Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 11/07

20070276601 - Thrust correction: In a method for determining the free field thrust of a gas turbine engine the gas turbine engine is attached to a movable support means in an enclosed gas turbine engine test facility, and is operated at a selected engine operating point. The thrust applied by the engine to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070276604 - Method of locating oil and gas exploration prospects by data visualization and organization: The present invention relates to a method of locating oil and gas exploration prospects. A digital model of each of the many geologic strata that compose a basin is created for all or a portion of a basin by digitizing well log data 100, collecting all digitized well log data... Agent: Lundeen & Dickinson, L.L.P.

20070276613 - Automatic trip device, network system using it and control method thereof: An automatic trip device, a network system using it and control method thereof is related to providing the prediction of a potential electrical accident, in which measuring data including a temperature and a current from each of temperature and current sensors is received, the measuring data is stored in a... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070276614 - De-embed method for multiple probes coupled to a device under test: A method of de-embedding test probes coupled to an oscilloscope system to compensate for the loading of the test probes on a device under test. The method includes connecting each test probe individually to the device under test and calibrating each test probes to characterize transfer parameters of the device... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070276615 - Reflective display device testing system, apparatus, and method: A system for testing a reflective display device includes a testing apparatus and a computer. The testing apparatus includes one or more light emitters, one or more light detectors, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module, and a microcontroller unit (MCU). The light emitters are for projecting light onto a reflective display... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070276617 - Circuit analysis device allowing more accurate analysis of signal propagation delay in circuit representation of a highly abstract level: The present invention provides a circuit analysis device including: storage unit having stored therein: connection information about multiple components; delay information including information about the delay time of a discrete component and a chain delay time which is a delay time in the case in which a chain delay effect... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070276620 - Method of correcting coordinates, and defect review apparatus: The present invention provides a method of correcting coordinates so as to quickly and properly arrange a sample in a field of view in a review apparatus for moving a sample stage onto the specified coordinates to review the sample. A review apparatus according to the present invention, which is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070276602 - Determination of soil stiffness levels: According to the invention, a single device permits the relative soil rigidity values of a section of soil to be determined in a rapid measuring method and in addition, absolute soil rigidity values to be determined in a slightly slower method. If the device is calibrated with the aid of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070276603 - Detection of water breakthrough: A method for detecting water breakthrough in a well production. A model, of which the accuracy is known, will receive three of the four following parameters: inlet pressure, inlet temperature, outlet pressure, outlet temperature. The model includes a three-phase flash model including heat of evaporation of water and partial pressure... Agent: Venable LLP

20070276607 - Crystal structure and uses thereof: The present invention relates to X-ray crystallography studies of a JAK2 kinase domain. More particularly, it relates to the crystal structure of a JAK2 kinase domain bound to an inhibitor. The invention further relates to the use of the crystal and related structural information to select and screen for compounds... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070276605 - Device and method for recording information: A device for recording records a series of blocks (42) having continuous logical addresses, e.g. digitally encoded video, on a record carrier at a corresponding physical address range. Some physical addresses are assigned to defect management areas (43). The logical addresses are translated into the physical addresses in dependence of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070276606 - Full spectrum phosphor blends for white light generation with led chips: A light emitting device including a phosphor blend including four or more phosphors emitting within a specific spectral range to optimize the color rendering index (CRI) for a given color coordinated temperature (CCT). The blend will include at least four phosphors selected from the following: a blue phosphor having an... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070276610 - Method for classifying genetic data: The present invention provides a method for class prediction in bioinformatics based on identifying a nonlinear system that has been defined for carrying out a given classification task. Information characteristic of exemplars from the classes to be distinguished is used to create training inputs, and the training outputs are representative... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070276608 - Optimized method for lid biosensor resonance detection: An optical interrogation system is described herein that can interrogate a label-independent-detection (LID) biosensor and monitor a biological event on top of the biosensor without suffering from problematical parasitic reflections and/or problematical pixelation effects. In one embodiment, the optical interrogation system is capable of interrogating a biosensor and using a... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070276609 - System and method of assessing analgesic adequacy using biopotential variability: The system and method for predicting and measuring a subject's analgesic state and analgesic adequacy. Biopotential signals are obtained from a subject through electrodes. A processor will compute a measure that is representative of the subject's sedative state and/or muscle activity. A metric representative of such measures is then determined.... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070276612 - Dissolution testing apparatus calibrator and method: A method is provided for probing the effective hydrodynamic flow of a liquid at various positions within a dissolution testing apparatus. The method includes embodiments of an appropriate electrode probe, and methods of generating a signature pattern from the sampled current that may be used to characterise the hydrodynamic flow... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20070276611 - Electrochemical sensor: In an electrochemical sensor, a peak is detected by grouping data points in windows and detecting two or three windows between which the slope of the data changes sign. the peak can be more precisely detected by detecting the highest data point in the two or three windows.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070276616 - Identifying a reference point in a signal: A transmitter device (1), operable to perform distance measurements by using time-of-flight measurements, has a sampling frequency different to the frequency of a time-of-flight signal sent from the transmitter device to a receiver device (12) in order for the distance between the transmitter device (1) and the receiver device (12)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070276619 - Container inspection system: The container inspection system operates globally at container handling facilities around the world and includes at least one transport apparatus located at a container handling facility having a spreader or other framework for connecting and handling cargo containers of all shapes and sizes. The transport apparatus is in communication with... Agent: Patton Boggs, L.L.P.

20070276618 - Method for supporting dietary habits, a system and a computer program therefor: The object of the invention is a method for supporting dietary habits and a system and a computer program therefore. The invention enables to develop the healthy and reasonable nutrition habits within minimum limitations and inconveniences which are related to the change of the diet.... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070276621 - Method of reducing the effect of direct interference current in an electrochemical test strip: This invention describes a method of reducing the effect of interfering compounds in a bodily fluid when measuring an analyte using an electrochemical sensor (62). In particular, the present method is applicable to electrochemical sensors where (62) the sensor includes a substrate (50), first and second working electrodes (10, 12),... Agent: Johnson & Johnson International Patent Law Division

20070276622 - Calibration method and apparatus using a trigger signal synchronous with a signal under test: A method and apparatus adapted to calibrate a test probe and oscilloscope system such that loading effects of the probe are substantially removed from the measurement. A signal under test from a device under test is coupled to the test probe and used with selectable impedance loads in the test... Agent: William K. Bucher Tektronix, Inc.

20070276623 - Semiconductor component test process and a system for testing semiconductor components: A test system can be used for testing semiconductor components, with which several different semiconductor component tests can be performed in succession. A test apparatus receives a test result for a first test and a test result for a second test and evaluates whether the test results from the first... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20070276624 - Method for improving test suggestion report on electronic parts: A method for improving a test suggestion report on electronic parts is provided, which includes providing a test database in which the model data, test type data, and magnitude data of the weight value of test points are stored; providing a circuit board; providing a data table of the electronic... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070276625 - Azimuth measuring device: An azimuth measuring device which can obtain offset information corresponding to one in the case where the direction of the azimuth measuring device is arbitrarily changed, without obtaining erroneous offset information when changing the direction of the azimuth measuring device while retaining its attitude with respect to a specific direction,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070276626 - System and apparatus for remote monitoring of conditions in locations undergoing water damage restoration: A system for monitoring environmental conditions at a facility which has suffered water damage which includes one or more sensors or sensor nodes adapted in certain embodiments to measure environmental conditions and to transmit or communicate information or data relating to such environmental conditions through a wireless transmitter. In certain... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070276627 - Repair determination for heat damaged composite structures: A system and method for assessing the ability to rework a composite structure with a heat induced inconsistency is provided. The method includes acquiring information related to the composite structure with a heat induced inconsistency; comparing the information of the composite structures with a heat induced inconsistency with heat induced... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070276628 - Predictive maintenance and management of aging of installed cables: A system and method for verifying the performance and health of wire systems and end devices, including instruments and processes. A computer runs software that collects data from sampled sensors, stores the data, screens the data for outliers, analyzes the data, performs in situ testing, and generates results of the... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070276629 - System and method for inspection of hole location on turbine airfoils: An inspection system for locating multiple features on an exterior of an object includes a fixture, a camera, a computer and software. The fixture secures the object and includes a plurality of nest points for mating with specific positions on the exterior of the object, and a reference point located... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070276631 - Causal ladder mechanism for proactive problem determination, avoidance and recovery: A plurality of causal ladder is assembled in advance from component system events taken from previous system failures. The ladders classify the various transitions the system goes through from one set of observed states to another in multiple stages representing issues of differing urgency, importance and need for remediation. These... Agent: Rudolph J. Buchel, Jr., PC

20070276630 - Enabling high availability and load balancing for jmx mbeans: Provided is a method for programming module load balancing and failover in a distributed computing environment. The Java Management extensions (JMX) specification is enhanced to support load balancing and provide a high-availability of JMX management beans (Mbeans). Also provided are enhancements to the programming model and infrastructure to support the... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.C.

20070276632 - System for measuring vital signs using bilateral pulse transit time: The invention provides a monitor for measuring blood pressure and other vital signs from a patient without using a cuff. The invention provides a hand-held device for measuring vital signs (e.g. blood pressure) from a patient that features: i) a housing that encloses a first sensor, that includes a first... Agent: Triage Wireless, Inc. Matthew John Banet

20070271041 - Diplet-based seismic processing: Methods, systems, and software for generating a multi-dimensional volume are disclosed. The methods include decomposing one or more original volumes into a collection of diplets, wherein each diplet comprises information about spatial location, orientation, amplitude, wavelet, acquisition configuration, and coherency. The methods further include migrating the collection of diplets using... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070271042 - Method and apparatus for temperature control: A method is disclosed. The method includes determining an amount of energy needed to change a first sample temperature of a first sample to a target temperature when a temperature changing element that changes the sample temperature is at the target temperature. Data associated with the amount of energy needed... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070271044 - Fault tolerant power system architecture for fluid flow measurement systems: To provide a fault-tolerant architecture to supply electrical operating power in fluid flow measurement applications, apparatus and associated systems, computer program products, and methods include an intelligent power module with redundant and electrically independent battery strings to supply regulated voltage to electronic fluid flow measurement data processing circuitry. In a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070271043 - Method and system for generating an uncertainty value: A method and system for generating an uncertainty value. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising a device in fluid communication with a conduit (wherein the device is configured to collect parametric data regarding fluid flow through a conduit, and wherein the device is configured to generate... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070271046 - Scheme for improving bandwidth by identifying specific fixed pattern sequences as header encoding followed by the pattern count: A system and method of counting event patterns in order to reduce the bandwidth of event data sent to a monitoring computer. The event patterns are output as one or more data packets indicating a value corresponding to the event pattern and a number of occurrences of the pattern.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070271047 - Method of power factor correction: A method of power factor correction is disclosed. The method uses the slope of the voltage waveform to determine the phase angle of the voltage. Based on the phase angle, a current waveform is generated that is in phase with the voltage. The slope of the voltage signal is calculated... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070271052 - Method and apparatus for measuring duty cycle based on data eye monitor: Methods and apparatus are provided for measuring the duty cycle of a signal based on a data eye monitor. The duty cycle of a signal is estimated by sampling the signal for a plurality of different phases and evaluating the samples to identify when the signal crosses a predefined amplitude... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070271054 - Signal detector with calibration circuit arrangement: A signal detector and method detect the presence or absence of an incoming differential signal. The method nullifies the DC off-set of the signal detector so that it can detect a signal within a very narrow window. The common mode levels of the signal and reference paths are used for... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070271038 - Downhole library of master wavelets for vsp-while-drilling applications: A controllable seismic source is used in a seismic-while-drilling system for obtaining VSP data. Coded information is sent downhole about the signal generated by said controllable source. The information about the seismic source is used for reconstructing the source waveform and processing the VSP data. Optionally, a reference signal measured... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070271039 - Dynamic production system management: Data about operation of a well for extracting a product from the subterranean reservoir and at least one of a characteristic of a subterranean reservoir or operation of a processing and transport system upstream of a point of sale is received. A corrective action can be automatically initiated on at... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070271040 - Method for seismic migration in anisotropic media with constrained explicit operators: Explicit constrained depth extrapolation operators are constructed with variable operator lengths depending on maximum phase angles, accuracy condition, anisotropy parameters, and wavenumber. Operator tables are constructed using the explicit depth extrapolation operator having the smallest operator length satisfying the accuracy condition at the maximum phase angles for each of a... Agent: E. Eugene Thigpen Petroleum Geo-services, Inc.

20070271045 - Test apparatus and test method: The test apparatus includes: a pattern memory that stores therein data to be outputted to the device under test; a device judgment section that judges whether the device under test passes or fails based on an output signal; the number of data information storage section that stores therein the number... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070271048 - Systems using variable resistance zones and stops for generating inputs to an electronic device: The present invention is directed to variable resistance zones for sensing input to an electronic device, as well as ministops for controlling deformation of the input components to ensure the accuracy of the inputs sensed. In one embodiment, a system in accordance with the present invention includes multiple variable resistors,... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070271049 - Method and system for measuring band pass filtered phase noise of a repetitive signal: A method and system acquires a set of samples of a periodic signal, and calculates a variance between the set of samples and an ideal set of samples to create a variance data set. The method and system further calculates an FFT of the variance data set, filters the calculated... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070271050 - Method and systems for optimizing high-speed signal transmission: A method and systems for automatically adjusting the parameters of signal emitter in a synchronous high-speed transmission system, is disclosed. According to the method of the invention, the quality of a high-speed received signal is analyzed for a plurality of sets of parameter values and the one producing the best... Agent: Driggs, Hogg & Fry Co. L.p.a.

20070271051 - Method and apparatus for measuring the duty cycle of a digital signal: The disclosed methodology and apparatus measures the duty cycle of a clock signal. A variable duty cycle circuit receives a clock signal from a clock signal generator. The variable duty cycle circuit adjusts the duty cycle of the clock signal by an amount dependent on a duty cycle index value... Agent: Mark P. Kahler

20070271053 - Optical projection system: There is provided an optical projection system for projecting an image onto an object that is being manufactured and/or inspected. The system includes an image-projecting device, a target-locating device for determining the orientation of the image-projecting device relative to the object, and an image-rendering device for rendering the image that... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070271055 - Calibration training for spectrometer: An encoder spectrograph is used to analyze radiation from one or more samples in various configurations. The radiation is analyzed by spatially modulating the radiation after it has been dispersed by wavelength or imaged along a line. Dual encoder spectrographs may be used to encode radiation using a single modulator.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070271056 - Method for processing the output signal of a measurement transducer, and force-measuring device: The output signal from a measuring transducer in a force-measuring device is processed by filtering a measuring signal (ms), representing a load that is acting on the transducer, to suppress interfering signal portions caused by extraneous influences including mechanical disturbances, or changes of the load. The measuring signal (msE) passes... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070271057 - Inspection method of semiconductor integrated circuit and semiconductor: It is detected with a detecting circuit whether or not a signal outputted from an output terminal and a signal inputted to an output buffer are coincident with each other, and a retaining circuit retains a detection result by the detecting circuit.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070271058 - Method for testing electronic components: A testing apparatus is described with a housing, a power source, a carrier assembly, and a backbone connecting the carrier assembly to the power source. A resource board is disposed on the carrier assembly and is connected thereto, thereby receiving power from the power source through the carrier assembly. The... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070271059 - Memory test engine: A memory test engine performs memory tests on an embedded memory located in a device under test (DUT) simultaneous to analog tests performed by an automatic tester. The automatic tester provides coded information to the memory test engine, which includes a description of the embedded memory within the DUT. The... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20070271060 - Buffer compensation activation: In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a thermal sensor to detect a first temperature reading at a location proximate a buffer circuit at a first point in time and to detect a second temperature reading at a location proximate a buffer circuit at a second point in time, logic to... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC C/o Portfolioip

20070271061 - System and method for reducing temperature variation during burn in: Systems and methods for reducing temperature variation during burn-in testing. In one embodiment, power consumed by an integrated circuit under test is measured. An ambient temperature associated with the integrated circuit is measured. A desired junction temperature of the integrated circuit is achieved by adjusting a body bias voltage of... Agent: Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP Third Floor

20070271062 - Empty container detection using container side pressure sensing: A system and method for monitoring changes in the pressure of a fluid line upstream of an infusion pump to determine when a fluid container has emptied, and to provide a signal indicating that the container needs replacement or replenishment. The difference between averaged pressures over separate time periods is... Agent: Fulwider Patton Lee & Utecht, LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070271063 - Efficient translation of data from a two-dimensional array to a wedge: Systems and methods are provided for drawing a wedge from an array of data. An angular reference table contains a plurality of angle values. An angle sampler samples a subset of angle values for a given arc of a plurality of arcs that will constitute the wedge from the angular... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070271064 - System and method for identifying a feature of a workpiece: A feature of a workpiece can be identified. Two-dimensional data of at least a region of a workpiece and three-dimensional data of a portion of the region of the workpiece are acquired, such as by illuminating at least the region with at least a first light source disposed at a... Agent: Robert R. Richardson, P.s.

20070271065 - Portable media device with workout support: Improved techniques and systems for utilizing a portable electronic device to monitor, process, present and manage data captured by a remote sensor are disclosed. The portable electronic device offers a convenient user interface that can be visual and/or audio based customized to a particular application, user-friendly and/or dynamic. The portable... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070271066 - Method, computer program, and system for automated real-time signal analysis for detection, quantification, and prediction of signal changes: A method, computer program, and system for real-time signal analysis providing characterization of temporally-evolving densities and distributions of signal features of arbitrary-type signals in a moving time window by tracking output of order statistic filters (also known as percentile, quantile, or rank-order filters). Given a raw input signal of arbitrary... Agent: Chase Law Firm L.c

20070271067 - Analog-type measurements for a logic analyzer: A logic analyzer that performs analog-type measurements on digital data includes circuitry in its acquisition system that is programmable to search through acquired data to detect analog-type signal characteristics. In a first embodiment, the logic analyzer includes a graphical user interface employing a drag-and-drop operation to apply one or more... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070271068 - Method and apparatus for measuring the relative duty cycle of a clock signal: In one embodiment, the disclosed methodology and apparatus measure relative duty cycle information of a clock signal with respect to an input node as the clock signal travels to selected nodes of a clock distribution network on an electronic circuit.... Agent: Mark P. Kahler

20070271070 - Flow sensor with conditioning-coefficient memory: A sensor includes one or more sensor transducers coupled with a signal conditioning IC incorporating signal conditioning circuitry and memory devoted to storing end-user downloadable coefficients. In a preferred embodiment, the IC is an ASIC and the end-user downloadable coefficients are pre-selected by the end-user based on its needs, and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070271069 - Signal conditioning ic with conditioning-coefficient memory: A signal conditioning integrated circuit includes both signal conditioning circuitry and memory devoted to storing end-user downloadable coefficients. In a preferred embodiment, the integrated circuit is an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and the end-user downloadable coefficients, based upon a mathematical equation pre-selected by the end-user, are pre-stored in the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070271071 - Remote test facility with wireless interface to local test facilities: A central test facility transmits wirelessly test data to a local test facility, which tests electronic devices using the test data. The local test facility transmits wirelessly response data generated by the electronic devices back to the central test facility, which analyzes the response data to determine which electronic devices... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20070271072 - Sensor adaptors and methods: An electronic adaptor assembly and method having a conversion circuit coupled to an input and configured for receiving an input characteristic of an input device coupled to the input and generating a pulse width signal having a pulse width that varies in response to the received input characteristic, and an... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070265784 - Use of multi-component measurements in delineating geology of deep-water sediments: Multicomponent induction measurements are used to estimate horizontal and vertical resistivities of an earth formation. From these resistivity estimates, Net/gross sand thicknesses may be estimated. These are indicative of the position of the well within a deep water channel sequence. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070265779 - Estimating development of new user interface: A method of estimating a size of developing a user interface for a predefined application development includes receiving a request for an estimated size of developing the UI. The method includes reading, in response to the request, weight points for the UI from a UI taxonomy that is an abstraction... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20070265778 - Method for automated management of hydrocarbon gathering systems: The invention is a method for automated management of hydrocarbon gathering systems. Measurement data is automatically collected from automated measurement and control devices that are located in a hydrocarbon production system The data that is collected is compared with data stored in a database. The comparison of data is used... Agent: Conoccophilips Company - I.p. Legal

20070265780 - System and method for predicting future rail temperature: A system and method for predicting future rail temperature for a rail of a railroad track, the system including a weather data source that provides current and forecasted meteorological data, a database that retrievably stores the meteorological data from the weather data source, and a processor that processes the meteorological... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070265781 - Method and system for generating an image-textured digital surface model (dsm) for a geographical area of interest: A computer-implemented method for generating an image-textured digital surface model (DSM) for a geographical area of interest including both buildings and terrain may include using a computer to generate a digital elevation model (DEM) of both the buildings and terrain for the geographical area of interest. The method may further... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070265782 - Method and apparatus for locating gas hydrate: An exploration paradigm for detecting and/or characterizing gas hydrate deposits using either electromagnetic or seismic surveys, that accounts for the possibility that gas hydrate may accumulate in vertical or subvertical dikes. Geologic factors, such as the presence of the gas hydrate stability zone, indications that a prolific source of gas... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20070265783 - Bulk material analyzer system: A real-time bulk material analyzing system is disclosed for analyzing the elemental characteristics of bulk material passing by the system on a moving conveyor belt. An exemplary embodiment includes a source of illumination emitting white light for exciting bulk material to be analyzed, and a hyperspectral imaging spectrometer for capturing... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070265785 - Interpolation and extrapolation method for seismic recordings: It is described a method of interpolating and extrapolating seismic recordings, including the steps of deriving particle velocity related data from seismic recordings obtained by at least one streamer carrying a plurality of multi-component receivers and using the particle velocity related data to replace higher derivatives of pressure data in... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C.

20070265786 - Method and apparatus for marine seismic data acquisition: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for seismic data acquisition. One embodiment of the method includes accessing data acquired by at least two particle motion sensors. The data includes a seismic signal and a noise signal and the at least two particle motion sensors being separated by a... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C.

20070265788 - Computational methods and systems for augmenting cell-mediated immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method related to detection and/or treatment.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070265787 - Computational methods and systems for magnifying cell-mediated immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method related to detection and/or treatment.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070265789 - Real-time s-parameter imager: Disclosed is a fully automated system capable of producing high quality real-time S-parameter images. It is a useful and versatile tool in Material Science and Solid State Technology for determining the location of subsurface defect types and concentrations on bulk-materials as well as thin-films. The system is also useful in... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070265790 - System to monitor the health of a structure, program product and related methods: A system to monitor the health of the structure, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system can include multiple health monitoring sensor nodes each including a sensor element connected to or embedded within the body of a structure to be monitored and positioned to monitor parameters of a... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070265791 - Tunable filter for tone detection: Apparatus arranged to analyse a signal comprising a series of symbols, the apparatus comprising means for calculating a metric of said signal, filter means for filtering said signal, means for calculating a metric of said filtered signal and means for comparing said metrics, wherein the filtering means is arranged to... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070265792 - Method and apparatus for locating and/or forming bumps: A method for locating, forming, or both locating and forming, bumps of material on a substrate having a plurality of devices, the method includes receiving data which indicates the number and location of the devices on the substrate, then using a flip-chip bumping apparatus to locate, form, or both locate... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070265793 - Method and apparatus for implementing automatic-calibration of tdr probing system: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing automatic-calibration of a Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) probing apparatus. A calibration procedure is performed automatically each time a TDR probe is moved from a device under test (DUT). A current calibration TDR waveform is obtained and compared with a reference calibration TDR... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20070265795 - Air bridge structures and methods of making and using air bridge structures: A probe card assembly, according to some embodiments of the invention, can comprise a tester interface configured to make electrical connections with a test controller, a plurality of electrically conductive probes disposed to contact terminals of an electronic device to be tested, and a plurality of electrically conductive data paths... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20070265794 - Semiconductor device test apparatus and method: There is provided a semiconductor test apparatus which uses a test processor to apply a test signal to a DUT having a semiconductor device within it to determine whether the memory is acceptable or not on the basis of a response signal, and uses a repair analysis computing unit to... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20070265796 - Scalable, concurrent, distributed sensor system and method: A sensor system and method for collecting and analyzing sensor data transmitted by various distributed sensors in a secure, scalable, and efficient manner. Sensors having sensor data to transmit establish concurrent connections with a central server that is configured to collect the sensor data. For each connection, the server generates... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070265797 - Method and its apparatus for inspecting particles or defects of a semiconductor device: An apparatus for inspecting particles and/or pattern defects of an object under inspection. Data processing means obtains information on size of the particles and/or the pattern defects from an intensity of the scattered light detected by the light detecting means by referring to a relationship between an intensity of scattered... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070265798 - Tire monitor radio circuit and tire monitor system: A tire monitor radio circuit includes a control circuit delivering a binary digital baseband signal, a modulation circuit having an oscillation circuit generating a carrier wave and switched between an oscillatory and a non-oscillatory states, an antenna resonance circuit having a coil and a capacitor both connected together, a resistance... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070265799 - System for determining three dimensional position of radio transmitter: The present invention intends to provide a method for accurately and quickly estimating a three-dimensional position of a radio transmitter. The present invention provides a method for estimating a three-dimensional position of a radio transmitter. The method includes: a step of moving a mobile object provided with a radio receiver... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070265800 - Electronic pedometer: To realize miniaturization and detection of a walk state in which no arm is swung in an electronic pedometer in which at least a walk sensor is used in a state of being worn on a wrist. An acceleration sensor is disposed so that a sensitivity axis of the acceleration... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070265804 - Power generation performance analysis system and method: A system and method is described herein that includes a software-based functionality to assess the relationship between reliability, operational, maintenance and plant betterment activities and to determine the frontier of efficient spending and other measures of performance to achieve a level of reliability that is based on data from units... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

20070265802 - Fuel cell operation to minimize rh cycles to improve durability: A fuel cell system that includes an over-arching algorithm for providing a strategy that reduces relative humidity cycling of the cathode outlet gas between wet and dry operation to extend the useful life of the membrane. The algorithm receives sensor signals indicative of operating parameters of the fuel cell system.... Agent: Charles H. Ellerbrock General Motors Corporation

20070265801 - Multivariate monitoring of operating procedures: A computer implemented method, system and program product for monitoring operating procedures in a production environment. Data can be compiled indicative of an operating procedure. A plurality of executions of the operating procedure can then be analyzed. A Multiway Principal Component Analysis (MPCA) model can be utilized to detect one... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20070265803 - System and method for detecting a dishonest user in an online rating system: A system and method for detecting a dishonest rater participating in a rating system is provided. Raters enter ratings regarding at least one entity which can be rated, and the ratings are stored. Individual values for the raters are calculated based on the ratings entered by the respective rater, and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070265805 - Rapid engine mapping and modeling: A method of mapping and modeling an engine during an engine development process includes testing the engine over a plurality of actual engine operating conditions and gathering actual engine data corresponding to the actual engine operating conditions. A plurality of parameter functions are determined based on the actual engine data,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070265806 - Systems and methods of generating diagnostic images for structural health monitoring: Systems, methods and recordable media for generating tomographic images to monitor structural health conditions. A method includes the steps of obtaining a plurality of damage index values for a network that is coupled to a host structure and has a plurality of diagnostic network patches (DNP), generating a distribution of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070265807 - Inspecting event indicators: A user inspects at least one indicator of an event. The user enables a token corresponding to an account of an aggregating entity to be received by a transaction entity and identifies at least one type of event of interest to be reported by the transaction entity to the aggregating... Agent: Stevens & Showalter, L.L.P.

20070265808 - Systems and methods of prognosticating damage for structural health monitoring: Systems, methods and recordable media for prognosticating a structural condition. A method for prognosticating a structural condition by use of a network having a plurality of diagnostic network patches (DNP), each of the patches being able to operate as at least one of a transmitter patch and a sensor patch,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070265809 - Method of data acquisition during survey of buried linear conductors: A method of data acquisition during survey of buried linear conductors. A first step involves passing a dynamic data stream of data from survey instruments through a filtering software adapted to reduce the volume of data being processed. A second step involves setting a survey interval within the software, the... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070265810 - Closed loop hybridising device with monitoring of the measurement integrity: The invention relates to a closed loop hybridising device comprising a Kalman filter bank, a virtual platform, a device to calculate pseudo-measurements estimated a priori. The Kalman filter bank comprises a principal Kalman filter adapted to the calculation of corrections to be applied to inertial measurements starting from all available... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070260401 - Method and system for assessment and determining environmental risk for parcels: A method and system for automating the assessment and determination of environmental risks for properties and regions. Property attribute and characteristic data is aggregated from multiple databases and indexed by a parcel identifier, such as an assessor's parcel number (APN). Environmental data from various databases, such as Federal, State, County,... Agent: Law Office Of R. Alan Burnett

20070260406 - Automated location system: An automated location system that includes providing the number of rows and columns of a receptacle to the automated location system; scanning the receptacle to determine changes in reflectivity; creating an X values list and a Y values list from the scan; and determining a location for each of a... Agent: Ishimaru & Zahrt LLP

20070260411 - Correction method and measuring instrument: A measuring instrument comprising a stylus displaced following a work, the instrument further comprises a corrector for correcting a displacement in the translation axis direction value according to a height detection axis direction value of the stylus position in a plane specified by the height detection axis and the translation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070260400 - Computerized crop growing management system and method: The present invention discloses a computerized method of crop growing management and a system thereof. The method comprises receiving operational data and/or derivatives thereof and field data and/or derivatives thereof related to one or more crop growing blocks, and processing at least part of the received data so as to... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070260402 - Destination spa infused with experiential life management on government owned land: A method is disclosed to create on government owned land an affordable Destination Spa with a unique personalized Experiential Life Management program. The program provides holistic tools to assist a client in seeking solutions to problems, education about mental wellness and an ever evolving life plan to make their life... Agent: John H. Hornickel

20070260403 - Method of interpreting well data: The present invention provides method for detecting the possible presence of surfaces layers of diagenetic origin by establishing divergence between well signatures such as logs, particularly for use in predominantly carbonate reservoirs.... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20070260404 - Method for quantification and mitigation for dip-induced azimuthal avo: This patent delineates methods for quantifying and mitigating dip-induced azimuthal AVO effects in seismic fracture detection using Azimuthal AVO analysis by accurately accounting for the divergence correction and azimuthal dependence of the reflection angle. Solutions are provided for three cases: (1) dipping isotropic reservoirs; (2) anisotropic reservoirs with fractures aligned... Agent: J. Paul Plummer Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070260405 - Method and system for tracking and reporting emissions: The present invention relates to methods and systems of tracking enterprise gas emissions such as greenhouse gas emissions. The systems and methods relate to collecting or entering data relating to one or more emissions source of an enterprise or an enterprise location, calculating emissions totals, and, according to certain embodiments,... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070260407 - Ballistic impact detection system: A wearable ballistic impact protection system detects impacts to a body. The system includes multiple sensors 10L, 10R for detecting vibration. The sensed vibrations are converted to electrical signals which are filtered. Electronic components 15 are provided to determine whether the filtered signal have frequency and amplitude characteristics of impact... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070260408 - Fault list and test pattern generating apparatus and method, fault list generating and fault coverage calculating apparatus and method: The test pattern generating apparatus comprises a module configured to generate short information indicative of a relationship between a logical value of an input signal of a cell and a voltage of an electrically shorted portion assumed at an output terminal of the cell; a module configured to calculate a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070260409 - Duty cycle measurement apparatus and method: A mechanism for measuring duty cycle of a signal under test in an integrated circuit device, such as a microprocessor or system-on-a-chip is provided. The mechanism generates a frequency which is proportional to the duty cycle and which can be measured using common lab or manufacturing equipment. The mechanism may... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070260410 - Method for evaluating the quality of data collection in a manufacturing environment: A method for evaluating the quality of data collection in a manufacturing environment is provided. Said data are intended to be analyzed by a process control system. The method comprising the following steps (A) collecting raw data according to a Data Collection plan specifying, and for each data item, a... Agent: Okamoto & Benedicto, LLP

20070260412 - Attitude insensitive flow device system and method: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for attitude insensitive flow devices. One embodiment of the present invention can include a flow device comprising a processor and a computer readable medium accessible by the processor that stores a set of computer instructions executable by the processor. The computer... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070260413 - Method for correcting measured image values: Image measurement values of a measurement object, in particular a printed sheet, measured by means of a photoelectric image measuring unit operating on the basis of pixels are corrected with respect to at least one influencing variable which influences the measurement result with a view to at least partially eliminating... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20070260414 - Video signal generator: A video signal generator, employing a multi-output amplifier and a video signal connector, is physically connected to a device under test to eliminate the use of signal cables, to solve the impedance matching issue, and to reduce noise from the signal cables' exposure to high temperatures. Moreover, the video signal... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070260415 - Optimizing thermal performance using thermal flow analysis: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for optimizing thermal performance of a computer system. An identification of a set of processor cores associated with the computer system is made and a thermal index is requested for each of the set of processor cores... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070260416 - Flexible sampling plans and user interface for coordinate measuring machines: A system for developing sampling plans includes a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) that inspects features of objects. The system includes an input module that is used to input inspection criteria to generate a sampling plan for said CMM and that is used to selectively modify said inspection criteria to develop... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070260417 - System and method for selectively affecting a computing environment based on sensed data: A system and method for affecting computing resources. The method includes sensing variables associated with spatially dispersed computing resources and providing sensed data in response thereto. Subsequently the spatially dispersed computing resources are selectively automatically affected based on sensed variables associated with the computing resources. In a specific embodiment, the... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070260419 - Image plane measurement method, exposure method, device manufacturing method, and exposure apparatus: A main controller moves a reticle stage in a scanning direction, illuminates an area on a reticle including a mark area in which predetermined marks are formed with illumination light, forms an aerial image of at least one mark existing in the mark area via a projection optical system, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070260418 - Pedestrian navigation apparatus and method: The motion of a pedestrian is evaluated by determining at least one position of at least one identified portion of the pedestrian, projecting the positions(s) on at least one plane, and deriving the motion from the position(s) projected on the at least one plane. Typically the position(s) are determined in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070260420 - Automated calibration system: An automated calibration system that includes providing a three-dimensional calibration tool; engaging the three-dimensional calibration tool with a probe; and determining the position of the probe relative to an optical sensor based on the engagement of the three-dimensional calibration tool with the probe.... Agent: Ishimaru & Zahrt LLP

20070260421 - Athletic or other performance sensing systems: Articles of footwear and other devices include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or other devices. Such devices include: (a) a housing, optionally an asymmetrical housing, for receiving an electronic module; (b) release mechanisms for removably mounting the module in the housing;... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070260422 - Measuring layer thickness or composition changes: A method of measuring the thickness or the rate of change of thickness of a layer as the layer is being formed on a substrate, includes illuminating the layer through the substrate with low coherence light that transmits through the layer; collecting a portion of the reflected light from each... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20070260423 - Philanthropic financial planning tool: A philanthropic planning tool aids in planning multi-year staged donations by showing the tax consequences of a donation and the effect of the donation on an asset base across a number of years. The tax considerations for donations based on cash, securities or a mix of different assets can be... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20070260424 - Methods and apparatus for estimating engine thrust: A method for estimating engine thrust, wherein the method includes obtaining information about an initial dynamic state of the engine and updating the information about the initial dynamic state of the engine to reflect a second dynamic state of the engine. The method also includes generating engine thrust estimates, wherein... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070260425 - Systems and methods of generating diagnostic images for structural health monitoring: Systems, methods and recordable media for determining damage index values associated with paths in a network having a plurality of diagnostic network patches (DNP). A method includes the steps of selecting first and second patches to define a path therebetween; causing the first patch to transmit a signal along the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070260426 - Diagnosis method for boiler degradation, diagnosis apparatus for boiler degradation, diagnosis system for boiler degradation and recording medium that records operation program: One of the thermal transmission rates that represent thermal transmission from gas to steam in a heat exchanger constituting a boiler is calculated based on thermal conductivity rate of pipes and thermal transfer of steam and gas, and the other is compared with the thermal conductivity rate calculated based on... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070260427 - Systems and methods for identifying damage in a structure: Systems, methods and recordable media for identifying damage in a structure. A method includes the steps of: obtaining a plurality of damage index values for a network coupled to the structure, wherein each of the damage index values is a quantity to be affected by damage in the structure; generating... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070260428 - System and method for benchmarking correlated stream processing systems: A system, method, and computer program product for benchmarking a stream processing system are disclosed. The method comprises generating a plurality of correlated test streams. A semantically related data set is embedded within each of the test streams in the plurality of correlated test streams. The plurality of correlated test... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20070260430 - Flexible scanning and sensing platform: A detection method and apparatus that includes a controller and a plurality of remote sensor units, each containing sensor elements, connected to the controller to achieve custom detection profiles and resolutions that are optimized for a given application by alteration of scanning sequences used by the controller, variation of scanning... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070260429 - Method and apparatus for monitoring: A monitoring system that makes use of an automated data collection system such as, for example, closed-circuit television, and inputs from a human operator. The monitoring system also allows for remote monitoring of a plurality of remote locations and for an operator to monitor several operations simultaneously. Also, a method... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070260431 - Dual time/frequency filtering for improved detection: The present invention improves detection of a wireless signal sequence by using dual time domain and frequency domain processing of the signal. Received components that do not exist in the reference sequence are canceled as a noise removal process in the first domain to produce a modified signal. The modified... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070255509 - Sensor interface: A sensor interface is disclosed including a flexible substrate in which are embedded sensors for measuring physical parameters such as temperature, displacement, velocity, acceleration, stress, strain, pressure and force present between objects such as a railcar bearing and a truck side frame. The substrate is positioned between the objects of... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070255513 - Inspecting method, inspecting apparatus, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device: An inspecting method is capable of efficiently inspecting a wafer. According to the inspecting method, the chip area of a wafer is inspected for defects, and based on the results, a defect density D0p of each of peripheral-zone chips in the chip area which are located closely to the peripheral... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070255514 - Ultrasonic flow meter: In an ultrasonic flow meter for measuring a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a conduit by detecting a propagating time difference between a forward propagating time of an ultrasonic wave propagating within the conduit in a forward direction and a backward propagating time of an ultrasonic wave propagating... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070255499 - Integrated earth formation evaluation method using controlled source electromagnetic survey data and seismic data: A method for determining spatial distribution of properties of the Earth's subsurface includes obtaining seismic data over a survey area of the Earth's subsurface. Controlled source electromagnetic survey data are obtained over substantially the same survey area. An initial model of the Earth's subsurface for each of the seismic data... Agent: Richard A. Fagin

20070255500 - Sound enabling computerized system for real time reservoir model calibration using field surveillance data: A computer-based system generates digital and audio responses to changes in fluid and rock properties of a producing hydrocarbon reservoir for surveillance analysis. The system calibrates observed changes against directly-measured field data in order to optimize the reservoir model. The changes may include, for example, stress changes in rock, impedance... Agent: Albert B. Kimball, Jr. Bracewell & Patterson L L P

20070255501 - Prediction of shallow drilling hazards using seismic refraction data: Shallow drilling hazards (44), such as karsts, caves, voids and unconsolidated discontinuities, that can pose significant risks to exploration and development well drilling operations are detected employing seismic refraction data on which a series of attribute analyses are performed, the resulting data being further processed to provide a three-dimensional visualization.... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070255504 - Biological parameter output apparatus and program: It is an object of the invention to measure the change in action potential waveforms during administration of a drug by testing in cultured cells or in animals, and using this measurement to evaluate the influence of administration of the drug on biological parameters, thereby providing an approach to evaluating... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070255505 - Blood component processing system, apparatus, and method: A system and method are used in connection with processing of blood components. The processing of blood components may involve centrifugal separation and/or filtering of the blood components. In some examples, at least some blood components are centrifugally separated in a chamber and then filtered via a filter rotating along... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070255503 - Instrument with a memory card updating measurement algorithms and methods of using the same: A programming strip is adapted to provide updated information to a processor of an instrument. The instrument is adapted to determine the concentration of an analyte. The programming strip comprises non-volatile memory and a communication bus. The non-volatile memory is adapted to store the updated information and being adapted to... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070255502 - System and method of evaluating crop management: A method of and system for evaluating performance of a plant population in an area of interest is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving input data from a user, the input data representative of at least one management parameter in the group consisting of: a total plant population... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070255506 - System, method, and computer product for instrument control and management of consumable resources: An embodiment of a method for consumable management is described that comprises acquiring a plurality of measures of sample quality, each sample associated with a well of a well plate; and providing a graphical representation of the well plate that includes a graphical representation of each of the wells and... Agent: Affymetrix, Inc Attn: ChiefIPCounsel, Legal Dept.

20070255507 - Sampling method and sampling device, and logd measuring method and logd measuring system: A sampling method sampling a lower-layer liquid from a liquid body comprised of two layers of liquids, an upper-layer liquid (octanol) and the lower-layer liquid (buffer solution), without mixing the layers. An extracting device is provided with a tubular apical end and is adapted to bring the apical end from... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070255508 - Gas detection method and gas detection device: The invention proposes a method for etalon suppression in a gas detection device by determining an etalon fringe period during a calibration step without gas in dependency of the DC drive current. A measuring signal which is a function of the gas absorption and substantially independent of an intensity modulation... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070255511 - General-purpose adaptive reasoning processor and fault-to-failure progression modeling of a multiplicity of regions of degradation for producing remaining useful life estimations: The system contains a device and a defining signature of at least one characteristic of the device. The defining signature changing as the device accumulates damage through a period of useful lifetime in a damaged state. A sensor is in communication with the device. The sensor sensing at least one... Agent: Hayes Soloway PC

20070255510 - Method and a system for determining the roughness of a tyre rolling surface: A method for determining the roughness of a tyre rolling surface by the steps of providing a first signal representative of the motion of at least one point of the tyre during rolling of the surface and processing the first signal for providing an output indicative of the roughness of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070255512 - Methods and systems for facilitating analysis of feature extraction outputs: Methods, systems and computer readable media for facilitating analysis of feature extraction outputs across multiple extractions. A feature extraction output of an extraction resulting from feature extraction of an array is inputted, and global statistics and array processing parameters are extracted from the feature extraction output. A table/file is populated... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070255515 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically detecting leaks in a type iii hydrant fuel piping system: Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically detecting leaks in a type III hydrant fuel piping system is described. In one embodiment, the method includes automatically actuating one or more valves to isolate a hydrant loop of a type III hydrant fuel piping system from the remainder of the... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070255516 - Operating voltage determination for and integrated circuit: Voltage-binning of individual integrated circuits is achieved by operating those integrated circuits at a plurality of required clock frequencies and for each of those frequencies determining the minimum supply voltage level which produces a pass result for a series of applied test vectors.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070255517 - Method and apparatus for on-chip duty cycle measurement: The disclosed methodology and apparatus measures the duty cycle of a reference clock signal that a clock circuit supplies to a duty cycle measurement (DCM) circuit located “on-chip”, namely on an integrated circuit (IC) in which the DCM circuit is incorporated. In one embodiment, the DCM circuit includes a capacitor... Agent: Mark P. Kahler

20070255519 - Reproducing apparatus manufacturing method, recording medium, and computer product: A known error signal is recorded in a recording medium for testing. When manufacturing a reproducing apparatus, the recording medium for testing is used to check whether there is a deficiency in the reproducing apparatus.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070255518 - Performance testing of disk drives in consumer electronics devices: Systems and methods are disclosed for testing performance of a disk drive in a digital home communications terminal. In one such method, the steps comprise: measuring at least one time for data transfer of a group of sectors on the disk drive; and providing the time to a server over... Agent: Brook Lafferty Scientific Atlanta

20070255520 - Parameter identification for field devices used in automation technology: There is disclosed a device and a method for identifying parameters of at least one field device used in automation technology. To simplify the assignment of parameters to field devices in automated systems, the behaviour of the field device is monitored and operating information that describes said field device behaviour... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070255521 - Tm method for controlling dynamic apparatus and apparatus thereof: Provided is a method and apparatus for controlling the precision of the rotation angle of a rotation of a dynamic apparatus, including the step of determining a conversion factor of a gyroscope installed in the dynamic apparatus to control the rotary movement to be a first conversion factor; a first... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070255523 - Measuring system and method for the functional monitoring thereof: A measuring system includes a measuring device, another device and a device configured to transmit data enabling bits of data to be transmitted between the measuring device and the other device. The measuring device also includes a signal monitoring circuit and a switch element. The switch element is electrically contacted... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070255522 - Method for verifying sensors installation and determining the location of the sensors after installation in a structural health management system: In the present invention, a method is provided for installing and locating a plurality of sensors distributed on a structure as part of a structural health monitoring system. The method includes verifying the proper installation of the plurality of sensors and determining the location of the plurality of sensors. In... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070255524 - System and method for computing reachable areas: The present invention relates to computing reachable areas given a first point. More specifically, the present invention relates to the computation of an intersection between a first surface and a second surface for determining a set of points that are reachable from a first point. Using the present invention, a... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070255525 - Laser rangefinder and method thereof: Disclosed is a laser rangefinder and method thereof. By using characteristics that noise has non-correlation and signals have correlation, laser beams are output to a target to find a range to the target with iteration rates of thousands of times per second, signals for each range-finding are binary-quantized using a... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070255526 - Method for updating the present time, apparatus using the method and memory to implement the method: The method for updating the present time of a telecommunication apparatus using a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) technique to communicate with another device, comprises a step (76) of determining a new present time by using a count of a number of TDMA frames received since a starting time.... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20070255527 - Disposable, pre-calibrated, pre-validated sensors for use in bio-processing applications: Disposable, pre-sterilized, and pre-calibrated, pre-validated conductivity sensors are provided. These sensors are designed to store sensor-specific information, such as calibration and production information, in a non-volatile memory chip on the sensor on in a barcode printed on the sensor The sensors are calibrated using 0100 molar potassium chloride (KCl) solutions... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070255528 - Engine control device: An engine control device controls an engine of a motor vehicle. The engine control device predefines an admissible engine torque on the basis of a torque envelope curve in dependence on an accelerator pedal position and an engine speed. The engine control device is connected to a diagnostic device. An... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070255529 - Method and system for processing multiple heterogeneous event types in a complex event processing engine: An invention is disclosed for improved computer system management by allowing complex computer-monitored events to be handled in different formats for correlation, analysis and action. Specifically, a method and system are disclosed for processing multiple heterogeneous event types in a complex event processing (CEP) engine.... Agent: Gerald J. Iwanejko, Jr.

20070255530 - Secure and efficient methods for logging and synchronizing data exchanges: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for logging and/or synchronizing data exchanges. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request from a requester to post data to a first log, identifying the log based on a context identifier in the request indicative of a location of the first... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070255534 - Mass flow meter having an oscillation sensor and method for eliminating noise signals from the measurement signal: Mass flow meter having at least one measurement tube, through which mass flows, as an oscillation body which can be set in mechanical oscillation by means of an excitation unit, the oscillation behavior of which varying as a function of the mass flow can be recorded via at least one... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070255532 - Mass spectrometer and method for enhancing resolution of mass spectra: A mass spectrometer comprises an ion detector, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, a sample adjuster, and an adder. The A/D converter is configured to receive and sample an analog signal from the ion detector thereby providing a plurality of samples. The adder is configured to sum the samples, and the summed... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070255531 - Peak data retention of signal data in an implantable medical device: Methods and apparatus for storing data records associated with an extreme value are disclosed. Signal data is stored in a first buffer of a set of buffers. If a local extreme value for the first buffer exceeds a global extreme value, signal data is stored in a second buffer of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070255533 - Signal compensation systems and methods: Signal compensation systems and methods. The system comprises a sensor and a processing module. The sensor detects movements of a camera device to generate sensed signals. The processing module acquires a relative maximum value and a relative minimum value of the sensed signals, and calculates an absolute difference accordingly. The... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070255535 - Method of processing a noisy sound signal and device for implementing said method: The invention relates to a method of processing a noisy sound signal and to a device for implementing said method. The inventive method comprises the following steps which are performed for each frame (x(k,n)) of a noisy sound signal, consisting in: applying a frequency-domain transform; estimating a power spectral density... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP