodiment, there is disclosed a system for derivation of missing data objects from test data. The system may include a data populator having code for: (1) generating data objects from the test data, (2) arranging the data objects in a tree structure, (3) deriving the missing data objects... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070179754 - Wireless meter for real time measurements and method therefor: A wireless metering device for real time measuring of at least one parameter has a probe for measuring the at least one parameter. The probe will wirelessly transmit real time measured values. A meter is wirelessly coupled to the probe. The meter is used for displaying the real time measured... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070179756 - Apparatus for processing sensor signal from knock sensor of internal combustion engine: A knock sensor signal processing apparatus for an engine, which performs a series of A/D conversions of a knock sensor signal during each of successive knock judgement intervals to obtain A/D converted values for use in judging if engine knocking is occurring in a cylinder, derives compensation coefficients during an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC