Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 09/07

20070225923 - Optimizing energy production of a landfill gas extraction system: A computing system determines adjustments for each of a plurality of wellheads in a gas extraction system in order to increase a total energy production of the gas extraction system to at least an expected total energy production. The computing system determines preliminary adjustments for each of the wellheads and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070225924 - Apparatus and method for detecting blockage of impulse lines: A detecting apparatus includes the following units. A pressure detecting unit detects in time series higher and lower static pressures and a differential pressure. Fluctuation calculating units calculate time series data sets of a differential pressure fluctuation, a higher static pressure fluctuation, and a lower static pressure fluctuation. Square sum... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070225915 - Methods of characterizing storms: At least one method for characterizing cyclone includes combining a first parameter with at least a second parameter.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070225916 - Method for identification of inhibited wells in the mature fields: A method is provided for evaluating the performance of a plurality of oil wells which were established to produce from a common reservoir beneath the earth's surface. The method comprises inputting information about the reservoir into a computer and establishing a time interval and time steps within that time interval... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070225917 - System and method for providing earthquake data: For providing earthquake data for a defined area, stored are locations of a plurality of earthquake epicenters and seismic parameters associated with a plurality of seismic zones. The seismic parameters are indicative at least of magnitude and likelihood of earthquakes in each of the seismic zones. A location of a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070225919 - Method for predicting liver fibrosis and related pathologies: Provided herein are methods of detecting and staging liver fibrosis in an individual with liver disease. Also provided are methods of detecting necroinflammatory activity. Invention methods utilize four serum markers, age, and gender to determine an end value. The end value is compared to a cut-off value, in order to... Agent: Richard J. Warburg Foley & Lardner LLP

20070225918 - System and method for sequence distance measure for phylogenetic tree construction: The present invention permits identification of biological materials following recovery of DNA using standard techniques by comparing a mathematical characterization of the unknown sequence with the mathematical characterization of DNA sequences of known genera and species. The clinical identification of infectious organisms is required for accurate diagnosis and selection of... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070225920 - Method and apparatus for determining specificity of a candidate probe: Provided are a method and apparatus for determining specificity of a candidate probe.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070225921 - Systems and methods for obtaining readings of diagnostic imaging studies: Systems and methods for method providing a diagnostic image study to one or more interpreters may include receiving the diagnostic image study at a first translator, making the diagnostic image study available to one or more board certified and credentialed interpreters substantially simultaneously, and selecting one or more of the... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070225922 - Reduced noise sensitivity in magnetic flowmeter: A magnetic flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid includes a coil configured to apply a magnetic field to the process fluid. Electrodes are arranged to sense a fluid voltage signal related to the applied magnetic field and fluid flow. An analog to digital converter provides a digital output... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070225925 - Extracting high frequency impedance in a circuit design using broadband representations: Exemplary impedance extraction methods, systems, and apparatus are described herein. In one exemplary embodiment, at least a portion of a circuit description indicative of a circuit layout is loaded. A signal-wire segment is selected. Loop inductance values and loop resistance values for the signal-wire segment are determined at at least... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070225926 - Method and apparatus for quantitatively determining severity of degradation in a signal: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that determines a severity of degradation in a signal. During operation, the system receives signal values for the signal, wherein the signal values are received with a constant sampling interval. Next, for each received signal value, the system applies a Sequential... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070225927 - Method and an apparatus for measuring noise: A method for measuring noise of signals under test by frequency converting the signals under test to generate a first intermediate signals, frequency converting the signals under test to generate a second intermediate signals having frequency different from that of the first intermediate signals, and measuring the noise of signals... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070225928 - Die based trimming: Methods and structures are described to provide trims for die on a wafer. The trims are set on a die-by-die basis instead of a wafer basis. Accordingly, the individual die are more finely tuned and more die operate at the target specifications so that yield is increased. In an embodiment,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070225929 - Orientation data generation method, orientation sensor unit and portable electronic equipment: Data are input from a geomagnetic sensor that detects magnetic fields in three axial directions, and magnetic field data are measured on the basis of the input data. The measured magnetic field data are sequentially stored, and a determination is made as to whether a plurality of the magnetic field... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070225930 - Time-gain control method and system for long-range guided-wave inspection and monitoring: Systems and methods are described that carry out an intelligent, variable, time-gain control (TGC) of signal amplification in a long-range, guided-wave inspection and monitoring system. The systems and methods compensate for signal attenuation over the longer distances that guided-wave inspection techniques are capable of operating with. The sensor signal received... Agent: Kammer Browning PLLC

20070225931 - Inspection apparatus for inspecting articles: An inspection apparatus can include an application guiding an inspector in the performance of an inspection. The application can be provided in such form as to be modified. In one embodiment, an application for guiding an inspector can be modified responsively to data collected by an inspection apparatus of an... Agent: Ge-gpo-marjama & Bilinski LLP General Electric / Global Patent Operation

20070225933 - Object detection apparatus and method: A control unit detects an object on the basis of information obtained from an object sensor and executes a weighting processing in which a weighting is made correspondent to a correlativity of the type of object to be detected with the detected information. The detection processing of the object occurs... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070225932 - Methods, systems and computer program products for extracting paroxysmal events from signal data using multitaper blind signal source separation analysis: Methods, systems and computer program products for extracting paroxysmal events from signal data using multitaper blind signal source separation analysis are disclosed. According to one method, a signal data set including signal data from a plurality of channels is received. Blind signal source separation analysis is repeatedly performed on different... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070225934 - Measuring apparatus: A measuring apparatus includes a sensor unit, a processing unit, and a communication unit. The sensor unit may include at least one sensor that is configured to generate an output signal. The processing unit may be configured to be separate from the sensor unit. The processing unit may be configured... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070225935 - Controlling an electronic device: An electronic device (500) comprising means (510) for identifying a motion pattern in a motion of the device, and means (510) for eliminating the effect of the motion pattern from a control motion employed for controlling the device. The identification unit (510) eliminates the effect of an identified motion pattern... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20070225937 - Estimation algorithms and location techniques: Robust methods are developed to provide bounds and probability distributions for the locations of objects as well as for associated variables that affect the accuracy of the location such as the positions of stations, the measurements, and errors in the speed of signal propagation. Realistic prior probability distributions of pertinent... Agent: Louis J. Hoffman, P.C.

20070225938 - Inclination calculation apparatus and inclination calculation program, and game apparatus and game program: An inclination calculation apparatus calculates an inclination of an input device including acceleration detection means capable of sequentially detecting an acceleration in at least two axial directions. The inclination calculation apparatus comprises preliminary data generation means and inclination calculation means. The preliminary data generation means sequentially generates preliminary data which... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070225939 - Method and apparatus for measuring wall thickness, ovality of tubular materials: The wall thickness and ovality of a tubular are simultaneously determined. The theoretical radius of a pipe is computed from a measurement of its circumference. An ultrasonic device conventionally used to measure the wall thickness of tubulars is adapted to also measure the maximum and minimum diameters and ovality by... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070225941 - Method for calculating tolerable value for fluctuation in power supply voltage and method of testing: A method for calculating a tolerable value for simultaneous switching noise in an input/output circuit having a differential input supplied with a power supply voltage. The method includes providing an input/output circuit having a differential input unit with a pulse signal of a predetermined duty ratio, setting a tolerable range... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070225940 - Library accuracy enhancement and evaluation: The accuracy of a library of simulated-diffraction signals for use in optical metrology of a structure formed on a wafer is evaluated by utilizing an identity relationship inherent to simulated diffraction signals. Each simulated diffraction signal contains at least one set of four reflectivity parameters for a wavelength and/or angle... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070225942 - Systems and methods for reporting performance metrics: A performance evaluation system that evaluates performance within an entity. The system allows users to assess their performance relative to predetermined goals, progress points and performance indicators or metrics while also providing users with the ability to quickly and effectively identify driving forces for performance.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella (amex)

20070225943 - Executable application operation monitoring system: A system traces operation of a multi-threaded executable application having concurrently operating code portions. An input processor receives data representing one or more data items being processed by an executable procedure. A filter processor determines whether the received data matches predetermined configuration parameters. A trace processor initiates generation of data... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070225944 - Communication between sensor units and a recorder: A seismic acquisition system. In one implementation, the seismic acquisition system includes a recorder having a memory having a communication protocol application stored therein and one or more sensor units in communication with the recorder through a communications network. Each sensor unit may include a memory having the communication protocol... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C.

20070225945 - Control system for a transformer or reactor: A universal control and diagnostic system for a transformer that may be retrofit with existing control and tap-changer equipment, the system providing for remote monitoring and control of the equipment and for measuring various criteria associated with the tap-changer to substantially minimize damage to the equipment during a maneuver and... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070225946 - System integration module for cbrne sensors: A sensor interface system and a sensor integration module support individual sensors and sensor arrays, with network connectivity and critical functions required for analog and digital sensors when deployed in field applications used for chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear and explosives (CBRNE) material identification. The sensor integration module enables efficient integration... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070225947 - Fall detection device: In a fall detection device, when a first composite vector value of a first acceleration component obtained from a three-axial acceleration sensor is greater than a rotating fall determining value, or smaller than a free fall determining value, a possibility of a fall is determined. When a second composite vector... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070219733 - Resolver signal processing device: A resolver signal processing device includes a control portion, a resolver, and an input/output portion. The control portion includes a memory for storing sine wave data for two cycles, and a DMA controller for transmitting to the resolver the excitation signal including a sine wave. A calculation portion provided in... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070219737 - Scatterometry multi-structure shape definition with multi-periodicity: A modeling approach is disclosed which addresses samples with different regions where the structures exhibit different periodicities. In this approach, a first partial model is generated which defines the shape, material properties and periodicity of the first region. In addition, a second partial model is generated defining the shape, material... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20070219722 - System and method for collecting and updating geographical data: A system and method for generating a GIS data transaction including information about a topography of a region and utilities within the region. The method and system include providing information about the topography of the region; receiving information about a user collecting data related to one or more utilities in... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070219723 - Geosteering in earth formations using multicomponent induction measurements: A multicomponent induction logging tool is used on a MWD bottomhole assembly. Multifrequency focusing that accounts for the finite, nonzero, conductivity of the mandrel is applied. Using separation of modes, the principal components and a direction of a conductivity tensor are determined. The results are used for reservoir navigation in... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070219724 - Method for geologic modeling through hydrodynamics-based gridding (hydro-grids): The present invention is a method of hydrodynamics-based gridding (Hydro-Grids) for creating geologic models of subsurface volumes, such as reservoirs. Vertical grid surfaces may be chosen in an unstructured fashion to provide lateral resolution where needed. Lateral grid surfaces are created to represent surfaces of constant geologic time based on... Agent: Brent R Knight Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070219725 - Method for evaluating sedimentary basin properties by numerical modeling of sedimentation processes: A method is disclosed for simulating the formation of sedimentary deposits. In one embodiment, this method involves, (a) solving a two-dimensional time-dependent map view system of equations for at least flow momentum, flow height, suspended sediment concentration, and entrainment of overlying water, (b) calculating net sediment deposition at each map... Agent: Brent R Knight Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070219726 - Method of obtaining measurement data using a sensor application interface: A method involves, via a sensor application interface, 1) receiving, from an application, a measurement request associated with a quality-of-service control; 2) in accord with the quality-of-service control, obtaining measurement data from a sensor; and 3) returning to the application i) the measurement data obtained from the sensor, and ii)... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070219727 - Cross-species comparative genomic hybridization visualization: Comparative genomic hybridization is a tool that compares DNA samples from suspect cells of an organism with DNA samples from normal cells. Cross-species comparative genomic hybridization visualization allows genomic data from model organisms to be mapped and presented in accordance with the (for example) human genome to suggest possible common... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070219728 - System and methods for fluid quality sensing, data sharing and data visualization: A service provider receives fluid test data generated from multiple different entities and permits authorized users affiliated with the different entities, as well as others, to visualize information associated with that data to via the Internet using graphical computer interfaces at respective computers. The fluid test data can be gathered... Agent: Jones Day

20070219729 - System for the evaluation of tracer concentration in a reference tissue and a target region: The invention relates to the estimation of kinetic parameters for a target region (210) utilizing information from a normal (unperturbed) reference region (200). The proposed compartmental model models metabolic pathways for blood, reference and target tissue. The proposed analysis procedure features two alternatives: (A) Extraction of the plasma input in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070219730 - Input/loss method using the genetics of fossil fuels for determining fuel chemistry, calorific value and performance of a fossil-fired power plant: This invention relates to any fossil fueled thermal system, and especially relates to large commercial steam generators used in power plants, and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for determining fuel chemistry in essentially real time based on effluents resulting from combustion, associated stoichiometrics, and the genetics of the... Agent: Fred D. Lang

20070219731 - Fluid detector recognizing foam and surge conditions: Systems and methods for evaluating probe signal level readings in a manner that allows a low water detector to distinguish between a probe that is under a fluid level, or is above the fluid level and either being splashed or is within a foam. Low water detectors which utilize these... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20070219732 - Mobile device and method: Event triggered snapshots of display content of software applications facilitate for a user, typically in the role of a software application developer, in the process of power-optimising an application under development. The invention provides the developers with an ability to correlate specific software application events, e.g. user interface events, to... Agent: Perman & Green

20070219734 - Envelope generation algorithm: A time domain measurement method and apparatus are provided. The method comprises the steps of acquiring a burst signal and determining a plurality of min/max values of the burst signal. The determined min values are connected to generate a lower floor outline. The determined max values are connected to generate... Agent: Lecroy Corporation

20070219735 - Electric power calculating apparatus, electric power calculating method, tamper resistance evaluating apparatus, and tamper resistance evaluating method: It is a purpose to evaluate a tamper resistance of an actual circuit with a high accuracy and at a high speed in an upstream process of a circuit design. A tamper resistance evaluating apparatus includes a signal change time counter unit 10 for counting the number of times a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070219736 - Adjustment method, substrate processing method, substrate processing apparatus, exposure apparatus, inspection apparatus, measurement and/or inspection system, processing apparatus, computer system, program and information recording medium: When a host issues an analysis order that specifically instructs the analytical contents to an analytical apparatus (step 401), the analytical apparatus collects two types of measurement and/or inspection results from a measurement and/or inspection instrument (steps 403 to 409), and in step 411, the analytical apparatus analyzes the measurement... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070219738 - Tool health information monitoring and tool performance analysis in semiconductor processing: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program device are provided for monitoring production of semiconductor products to detect potential defect excursions. Equipment based data is collected reflecting equipment performance for a plurality of semiconductor manufacturing tools used for processing a plurality of semiconductor products. Also, product level data is collected... Agent: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070219739 - Mixer measurement system and method using a chaotic signal: A mixer measurement system and method use a chaotic signal to characterize a mixer under test. The mixer measurement system includes a chaotic reference source, an excitation source at an input end of the mixer under test and an inverse system at an output end of the mixer under test.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070219740 - Robust grappa: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with robust GRAPPA (GeneRalized Auto-calibrating Partially Parallel Acquisitions) are described. One method embodiment includes acquiring k-space data from a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus having multiple coils and creating a set of over determined linear equations based on auto calibration signal (ACS) lines in the... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

20070219741 - Methods and apparatus for hybrid outlier detection: Methods and apparatus for data analysis according to various aspects of the present invention are configured to identify statistical outliers in test data for components, including hybrid outliers representing outliers within subsets of larger data populations.... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20070219744 - Motion sensing apparatus, systems and techniques: A highly miniaturized electronic data acquisition system includes MEMS sensors that can be embedded onto moving device without affecting the static/dynamic motion characteristics of the device. The basic inertial magnetic motion capture (IMMCAP) module consists of a 3D printed circuit board having MEMS sensors configured to provide a tri-axial accelerometer;... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070219742 - System and method for resolving phase ambiguity of a transducer array to determine direction of arrival of received signals: System and method for resolving phase ambiguities of various transducer arrays, including non-coplanar interferometer antennas on an aircraft skin, in order to determine the direction of arrival of a signal received by the array and emitted by a source remote from the array.... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070219745 - Method and apparatus for measuring small displacement: Without using an interferometer, small displacement and/or three-dimensional shape of an object is detected in a noncontact way with high accuracy using pseudo-phase information calculated from e.g., a speckle pattern having a spatially random structure. A speckle image of the test object of the before displacement is obtained, and a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070219748 - Computer apparatus, start-up controlling method, and storage medium: The present invention relates to start-up control of a computer apparatus connected with an external device such as a USB device and is intended to easily avoid abnormalities such as a start-up failure. Identification and connectivity of an external device is monitored at the time of start-up in a computer... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070219749 - Monitoring and fault diagnosis of single-and multi-converter power systems: As described herein is a vehicle, system, method and device for monitoring, detecting and diagnosis of one or more faults in single- or multi-converter power system. Through use of existing devices within the power system, particularly semiconductor devices, output parameters may be monitored for deviations from normal operation. In addition,... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20070219747 - Hdd throttle polling based on blade temperature: A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for adjusting Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) polling rates based on a temperature of an electronic device is presented. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of by recognizing the danger that high temperatures pose to the HDD, adjusts PFA polling rates. In one... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070219746 - Method and system for physically qualifying commercial overland truck drivers: The present invention provides a system and a method for determining the physical qualification of a commercial motor vehicle driver. The system and method collect driver information from a driver, which is then assessed to determine if the driver is satisfies pre-established physical fitness qualifications. If the driver satisfies these... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20070219750 - Hardware/software capability rating system: Techniques and tools for rating computer products are described. For example, software ratings are based on subjective evaluations to determine computer system requirements for a positive user experience, while a computer running a capability tool rates a computer system's (or hardware component's) ability to run software. A capability rating for... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20070219752 - Action record support program, system, device, and method: A system recognizes an occurrence of offline action when a state in which a person-to-be-recorded does not perform a computer operation continues for or longer than a predetermined time. Then, action related information such as action schedule information about a person-to-be-recorded, movement position information indicating the position of a person-to-be-recorded,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070219753 - Guard tour system: The guard tour system of the present invention is comprised of a central computer which runs a computer program that enables a variety of electronic hardware components to function as the guard tour system. As a guard progresses through a guard tour, he or she uses a touch button reader... Agent: James A. Hudak

20070219751 - Sensor network data alignment with post-process resampling: Various embodiment of the invention may look at time stamps for the start and stop times of different sensors, compare them to a standard time reference, and normalize the received data times so that corresponding data from each sensor will represent measurements taken at the same actual time.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070219755 - System and method for a self-healing grid using demand side management techniques and energy storage: A self-healing power grid control system includes a power grid having a plurality of network islands with a plurality of linear and non-linear loads. A plurality of control sensors communicate with the power grid to monitor the electrical characteristics of the power grid. A plurality of controlled relays are in... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20070219756 - Microcontroller methods of improving reliability in dc brushless motors and cooling fans: A method of controlling a motor speed for a fan assembly includes receiving a duty cycle value at a microcontroller. The microcontroller receives a measured fan speed from a speed sensor. An expected fan speed is determined, where the expected fan speed corresponds to the duty cycle value. The measured... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070219754 - Tracking methods and systems that employ bayesian networks: The present invention includes relation-Bayesian-netowrk-based tracking methods. Various, distinct embodiments of the present invention include tracking methods for: real-time relational tracking of e-commerce segmentation and personalization, in-residence tracking of elderly and disabled people, real-time relational tracking for ground target tracking, and real-time relational tracking of satellites and satellite constellations.... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20070219757 - Extraction of imperfection features through spectral analysis: Autonomous non-destructive inspection equipment provides automatic and/or continuous inspection and evaluation of a material under inspection. The inspection equipment preferably comprises at least one detection sensor and at least one detection sensor interface for a computer. The autonomous non-destructive inspection capability may also be retrofitted into conventional inspection systems by... Agent: Kenneth L. Nash

20070219758 - Processing sensor data from a downhole device: A system, a device and a method for processing sensor data generated by a downhole device located in a wellbore. A wavelet transformation is applied to the sensor data to generate a set of filtered data. Data points from the filtered data are removed to yield a reduced dataset. When... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070213950 - Magnetic data processing device: In a magnetic data processing device, an input part sequentially inputs magnetic data outputted from a two-dimensional or three-dimensional magnetic sensor. The magnetic data is two-dimensional or three-dimensional vector data that is a linear combination of a set of fundamental vectors. The magnetic data processing device stores a plurality of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070213934 - Weather box: An apparatus includes an outdoor device and an indoor device. The outdoor device includes an outdoor thermometer, an anemometer, a rain gauge, and a transmitter coupled to the outdoor thermometer, the anemometer and the rain gauge. The indoor device includes a receiver, a processor coupled to the receiver, and a... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070213935 - Method and system to display well properties information: A system and method to provide high quality visualization of data acquired in the three dimensions of a wellbore and to enable the visualization of the real raw data as acquired in the well along with—on the same display screen—the full interpreted version of these raw data. The method and... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070213936 - 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

20070213937 - Method for detecting an occurrence zone of a mantle diapir finger location: The invention covers the mining industry. Detection method of the occurrence zone of the mantle substance diapir finger consisting in that that geological observation are carried out in riftzones banked up by diapirs of the abnormal mantle and places of location of the mantle substance finger in the earth's crust... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070213938 - Data processing apparatus, measurement apparatus and data collection method: The present invention provides a data processing system and a data collection method by which measurement data can be read in and transmitted easily, without connecting a terminal for transmitting data with various types of measurement apparatuses, and further provides a measurement apparatus to be used for the data processing... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070213939 - Method and apparatus for correlating levels of biomarker products with disease: In one aspect the invention is a method of testing for one or more colorectal pathologies or one or more subtypes of colorectal pathology (in one embodiment colorectal cancer) in a test individual by providing data corresponding to a level of products of selected biomarkers and applying the data to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070213940 - Analysis device operational methods and analysis device programming methods: In one implementation, an analysis device operational method includes providing a plurality of levels of programming abstraction corresponding to programming of an analysis device (10) configured to analyze a sample, introduced through an inlet (24), receiving input data corresponding to one of the levels of programming abstraction, processing the input... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070213941 - Techniques to reduce power consumption in mobile devices: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a mobile device operable to communicate in a wireless network, wherein the mobile device may use a multi-mode resolution digital signal processor (DSP) with one mode operable at a lower bit resolution and lower power consumption and a second mode... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070213942 - Method and system for determining the propagation path of at least one crack from one or more fracture surfaces created by said crack(s): The present invention relates to a method and to a system for determining, in a solid structure that has failed along at least one fracture surface, the propagation path of at least one crack at the origin of said or each fracture surface. The method according to the invention comprises... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070213943 - Three-dimensional structural damage localization system and method using layered two-dimensional array of capacitance sensors: A system and method for detecting damage to a structure is provided. The system includes a voltage source and at least one capacitor formed as a layer within the structure and responsive to the voltage source. The system also includes at least one sensor responsive to the capacitor to sense... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20070213944 - Fluid flow analyzing method, fluid flow analyzing system, recording medium for recording program for functioning computer as fluid flow analyzing system, and computer data signals showing fluid flow analyzing program: s

20070213945 - Compensating for frequency change in flowmeters: Motion is induced in a conduit that contains a fluid. The motion is induced such that the conduit oscillates in a first mode of vibration and a second mode of vibration. The first mode of vibration has a corresponding first frequency of vibration and the second mode of vibration has... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070213946 - Brownout detector system and method: A circuit for detecting a brownout condition may include a temperature compensating circuit that provides a temperature compensated brownout reference voltage and an input signal to compare with the brownout reference voltage. Additionally, the detection circuit may include a comparator to generate a brownout indicator if the input signal crosses... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070213947 - Method and system for eliminating vswr errors in phase and amplitude measurements: A method and system for canceling VSWR effects is provided. The exemplary method includes taking multiple measurements of parameters of a signal with a phase of the microwave signal shifted for each measurement; and processing the measured parameters to eliminate VSWR effects and determine the true magnitude and phase of... Agent: Venable LLP

20070213948 - Aesthetic profile collection: A system for selecting products is described. The system includes a computer executing a process to retrieve a product aesthetic tag associated with a particular product type selected by a customer. The aesthetic tag contains values that represent aesthetic features of the product and a process to form a result... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070213949 - Portable diagnostic analysis of gas meter and electronic corrector: Systems and associated apparatus, methods, and computer program products, relate to a small, portable diagnostic instrument for checking the correct operation of a gas metering system that include a gas meter, an electronic corrector, and a junction there between. Some embodiments may use calibrated sensors to check the operation of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070213951 - Method and system for automatically monitoring the read quality of an rfid system: A radio frequency identification system comprises a reader associated, in use, with a transmitted beam of radio frequency energy and a plurality of transponders to be energized by the energy and each of which intermittently retransmits a response signal to be read by the reader. A method of monitoring the... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070213952 - Three-dimensional position and motion telemetry input: A three-dimensional position and motion telemetry computer input apparatus includes a wireless movable element configured to repeatedly transmit encoded signals in at least three mutually distinct directions. A set of at least three unidimensional signal detectors are disposed in spaced relation to one another and configured to repeatedly detect in... Agent: Richard L. Sampson Sampson & Associates, P.C.

20070213953 - Tire deformation calculating method and tire deformation calculating apparatus: A deformation of a rotating tire on a road surface is calculated the following. At first, time series data of acceleration extracted from measurement data of acceleration corresponding to one round of tire rotation is subjected to a time integration of second order to obtain displacement data so as to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070213954 - Methods and systems for determining trapped charge density in films: Methods and systems for determining a charge trap density between a semiconductor material and a dielectric material are disclosed. In one respect, spectroscopic data of the semiconductor material may be determined and used to determine a change in dielectric function. A line shape fit of the change in the dielectric... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070213955 - Wrist watch, display method of wrist watch, and program: An information processing device includes: timing means for performing a timing action thereby to output time information indicating the result of the timing action; unit time outputting means for converting the time, as indicated by the time information outputted from the timing means, into individual unit times, as expressed by... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070213956 - Systems and methods for real-time protective device evaluation in an electrical power distribution system: A system for providing real-time modeling of protective device in an electrical system under management is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a virtual system modeling engine, and an analytics engine. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected to a sensor configured to provide real-time measurements of data... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070213958 - Measuring arrangement with sensor having identification unit: A measuring arrangement including a sensor (1), an interpretation unit (3) connected to said sensor via a detachable connection cable (2), and a memory module (4) having sensor-relevant data whereby the memory module is assigned to the sensor and may be interrogated by the interpretation unit to simplify deference of... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070213957 - Method and system for clustering objects and finding prime redescriptors for the clusters: Disclosed are a method of and system for clustering objects and finding prime redescriptors for the clusters of objects. The method comprises the step of forming a matrix, including (i) identifying on the matrix, each of a set of given objects, and (ii) for each of said set of objects,... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070208511 - Computerized plant health diagnostics system: A computerized plant health diagnostics system comprises a probe and a computer. The probe is installed at a site of a plant that is in poor health. The probe collects environmental data at the site. The environmental data are uploaded to a computer. The computer obtains a species profile for... Agent: Scot A. Reader, Esq.

20070208512 - Real-time plant health monitoring system: A real-time plant health monitoring system comprises a probe and a computer. The computer obtains a species profile for the installed plant. The species profile is downloaded to the probe. The probe is installed at a site of a plant. The probe collects environmental data at the site. The probe... Agent: Scot A. Reader, Esq.

20070208517 - Probe for plant selection and health maintenance system: A probe for use in a computerized plant selection and health maintenance system comprises a controller having a processor adopted to process environmental data received from a plurality of sensors and a communications interface adapted to transmit environmental data; and a soil mount removably engaged with the controller having a... Agent: Scot A. Reader, Esq.

20070208519 - Adaptive method and system of monitoring signals for detecting anomalies: There is described a method for detecting anomalies in a set of signals that normally exhibit analogous behaviour. The method comprises: acquiring a set of signals from at least one measurement source; designating a reference signal Sref from the acquired set of signals; computing a deviation Devi between the reference... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070208509 - Method of poling a glass ceramic body: A method of selecting poling parameters for poling a glass ceramic body comprising ferroelectric domains, by applying an electric field across the glass ceramic body at a certain poling temperature for a certain poling time comprises the steps of: determining an upper bound of poling temperature given by the maximum... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070208510 - Method of identifying and localizing drainage tile problems: A method of identifying drainage tile problems in a field including steps of detecting, predicting and comparing moisture levels. The steps including detecting a moisture level at predetermined locations in the field; predicting moisture levels at the predetermined locations; and comparing the moisture levels detected in the detecting step with... Agent: Deere & Company

20070208513 - Method and system for creating a weather-related virtual view: A weather-related image of a remote location is displayed at a local computer by first storing a plurality of digital images of the remote location. Then, data associated with each respective image is stored. The data is of the kind capable of being used to identify a respective remote weather... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070208515 - Accuracy improvement in strong ion difference for blood gas testing: An improved bicarbonate determination with variability of apparent dissociation constant in Henderson-Hasselbach equation or Henderson equation with Henry's law is described. The improved bicarbonate is utilized in the determination of improved Strong Ion Difference (SID) and Strong Ion Difference Excess (SIDE) as the change in SID from the reference value... Agent: Dr. Amar Pal Singh Rana

20070208514 - Method of preparing disease prognosis model, disease prognosis prediction method using this model, prognosis prediction device based on this model, and program for performing the device and storage medium wherein said program is stored: The present invention relates to a disease prognosis prediction modeling method for preparing a model for predicting the prognosis of a specified disease from clinical laboratory test values for the disease by means of a computer, the method comprising the steps of: inputting a plurality of actually measured clinical laboratory... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070208516 - Random forest modeling of cellular phenotypes: A method of generating classification models to predict biological activity of a population of cells is provided. In certain embodiments, the method involves a) receiving a training set having values for independent and dependent variables associated with populations of cells; b) clustering the training set; c) randomly selecting, with replacement,... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070208518 - User interface for presentation of genomic data: A user interface for presentation of genomic data is presented herein. The user interface presents a list of genomic locations of interest. Selection of one of the selected locations in the list causes a region of the display presenting a span of genomic data in graphical fashion to alter the... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070208520 - Systems, devices, and methods for arc fault management: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a fault detection system, which can comprise a microprocessor. The microprocessor can be configured to automatically generate an output signal to an output pin responsive to an input signal indicative of an arc fault. The output signal can be configured to trip a circuit breaker.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070208521 - System for controlling electrically-powered devices in an electrical network: A system for controlling remotely located electrically-powered systems in an electrical network includes a first transceiver. The first transceiver has an identifier in memory and wirelessly communicates bidirectionally with a control center via a plurality of additional wireless bidirectional transceivers. At least one of the plurality of additional wireless bidirectional... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070208522 - Apparatus and method for detecting and analyzing spectral components in predetermined frequency bands within a signal, frequency filter, and related computer-readable media: An apparatus for detecting spectral components in a predetermined frequency band within a signal includes first and second processing devices and first, second, and third connectors tuned to the frequency band. The first processing device includes first, second, and third elements. The second processing device includes fourth, fifth, and sixth... Agent: Michael Tavella

20070208523 - Device and method for determining the quality of illustrations of printing plates: A device and a method for determining the quality of imaging of printing plates by means of, in particular, an optoelectronic sensor for detecting a reference mark that is disposed inside or outside the printing area which includes different reference fields is provided. An evaluation unit is provided for evaluating... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070208524 - Long-duration offset compensation of a sensor: A method serves to compensate the offset of a sensor signal, in particular of an acceleration sensor detecting movements in the driving direction of a vehicle (longitudinal acceleration sensor). The offset of the signal during the lifetime of the vehicle adapted by means of a long-duration offset filter (LZOF). More... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070208525 - Light source of testing light sensor, test apparatus and method: A light source of testing a sensor, a test apparatus and a method are disclosed. The test apparatus includes a light source, a photo-mask and a sensor bearing area. The light source includes a plurality of light emitting diodes with parallel connection for emitting a test light. The light source... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070208526 - Probeless dc testing of cmos i/o circuits: A method and implementation is described by which I/O input and output circuitry of a CMOS chip are measured without the need to probe the chip. Output driver transistors are used to provide marginal voltages to test input circuits, and the output driver transistors are segmented into portions where a... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20070208527 - Test apparatus and test method: A test apparatus adapted for testing different electronic devices is provided. The apparatus provides a standard interface for operating with the different electronic devices. The interface provides an optional interface region, an optional test command region, and a selected test command region. The optional interface region is for displaying optional... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070208528 - Method of controlling movement of graphics object and remote control device using the same: A remote control device is provided. The device includes an attitude sensing unit that senses the attitude of a device; an axis determining unit that determines one axis in space according to the attitude; a direction input unit that receives a selection command input of one of two directions that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070208529 - Capacitive sensing isolation using reversed biased diodes: A capacitive sensor is provided. The capacitive sensor includes a sensor/heat pad for outputting a sensing signal, a first diode coupled to a first node of the sensor/heat pad, a second diode coupled to a second node of the sensor/heat pad, a first transistor coupled to the first diode and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070208530 - Activity monitoring systems & methods: An activity monitor, comprises housing for attachment to a person; at least one accelerometer disposed within the housing; and a processor disposed within the housing, for processing signals from the accelerometer to assess activity of the person. A method assesses activity of a person, including: sensing acceleration at a first... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070208531 - 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 automatically measure amounts of time taken by the user to complete respective distance intervals. During the outing, data representing the automatically measured amounts of time... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070208532 - Adaptive pace estimation device and method: A device and method for estimating an adaptive pace depending on a user with a different pace. An adaptive pace estimation device includes a GPS receiver for receiving position information from a GPS satellite; an acceleration sensor for measuring vibrations due to walking to output an acceleration value; a memory... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070208533 - Image reconstruction method: A method of extracting the shape of a probe tip of a probe-based instrument from data obtained by the instrument is provided. The method employs algorithms based on the principle that no reconstructed image points can physically occupy the same region as the tip during imaging. Sequential translates of the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz S.c.

20070208534 - Method and system for generating collective output for validation: Systems and methods are provided that relate to a platform, techniques, and processes for verifying the precision, sensitivity, accuracy, reproducibility, and other characteristics of biological tests, such as DNA identification or other tests or assays. According to various embodiments, a logic engine can guide a user to arrange, conduct, and... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20070208538 - Determining the quality and reliability of a component by monitoring dynamic variables: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that tests the quality and/or the reliability of a component. During operation, the system applies test conditions to a plurality of specimens of the component. While applying the test conditions, the system measures the same variable from each of the plurality... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070208536 - Methods and systems for self-improvement: A system and method of assessing an individual's chance for success is disclosed. The method includes taking a test, the test including questions that measure a plurality of characteristics of the individual. A score associated with each of the measured plurality of characteristics of the individual in accordance with the... Agent: Glen M. Diehl Diehl Servilla LLC

20070208539 - Producing system and its control device, control method, control system and control program: An IJ-system reagent inspection device 3 that instructs an ejection device to eject a reagent and reads an inspection result from a detachable DNA chip module 2. The method is carried out based on inspection information of inputted inspection items to produce and output inspection data along with inputted examinee-identification... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070208537 - System and method for determining performance of network lines: A method for determining performance of data communication lines in a DSL network is provided. The method includes determining a performance metric for at least one line from a first set of data that included measurements for each of a plurality of parameters related to the at least one line;... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070208535 - System and method for efficient and collective adjustment of sensor reporting ranges for long-lived queries: A system and method for providing energy-efficient support of continuous aggregate queries in a sensor network by efficiently orchestrating the collection and transmission of data gathered by a collective set of sensors to ensure conformance to a specified QoI bound. To ensure this, the sink communicates a potentially different value... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070208540 - Method of providing system design: An embodiment of a computer implemented method of providing a design of a system receives a relative performance specification for the system. A particular system design is returned that is expected to perform at about the relative performance specification.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070208541 - Method, apparatus, and system for monitoring amount of liquid poured from liquid containers: Some embodiments provide a method of hosting a social event. The method includes bringing a portable data collector to the event. The method also includes attaching a set of pour monitoring devices (PMDs) to a set of liquid containers. The method transmits liquid pour information from PMDs to the portable... Agent: Adeli Law Group, A Professional Law Corporation

20070208542 - Movement and event systems and associated methods: The invention provides a smart sensor (10) in the form of an adhesive bandage (32). The sensor (12) sticks to people and objects and wirelessly communicates with remote receivers (24). Internal detectors (12) sense conditions associated with movement or the environment of the sensor. Typically, sensors of the invention communicate... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070208544 - Method and apparatus for estimating a motion parameter: A method and apparatus for estimating a motion parameter corresponding to a subject element employs one or more accelerometers operable to measure accelerations and a processing system operable to generate a motion parameter metric utilizing the acceleration measurements and estimate the motion parameter using the motion parameter metric.... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070208545 - Statistical methods for hierarchical multivariate ordinal data which are used for data base driven decision support: A method of analysis including an intrinsically valid class of statistical methods for dealing with multivariate ordinal data. A decision support system that can (1) provide automated decision support in a transparent fashion (2) optionally be controlled by a decision maker, (3) provide for an evidence acquisition concept, including automatically... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070208543 - Structural data analysis system: A system and method for identifying significant bivariate checkpoints. The system includes a controller configured to receive measurements for a plurality of checkpoints and calculate the covariance and correlation for each checkpoint pair. The controller identifies significant bivariate checkpoints based on the covariance between the checkpoint pairs. Further, the controller... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070208546 - Real time data quality control and determination of formation angles from multicomponent induction measurements using neural networks: Neural networks may be used to determine and predict formation dip angles and perform quality assurance assessments from data collected with a multi-component induction tool used for well logging. The neural networks make use of corrected, rotated and normalized data to provide the predictions and assessments. Synthetic data using various... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP- Baker Atlas