Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 12/07

20070299614 - Frequency autonormalisation reservoir mapping: A method of locating subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs includes acquiring seismic data, dividing the seismic data into time windows, applying a data transform to the seismic data having a plurality of components to obtain a smoothed frequency spectrum, selecting one or more local maxima and minima, determining a frequency product as... Agent: David A. Walker Spectraseis Technologie Ag

20070299617 - Biofouling self-compensating biosensor: An in vivo biosensor disposed upon a subject comprising an electrochemical cell having a plurality of electrodes and a computer-controlled voltage source incorporating a potentiostat that is generative of a poise potential regime, which computer-controlled voltage source is operationally coupled to a computing device that: computes an output current whose... Agent: Michael F. Hoffman

20070299616 - Methods and system for viewing genomic data: A computer-implemented method for viewing experimental data is provided. In certain embodiments the method comprises: a) inputting genomic array data and cytogenetic data into a computer memory; and b) producing a graphical user interface comprising: i) a chromosomal map of the genomic array data comprising a first positional indicator that... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070299615 - Methods and systems for conservative extraction of over-represented extensible motifs: Methods and systems of extracting extensible motifs from a sequence include assigning a significance to extensible motifs within the sequence based upon a syntactic and statistical analysis, and identifying extensible motifs having a significance that exceeds a predetermined threshold.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070299618 - Microarray method: A method for correcting microarray data for the effects of cross-hybridization comprising multiplication of microarray probe hybridization intensities with the inverse or pseudoinverse of a matrix of cross-hybridization potentials between probes and targets. This matrix of cross-hybridization potentials may be determined experimentally by repeating a microarray experiment with each of... Agent: Natan Dotan

20070299619 - Methods and apparatus for process control using catalyst state estimation: In a process control system, the hidden properties of a catalyst are estimated by including those properties in hidden states within a state space model and solving the state space model based on measurable inputs and outputs of the process. In one embodiment, a method for controlling a process of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070299620 - Method for estimating state of charge of battery, battery management system using same, and driving method thereof: A battery management system using a measurement model modeling a battery, and estimating a SOC (state-of-charge) of the battery, and a battery driving method thereof. The battery management system is constructed with a sensor, a predictor, a data rejection unit, and a measurement unit. The sensor senses a charging and... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070299622 - Method and apparatus for identifying echo sources in a communication path: A method and apparatus for identifying echo sources in a communication path. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an echo measurement device (EMD) having a transmit module to transmit an echo canceller deactivation signal in a communication path of the communication system, wherein... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070299613 - Processing of seismic data using the s-transform: The present invention relates to a method and system for processing seismic data. Seismic data indicative of at least a time-dependent seismic trace are transformed into time-frequency domain using the S-transform. The transformed seismic data are processed for determining at predetermined time instances an instantaneous amplitude and a dominant instantaneous... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20070299621 - Calibrating a testing device: Calibrating automatic test equipment (ATE) includes adding jitter to a test signal to produce a jittered signal, sampling the jittered signal to produce digital values, generating a reconstructed jittered signal from the digital values, determining an amount of jitter in the reconstructed jittered signal, and calibrating the ATE based on... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070299623 - Electromagnetic tracker: Apparatus for adaptively tracking the position of an object in a volume of interest, the apparatus including at least one transmitter, at least one sensor assembly, and a tracking processor, the transmitter being coupled with the volume of interest, for transmitting a multiple axis, time variant, electromagnetic field through the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070299624 - Method for protection of sensor node's data, a systems for secure transportation of a sensor node and a sensor node that achieves these: Methods of confidential data sharing and mutual authentication between a sensor node and a router are established, and data in the sensor node is protected from a physical attack. Sensor node issuing processing is performed on a sensor node having a tamper resistant device. The sensor node issuing processing is... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070299625 - Concept for determining the position of a movable object by means of magnetic fields: A device for controlling at least two coils located at different positions with regard to a positioning area, for indicating a position of an object located within the range of magnetic fields generated by the coils, the device including a generator for generating coil enable signals for the at least... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070299626 - Space recognition method and apparatus of input device: A method of recognizing space according to the movement of an input device, the method comprising: measuring angular velocity data using an angular velocity sensor; measuring acceleration data using an accelerometer; estimating a bias of the angular velocity sensor using the acceleration data; calculating Euler angles between a reference navigational... Agent: Nath & Associates PLLC

20070299627 - Error compensation method for a 3d camera: A method for determining a distance value d in a scene from an output of a four-tap 3D imager sensor is disclosed wherein said distance value d is determined based on the charge accumulated in a pixel of said imager sensor during a predetermined integration time Tintg. According to the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070299628 - Method for analyzing multi-layer materials from one-sided pulsed thermal imaging: A method, apparatus, and computer program product provides automated analysis of thermal imaging data for multi-layer materials based upon a theoretical model of a multi-layer material system, which is solved numerically. The computer-implemented method effectively processes the volume heating effect for thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), since quantitative evaluation of TBC... Agent: Joan Pennington

20070299629 - Measuring mechanical propulsive power by energy conversion: Measuring mechanical propulsive power includes establishing a first power and a second power. The first power is associated with a first rate of energy conversion by a device in a fluid, where the device is in the wake of a self-propelled conveyance moving with respect to the fluid. The average... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070299630 - Diagnosis and state monitoring of junctions, crossing or crossroads and rail joints and track inhomogeneties by means of a rail vehicle: The invention relates to a method and to a device for the diagnosis and state monitoring of a wear and functional state of a junction and/or a crossing and/or a crossroads and/or rail joints and/or track inhomogeneities of a rail traffic path which is made of several tracks. According to... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070299631 - Logging user actions within activity context: A system that can log user actions associated with an activity is disclosed. For example, the system can maintain a log of user keystrokes, files accessed, files opened, files created, websites visited, communication events (e.g., phone calls, instant messaging communications), etc. Additionally, the system can log extrinsic data (e.g., context... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070299633 - Data processing system: The present invention provides a data processing system by which users can check the detailed analysis result wherever they are as long as they are in an environment capable of viewing an HTML mail. In a data processing apparatus, when a chromatogram is created based on the data collected by... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070299632 - Remotely reconfigurable system for mapping subsurface geological anomalies: Methods and apparatus are provided for receiving, detecting and transmitting geophysical data from a plurality of electrodes placed in the soil utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable wireless control unit that is located on each electrode. Data from the control units is transmitted by a wireless signal to a centralized data processor... Agent: George R. Schultz Schultz & Associates, P.C.

20070299634 - Automated analysis system for semiconductor manufacturing fabrication: In one embodiment, a system and method for an automated analysis system for semiconductor manufacturing fabrication is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises one or more site databases that each store data generated by an associated one or more semiconductor fabrication plants, a configuration database, and a server communicatively... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070299635 - Removing electrical noise in systems with adcs: Signal processing systems and methods are described that include a multi-analog receiver front end with adaptive filtering. The multi-analog receiver front end uses two or more analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to remove additive electrical noise present in the analog front end. The multiple ADCs are followed in the signal processing path... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070299636 - Load body state judging device, vehicle seat and computer program: A load body state is judged from time series data of an emphasis displacement inclination obtained by collecting displacement signal data of the load body state using a displacement signal collection sensor 10, determining a rate of change for every arbitrary interval of an original waveform as an original waveform... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070294034 - Method for designing and optimizing drilling and completion operations in hydrocarbon reservoirs: A method is disclosed for generating a wellsite design, comprising: designing a workflow for an Earth Model; building an initial Earth Model based on the workflow adapted for modeling drilling and completions operations in a hydrocarbon reservoir; calibrating the initial Earth Model thereby generating a calibrated Earth Model; and generating... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20070294036 - Method for acquiring and interpreting seismoelectric and eletroseismic data: A method for subsurface Earth surveying includes acquiring seismic data over a selected region of the Earth's subsurface. Seismoelectric data are acquired over a selected region of the Earth's subsurface. Electroseismic data are also acquired over a selected region of the Earth's subsurface. At least one type of electromagnetic survey... Agent: Richard A. Fagin

20070294038 - Method and system for comparative genomics: A method and system for representing a similarity between at least two genomes that includes detecting gene clusters which are common to the at least two genomes and representing the common gene clusters in a PQ tree. The PQ tree includes a first internal node (P node), that allows permutation... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070294040 - Preventative maintenance indicator system: A real time method and apparatus for indicating preventative maintenance in a molding system. The molding system could be a metal molding system or a plastics molding system. Real time threshold status data is compared to real time operational parameter data as measured by sensors located on the molding system.... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070294041 - Method and system for determining the direction of fluid flow: In an exemplary implementation of a method and system for determining the direction of fluid flow, one or more sound transducers are positioned in proximity to a conduit, each such sound transducer generating a signal representative of a selected characteristic of acoustic waves emanating from the conduit. Such signals are... Agent: Stites & Harbison, PLLC

20070294043 - Method for determining plasma characteristics: Methods for determining characteristics of a plasma are provided. In one embodiment, a method for determining characteristics of a plasma includes obtaining metrics of a plasma at two different frequencies, and determining at least one characteristic of the plasma utilizing the metrics. In another embodiment, a method for determining characteristics... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070294035 - 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.

20070294037 - System and method for optimizing data acquisition of plasma using a feedback control module: Method, systems and computer readable media for optimizing data acquisition of microwave plasma are disclosed. The present invention provides a method that includes the steps of selecting an operational condition for a plasma generation system, operating the plasma generation system under the selected operational condition, determining whether a stable plasma... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070294039 - Apparatus and method for determining a parameter in a wet gas flow: In an apparatus for measuring a parameter of a wet gas flow, a gamma densitometer is provided and configured to non-intrusively measure the density of the wet gas flow. A sonar based flow meter is also provided and configured to non-intrusively determine a flow rate of the gas flow of... Agent: Cidra Corporation

20070294042 - Cantilever control device: A cantilever control device is provided that can prevent, in an atomic force microscope, self-excited oscillation of a cantilever from stopping and prevent a probe of the cantilever from coming into contact with a measurement object. In the atomic force microscope, a cantilever control device 1 is constituted from a... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070294044 - Baud rate detection: A method is provided of characterising a data stream of binary symbols, the method comprising sampling the stream at a predetermined rate sufficient to capture at least two samples per binary symbol, identifying the shortest continuous run of samples having the same logic level and assigning a symbol rate to... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070294045 - Portable coordinate measurement machine with integrated line laser scanner: A portable coordinate measurement machine for measuring the position of an object in a selected volume comprises includes an a positionable articulated arm having a plurality of jointed arm segments. The arm includes a measurement probe having an integrated line laser scanner mounted thereon. The laser may be a fiber... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070294046 - System and method for temperature compensation of eddy current sensor waveform: An embodiment of the invention generally pertains to a method of compensating for temperature variations in an eddy current sensor signal. The method may include the steps of receiving an initial signal from an eddy current sensor (ECS) in response to a conductive element passing the ECS and sensing an... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070294047 - Calibration system: A calibration system for a probe measurement system including a set up wizard.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070294048 - Circuit analyzing apparatus, circuit analyzing method and circuit analyzing program: A circuit analyzing apparatus for analyzing operation characteristics of a circuit unit in which, on a substrate, circuit devices are arranged, has a part for automatically obtaining a value of a substrate parameter concerning the substrate for an operating frequency, which value depends on the operating frequency; and a part... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070294049 - Methods and apparatus for balancing a rotor: A method for balancing a rotor of a rotary machine, wherein the rotor includes at least two rotor blades and a rotor shaft, includes receiving at least one measurement of either a load, an acceleration, or a displacement that pertains to at least one bending moment acting on the rotor... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070294050 - Apparatus and method for monitoring usage of components in a database index: Database indexes include multiple fields that are used to track how the components of the index are used. An index component monitoring mechanism tracks how the components of the index are used, and updates fields in the index accordingly. Such component-level statistics allow a query optimizer to make more intelligent... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070294051 - Declaration and consumption of a causality model for probable cause analysis: Various embodiments provide a causality model is used to express causality of system entities in terms that do not necessarily require knowledge of the overall composition of the specific system of which it comprises a part. The causality model, used in connection with model-based management techniques, can allow for the... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070294053 - Semiconductor failure analysis apparatus, failure analysis method, and failure analysis program: A failure analysis apparatus 10 is composed of an inspection information acquirer 11 for acquiring a failure observed image P2 of a semiconductor device, a layout information acquirer 12 for acquiring layout information, and a failure analyzer 13 for analyzing a failure. The failure analyzer 13 extracts candidate nets passing... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070294052 - Supplier teardown & analysis reporting system: A Supplier Teardown and Analysis Reporting System (STARS) captures information pertaining to component removals or failures that caused an unscheduled maintenance action. The detailed data facilitates design engineers understanding of failure drivers and propose improvements and commence implementation of a Corrective Action Plan at the earliest practicable time.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070294055 - Debug device for detecting bus transmission and method thereof: This invention relates to a debug device and method thereof and is applied to detect transmission on a bus in a computer system having a CPU, a north bridge chip and a south bridge chip. The debug device consists of a processing unit, a comparing unit and a recording unit.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070294056 - Method and system for monitoring non-occurring events: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for monitoring objects relating to event may include receiving an event message; filtering the event message to identify at least one object; comparing a current status of the object with an expected status for the object;... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070294054 - Simplified event selection for a performance monitor unit: A method and a processor for counting events in a performance monitor unit (PMU) of the processor includes using a mask bit and match bit comparison for event data to determine occurrence of events and routing indications of occurrences to a counter for counting.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20070294057 - Methods and systems for testing ability to conduct a research operation: Methods and systems for testing an ability of a Portable User Appliance (PUA) and/or a research data gathering system coupled therewith are disclosed. A method for testing an ability of a PUA to carry out a research operation, comprises communicating a testing message to the PUA and/or research data gathering... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20070294058 - Substrate processing system managing apparatus information of substrate processing apparatus: A substrate processing apparatus and an information storage server are connected with each other through a network. A storage part of the substrate processing apparatus stores set information and a control program, for controlling operation of the substrate processing apparatus according to the set information and the control program. The... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070294059 - System and method for resolving gamma-ray spectra: A system for identifying radionuclide emissions is described. The system includes at least one processor for processing output signals from a radionuclide detecting device, at least one training algorithm run by the at least one processor for analyzing data derived from at least one set of known sample data from... Agent: Gibbons P.C.

20070294060 - Cbrn attack detection system and method ii: An apparatus and methods for improving the ability of a detection system to distinguish between a “true attack” as opposed to a nominal increase in a monitored environmental characteristic.... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070288167 - Method for determining field readiness using soil moisture modeling: A method for determining field readiness using moisture modeling of a plurality of fields in a region of interest includes (a) generating a detailed set of moisture factors covering a plurality of scenarios for each field element of the plurality of field elements for a particular field; (b) repeating act... Agent: Deere & Company

20070288171 - Automatic documentation of patient intake and output events in a computerized healthcare environment: The present invention relates to computerized methods and systems for automatically documenting fluid intake and output events for a patient. In one method, a fluid balance event is extracted, an impact value associated with the fluid balance event is received, and a database is populated with the fluid balance event... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070288172 - Biomedical information modeling: Among other things, configuring an information collection/retrieval system includes receiving a data file structured to describe biological data, generating a first metadata representation of a first part of the data file, generating a first configuration file based on the first metadata representation; and configuring the information collection/retrieval system using the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070288177 - Advanced processing of active thermography signals: A method for processing thermography signals. A time series of radiometric data is measured from a surface (104) of an object (102) over a period of heating and subsequent cooling, and a mathematical curve (1, 2) is fit to the data. An amplitude aspect and one or more shape aspects... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070288181 - Method for testing cooling fan and apparatus thereof: A method and an apparatus for testing a cooling fan are provided. The method includes steps of: providing the testing apparatus including the holder centrally formed with the accommodating space, the vibration absorber disposed around the holder, and the vibration sensor connected to the holder; placing the cooling fan in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070288182 - Method for detecting noise events in systems with time variable operating points: A circuit for detecting noise events in a system with time variable operating points is provided. A first voltage, which is averaged over time, is compared to a second voltage. A signal is generated to instruct circuits within a processor to initiate actions to keep a voltage from drooping further.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070288183 - Analog signal transition detector: An apparatus configured to detect transitions between relatively rising and falling amplitudes of an input signal Vin(t) arriving at a input node comprises a comparator having a first input, a second input, and an output for providing a two state output signal Vout(t) wherein state changes in the output signal... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070288168 - Use of the stationary state of energy-exchanging cellular automata for modelling sedimentary architectures: The invention allows construction of the architecture of sedimentary layers deposited on a topographic surface as a result of the passage of sedimentary currents, using cellular automata. The topographic surface is discretized into a set of cellular automata. Then, for each current and each automaton, a stationary physical state resulting... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070288169 - Method and system for evaluating weight data from a service rig: The present invention is directed to methods for an off-site supervisor or well owner to evaluate the rig load data provided by a well service rig at a well site by evaluating charts of sensor data obtained from sensors on or associated with the well service rig. A rig load... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20070288170 - Method and system for pre-drill pore pressure prediction: In general, the invention relates to a method for pore pressure prediction. The method includes obtaining a compressional wave (P-wave) velocity and a shear wave (S-wave) velocity for a pre-drill location, calculating an effective stress at the pre-drilling location using a stress-velocity relationship equation, the compressional wave (P-wave) velocity and... Agent: Osha . Liang L.L.P. / Slb

20070288173 - Computational methods and systems to reinforce a humoral immune response: The present application relates, in general, to a system and/or method for detection and/or treatment.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070288175 - Simulation parameter determination method: Provided is a method for reduction of calculation amount required for parameter determination, and for reduction of calculation amount required for parameter determination satisfying desired accuracy. It is a method for preferentially selecting analysis objects, which are capable of providing parameter determination in high degree of certainty, and for controlling... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith Hazel & Thomas LLP

20070288174 - System, method, and computer program product for analyzing spectrometry data to identify and quantify individual components in a sample: A system is provided for analyzing metabolomics data received from an analytical device across a group of samples. The system automatically receives a data matrix corresponding to each of the samples, wherein the data matrix includes rows corresponding to each of the samples and columns corresponding to a group of... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070288176 - Air-in-line and pressure detection: Methods and apparatus for air content and pressure measurement of sample fluid, especially sample fluid in association with an infusion pump. Volume change in a chamber as the chamber transitions between negative and positive pressure relates to the air content in the chamber. In particular, in an infusion pump, the... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070288178 - Ultrasound imaging method of extracting a flow signal: The present invention relates to a method of extracting a flow signal from echographic signals received from a region of interest comprising moving tissues and flowing fluids. The method comprises a step of calculating Doppler signals from said echographic signals within a small number of time samples, a step of... Agent: Philips Medical Systems Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070288179 - Integrated absolute and differential pressure transducer: A method and apparatus integrates differential pressure measurements and absolute pressure measurements to provide virtual absolute pressure measurements over a wide range of pressures on a single integrated scale.... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070288180 - Methods and apparatus for pressure compensation in a mass flow controller: Performance of mass flow controller may be vulnerable to pressure transients in a flow path to which the controller is coupled for the purpose of controlling the fluid flow. A system and method are provided for reducing or eliminate performance degradations, instabilities, and/or inaccuracies of a mass flow controller caused... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070288184 - Delay failure test circuit: In a delay failure test circuit, a delay failure test between two clock domains among a plurality of clock domains having different operation clock rates is performed. The delay failure test circuit inputs, to a first clock domain, a clock signal having only a launch edge for transferring data from... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070288185 - Method and system for failure signal detention analysis: A method for analyzing a sample of wafers includes identifying F failure metrics applicable to at least one pattern on each wafer within the sample. Z spatial and/or reticle zones are identified on each wafer, where Z and F are integers. Values are provided for each failure metric, for each... Agent: Steven Koffs Duane Morris

20070288186 - Methods of use of substrate having properties of keratinous tissue: Method of product evaluation comprising the steps of applying at least one substance to a surface of an artificial substrate to form a substance-coated surface, wherein the substrate surface demonstrates at least one physical property selected from the group consisting of a total surface energy of from about 15 mJ/m2... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070288187 - Determination method for a position signal: Two sensors scan a measuring scale, which can be displaced in relation to the sensors and comprises a plurality of equidistant measuring gradation, and deliver corresponding measuring signals. The measuring signals are periodic during a uniform relative displacement of the measuring scale, essentially sinusoidal and essentially phase-shifted by 90° in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070288188 - Integrated circuit arrangement for current regulation: An integrated circuit arrangement for current regulation of an electromagnetic load, especially an electric motor, generator, solenoid valve, or the like, with a coil, a power switch element, and a freewheeling diode is disclosed. In one embodiment, the circuit arrangement has an integrated measurement resistor for measuring the coil current.... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070288189 - Test method, test program, and test device of data processing system: A connection characteristics determination unit determines whether connection mechanisms provided in a data processing system have differences in connection characteristics in terms of hardware implementation or not. If there is no difference in the connection characteristics of the connection mechanisms, a first load test execution unit determines, for all processors,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070288190 - Increase productivity at wafer test using probe retest data analysis: Disclosed is a method and system for wafer/probe testing of integrated circuit devices after manufacture. The invention begins by testing an initial group of devices (e.g., integrated circuit chips) to produce an initial failing group of devices that failed the testing. The devices in the initial failing group are identified... Agent: Mcginn & Gibb, PLLC Suite 304

20070288191 - System and method for information handling system thermal diagnostics: Thermal subsystems of manufactured information handling systems are tested for compliance with desired parameters by running a thermal diagnostics module in firmware during one or more manufacturing activities performed on the information handling system. The thermal diagnostics module monitors and stores one or more thermal parameters detected at the information... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070288192 - Method for cooking a cooking load including cooking items of varying size, and cooking device for carrying out such a method: A method for cooking a cooking load, including at least two particularly individual items for cooking, the cooking state of which is characterized by at least two cooking state parameters, including a first cooking state parameter and a second cooking state parameter, in a cooking chamber with application of at... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070288193 - System for the measure of thermal properties of fluids: The present invention refers to a system, composed by mechanical and electronic components and by a resident software inherent to the system. The system for the mean of thermal properties of fluids is destinated to the measure of thermal properties such as diffusivity and effusivity, and from those values, to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070288195 - Long line monitoring and locating system: A system is provided that can monitor concealed lines and can assist in locating the concealed lines. The system includes a management system, a transmitter, a first node, and a second node. The transmitter is configured to communicate with the management system, wherein the transmitter transmits an AC power signal... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070288194 - Method and system for object control: A system (100) and method (400) for touchless object control is provided. The system can include a sensing unit (110) for capturing a first signal (677) reflected off a first object (151) at a first time and a second signal (679) reflected off the first object at a second time,... Agent: Marc Boillot

20070288196 - Mobile device and geographic information system background and summary of the related art: The present invention provides a system and mobile device for providing geographic information to a user. The system includes a mobile device that is wirelessly connected to a geographic database. The mobile device includes a plurality of sensors for determining a first location and a first direction. A controller is... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070288197 - Geo-referenced object identification method, system, and apparatus: A method, system, and apparatus are described which are used to identify a geo-referenced object. In one embodiment, a position determining component is used to determine the geographic position of a handheld electronic device. An azimuth determination component determines an azimuth from the handheld electronic device to an object. An... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070288198 - Optical recording of the spatial shape of bodies and body parts with sections that in part are not optically visible: There is described a method and an apparatus for the optical 3D digitization of bodies and body parts which reveal non-visible regions which therefore cannot be detected by the 3D digitizer. A mechanical aid is fixed at these regions and protrudes into the measurement space visible for the 3D digitizer.... Agent: Law Offices Of Stuart J. Friedman

20070288200 - Method for detecting and reporting leaks of fluid in distribution networks, particularly in condominium water or gas distribution networks, and apparatus for performing the method: A method for detecting and reporting fluid leaks in a distribution network, particularly in condominium water or gas distribution networks, comprising: acquiring at a preset rate statistical samples related to the extent of the water flow in input to the network; acquiring a variation coefficient which indicates the characteristics of... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070288199 - Regression analysis apparatus and method: A variance-covariance matrix of a matrix having a combination of multivariate data and objective variables is obtained, and multiple eigenvalues and their corresponding eigenvectors are calculated by eigenvalue decomposition of the variance-covariance matrix. Accumulated contributions are calculated from the multiple eigenvalues in descending order of absolute value of the eigenvalues.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070288201 - Method and system for analyzing performance of an information processing system: A method for analyzing performance of an information processing system having information processing apparatuses providing services to each other. Communication packets sent or received between the apparatuses are acquired. The apparatuses receive calls from other apparatuses for providing services indicated in the packets. A service call count aji of the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070288202 - Method for conducting diagnostic tests of spray equipment: A method for conducting diagnostic tests of spray equipment in a hazardous environment. The method includes automatically gathering test data, comparing the automatically gathered test data to a database of baseline data, and providing a signal if the automatically gathered data differs from the baseline data by a predetermined amount.... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070288203 - Method, product and device for coding event history: A method for coding an event history is disclosed. Information relating to a real time state of an event is received. For a defined interval of time, it is determined whether the state of the event is in one of two states. In response to the event being in a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070288204 - Device for remote diagnostics of a field device: The invention relates to a device for remote diagnostics of a field device in a process engineering system that is part of a distributed control system. The field devices are connected to I/O units and are operated by a central device. The diagnostics device is functionally divided into a recording... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070288206 - Data display apparatus and method of controlling the same, data associating apparatus and method of controlling the same, data display apparatus control program, and recording medium on which the program is recorded: The present invention makes a user properly compare data before and after a change with each other. A data display system displays data based on measurement data obtained by measuring equipments. In the data display system, a data synchronizer associates synchronous data as a set of measurement data obtained from... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070288205 - Dynamic data stream histograms for no loss of information: A method for creating a histogram from a plurality of data elements that includes identifying a lower extreme range counter and an upper extreme range counter for the plurality of data elements, incrementing a value counter when the value counter corresponds to a value of a first data element in... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070282534 - Generating digital terrain models representing sub-stratum surfaces: Integrated computing systems and methods for applying sub-surface material location and composition information to engineering plans for designing, e.g., highways and other roadways, are provided. Utilizing the described systems and methods, surfaces, such as highways, may be more efficiently designed in a timely fashion, requiring less format conversion for inputs... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070282536 - Method and apparatus for evaluating interaction between protein complexes, and computer product: In an interaction evaluating apparatus, a sub-unit forming unit uses complex pair information as input information and refers to a family DB to make sub-units of the complex pair information. A GODB is a database that stores information relating to the protein attributes. A learning unit uses sub-unit complex pair... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070282541 - Passive structural assessment and monitoring system and associated method: A system and method for assessing and monitoring a structure are provided. The system includes at least one non-destructive inspection sensor carried by the structure and configured for acquiring data in response to ambient events associated with the structure. The system also includes a data acquisition system configured to communicate... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20070282542 - Composite trigger for a digital sampling oscilloscope: A Composite Trigger for a DSO provisionally honors a conventional hardware trigger by algorithmically investigating the content of the associated Acquisition Record for a selected signal attribute (a S/W Trigger). If found, the hardware trigger is fully honored by displaying the Acquisition Record with a previously selected time scale and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070282544 - Data analysis method for integrated circuit process and semiconductor process: A data analysis method for an integrated circuit process is described, for analyzing the results of at least an in-line quality test, a product test and a yield test done to the products of the IC process. The products are divided into a normal group and an abnormal group based... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070282545 - Probabilistic stress wave analysis system and method: A statistical process, and system for implementing the process, is described for the analysis of stress waves generated in operating machinery or equipment. This technique is called Probabilistic Stress Wave Analysis. The process is applied to a population of individual “feature” values extracted from a digitized time waveform (such as... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070282549 - Method and system of providing a dynamic sampling plan for integrated metrology: A method and system of providing a dynamic sampling plan for integrated metrology is disclosed. The method may include modeling a sampling plan for use with a factory level advanced processing control (FL-APC) system and sending a recommended sampling plan, in response to receiving a request for a sampling plan,... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070282550 - Fitting multidimensional measurement data to tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainty of the measurements: Measurement data collected within a measurement frame of reference is fitted to geometric tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainties of the measurement. Geometric freedoms for fitting the measurement data are exploited to fit uncertainty zones associated with the measurement data within the tolerance zones. Typically, the measurement data is... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070282551 - Detecting back electromotive force voltage: A Bemf detect circuit is configured for modeling Bemf error via calculation of time correlations associated with two or more different non-calibrated sense resistor gain values to derive a calibrated sense resistor gain value. A method is provided for calibrating a Bemf detector circuit by setting a sense resistor gain... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, P.C.

20070282533 - Core sample orientation: A core orientation device (10) for a core drill (12). The device (10) comprises an arrangement (14) for providing signals (16) associated with a physical orientation (18) of the core orientation device (10). Processing means (22) are provided for processing the signals (16) so as to provide processed data (23)... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070282535 - System and method for 3d frequency domain waveform inversion based on 3d time-domain forward modeling: According to a first preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided an efficient method of computing a 3D frequency domain waveform inversion based on 3D time domain modeling. In the preferred arrangement, 3D frequency domain wavefields are computed using 3D time-domain modeling and a discrete Fourier transformation that... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20070282537 - Rapid characterization of post-translationally modified proteins from tandem mass spectra: A software algorithm that matches tandem mass spectra created simultaneously and automatically to theoretical peptide sequences derived from a protein database is disclosed. The program characterizes shotgun proteomic data sets obtained from proteins (such as histones) that possess extensive posttranslational modifications that are often difficult to characterize. Data is searched... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070282538 - Continuous inference for sequence data: Dynamic inference is leveraged to provide online sequence data labeling. This provides real-time alternatives to current methods of inference for sequence data. Instances estimate an amount of uncertainty in a prediction of labels of sequence data and then dynamically predict a label when an uncertainty in the prediction is deemed... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070282539 - Fluid motion and composition analysis device and method: A remote sensor and associated data processor, performs concurrent analysis of backscattered signals from a multi-beam (6-10) acoustic Doppler emitter/receiver (1) positioned against the inside wall of a conveying pipe (2) or channel. Range-gating of the return signals allows independent analysis of discrete volumes of backscattered signal data corresponding to... Agent: Charmasson, Buchaca & Leach, LLP

20070282540 - Fuel density measuring device, system, and method using magnetostrictive probe buoyancy: A magnetostrictive fuel level probe includes a spring-loaded foot. The probe shaft of the fuel level probe moves up and down within the spring-loaded foot as a function of fuel density. The spring-loaded foot includes a reference magnet whose height relative to the bottom of a fuel storage tank is... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20070282543 - 3d ultrasonographic device: A three-dimensional ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: a sensing device for ultrasonic inspection including an ultrasonic sensor as a transducer, in which a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators are disposed in a matrix or an array; a drive element selecting unit for selecting and driving a piezoelectric vibrator for producing an ultrasonic... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070282546 - Interference eliminating method in adaptive array system and array processing device: The present invention relates to an interference eliminating method in an adaptive array system, and an array processing device using the interference eliminating method. A predetermined array weight is applied to signals input through respective array elements, and the respective input signals to which the array weight is applied are... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, LLC

20070282547 - Lighting performance power monitoring system and method with optional integrated light control: A light performance monitoring device and optionally integrated controller includes a monitor module that directly monitors energy usage of at least one energy load to generate at least one measurement of energy usage; a storage module stores a series of baseline values of energy usage of the energy load, a... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070282548 - Method and apparatus for assessing condition of motor-driven mechanical system: Conditions of a mechanical system driven (12) by a motor (14) can be assessed by monitoring an admittance or impedance at an input to the motor (14) over a period of time. The admittance or impedance may be determined by measuring the input voltage (22) and current (20). Variations in... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282552 - Adaptive control device, use thereof, sensor comprising a control device of this type and adptive method for the automatic compensation of the parasitic signals of a sensor: A control apparatus configured to compensate for disturbance signals of a sensor includes a control loop having an input to receive input values. The control loop includes a comparison device configured to receive the input values and configured to produce output values following receipt of the input values, and an... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070282553 - Sensor apparatus, control system having the same and offset correction method: Each acceleration sensor of an air bag system includes a sensing device, a communication device and an adjusting device. The sensing device generates a measurement signal, which indicates a measurement value of acceleration. The communication device performs two-way communication relative to a master ECU and each remaining one of the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070282554 - Information processing apparatus, semiconductor manufacturing system, information processing method, and storage medium: A information processing apparatus 100 for processing an acquired value, which is a value acquired in regard to a state during a treatment, performed by a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 200 for performing a treatment on a treatment target containing a semiconductor according to a set value, which is a value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070282555 - Read-side calibration for data interface: Circuits, methods and apparatus are provided to reduce skew among signals being received by a data interface. Signal path delays are varied such that data and strobe signals received at a memory interface are calibrated or aligned with each other along a rising and/or falling edge. For example, self-calibration circuitry... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/ 015114

20070282556 - Testing of embedded systems: An embedded device testing system for comparing actual device under test input/output vector pairs with modelled device under test input/output vector pairs, wherein actual device under test output vectors are sampled in accordance with a predefined timing reference.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070282557 - Device for observing internal data of control device: A data observation device for observing internal data of a control device for controlling a machine tool, an industrial machine, an industrial robot, or the like which has at least one drive shaft driven by one selected from a servo motor, a spindle motor. The device includes: means which specifies... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070282558 - Abnormal condition determining system for steering angle sensor: A purpose of the invention is to determine abnormal condition of a steering angle sensor at an early stage even in a vehicle, in which a yaw-rate sensor is not provided. An abnormal condition determining system of the invention has a first means for detecting whether the vehicle has passed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070282559 - Multimedia device test method: A multimedia device test method is provided. The multimedia device test method includes generating parameters of a reference signal and a measured signal via a computer; creating multiple sub-files of the reference signal and multiple sub-files of the measured signal according to corresponding parameters via the computer; combining the multiple... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070282561 - Apparatus and methods for sensing earth's inner elf signals by an underground antenna: A method and apparatus for forming an antenna extending downwardly into the ground, below the Earth's surface, for sensing the Earth's inner ELF (extremely low frequency) signals which signals are in turn useful in predicting earthquakes and volcanoes, and also sensing the intensity of said phenomena. More particularly, the inventive... Agent: Leo J. Aubel

20070282560 - Methods and systems for integrating environmental data with mobile asset tracking: Systems and methods for integrating position reports from mobile assets with real time environmental data aggregated from various sources to build and continually update, in real time, an amalgamated database that contains the position information and collocated environmental parameters. The amalgamated database may be queried, and the extracted information may... Agent: Brian M. Dingman Mirick O'connell Demallie & Lougee

20070282562 - Method and apparatus for customizing insoles for footwear: A method and apparatus is provided for generating a customized insole for footwear using information relating to pressure applied by the sole of a foot, which information is correlated to removable pieces of the insole. Embodiments include a method and apparatus for generating a customized insole for footwear, comprising receiving... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070282563 - Extracting performance metrics from images: Through the use of image processing and set-up calibration techniques, an accurate position of an object may be determined. Embodiments of the present disclosure measure a change in position over a known time interval. Accordingly, the change in position aids in measuring the object's metrics such as, for example, position,... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070282564 - Spatially aware mobile projection: A spatially aware apparatus includes a projector. Projected display contents can change based on the position, motion, or orientation of the apparatus. The apparatus may include gyroscope(s), accelerometer(s), global positioning system (GPS) receiver(s), radio receiver(s), or any other devices or interfaces that detect, or provide information relating to, motion, orientation,... Agent: Microvision, Inc.

20070282565 - Object locating in restricted environments using personal navigation: A method for locating at least one object in a restricted environment is disclosed. The method involves determining a measuring position with a navigation package, measuring a range between the at least one object and the measuring position, and establishing a location of the at least one object based upon... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070282566 - Hierarchical workload monitoring for optimal subordinate tasking: A system and method of hierarchical monitoring for subordinate assessment is described. Generally, the system receives remotely sensed data about a user's physiology and contextual state, and extracts features that are related to the workload currently being experienced by a single subordinate and/or group of subordinates. The system builds workload... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070282567 - Systems and methods for predicting load test resource requirements: Systems, methods and media for collecting and using machine usage data and machine configuration data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a workbench computer collects historical machine usage data for at least one load test machine emulating a plurality of users to produce a database of historical machine usage data for... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070282568 - Sensor control circuit: A sensor control circuit includes an acceleration sensor which detects acceleration and generates a detection signal. The sensor control circuit also includes a processing section which generates a calculation result by calculating the acceleration in accordance with the detection signal, and generates an interrupt notification. The sensor control circuit also... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070282569 - Method for estimating the optical nonlinearity of a material: A method estimates a nonlinearity profile of a material. The method includes providing a magnitude of a transform of a measured nonlinearity profile measured from the material. The method further includes providing an estimated phase term of the transform of the measured nonlinearity profile. The method further includes multiplying the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP