Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 10/07

20070250276 - Temperature-compensating sensor system: A temperature compensating fluid flow sensing system is provided that comprises a resistance-based sensor element that is included in a constant voltage anemometer circuit configured to establish and maintain a command voltage across the first sensor element and to provide a CVA output voltage corresponding to the resistance change in... Agent: J. Michael Martinez De Andino, Esq. Hunton & Williams LLP

20070250279 - Digital data signal analysis by evaluating sampled values in conjunction with signal bit values: Time characteristics of a data signal including a sequence of a plurality of bits are determined by a method including providing a first trigger signal in response to a clock signal related to the data signal, providing first sample values from the data signal, in response to the first trigger... Agent: Perman & Green

20070250269 - Apparatus and method for generating a seismic source signal: A seismic source signal generator having feed-forward control having pressure, current and/or valve position sensors that detect system component parameters. Initial and operating parameters are processed during source operation to remove, partially or wholly, harmonic distortions from the seismic source signal.... Agent: Edmonds, P.C.

20070250270 - Cellular predictive models for toxicities: Methods for generating models for predicting biological activity of a stimulus test population of cells are provided. The models may be used to classify or predict the effect of stimuli on cells. In certain embodiments, the methods involve receiving data comprising values for dependent variables associated with stimuli; preparing a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070250272 - Determining optimal concentrations of protective additives for biomolecules: The invention provides a method for determining optimal concentrations of additives which are capable to protect sensitive biomacromolecules, e.g. proteins or nucleic acids, against denaturation and aggregation in a solution comprising at least one species of a biomacromolecule and at least one species of a protective additive comprising: a) treating... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070250271 - Method of compensation of dose-response curve of an essay for sensitivity to perturbing variables: The present invention provides assays and methods of compensating for changes in the dose-response curve of an assay where such changes are due to variations in a perturbing variable such as, but not limited to temperature. This is achieved by a two-step method, the first step of which involves measurements... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070250274 - Method for analyzing dynamic detectable events at the single molecule level: A method to be implemented on or in a computer is disclosed, where the method includes data collection, calibration, candidate selection, and analysis of data streams associated with each candidate to classify single molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer events. Once classified, the classification can be related to the nature of... Agent: Robert W Strozier, P.l.l.c

20070250273 - Method for matching paint: Method for matching of a repair paint to texture properties and optionally colour of a paint film on a substrate to be repaired characterized in that a database is used of paint modules with specified texture data, which are used to calculate expected texture of a combination of modules on... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070250275 - Method and device for detecting surface state of work piece: A work piece 1 mounted on a movable table 22 is rotated while adjusting cutting depths of a grinding wheel 23 by means of feed motor so as to perform cylindrical grinding. During the cylindrical grinding, a thermocouple 42 is pushed to and caused to contact the rotating cylindrical grinding... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070250277 - System and method for depth determination of cracks in conducting structures: The alternating current potential drop ACPD technique is used to monitor surface cracks in electrical conductors. At high frequencies, the current flows in a superficial skin layer. Two distinct solutions are currently available for the thin and thick skin cases. However, there is no general solution that bridges these two... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070250278 - Mixed signal display for a measurement instrument: A mixed signal measurement instrument provides for the display of both analog and logic signal waveforms using a “no dead time” architecture. For a logic signal all trigger events are detected, the logic signal is sampled at a high rate to produce a sampled logic signal data, the sampled logic... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070250280 - Methods for determining relative phase differences in entangled quantum states: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods for determining a phase shift acquired by an entangled N-qubit system represented by a NOON state. In one embodiment, a probe electromagnetic field is coupled with each qubit system. The phase shift acquired by the qubit systems is transferred to... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070250281 - Calibration apparatus, calibration method, testing apparatus, and testing method: There is provided a calibration apparatus for calibrating a jitter measuring circuit for outputting a jitter measuring signal corresponding to a value of jitter contained in an input signal, having a signal inputting section for sequentially inputting the first input signal having first period and the second input signal having... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070250282 - Method for calibrating parameter of integrated circuit: A method for calibrating a parameter of an IC, using an external device so as to calibrate an analog control parameter of an internal analog circuit in the IC. The external device is used in a detecting mode so as to detect whether the analog control parameter is beyond a... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070250283 - Maintenance and calibration operations for memories: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems and apparatus for performing memory maintenance and calibration operations. To perform calibration operations, calibration data may first be written to memory, and subsequently read back. The calibration operations may then be performed in response to detecting discrepancies between the data written and... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070250284 - Semiconductor integrated circuit and testing method for the same: A semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention is provided with a clock control portion having a clock generation portion for generating a clock signal and an output command signal input portion for receiving a clock output command signal from the outside, and an internal circuit controlled by an output... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070250285 - Method for test of electronic component: A method for testing an electronic component. The method includes connecting the electronic component to a test machine; specifying search range limits, low-to-high transition edge and high-to-low transition edge found criterion, and number of outcomes in a trial including multiple tests specified as proof of low-to-high transition or as high-to-low... Agent: Verigy

20070250286 - Motion monitoring and analysis system: A motion analysis system (10) in which sensor elements (20) attached to movable body segments record movement parameters including angular velocity and acceleration. A control device (40) receives the movement parameters and determines an overall motion of the movable body segments. The overall motion is analysed against an acceptable motion... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070250287 - Orthopods and equipment to generate orthopedic supports from computerized data inputs: Systems and methods for measuring feet and designing and creating orthopedic inserts are described. The method can include measuring a pressure the foot exerts during a stride at a plurality of points over a period of time, analyzing a pressure at the plurality of points over the period of time... Agent: Glen M. Diehl Diehl Servilla, LLC

20070250288 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine, and a control device therefor: A method of monitoring proper operation of an internal combustion engine by analyzing an engine speed includes the following steps: determination of an acceleration characteristic for each cylinder, which is a function of the engine acceleration between preferably directly successive working cycles of a specifiable number of examined cylinders; selection... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070250289 - Method and system for personal inertial navigation measurements: A system (400, 500) and method (800) of personal inertial navigation measurements can include measuring (802) an angle, measuring (804) an angular velocity independent of an angle measurement, measuring (806) an angular acceleration independent of the angle measurement and independent of an angular velocity measurement, and combining (808) the angle... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070250290 - Scanning exposure technique: A scanning exposure apparatus for performing exposure of a substrate to light includes a projection optical system to project light from the original onto the substrate, a stage to hold the substrate and to move in a scanning direction, and a focus detector to detect a position of a surface... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070250291 - Using equivalence points to compare athletic performances across distance, gender, exact age, event and course differences: Hundreds of thousands of youths participate in racing sports in the United States. Racing sports, such as swimming, track and speed skating all use elapsed time as the primary measure of achievement. But an elapsed time by itself, such as 55.23 seconds, is of little value in determining if a... Agent: Dr. Stephen A. Beale

20070250292 - Application of abnormal event detection technology to delayed coking unit: The present invention is a method for detecting an abnormal event for process units of a Delayed Coking Unit. The method compares the operation of the process units to statistical and engineering models. The statistical models are developed by principal components analysis of the normal operation for these units. The... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20070250293 - Motor vehicle control device: A motor vehicle control device, in particular an engine control device or gearbox controller, has an interface for receiving at least one measured variable, a device for calculating at least one variable and a memory for storing the measured variable or each measured variable and/or the calculated variable or each... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070250294 - Operating frequency selection method for hardness measurement system, operating frequency selection apparatus, and hardness measurement system: The selection of an operating frequency is further facilitated in a hardness measurement system for measuring the hardness of an object using a phase shift circuit. A hardness sensor is connected to an operating frequency selection apparatus and in a free end state the amplitude versus frequency characteristic is acquired,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070244645 - Gas-condition predicting device and diffusion-condition predicting system: A gas-condition predicting device includes an auxiliary storage device for storing each atmospheric condition in association with gas flow-field data in a target area under the atmospheric condition; a meteorological-modeling unit for calculating, using a meteorological model calculation, meteorological parameters at a plurality of evaluation points defined in an enlarged... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070244644 - Weather predicting apparatus, and weather predicting method, computer product: A weather predicting apparatus computes predicted values indicative of the weather at predetermined time intervals after a predetermined time point in the past based on each initial value, and compares each predicted value with a corresponding actual value in the past. When the difference between the two is determined to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070244648 - Method and computer program product for estimating true intrinsic relaxation time and internal gradient from multigradient nmr logging: A method and a computer program product for estimating the true intrinsic relaxation time T2 and the internal gradient Gint for a multi-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance imaging tool for well logging includes providing at least two frequencies in a plurality of echo trains, evaluating the signal decay in each echo... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP- Baker Atlas

20070244651 - Structure-based analysis for identification of protein signatures: cuscore: Disclosed are computational methods, and associated hardware and software products for scoring polypeptide residues that combine the use of a structure-based alignment with a method of selecting against confounding proteins. The scores can be used to identify protein signatures of interest that are useful, e.g., as targets in developing highly... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070244652 - Structure based analysis for identification of protein signatures: pscore: Disclosed herein are computational methods of scoring or characterizing the specificity of residue to a protein of interest based on the frequency the residue occurs in local sequence context in a database. These scored residues can be used to identify protein signatures of interest that are useful, e.g., as targets... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070244646 - Method of formation characterication using tool responses: A method of deriving formation characterization comprises receiving measurement data of a substrate area; defining a measurement error distribution; creating multiple parameterized formation models of the subsurface area based on the measurement error distribution and the measurement data; generating multiple tool responses corresponding to the multiple parameterized formation models; considering... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070244647 - Density and velocity based assessment method and apparatus: A method and associated apparatus are provided for determining selected elastic characteristics of a body of material, e.g. a body of earthen materials at a particular site of interest and visually expressing those characteristics; the method and apparatus for processing the method follows the steps of: (a) establishing the location... Agent: Olive & Olive, P.A.

20070244649 - Automated update of microarray data processing inputs: A method and device for supplying array data processing inputs, such as design files and protocols, for analyzing a microarray are disclosed herein. The user is able to access from a client computer, without the user specifying the network location, a storage unit at a predetermined network location, and receive... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070244650 - Service-oriented architecture for deploying, sharing, and using analytics: Methods, systems, and techniques for deploying, publishing, sharing, and using analytics are provided. Example embodiments provide a Analytic Server Computing System (an “ASCS”) which provides an SOA framework, for enabling users to develop and deploy analytics to their customers or other human or electronic clients by means of a web... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070244653 - Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapon detection system with environmental acuity: A chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapon detection system is disclosed that heightens its acuity and alertness when it senses that a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapon attack is more likely. For example, it is well understood that a chemical gas attack is likely to be less effective when... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070244654 - Multivariable mass flow rate transmitter system and flow rate setting tool: A system includes a multivariable mass flow rate transmitter having a mass flow rate computation section, and a flow rate setting tool which performs setup of the mass flow rate computation section, the flow rate setting tool including a parameter generation section which generates operational parameters of the mass flow... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070244655 - Method of determining the angular position of a headlight by several magnetic field measurement means: The invention concerns a measurement device and method for determining the angular position of a pivoting headlights by means of a measurement device that comprises a ferromagnetic element that emits a local magnetic field, first means of measuring the local magnetic field in projection on a first axis, the ferromagnetic... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20070244656 - Method and apparatus for determining jitter and pulse width from clock signal comparisons: A method and apparatus for determining jitter and pulse width from clock signal comparisons provides a low cost and production-integrable mechanism for measuring a clock signal with a reference clock, both of unknown frequency. The measured clock signal is sampled at transitions of a reference clock and the sampled values... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20070244658 - Data analysis method: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide a data analysis method that can estimate quantitatively how much the yield is increased by improving a manufacturing process by quantifying a yield impact on the yield of the product. A data group provided for each parameter is classified into a first... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070244657 - Methods and systems for testing radio frequency identification (rfid) tags having multiple antennas: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for testing antenna(s) of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag are described. A reader transmits a test command signal to a RFID tag having a plurality of antennas. Each antenna of the plurality of antennas is coupled to a respective antenna port. The tag processes the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070244659 - Method of aligning probe for eddy current inspection: A system and method using a touch probe device for eddy current inspection. The touch probe provides a simple approach for coming within close contact of the specimen while maintaining a normal angle and pressure at the right positions. The use of the touch probe further reduces the total time... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070244660 - Alternator tester: An alternator tester is provided for testing an alternator of a vehicle while the alternator is coupled to the vehicle. A sensor is configured to couple to the vehicle and sense a signal related to operation of the alternator. A memory contains data related to operator instructions for performing an... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070244661 - Acquiring test data from an electronic circuit: Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for acquiring test data from an electronic circuit by mounting a probe adjacent to a capture point on an electronic circuit board, capturing by the probe an electronic signal of the electronic circuit, digitizing by the probe the captured signal, and transmitting... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20070244662 - Increased yield manufacturing for integrated circuits: A system and method for providing increased manufacturing yield for integrated circuits. Various aspects of the invention may comprise receiving an integrated circuit designed to operate at nominal power supply characteristics. The integrated circuit may, for example, be tested at nominal power supply characteristics to determine if the integrated circuit... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070244663 - Software or hardware test apparatus and method: A software or hardware test system and method repeatedly obtains testing status of a plurality of test units in a group while the test units are testing hardware or software being executed on the test units. The system and method provides for display of the current testing status of the... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20070244664 - Resistance calculating method: An exemplary resistance calculating method includes steps of: calculating a heat transfer rate of a conductor; and finding a resistance of the conductor as a reciprocal of the heat transfer rate of the conductor. The calculating method includes sub-steps of: simulating the conductor with a software which can calculates a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070244665 - System and method for detecting an axial position of a shaft: A shaft comprises a hardened outer metallic layer having a first hardness level with a generally uniform radial depth. A first strip extends in a generally longitudinal direction in the outer metallic layer. The first strip has a second hardness level different from the first hardness level. A second strip... Agent: Deere & Company

20070244666 - Electromagnetic tracking using a discretized numerical field model: Described herein are one or more implementations for electromagnetic tracking of position and orientation that utilizes a discretized numerical field model, rather than the conventional analytical dipole model.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070244667 - Method for predicting a golfer's ball striking performance: A method for a predicting golfer's performance is disclosed herein. The method inputs the pre-impact swing properties of a golfer obtained from a CMOS imaging system, a plurality of mass properties of a first golf club, and a plurality of mass properties of a first golf ball into a rigid... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20070244668 - Measured-value acquisition device: The disclosure relates to a measured-value acquisition device for measuring physical values of a technical process in a process engineering system, for converting the physical value into an adequate electrical value and outputting the latter to a communications medium. For the flexible acquisition of a plurality of measurement signals with... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070244669 - System for reconstruction of non-uniformly sampled signals: A signal processing system allows reconstruction of a non-uniformly sampled analog signal including sampling an analog signal at a sampling period of resulting in a quantized non-uniformly sampled signal. The non-uniformly sampled signal includes a sampled signal and an amplitude error between a signal sampled with the equidistant sample period... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Infineon

20070239359 - Method for creating a stratigraphic model using pseudocores created from borehole images: A method for creating a stratigraphic model is provided. A core is obtained from a wellbore and a detailed graphic core description is created. Wireline data, including a borehole image, is obtained for a cored interval corresponding to the core and processed into an interpretable borehole image. The core description... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20070239365 - Method for estimating the impact of fuel distribution and furnace configuration on fossil fuel-fired furnace emissions and corrosion responses: Provided is a method for estimating the impact of fuel distribution on emissions and corrosion responses of a fossil fuel-fired furnace. A variable is determined, termed herein separation number, by inputting fuel oil and air into the furnace, wherein the variable provides a linear relationship to multiple furnace process responses.... Agent: Mckay & Associates, PC.

20070239370 - Automated sleep system: An system for providing a highly adjustable sleep system has box frame assembly and a mattress assembly with a plurality of support cylinders, where the support cylinders may be spring loaded or pneumatic. The pressure of each individual support cylinder may be automatically adjustable by changing the tension on a... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070239372 - Apparatus and method for high-speed load shedding in an electrical power system: An apparatus and method causes a response action in an electrical power distribution system having, inter alia, a plurality of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) configured to provide protective monitoring and control of the electrical power system. The method includes detecting receipt of one of a number of matrix input signals... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070239377 - Method and apparatus for generating a clinician quality assurance scoreboard: The present invention provides a quality assurance system and method that generates a quality assurance (QA) scorecard for clinicians that participate in a radiological-based medical imaging study using digital imaging technologies. According to one embodiment, client computers, servers, imaging devices, databases, and/or other components may be coupled to provided a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070239376 - Method and apparatus for generating a patient quality assurance scorecard: The present invention provides a quality assurance system and method that generates a quality assurance (QA) scorecard for patients that use digital devices in a radiological-based medical imaging study. According to one embodiment, client computers, servers, imaging devices, databases, and/or other components may be coupled to provided a unified data... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070239360 - Correction of cross-component induction measurements for misalignment using comparison of the xy formation response: Measurements are made with a multicomponent logging tool in an earth formation. The measurements are inverted without using a selected cross-component measurement. The model is then used to predict the value of the selected cross-component. A misalignment angle of the tool is estimated from the predicted and actual values of... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070239361 - Automated hypothesis testing: A method of automatically applying a hypothesis test to a data set. The method reduces errors made in failing to appreciate predicate assumptions of various statistical tests, and elicits a series of indications from the user regarding characteristics of interest embodied by the data set to select an appropriate statistical... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070239362 - Fictitious play based assembly sequence optimization considering process constraints: A method for optimizing a sequence of things that employs a fictitious play algorithm. The method includes assigning an agent to each thing in the sequence, and defining an objective function that is a function of certain performance indices of the things. The method also includes determining an initial sequence... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070239363 - Method for making an infeasible sequence of things feasible: A method for making an infeasible sequence of things feasible. The method includes generating a series of matrices that define the relative position of the things in the sequence based on graph theory, and multiplying the matrices to determine the required order of the things in the sequence based on... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070239364 - Methods, systems, and software for identifying functional biomolecules: The present invention generally relates to methods of rapidly and efficiently searching biologically-related data space. More specifically, the invention includes methods of identifying bio-molecules with desired properties, or which are most suitable for acquiring such properties, from complex bio-molecule libraries or sets of such libraries. The invention also provides methods... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070239366 - Hybrid classical-quantum computer architecture for molecular modeling: A method of simulating a molecular system using a hybrid computer is provided. The hybrid computer comprises a classical computer and a quantum computer. The method uses atomic coordinates {right arrow over (R)}n and atomic charges Zn of a molecular system to compute a ground state energy of the molecular... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070239367 - On-site method of providing analysis of potency and purity of pharmaceutical compounds: A computer facilitated method of requesting a spectral analysis of a sample having an unknown concentration or purity, performing an energy absorption analysis of the sample to obtain spectral data regarding the analysis and comparing the spectral data to a stored spectral data regarding the analyses of the samples having... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070239368 - Condition lifecycle mathematical model and process: Initial assumptions related to the service life of a particular item, such as a component section of a building, are mathematically modeled to construct an initial lifecycle condition relationship as condition index (CI) v. time. To update the model, empirical data may be input at any time. As modeled in... Agent: Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity Attn: Cehec-oc

20070239369 - Creating a virtual profile library: A method of creating a virtual profile library includes obtaining a reference signal. The reference signal was generated by measuring a signal off a reference structure on a semiconductor wafer with a metrology device. The reference signal is compared to a plurality of signals in a first library. The comparison... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070239371 - Process, sensor and diagnosis device for pump diagnosis: A process for detecting the operating state of a pump of a pump system, involves the steps of: detecting at least one pressure nd/or flow profile P(t) in the pump system, computing of at least one characteristic value Kkal from the pressure and/or flow profile P(t), comparing the computed characteristic... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070239373 - Systems and methods for automatic real-time capacity assessment for use in real-time power analytics of an electrical power distribution system: A system for conducting a real-time power capacity assessment of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system.... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070239374 - System and method for monitroing a vehicle battery: A method for monitoring a battery installed in a vehicle includes utilizing a system provided within the vehicle to determine that a test of the battery should be performed when a first condition is satisfied. The method also includes electrically coupling at least one vehicle load to the battery and... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070239375 - Monitoring a system during low-pressure processes: A method of monitoring a processing system in real-time using low-pressure based modeling techniques that include processing one or more of wafers in a processing chamber; determining a measured dynamic process response for a rate of change for a process parameter; executing a real-time dynamic model to generate a predicted... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070239378 - Correction of cross-component induction measurements for misalignment using comparison of the xy formation response: A misalignment angle between the transmitter and receiver antenna of a multicomponent induction logging tool are estimated from quadrature component signals at multiple frequencies.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070239379 - Data interface calibration: Embodiments for positioning transitions in one or more data signals in relation to a data strobe signal are disclosed.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070239380 - System, method, and computer product for detection instrument calibration: In one embodiment, a method of determining a drift value is described that comprises performing one or more X-axis translations of an excitation beam over a probe array; measuring light responsive to the excitation beam from at least two positional reference elements associated with the probe array for the X-axis... Agent: Affymetrix, Inc Attn: ChiefIPCounsel, Legal Dept.

20070239381 - Methods and devices for monitoring fluid of an implantable infusion pump: Methods and devices are described for monitoring reservoir fluid in an implantable infusion pump. Such methods and devices can be used when the infusion pump has a temperature-dependent component. For example, a method of monitoring reservoir fluid can include obtaining measurements from the reservoir that include corresponding data related to... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070239382 - Cross-path calibration for data acquisition using multiple digitizing paths: The present invention utilizes multiple A/D (analog-to-digital) paths and cross-path calibration to provide accurate and reliable measurements for each input channel in a data acquisition system. When the system and method are applied, user and automated methods of selecting among a number of alternative input range settings can be reduced,... Agent: Terry Mchugh Law Offices Of Terry Mchugh

20070239383 - Refining a virtual profile library: A method of refining a virtual profile library includes obtaining a reference signal measured off a reference structure on a semiconductor wafer with a metrology device. A best match is selected of the reference signal in a virtual profile data space. The virtual profile data space has data points with... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070239384 - Method and test component for rotatable disc parts: A Method and Test Component for Rotatable Discs Rotatable discs combined with turbine blades in engines must be tested for critical life analysis. Thus, consideration must be made as to life expectancy for such components as a result of tensile circumferential hoops as generated by the weight of blades under... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070239387 - Apparatus and method for selectively monitoring multiple voltages in an ic or other electronic chip: An apparatus and method are provided for monitoring the voltage available in each domain of multiple voltage domains of a partitioned electronic chip. In embodiments of the invention, only a single pair of C4 pins is required for all voltage monitoring activity. One useful embodiment is directed to apparatus for... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070239385 - Apparatus and method for tolerance analysis for digital and/or digitized measure values: An electric tolerance analysis circuit for digital and digitized measured values has inputs for receiving a measured value, a reference value, and a tolerance value and also an output for transmitting an output value. The electric tolerance analysis circuit also has a checking device for checking the measured value using... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070239388 - Jitter amplifier, jitter amplification method, electronic device, testing apparatus, and testing method: There is provided a jitter amplifier for amplifying or attenuating a jitter component contained in an input signal, having a jitter demodulating section for demodulating the jitter component from the input signal and an amplifying circuit for amplifying or attenuating the jitter component by controlling phase of the input signal... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070239386 - Uniform power density across processor cores at burn-in: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for burn-in testing of a multiprocessor. A process identifies a power management data set for a plurality of processor cores associated with the multiprocessor. The process selects one or more of the plurality of processor cores to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070239389 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing signals in a testing system: The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide approaches for synchronizing signals in a testing system. In some embodiments, the timing signal associated with each device under test (DUT) is maintained at an integer multiple of the tester timing signal. Additionally, in other embodiments, the timing signal associated with various... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070239390 - Low-power dissipation and monitoring method and apparatus in a measurement system: A measurement system and a method of configuring and gathering data are described.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070239391 - Method and system for simulating multiple cable modems: A fixed MAC address of a cable modem is used to generate a series of unique MAC Addresses in order to simulate multiple cable modems from the CMTS's point of view. Before a scheduled maintenance operation, a simulated MAC address value is disbursed to pertinent hardware registers in the cable... Agent: Arris International, Inc

20070239392 - Controller of optical disk device and parameter calibrating apparatus and method therefor: A controller of an optical disk device includes: a first sub-controller, a second sub-controller and a third sub-controller. The first sub-controller includes serially connected a first lead-lag filter and a first low pass filter. The second sub-controller includes a second lead-lag filter and a second low pass filter that are... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070239393 - Knowledge based encoding of data: Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for receiving data from one or more processes, receiving or deriving a knowledge representation describing the data, which may include one or more finite automata, determining a plurality of values for encoding the data, said determining based at least in part on the knowledge... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070239394 - Method and device for determination of roll angle: The invention relates to a method and device for the determination of the roll angle φ of a rotating body, such as a shell, utilizing sensors for the detection of rotation signals in a body-fixed coordinate system. According to the invention, a new filter device is proposed to handle moment... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070239395 - System and method for determination of object location for calibration using patient data: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for determining a location of an object of interest for use in image calibration. Certain embodiments of a method include loading an image of at least a portion of a patient. The image includes an object of interest. The method... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070239396 - Plant facility managing system: There is realized a plant facility managing system capable of executing diagnoses by utilizing respective facility parameters against a plurality of facilities, or capable of making use of the result of a diagnosis as an input for another diagnosis. In the plant facility managing system comprising a diagnosis processing unit... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070239397 - Closed-loop diagnostic system: Problem diagnostics may be obtained from components that log messages using a unique component identifier which is provided within each message so as to enable routing of callbacks to the component that originated the message. Similarly, problem diagnostics may be obtained from components that generate alerts, where the alerts contain... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20070239398 - Performance state management: Some embodiments of the invention may operate to measure a first output performance metric value associated with a current operation frequency of a processor, to set a trial operation frequency of the processor, and to measure a second output performance metric value associated with the trial operation frequency. If the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070239399 - Sensor interface, and methods and apparatus pertaining to same: A sensor interface is provided with a number of sensor inputs and a number of client inputs. The client inputs are configured to receive a number of data requests from a number of clients. The number of data requests include at least one data request that specifies a particular type... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070239400 - Process control monitoring systems, industrial plants, and process control monitoring methods: A system comprises a valve; a plurality of RFID sensor assemblies coupled to the valve to monitor a plurality of parameters associated with the valve; a control tag configured to wirelessly communicate with the respective tags that are coupled to the valve, the control tag being further configured to communicate... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070239402 - Hydrocarbon well test method and system: Methods and systems for testing a hydrocarbon well. Real time monitoring of the flow stream discharging from a well is used to collect physical and electromagnetic characterization data on the flow stream. A data filter is used to exclude data points uncharacteristic of the true performance of the well at... Agent: Groover & Holmes

20070239401 - Geomagnetic sensor for calibrating azimuth by compensating for an effect of tilting and method thereof: A geomagnetic sensor capable of calibrating an accurate azimuth even if the geomagnetic sensor is in a tilting state. The geomagnetic sensor includes a geomagnetism measuring unit, having a drive pulse generating unit for generating a pulse signal and two-axis flux gates provided in X-axis and Y-axis directions which are... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070239403 - Kalman filter approach to processing electormacgnetic data: A method for tracking a sinusoidal electromagnetic signal in noisy data using a Kalman filter or other tracking algorithm. The method is useful for controlled source electromagnetic surveying where longer source-receiver offsets can cause the source signal to decay significantly and be difficult to retrieve from magnetotelluric or other electromagnetic... Agent: J Paul Plummer Exxon Mobil Upsstream Reasch Company

20070233389 - Dynamic positioning of marine vessels: Dynamic positioning of a vessel 10 connected to the seafloor 14 by a riser 12 utilises a measurement of riser 12 bottom angle combined with a measurement of vessel 10 velocity, optionally obtained from a Doppler log 16. These two signals are combined to produce a single position estimate using... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070233395 - Diagnostic meter: A system for diagnostic testing, including a meter assembly that communicates with a partner device, such as a PC. The device can be made compact, convenient to carry, and easily connectable to a variety of electronics devices.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070233397 - System for detection and prediction of water quality events: A method of evaluating a water sample for the presence or possible future presence of nitrification comprises obtaining data values of a number of parameters, processing the data values to determine correlation coefficients, to identify any linear dependencies, to standardize the scales, evaluating the data values over a plurality of... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070233405 - Computer program, apparatus, and method for analyzing electromagnetic waves: An electromagnetic wave analyzer that accurately calculates electromagnetic waves emanating from a given wave source, without the need for assessing accuracy in other than the wave source domain. An analysis condition receiver receives analysis conditions including position parameters specifying observation points, as well as frequency parameters specifying frequencies to be... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070233408 - System and method for calculating a voltage spike value: A method for calculating a voltage spike value includes: predefining calculating requirements; inputting parameter values; analyzing whether inputted parameter values match with the calculating requirements; establishing a computing formula for calculating the voltage spike value if the inputted parameter values match with the calculating requirements; and calculating the voltage spike... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070233390 - Current generation and earthquake prediction: A method for producing an electric current having a current value in a selected range at one end of a crystal or rock (“stone”), having a longitudinal axis and first and second ends of the stone along this axis. A stress is applied adjacent to the first end, to produce... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20070233396 - Method and apparatus for optical imaging via spectral encoding: Method, apparatus and arrangement according an exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be provided for obtaining information associated with a sample such as a portion of an anatomical structure. The information can be generated using first data, which can be based on a signal obtained from a location on... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070233393 - Method for determining treatability of a wood product: A method for determining potential uptake and/or potential penetration of a liquid and/or chemical within a wood product is provided. The methods involve the use of single and/or multiple sensor group systems to provide qualitative and/or quantitative estimates of uptake and/or penetration. Properties measured and/or detected by the sensor groups... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20070233394 - Method for predicting peptide detection in mass spectrometry: A method of predicting whether a peptide present in a biological sample will be detected by analysis with a mass spectrometer. The method uses at least one mass spectrometer to perform repeated analysis of a sample containing peptides from proteins with known amino acids. The method then generates a data... Agent: Douglas E. Mckinley, Jr.

20070233392 - Population sequencing: A hierarchical statistical framework for separating mixed data is provided. The approach is a shift from chaining hard-decision modules to an integrated soft-decision approach. The framework facilitates separating, for instance, sequencing data obtained from a mixture of two or more different sequences. The sequencing data can be separated using machine... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070233391 - Scd fingerprints: The present invention relates to the use of cluster of differentiation (CD) molecules in detecting the presence and progression of one or more disease states in an individual. In particular it relates to the use of profiles of shed CD (sCD) molecules in detecting and assessing the progression of one... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070233399 - Method for acquiring reaction data from probe-fixed carrier: Reaction data are obtained from a reaction between a testing sample and a probe carrier on which a plurality of blocks containing a number of probes are arranged. Initially, a signal is detected from the probe carrier having reacted with the testing sample. Then, a data sequence is prepared based... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070233398 - Oligonucleotide microarray probe design via statistical regression analysis of experimental data: Methods are disclosed for predicting the performance of oligonucleotide probes by identifying the sequence of a candidate probe, generating experimental data for the probe and using the data to train a statistical regression model. Nucleic acid arrays containing probes with performance predicted by the described using methods are provided. Also... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070233400 - Method of calculating environmental risk of a chemical: t

20070233401 - Spectral measurement with assisted data analysis: A system is provided wherein spectrometer measurements, and/or measurements from other analytical instruments, are transmitted to a processing station which determines the component substances of the sample(s) subjected to the measurements. The names of the component substances are then inserted into database search queries related to matters such as handling... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20070233403 - Instrumented mobility assistance device: Various implementations are disclosed for an instrumented mobility assistance device, such as an instrumented walker. The device includes an attached sensor that is operable to convert an operational action of a user of the mobility assistance device into a sensor signal. A use analyzer is operable to relate the sensor... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070233402 - Method and device for monitoring computer case and power supply unit: The present invention disclosed a method and device for monitoring computer case and power supply unit. Expanding monitor chip acts as slave device of SMBus to form the monitor device on the SMBus of computer integrated master device to measure the fan speed, temperature and working voltage of the computer... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20070233404 - Creating a library for measuring a damaged structure formed on a wafer using optical metrology: A method of creating a library for measuring a plurality of damaged structures formed on a semiconductor wafer using optical metrology includes directing an incident beam on a first damaged structure. The first damaged structure was formed by modifying at least one process parameter in a dual damascene procedure. A... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070233407 - Magnetic sensing system and method: A coil at a first location in magnetic communication with a door of a vehicle generates a magnetic field responsive to a time varying signal applied thereto. The first location and the coil are adapted so that the magnetic field is influenced by an opening state of the door, and... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.C.

20070233406 - System, method, and article of manufacture for determining parameter values associated with an electrical grid: A system, method, and article of manufacture for determining parameter values associated with an electrical grid in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is provided. The electrical grid has a point of interconnection where the electrical grid is electrically coupled to a power source. The method includes measuring real power at... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070233409 - Spectrum analyzer with cascadable trace math functions: A spectrum analyzer is disclosed. The analyzer includes a detector, a trace memory, a controller, a trace math processor and a display. The controller generates a plurality of frequency selection signal values and records the measured amplitudes at each of the generated frequency selection values to form a measured trace... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070233410 - Method to verify the outcome of calibration with a network analyzer: Making use of the values of error items quantified during full n-port calibration, an indicator of whether or not all calibration steps have been uniformly conducted (calibration consistency) is calculated and the result of the calibration is confirmed based on this indicator.... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070233411 - Method of test of clock generation circuit in electronic device, and electronic device: In an electronic device having an interface circuit which operates using a fast clock source, frequency deviation of the clock source is inspected in the mounted state. The clock pulses of the fast clock source are counted in synchronization with an electronic device serving as reference, and the result is... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070233412 - Mass flow rate control apparatus, its calibration method and semiconductor-producing apparatus: A method for calibrating a mass flow controller comprising a calibrating valve disposed on the most upstream side of a path, a mass flow rate control valve mechanism, a tank provided at the path on the upstream side of the mass flow rate control valve mechanism, a mass-flow-rate-sensing means, a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070233413 - Signal processing method and apparatus for use in real-time subnanometer scale position measurements with the aid of probing sensors and beams scanning periodically undulating surfaces such as gratings and diffraction patterns generated thereby, and the l: An improved signal processing method and apparatus are presented for use in real-time sub-nanometer scale position measurements with the aid of probing sensors and/or beams scanning periodically undulating surfaces such as a grating and diffraction patterns generated thereby, and the like, enabling greater sub-nanometer precision, higher stage scanner movement speeds,... Agent: Rines & Rines

20070233414 - Method and system to develop a process improvement methodology: A method to create an instance of a defect-based production and testing process analysis machine (DPTPAM) provides continual process improvement based on foundational questions and classified defect data. The method includes the following steps: obtaining domain specific questions; developing a domain specific classification scheme that supports the answering of the... Agent: Michael J. Buchenhorner

20070233416 - Structure-borne sound sensor unit: A structure-borne sound sensor unit, in particular for an agricultural machine, includes a signal converter, which converts a mechanical sensor signal into an electrical sensor signal, and preprocessing electronics, which are connected with the signal converter. The preprocessing electronics include at least one programmable function component, a data input for... Agent: Michael J. Striker Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070233418 - Configuring programmable hardware on a device to communicate with cards based on id information of the cards: System and method for measurement, DAQ, and control operations which uses small form-factor measurement modules or cartridges with a re-configurable carrier unit, sensors, and a computer system to provide modular, efficient, cost-effective measurement solutions. The measurement module includes measurement circuitry, e.g., signal conditioner and/or signal conversion circuitry, and interface circuitry... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070233415 - Gas turbine engine telemetry module: A sensor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a telemetry module mounted at a rotor bearing compartment for sensing engine operational parameters and a cooling system for cooling the telemetry module separate from a rotor bearing lubricant flow.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070233419 - Method and system for context-specific mask inspection: A method for inspecting lithography masks includes generating integrated circuit design data and using context information from the integrated circuit design data to inspect a mask.... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070233417 - Programmable hardware element with cartridge controllers for controlling modular cartridges that convey interface information: System and method for measurement, DAQ, and control operations which uses small form-factor measurement modules or cartridges with a re-configurable carrier unit, sensors, and a computer system to provide modular, efficient, cost-effective measurement solutions. The measurement module includes measurement circuitry, e.g., signal conditioner and/or signal conversion circuitry, and interface circuitry... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070233420 - Programmable aerator cooling system: A programmable aerator cooling system for pools or spas is provided. The system selectively operates one or more aerator jets in a pool or spa to cool water in the pool or spa to a desired temperature. The system includes a microprocessor-based controller connected to a valve actuator for selectively... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070233421 - Pressure transducer: Exemplary embodiments are directed to processing a sensor signal using the correction parameters assigned to the sensor. A pressure transducer is disclosed for measuring and converting absolute pressure and/or differential pressure into an adequate electrical measurement signal with the aid of a processing unit having an associated read-only memory, in... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070233422 - Method and apparatus for controlling the machining of mechanical pieces: A method and a relevant apparatus for controlling the machining of a piece (18,38) rotating in a numerical control machine tool (33) includes the steps of detecting instantaneous values (V(i)) indicative of the dimensions of the piece during the machining, performing dynamic processing of the detected instantaneous values and controlling... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070233423 - Rotational angle detecting device: Supply and interruption of power source to the first angle sensor 2 and the second angle sensor 4 are alternately performed, by comparing the signal Vo1 or Vo2 which is outputted from the first angle sensor 2 or the second angle sensor 4 and amplified by the first signal amplifier... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070233425 - Method of calculating an angle of inclination and apparatus with a three-axis acceleration sensor: A calculator apparatus for calculating an angle of inclination includes a sensor apparatus and a calculator. The sensor apparatus has a three-axis acceleration sensor, which is used for resolving and sensing acceleration into a first acceleration component in a first axis direction, a second acceleration component in a second axis... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070233424 - Inclination calculation apparatus and inclination calculation program, and game apparatus and game program: An inclination calculation apparatus sequentially calculates an inclination of an input device operable in terms of a posture thereof. The input device includes acceleration detection means and imaging means. The inclination calculation apparatus sequentially calculates first inclination information representing an inclination of the input device from positions of two imaging... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070233426 - Using a virtual profile library: A method of using a virtual profile library to determine the profile of an integrated circuit structure includes measuring a signal off the structure with a metrology device. The measurement generates a measured signal. The measured signal is compared to a plurality of signals in at least one library. The... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070233427 - Monitoring a single-wafer processing system: A method of monitoring a single-wafer processing system in real-time using low-pressure based modeling techniques that include processing a wafer in a processing chamber; determining a measured dynamic process response for a rate of change for a process parameter; executing a real-time dynamic model to generate a predicted dynamic process... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070233428 - Application of abnormal event detection technology to hydrocracking units: The present invention is a method for detecting an abnormal event for process units of a hydrocracking unit. The method compares the operation of the process units to a model developed by principle components analysis of normal operation for these units. If the difference between the operation of a process... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20070233430 - Usb-msd based real time data logger, automation and tuning system: A Universal Serial Bus—Mass Storage Device (USB-MSD) based data logger may store data from sensors onto a Secure Digital (SD) card, these stored files may be analyzed on a personal computer (PC) using standard PC applications, then based on the logged data a new file for tuning may be created... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070233429 - Apparatus and method for the detection of and recovery from inappropriate bus access in microcontroller circuits: An inappropriate-access module is incorporated in a computer system along with other computer system modules. The inappropriate-access module is connected to a read address decoder and controlling logic located within various other modules. The inappropriate-access module detects inappropriate read accesses or the occurrence of the inappropriate access during operations performed... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20070233431 - Configuring programmable hardware on a device to communicate with a module based on id information from the module: System and method for measurement, DAQ, and control operations which uses small form-factor measurement modules or cartridges with a re-configurable carrier unit, sensors, and a computer system to provide modular, efficient, cost-effective measurement solutions. The measurement module includes measurement circuitry, e.g., signal conditioner and/or signal conversion circuitry, and interface circuitry... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC