Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 05/08

20080125974 - electro-magnetic acoustic measurements combined with acoustic wave analysis: A method and apparatus for assessing the permeability of a subterranean formation and the hydrocarbon and/or water content of the formation. The method includes emitting an acoustic signal, such as a Stoneley wave into the formation and sending an electro-magnetic pulse into the formation. An analysis of the response of... Agent: Keith R. Derrington Bracewell & Guiliani LLP

20080125973 - System and method for real-time management of formation fluid sampling with a guarded probe: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for real-time management of formation fluid sampling down a wellbore using a guarded probe. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, embodiments of the present invention provide for management of downhole fluid sampling by sensing properties of fluids collected... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20080125976 - Distributed sensor network with a common processing platform for cbmrne devices and novel applications: An integrated chemical, biological, metals, radiation, nuclear, explosives sensor system I-CBMRNE deployed on a common platform supports chemical, biological, metals, radiation, nuclear, explosives (CBMRNE) surveillance systems. The common platform provides a database for collected sensor and video data, spectral analysis for sensor data, pattern recognition systems, data analysis and communications.... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080125975 - Method for performing bioinformatics analysis program and bioinformatics analysis platform: A system in which researchers can freely and effectively use worldwide bioinformatics analysis programs available on the Internet is provided. When a bioinformatics analysis program available on the Internet is used by a user computer, a broker program is used. The broker program has a function of absorbing differences in... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080125977 - Use of quantum system identification and quantum control techniques for medical diagnostic and therapeutic purposes: Quantum simulation methods are used to encode the quantum response of a molecular system so as to improve the sensitivity for detection of a target material, while rejecting background. The perturbation and response information may be used to discover the system function of a quantum system, or more generally, of... Agent: Wilmerhale/dc

20080125979 - Method and system for determining ranges for the boundaries of chromosomal aberrations: Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for analysis of comparative genomic hybridization (“CGH”) data, including CGH data obtained from microarray experiments.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080125980 - Apparatus and method for measuring loads sustained by a bearing pin: A pin bearing arrangement for use on an aircraft landing gear includes a pin and a load sensor arrangement, which may include strain gauges for measuring shear loads and accelerometers for measuring loads sustained by the pin. The pin includes a self-contained data logging device for logging data concerning loads... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080125981 - Drill bit performance analysis tool: A method and system that can be used to automatically calculate and generate performance analysis charts, including a reliability curve is disclosed. The method and system may be used to selectively convert performance records data from a database into graphs and charts reflective of a performance analysis. The invention also... Agent: Smith International Inc.

20080125982 - Method for the evaluation of measurement uncertainty, and a device and system thereof: A method of evaluating uncertainty associated with the value of a measurand derived from measurements of a device under test comprising providing a mathematical model wherein the measurand is expressed as a function of (i) at least one physically observable quantity, and (ii) the reference value of said physically observable... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080125983 - Method for monitoring fluid levels in a tank: A method for monitoring fluid levels in a tank. A first step involves modelling the tank to identify fluid zones of fluids having differing densities, the heat retention characteristics of each the fluid zones and the relative relationships between each of the fluid zones. A second step involves obtaining a... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080125984 - Spatially assisted fault reporting method, system and apparatus: Methods and systems for spatially assisted fault reporting in a distribution system. Typical steps of the methods may include determining the location of the fault or the distance to the fault, generating and storing a plurality of waypoints representative of the route of the distribution system, processing the plurality of... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080125985 - Method and system for estimating power consumption of integrated circuitry: First hardware is for executing first software in response to macros that describe integrated circuitry, and for generating a set of constants in response to the execution of the first software. Second hardware is for receiving the set of constants from the first hardware, and for executing second software in... Agent: Ibm Corp. (mad) C/o Davis Law Group, P.C.

20080125986 - System and method for compensating for potential and current transformers in energy meters: A meter device for measuring electrical energy is provided. The meter device includes circuitry for measuring at least one parameter of electrical energy provided to the meter device. A storage device is provided for storing at least one calibration factor for compensating for errors associated with at least one of... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080125987 - Nickel-hydride battery life determining method and life determining apparatus: Data indicating a relationship of life of a battery to a value of load power applied to the battery in discharge and environmental temperature of a place where the battery is installed are prepared beforehand. Next, the load power and the environmental temperature when the battery is discharged are measured,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080125988 - Current measuring device and method: A current measuring device measures the current flowing through each conductor which connects a power supply with a motor. Coreless current sensors are arranged between pairs of the conductors. Coefficients which represent a relationship between a fixed standard current flowing through a conductor and the output signal from coreless current... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080125989 - Circuit for classifying signals: A circuit for classification of analog input signals, comprising an analog memory component, such as a floating gate, used to store a threshold value; a threshold detection module used to determine whether the analog input signal exceeds the threshold value; a time delay module used to delay a processing of... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080125990 - Built-in self test circuit for analog-to-digital converter and phase lock loop and the testing methods thereof: A BIST circuit for testing both an analog-to-digital converter and a phase lock loop includes a controllable delay circuit, a NAND gate, a dividing circuit, a NOR gate and a charge/discharge circuit. The invention reduces the period of the signal under test, converts its pulse width to voltage and measures... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080125991 - Jitter frequency determining system: A jitter frequency determining system is provided that includes a comparator, a clock source, a latching circuit, a memory device and a processor. The comparator is adapted to receive at least one output signal from a device under test and compare the output signal to an expected signal. The output... Agent: Fogg & Powers / Teradyne

20080125992 - Method for analyzing tone quality of exhaust sound: According to evaluation of tone quality of exhaust sound adapted to human audition, a characteristic of the tone quality of exhaust sound is objectively analyzed. There are provided a measuring process (M1) for sampling exhaust sound to be analyzed, by means of a microphone disposed in an exhaust system EX... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080125993 - Display-device inspection apparatus and inspection method: A display-device inspection apparatus includes identification position nominating means for nominating a position where an identification for identifying an attention area on an inspection image is displayed on the inspection image simultaneously, attention area information extracting means for converting the identification into outline coordinate data to extract both positional information... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080125994 - Systems and methods of converting rfid labels: Various method embodiments comprise testing a plurality of RFID tags forming at least a portion of a first web to identify defective RFID tags and verified RFID tags, cutting the first web between a rotary die and an anvil to remove at least the verified RFID tags from the first... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080125995 - Electrostatic discharge monitoring and manufacturing process control system: There are disclosed systems, computer program products, and method for monitoring electrostatic discharge (ESD) fault conditions and controlling manufacturing processes on an assembly line. In an embodiment, each ESD monitored station in an assembly line is provided with at least one ESD management device (e.g. an ESD monitoring device or... Agent: Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP

20080125996 - Method and apparatus for correcting the time of recordal of a series of recordings: A process for correcting the time stamp of recordings such as photographs, obtained in many locations. An onboard clock records a time stamp for each photograph. GPS tracking data is obtained during movement of the camera. A time correction is sought, to account for an unknown error in the onboard... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080125997 - Method and apparatus for correction of multiple em sensor positions: In one aspect of the present technique, a method for selecting between a plurality of electromagnetic sensors to correct for one or more field distortions includes, in the presence of an electromagnetic field, acquiring signals representative of the location of a plurality of electromagnetic sensors. The method further includes selecting... Agent: Ge Healthcare C/o Fletcher Yoder, PC

20080125978 - Method and apparatus for deriving the genome of an individual: A computer-based method is provided for deriving a genome of an individual. The method comprises the steps of accessing a selector for an individual and a reference template for a group genome, the selector comprising a locus value and a base value; and processing the selector and the reference template... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080125998 - Calibration device: A calibration device is provided for use with automatic test equipment (ATE). The calibration device includes circuitry having a fanout circuit. The compare-side fanout circuit has an input connected to a first channel of the ATE and outputs connected to N (N>1) channels of the ATE, where the N channels... Agent: Teradyne, Inc. C/o Foley & Larder, LLP

20080125999 - Method for calibration of a vectorial network analyzer: A method is provided for calibration of a vectorial network analyzer, having n measurement ports (n>1) and at least m measurement sites with n+1<m<2n. Calibration includes measurement of three different n-port reflection standards connected between the measurement ports in any sequence, and measurement of different transmission standards connected between two... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080126000 - Method and system for determining a predicted flash endurance vt of a flash cell after n program/erase cycles: A method and system for determining a predicted flash endurance Vt of a flash cell after N program/erase cycles. The method comprising the steps of determining a pair of Ctp or Cte values of the flash cell at different respective cycle numbers in a range from 2000 to less than... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080126001 - Equipment testing system and method having scaleable test line limits: A method is provided for performing a diagnostic test of a piece of equipment, the equipment including a plurality of components and an embedded diagnostic tool, each component including a respective fault report store. The method comprises setting initial test limits; running a diagnostic test; testing whether the test limits... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080126002 - System and method for automatically adjusting length of test line, and test system: A test system for testing a network device is provided. The test system includes a control device and a cable group. The control device receives a user instruction, generates a test instruction according to the user instruction, and includes a control board and a relay board. The control board parses... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080126003 - Event-based setting of process tracing scope: Detecting an anomaly is disclosed. An indication that a computer system monitoring instrument is desired to provide as output a subset of the output data that it would produce if it were to remain on throughout a relevant period with no limit being placed on its output at any point... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Apple Computer, Inc.

20080126004 - Body temperature measuring device: A temperature measuring device includes a main body and a measuring element installed at a predetermined distance from the main body. The main body includes a first measuring unit for measuring a first body temperature, a signal processing unit for receiving and converting the first body temperature, a display unit... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080126005 - Connection box: Field devices for measuring a pressure or a fill level are connected, by way of a cable connection or a radio connection, to stationary evaluation- and display devices. To provide flexible parameterisation or flexible measured-value inquiry, a connection box for the wireless transmission of signals between the field device and... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080126006 - Method of timing a remarkable angular position of a sensor carried by a tire: A method of timing a remarkable angular position (θR) of at least one sensor (12) carried by a tire (10) rotating relative to an external frame of reference. The following steps are performed: forming, from an output signal from the sensor (12), a reference signal suitable for presenting a remarkable... Agent: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080126007 - Method and a system for locating objects in a defined area: A method and a system for locating objects in a defined area, such as for locating animals in a pen, wherein each segment of the defined area is projected by a narrow angle projection; and the projection is modulated, the modulation including the location of the segment being projected. A... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080126008 - Algorithm to calculate the surface area of a threaded fastener: A method and apparatus are provided for the determination of a surface area of a fastener, such as a threaded fastener. Specifically, an image of the fastener is acquired, and the image is separated into at least two regions, for instance three regions, and the surface area of each region... Agent: Janet I. Stockhausen Usda Forest Service

20080126009 - Method of estimating mass of vehicle: A method of estimating a mass of a vehicle. If a yaw rate is smaller than a reference value, a straight direction model algorithm is applied. If a measured speed and a measured steering angle are larger than reference values, a lateral direction model algorithm is applied. If a measured... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080126010 - Method and apparatus for constructing a synchronous signal diagram from asynchronously sampled data: A method a low cost and production-integrable technique for providing a signal diagram. The data signal is edge-detected and asynchronoulsy sampled (or alternatively a clock signal is latched). The data signal or a second signal is compared to a settable threshold voltage and sampled. The edge and comparison data are... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20080126011 - Method and apparatus for evaluating the complexity of human-in-the-loop processes: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that determines the complexity of a transaction between a first entity and a second entity. The system starts by determining a first probability of success for a portion of the transaction which is associated with actions of the first entity. The... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080126012 - State initialization for gas turbine engine performance diagnostics: A state-based, gas turbine engine initialization method and system is described that allows the true level of performance to be tracked thereby enabling engine-to-engine performance comparisons. The method performs an initialization process for performing gas turbine Module Performance Analysis (MPA) via a recursive state estimation. Included is a description of... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20080126013 - Modification of a user specific configuration of a remote on-line service application in accordance with accumulated physical activity data of the user: The invention allows modifying a user's configuration of a remote on-line service application in accordance with accumulated physical activity data of the user. User's physical activity sensor data is accumulated in a mobile device from a physical activity sensor. In response to a predetermined event, physical activity information based on... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080126015 - Measuring device and measured quantity sensor having coupled processing and excitation frequencies: A measuring device for determining a measured quantity having an oscillatory structure where an oscillation signal is detectable. The measuring device further includes a device for exciting the oscillatory structure by an excitation frequency to result in an oscillation of an oscillation frequency. The measuring device further has a device... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates LLC

20080126014 - Statistical method and automated system for detection of particulate matter on wafer processing chucks: A method of detecting the presence of particulate matter on a wafer chuck during semiconductor wafer processing involves providing data which is related to a positional perturbation of a semiconductor wafer which is present during the processing of the wafer, providing a threshold which is based on historical statistics obtained... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080126016 - Wireless connector: A connector includes circuitry for processing a signal and a transmitter for transmitting the processed signal. In another embodiment, a connector includes a sensor for providing a signal, circuitry for processing the signal, and a transmitter for transmitting the processed signal. A further embodiment includes a connector system having a... Agent: Perman & Green

20080126017 - Maximum entropy signal detection method: Methods of detecting radioactivity in dynamic situations in which radiation is detected from large and small radioactive objects with at least one radiation detector as the objects pass through the field of view and combinations are made from those measurements which are either adjacent in time, from multiple detectors, or... Agent: John H Crozier

20080120033 - Method for determining the scope of detectability and readability of light signals: The invention relates to methods for determining the scope of detectability and readability of light signals with several light spots at a given surrounding radiant density per unit area. According to the invention, calculation of the scope of detectability is carried out with the rod of the assumption that the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080120035 - Apparent dip angle calculation and image compression based on region of interest: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for logging an earth formation and acquiring subsurface information wherein a logging tool is conveyed in borehole to obtain parameters of interest. The parameters of interest obtained may be density, acoustic, magnetic or electrical values as known in the art. The parameters... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.c.

20080120036 - Well characterisation method: One aspect of the invention relates to a method (10) for characterising a well (700) using distributed temperature sensor (DTS) data to optimise a well model (12). The method comprises providing a well model of flow and thermal properties (12a, 12b) of the well (700), where the well model (12)... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation

20080120037 - Phase control of seismic data: Method for controlling the phase spectrum of seismic data to match assumptions inherent in subsequent processing steps. The source signature, after processing with the same initial processing steps used on the data, is used to design a phase control filter that shapes the seismic data to have a minimum phase... Agent: J Paul Plummer Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20080120039 - Hormone and drug concentrations in the portal vein and hepatic sinusoids: The invention relates to novel methods of informing a medical decision by determining a hormone or drug concentration in a portal vein or hepatic sinusoid of a mammal. The invention also relates to methods of determining hormone or drug concentration in the portal vein or hepatic sinusoids. Further the invention... Agent: Entelos, Inc. C/o Law Offices Of Karen E. Flick

20080120038 - Method and system for analysis of array-based, comparative-hybridization data: Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for analysis of comparative genomic hybridization (“CGH”) data, including CGH data obtained from microarray experiments.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080120040 - System and method for providing contents used in ultrasound diagnostic device: The present invention is directed to a method of providing software contents through a communication network, comprising the steps of: (a) arranging a contents database to store a plurality of software contents in the contents providing system; (b) connecting the ultrasound diagnostic device to the contents providing system through the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080120041 - System and method to identify the metabolites of a drug: The invention provides for a method for predicting potential metabolites for a compound, comprising the steps of receiving a target compound from a user applying a set of optimized reaction rules to said target compound to generate a list of potential metabolites and calculating a probability score for each product... Agent: Organon Usa, Inc. Patent Department

20080120042 - Slope detection for measuring gas concentration: A process and apparatus for sensing gas concentration in a gas stream involves producing a succession of difference values representing differences between successive sample values of a succession of sample values representing instantaneous reflectance of light from a compound produced by reacting a reagent with the gas being sensed and... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080120044 - Pin height adjustment in bed of nails shape measurement: Systems, methods, apparatus and products relate to systematic calculation and execution of pin height adjustments within a bed of nails shape measurement gauge with respect to a measured subject, such as glass substrates, and in particular, to using a bed of nails gauge for measuring a gravity-free shape of a... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080120045 - Stress analysis method and stress analysis apparatus: There is an essential limitation that only surface principal stress sum variation (Δ(σ1+σ2)) can be measured as physical quantity by a thermoelastic stress measurement technique, and furthermore respective principal stress components are unknown, and pure shearing stress acting on an object cannot be measured because it causes no temperature variation.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080120046 - Fluid metering apparatus: The present invention relates to a fluid metering apparatus, which includes a fluid container and a metering device. The container has a hollow part for storing fluid and the metering device includes electrical metering means and data processing means. The electrical metering means detects change of a physical quantity of... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080120047 - Apparatus for monitoring height of liquid in storage tank: An apparatus for monitoring a height of liquid in a liquid storage tank is provided, the apparatus includes a first rotatable element rotatable in response to a change of a liquid level in a liquid storage tank and including a first magnetic component having a first magnetic field, and a... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20080120048 - Protection device and a method that detect electricity: A protection device for detecting electricity is composed of a control unit, a set of input end for sampling, a display unit, an acoustic signal generating unit, and a power unit. The aforementioned control unit includes a microprocessor (CPU), a clock pulse wave generator, a first memory, a second memory,... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080120049 - Battery control device, battery control method, battery pack, electronic apparatus and control circuit: A battery control device comprises voltage measuring unit measuring a voltage of a battery, current measuring unit measuring an electric current of the battery, and power source control unit calculating an open-circuit voltage of the battery based on the voltage of the battery and the electric current of the battery,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080120050 - Method and device for determining state of battery, and battery power supply system therewith: Coefficients A and B are calculated from the measured temperature and the measured state of charge. Next, a response voltage Vc is calculated by substituting the measured internal impedance X into a response-voltage correlation equation. Besides, by comparing the response voltage Vc with a predetermined threshold V0, if Vc is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080120051 - System and method for matching diffraction patterns: A method of analyzing patterns. The method comprises: receiving a first diffraction pattern; receiving a second diffraction pattern; receiving a third diffraction pattern; determining a similarity between the first and second diffraction patterns; determining a similarity between the first and third diffraction pattern; determining a similarity between the second and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080120052 - Method and apparatus for improvement of spectrometer stability, and multivariate calibration transfer: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses that can improve measurement accuracy in interferometers. The invention provides methods for determining digital compensation filters that measure a frequency response or responses to be compensated, and then determining a filter target response from the inverse of the frequency response or responses. A... Agent: V. Gerald Grafe, Esq.

20080120053 - Method of crossover region phase correction when summing signals in multiple frequency bands: A signal processing system may compensate for the relative phase difference between multiple frequency bands so that the combination of the bands is constructive throughout a substantial portion of the band overlap or crossover region. In one embodiment, a signal combining system may include a comparator for determining a relative... Agent: Lecroy Corporation

20080120055 - Method and apparatus for resolver compensation: A system and method for compensating a resolver are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment receives at least one output signal from the resolver, the resolver detecting a current position of a rotor coupled to the resolver; determines if the current position of the rotor is detected by a first pole-pair... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080120056 - Angular velocity calibration method: Inclinations of angular velocity sensors attached to a camera are detected, and outputs from the angular velocity sensors are calibrated. A camera is placed on a rotating table and rotated, angular velocities are detected by angular velocity sensors, and a CZP chart is photographed. The motion of the camera is... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080120034 - Pore-scale geometric models for interpretation of downhole formation evaluation data: The grain size of a pore-scale geometric model of a clastic earth formation are adjusted so that the NMR relaxation time distribution output of the model matches a measured NMR distribution. Fluid drainage and imbibing can be simulated. Additional properties of the earth formation are predicted using the pore-scale model.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.c.

20080120043 - Apparatus and method for storing and transporting data related to vapor emissions and measurements thereof: The present invention provides apparatus and a methods for collecting, transmitting and storing fugitive gas emission data. An embodiment of the invention collects fugitive gas with a sampling probe and into a emission monitoring device. The device then sends and stores fugitive gas data into a storage medium, such as... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080120054 - Vehicle compass system with continuous automatic calibration: The compass system of the present invention utilizes an improved calibration route in which a processing circuit of the compass recalibrates the compass each time three data points are obtained from a magnetic field sensor that meet predetermined criteria. One such criterion is that the three data points define corners... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080120057 - Information processing device, information processing method, and information storage medium: An information processing device acquires an output value in accordance with a state in which an operating device is held, acquires the output value in accordance with a predetermined first holding state of the operating device as a first reference value, acquires the output value in accordance with a predetermined... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080120058 - Multi-cpu mobile terminal and multi-cpu test system and method: A mobile terminal equipped with multiple CPUs and a system and method for testing multiple CPUs of the mobile terminal are provided. A mobile terminal of the present invention includes test ports installed in processors, respectively, an earphone port, a first interface connector to connect an external device to the... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, Plc

20080120059 - Test apparatus and test method: There is provided a test apparatus that decides the good or bad of an electronic device adopting source synchronous clocking with high precision. The test apparatus according to this invention includes: a reference clock generator that generates a reference clock for the test apparatus; a first variable delay circuit that... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080120060 - Detection of catalyst losses in a fluid catalytic cracker for use in abnormal situation prevention: A method and system for detecting and/or predicting abnormal levels of catalyst loss in a fluid catalytic cracking unit. The method and system measures a differential pressure across portions of a fluid catalytic cracker, such as a reactor cyclone or a regenerator cyclone, and determines abnormal catalyst loss when the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080120061 - Ac magnetic tracking system with non-coherency between sources and sensors: In an AC magnetic tracker one or more multi-axis field sources, each operating at a different frequency, or frequency set, are detected and tracked in three-dimensional space, even when wireless or otherwise not physically connected to the tracking system. Multiple sources can be tracked simultaneously as they each operate with... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080120062 - Step length estimation method and portable terminal for the same: An apparatus and method for estimating a step length of a user are provided. The apparatus and method use a step length estimation algorithm, e.g. a step length estimation parameter coefficient, according to a movement state of a user, i.e. whether the movement state is a walking state or a... Agent: Jefferson Ip Law, LLP

20080120063 - Anthropogenic event risk assessment: A computer implemented method and system for assessing the risk of an anthropogenic event are disclosed. An anthropogenic event is defined and recursively decomposed into causal conditions with ascertainable probabilities. The causal conditions and probabilities are transformed into a comprehensive probability of the event. The risk related to the occurrence... Agent: George Mason University Office Of Technology Transfer, Msn 5g5

20080120065 - Accurate integrated circuit performance prediction using on-board sensors: This invention places plural ring oscillators on a semiconductor chip during manufacture. The respective oscillation frequencies of these ring oscillators are measured. The semiconductor chip is assigned a grade dependent upon the measured frequencies. The ring oscillators are disposed proximate to critical paths on the semiconductor chip and employ circuit... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080120064 - Detecting a failure condition in a system using three-dimensional telemetric impulsional response surfaces: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates high-sensitivity detection of an anomaly in telemetry data from an electronic system using a telemetric impulsional response fingerprint of the telemetry data. During operation, the system applies a sudden impulse step change to one or more operational parameters of... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080120066 - Method for detecting an error in a measurement cycle: A method of detecting an error in a measurement cycle. The method includes wirelessly transmitting a sequence of electrical signals sweeping through a predetermined frequency band from a transmitter to the receiver of an electric evaluation circuit of household appliance controller. The levels of the signals are measured, and a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080120067 - Apparatus and method for testing data transfer rate: A method for testing a data transfer rate of an electronic device includes: receiving data transmitted from the electronic device and converting the data into test data; analyzing the test data; encoding the analyzed data to generate output data; and displaying a state of the data transfer rate based on... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080114547 - Method and system for determining hydrocarbon properties: Method and system are disclosed for determining hydrocarbon CDVs in a multiphase environment. The method and system involve calculating a total hydrocarbons volume from an apparent oil volume and an apparent gas volume. The apparent oil volume is determined using C/O data from a nuclear logging tool operating in inelastic... Agent: Osha . Liang L.l.p. / Slb

20080114548 - In-field control module for managing wireless seismic data acquisition systems and related methods: An exemplary system for managing the deployment of a seismic data acquisition system uses a module configured to execute a plurality of task in the field by receiving one or more seismic devices. The module may include a power source that provides electrical power to the seismic devices. The module... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, Pc

20080114550 - Cell density fitting equation: wherein xPU is in the process units (PU), yol is optical loss in the chosen units, A is the offset, D is the absorption coefficient, B is the effective scattering coefficient, and C is the scattering constant. The preferred fitting algorithm is Levenberg-Marquardt.... Agent: Herbert Burkard

20080114549 - Rapid response blood analyzer: A system for estimating clotting properties of blood, comprises a sensor generating an initial data signal associated with a measurement of clotting of the blood during an initial time period prior to a final clotting time of the blood and a processor determining parameters of an equation to curve fit... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080114551 - Device and method for the detection and evaluation of expirograms: s

20080114552 - Dynamic measured-value filter for a gas sensor arrangement: A method of processing time-discrete measured values, which can be described in their time characteristic by a first exponential function which has a first time constant, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a first measured value and storing the first measured value, detecting a second measured value and storing... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20080114553 - Method and a system for detecting and locating an adjustment error or a defect of a rotorcraft rotor: The invention relates to a method of detecting and identifying a defect or an adjustment error of a rotorcraft rotor using an artificial neural network (ANN), the rotor having a plurality of blades and a plurality of adjustment members associated with each blade; the network (ANN) is a supervised competitive... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080114554 - Process control architecture with hydrodynamic correction: Methods and systems for controlling processes related to the amount of fluid in a container subjected to externally-excited motions. Fluid level sensor measurements in processing tanks on-board boats are confused by ocean waves and swells. A hydrodynamic model of a fluid in a tank can be constructed using non-linear dynamic... Agent: John W. Wustenberg

20080114555 - Fast extrapolation of a thermal sensor's final value and discovery/verification of a thermal sensor's thermal time constant: A power meter that uses a thermal mount whose response to changes in applied power is exponential, is equipped to digitally sample the conditions within the mount at a rate of many times per time thermal constant. Samples are monitored for an indication that a significant change in power level... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080114556 - Optical pulse characterization using phase modulation: An optical pulse monitor (OPM) that determines an optical phase profile for a pulse train by (i) modulating the optical phase of pulses in the pulse train using a periodic waveform and (ii) generating a derivative of a spectrum of the resulting modulated signal with respect to the waveform's amplitude.... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.c.

20080114557 - Variable sensing using frequency domain: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for variable sensing using the frequency domain are taught herein. An exposure of a system to a physical variable is determined by periodically sensing the physical variable to produce a plurality of digital samples. The plurality of digital samples is converted to respective frequency... Agent: Young & Basile, P.c.

20080114559 - Quality control system, analyzer, and quality control method: A quality control method using a plurality of analyzers and a control device connected to the analyzers via a network, the method comprising: (a) measuring quality control samples by the analyzers; (b) collecting a plurality of quality control data obtained by measuring the quality control samples; (c) implementing a quality... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080114560 - Method and system for adjusting a position of an object: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting a position of an object to compensate for tilt includes providing a rotatable base supporting an object and directing the object relative to the base such that the position of the object is controlled relative to a first... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20080114561 - Method of determining micro- and nano- sizes in scanning electron microscope: A method of determining sizes of micro and nano objects in a scanning electron microscope, comprising the steps of obtaining an experimental video signal of an object in a scanning electron microscope, determining a size of an object from the obtained experimental video signal, calculating a model video signal based... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20080114558 - Augmenting semiconductor's devices quality and reliability: A method for augmenting quality or reliability of semiconductor units, including providing few populations of semiconductor units that are subject to quality or reliability testing. The populations include few quality or reliability fail candidate populations and other population(s). The method includes the step of associating test flows to the populations.... Agent: Gary M. Nath The Nath Law Group

20080114562 - Interface test circuitry and methods: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes conductors, and a transmitter including transmitter test circuitry to embed test properties in test pattern signals, and transmit the test pattern signals to the conductors. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes conductors to carry test pattern signals with embedded test properties, and receiver test... Agent: Silicon / Blakely Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080114563 - Digital waveform generation and measurement in automated test equipment: A waveform generation and measurement module that may be used in automated test equipment. The waveform generation and measurement module includes high speed SERDES (or other shift registers) that are used to digitally draw a test waveform. Additional high speed SERDES may also be used to receive (in serial form)... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080114564 - Information classifying device, information classifying method, information classifying program, information classifying system: An information classifying device calculates, for a plurality of populations containing pieces of sample information, evaluation distance between a center of gravity of the pieces of sample information belonging to each population and a piece of sample information as an object of classification (object sample), calculates statistical information such as... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080114565 - Pedometer: To dispense with an operation of selecting a measuring mode and enabling to measure with high accuracy a number of steps in walking and in running. A detecting signal in correspondence with walking or running outputted from a sensor is inputted to CPU by way of an amplifying circuit, a... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20080114566 - Measurement system fleet optimization: A method, system and program product are disclosed for optimizing a fleet of measurement systems. One embodiment determines a tool matching precision (TMP) and a fleet measurement precision (FMP) and normalizes these metrics across applications. An optimization is carried out in which usage weighting factors are assigned to each measurement... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080114567 - Sequential sampling within a portable computing environment: A sequential sampling tool that executes advanced sequential protocols on a portable platform. The system includes a computer and software code compiled with well-known statistical and graphical user interface packages. The sampling and testing tool supports SPRT, 2-SPRT, and sequential Bayes sampling protocols for a variety of statistical distributions, including... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080114569 - Method and system for evaluating the efficiency of an air conditioning apparatus: The applicant describes a system and methods of calculating the overall operating efficiency of an air conditioning chiller that evaluates efficiency of the component parts of the chiller and generates an overall efficiency based on these component efficiency values. If the overall chiller efficiency is less than the maximum attainable... Agent: Weatherly Kerven & Seigel Llc

20080114568 - Systems and methods for maintaining performance at a reduced power: Systems and methods are provided for maintaining performance of an integrated circuit at a reduced power. The systems and methods employ a performance monitor that generates a signal indicative of at least one performance characteristic of at least a portion of a critical path associated with the integrated circuit. The... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080114570 - Method, system and terminal for maintaining capability management object and for managing capability: A method for maintaining a Device Capability Management Object (DCMO) which relates to technical field of Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM), including detecting changed capability information in a terminal device by the terminal device, and maintaining a corresponding Device Capability Management Object in a Device Management tree in... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080114571 - Adjustable data collection rate for embedded historians: Systems and methods that can vary a data collection rate via a rate adjustment component, to collect data with different level of granularity. The rate adjustment component can further include an estimation component that can automatically predict a required sampling rate for a stage of an operation, based on statistical... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080109169 - Method and system for characterizing seismic reflection points: A method and system for characterizing a seismic reflection point. The system receives vibratory seismic data corresponding to a plurality of events, calculates a curvature and a reflection point corresponding to each of the plurality of events, and characterizes reflection points according to their corresponding curvatures.... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080109168 - System and method for full azimuth angle domain imaging in reduced dimensional coordinate systems: Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for converting coordinate systems for representing image data such as for example seismic data, including accepting a first set of seismic data, mapping the first set of seismic data to a second set of seismic data, where the dimensionality of the... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080109170 - Method of presentation of data of stored body energy: Disclosed is a method of calculating energy stored in a body and creating a data set of information and using that information to guide the owner of a body to achieve a desired stored energy quantity.... Agent: Russ E. Lindemann

20080109171 - System and method for stochastic dt-mri connectivity mapping on the gpu: A graphics processing unit implemented method for fiber tract mapping from diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging data includes providing a diffusion tensor magnetic resonance brain image volume, initializing a set of fiber positions in a 3D set of points, fiber displacements, and a posterior distribution for an updated fiber displacement... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080109174 - Data processing method based on wavelet transform and its application in classification of herbal medicines: An efficient, effective and reliable method for authentication of herbal medicines (HMs) based on a novel wavelet-enhanced automated three-dimensional chromatograms classification system. The method takes advantage of the character of 3D chromatograms which appear as functional curves and the preprocessing power of wavelet transform (WT) to minimize the interferences from... Agent: Evan Law Group Llc

20080109180 - System and method for calibrating a high-speed cable: An HDMI cable carries high speed encoded data which are transmitted differentially over data channels, along with a clock. High-frequency loss and differential skew within a differential signal may be compensated by analog circuits embedded in the cable. These embedded circuits are tuned at production for best performance by observing... Agent: Victoria Donnelly

20080109167 - Method of generating a deep resistivity image in lwd measurements: A pseudo-image is produced by combining deep-reading azimuthally sensitive resistivity measurements with azimuthally insensitive resistivity measurements made by a multiple propagation resistivity tool. This image is useful in reservoir navigation. Features on the azimuthally sensitive measurements such as saddle-points and mid-points are diagnostic of bed geometry relative to the borehole.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.c.

20080109172 - Diabetes management system: A method of diabetes management, comprising (a) providing a glucose meter in communication with a portable microprocessor-based unit; (b) transmitting blood glucose level data into the hand-held microprocessor-based unit from the blood glucose meter; (c) running a program of instructions on the portable microprocessor-based unit or the glucose meter or... Agent: Health Hero Network, Inc.

20080109173 - System and method for spatially profiling a distribution of hydrophobicity of a transmembrane protein: A profiler which spatially profiles a hydrophobicity distribution for the transmembrane protein based on a scaled hydrophobicity value, includes an identifier for identifying a residue external to a membrane and removing the residue to obtain a truncated structure comprising plural residue side-chains, and a calculator which calculates plural residue centroids... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080109175 - Systems and methods for dynamic monitoring of fluid movement in a fluid distribution network using controlled concentration pulses of additives: A method of monitoring the movement of fluid through a fluid distribution network is described. The introduction of an additive to fluid is controlled at a control point in a fluid distribution network, and a concentration pulse in a concentration of the additive in the fluid is generated. Amounts of... Agent: Jones Day

20080109176 - Fluid detector recognizing foam and surge conditions: Systems and methods for evaluating probe signal level readings in a manner that allows a low water detector to distinguish between a probe that is under a fluid level, or is above the fluid level and either being splashed or is within a foam. Low water detectors which utilize these... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: Box Ip Dept.

20080109177 - Magnetic crash sensor: A magnetic field is generated by at least one coil in magnetic communication with at least a portion of a vehicle responsive to a first time-varying signal operatively coupled to the at least one coil in series with a sense resistor. A second signal is generated responsive to a voltage... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.c.

20080109178 - Method and system for predicting and correcting signal fluctuations of an interferometric measuring apparatus: A method and system for predicting a signal fluctuation due to a flow of gaseous fluid approximately transverse to an optical path between a stage and an interferometric measuring apparatus for determining a position of the stage in a direction of a stage movement. The method includes acquiring three interferometric... Agent: Roeder & Broder LLP

20080109179 - Signal measuring apparatus and semiconductor testing apparatus: In order to provide a signal measuring apparatus which satisfies multiple performances at a high level all together, the signal measuring apparatus includes: DC performance; noise performance; distortion performance; spurious performance; and the like, a signal measuring apparatus includes: multiple A/D converters which respectively have different conversion characteristics for converting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080109181 - Method and apparatus for accurately determining height coordinates in a satellite/laser positioning system: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for processing signals in a satellite/laser positioning system capable of generating location coordinates from received satellite signals and a received laser signal. A height coordinate bias value is maintained by a filter processor during periods when the laser signal is available. The height coordinate... Agent: Weinick & Associates, Llc

20080109182 - Method and apparatus for calibrating position of image sensor, and method of detecting position of image sensor: A method and apparatus for calibrating a position of an image sensor, and a method of detecting the position of an image sensor are provided. The method of calibrating the position of an image sensor includes: obtaining first image information corresponding to a first position of the image sensor and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080109183 - Smart insole for diabetic patients: This invention is a temperature-based smart insole capable of continuously or intermittently measuring the foot temperature of the patient at one or more locations of the foot while the insole is worn. The device provides feedback to the patient alerting the individual of risk based on his/her plantar temperatures. Benefits... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080109184 - Position and orientation measurement method and apparatus: An index detection unit (2030) detects indices allocated or set on an object from a sensed image. An evaluation amount calculation unit (2060) calculates evaluation amounts of the indices using two-dimensional geometric features of the indices on the image and/or three-dimensional geometric features that represent relationships between an image sensing... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080109185 - Precision diagnostic method for the failure protection and predictive maintenance of a vacuum pump and a precision diagnostic system therefor: According to the present invention, the most challenging issues in this work have been to find systematic ways of enabling maintenance engineers to decide an adequate time for the replacement of vacuum pumps on the basis of their current performance assessment result. Further, the comparison of the currently evaluated diagnostics... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080109186 - System and methods for predicting failures in a fluid delivery system: A system for detecting defects in a fluid delivery line is provided, the system comprising a plurality of sensors disposed in a fluid delivery line, wherein each one of the plurality of sensors comprises a mote coupled to a plurality of sensing devices disposed in a film system, wherein a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080109188 - Measurement data communication device, information acquiring device, and system: A measurement data communication device for measuring a health condition of an examinee and transmitting a plurality of measurement values representing a result of the measurement, to an information acquiring device managing the measurement values, includes: communication information generating means for generating communication information in accordance with (i) an attribute... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080109187 - Remote nondestructive inspection systems and methods: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing nondestructive inspection (NDI) services. For example in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a system for remote inspection includes a nondestructive inspection (NDI) system configured to examine a structure and provide NDI data related to a damage condition of the structure, the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20080109189 - Signal processing system and method: First and second complementary voltage signals are operatively coupled across a series circuit comprising first and second sense resistors and a circuit element therebetween. A DC bias current in the series circuit is substantially nulled, and an output signal responsive to the self-impedance of the circuit element is generated responsive... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.c.

20080109190 - Signal processing system and method: First and second complementary voltage signals are operatively coupled across a series circuit comprising first and second sense resistors and a circuit element therebetween. An output signal responsive to the self-impedance of the circuit element is generated responsive at least one of a voltage across the first sense resistor and... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.c.

20080109191 - System and method for automatically creating scalar data sets for complex data via a response data handler: The present invention provides a system and method for automatically generating reduced response data sets from complex scientific data via a response data handler (RDH) methodology, thereby eliminating non-systematic losses and oversights often associated with and resulting from the current practice while improving the overall integrity and confidence of the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080103698 - Body fat measurement device and body fat measurement result providing method: A body fat measurement result providing method includes maintaining a body fat information database having stored therein at least one particular person's body fat information, which includes local body fat information for at least one body part of the at least one particular person, providing a user with a particular... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080103699 - Method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping: A method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping. The system comprises a digital elevation map (DEM) and mosaic generation engine that processes images that are simultaneously captured by an electro-optical camera (RGB camera) and a LIDAR sensor. The image data collected by both the camera and the LIDAR... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080103700 - Removing sea surface-related electromagnetic fields in performing an electromagnetic survey: To perform surveying of a subterranean structure, electromagnetic (EM) wavefields traveling in opposite directions are determined. A relationship is defined among the EM wavefields, where the EM wavefields include a first set of EM wavefields in a first state in which a sea surface is present, and a second set... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080103701 - Automatic signal processor design software system: Software (100, 600, 1000, 1100) for automatically designing and optimizing signal processing networks (e.g., 200, 700, 800, 900) is provided. The software use genetic programming e.g., gene expression programming in combination with numerical optimization, e.g., a hybrid differential evolution/genetic algorithm numerical optimization to design and optimize signal processing networks. According... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080103702 - Biosignal intensity distribution measuring apparatus and biosignal intensity distribution measuring method: A biosignal intensity distribution measuring apparatus, includes a supporting member for supporting a human body, a plurality of detecting portions arranged in two dimensions within a target detection area of the supporting member, the detecting portions detecting pressure fluctuations and outputting signals corresponding to the pressure fluctuations respectively, a filter... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080103703 - Fuel leak estimator: A method of detecting a fuel leak from a fuel store of an aircraft is described. In the described embodiment, a processor (1) receives inputs (2, 3) relating to the amount of fuel in the fuel store and to the rate of fuel used by the aircraft, both inputs being... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080103705 - Online testing of a signal path by means of at least two test signals: A method for online testing of a signal path from a sensor cell to an evaluation point, including providing at least two mutually different test signals, changing the sensor cell output signal on the basis of the at least two mutually different test signals in accordance with a predetermined change... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates LLC

20080103704 - System and method for volt-ohm meter measurement acceleration: A system for accelerating circuit measurements includes a circuit. A signal is applied to the circuit. A set of measurements is taken of a response of the circuit to the applied signal. The system includes a circuit model. The circuit model is a representation of the circuit. A final value... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080103707 - Malfunction detecting apparatus: For providing a malfunction detecting apparatus for detecting a malfunction of a voltage detecting device accurately, a low-voltage-system CPU controls voltage detecting circuits to detect voltage between both terminals of one unit cell from among unit cells included in blocks corresponding to voltage detecting circuits. When variation of the voltage... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080103706 - System and method for testing leds on a motherboard: An exemplary system for testing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a motherboard is provided. The system typically includes: an insulating plate covered on the motherboard, configured with optical fibers for inducing beams sourced from the LEDs and transmitting the beams to a circuit board; the circuit board includes at least one... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang J

20080103708 - Leakage power estimation: Methods and apparatus provide for estimating leakage power as a function of delay times. Delay times and leakage power values may be measured for a test circuit of a given circuit design. A statistical sampling of the measurements may be obtained for the test circuit. The delay data and leakage... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080103709 - Battery management system and driving method thereof: A battery management system and a driving method thereof includes a sensing unit and a micro control unit (MCU). The sensing unit measures a battery temperature and a battery current. The MCU receives the battery temperature and current, detects battery internal resistance corresponding to an estimated state of charge (SOC)... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080103710 - Data compression for a waveform data analyzer: A compressor for waveforms having at least two waveform states separates the waveform samples into waveform state sample vectors for each waveform state. Waveform state encoders encode the waveform state sample vectors separately to provide compressed waveform data. The waveform state encoder selects waveform state pattern vector and associated codes... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20080103711 - Data compression for a waveform data analyzer: A compressor for waveforms having at least two waveform states separates the waveform samples into waveform state sample vectors for each waveform state. Waveform state encoders encode the waveform state sample vectors separately to provide compressed waveform data. The waveform state encoder selects waveform state pattern vector and associated codes... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20080103712 - Diagnosis apparatus for switchgear: A diagnosis apparatus for a switchgear comprises a sensing unit which detects a partial discharge signal of the switchgear, an amplifying unit which amplifies the partial discharge signal detected from the sensing unit, a frequency spectrum generation unit which converts the amplified partial discharge signal into a frequency spectrum; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080103713 - Labeling asymmetric cables for improved network clock synchronization: Labeling asymmetric network cables for improved network clock synchronization. Time asymmetries between pairs in a network cable are identified and associated with individual cables. This time asymmetry information is used to improve clock synchronization according to the IEEE-1588 standard. The time asymmetry information may be stored in a database and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080103714 - Calibration method and apparatus for lighting fixtures using multiple spectrum light sources and light mixing: Disclosed examples of optical systems having a plurality of light sources with each source having a different spectral outputs may be calibrated by measuring a spectral characteristic of the combined light with two measurements, e.g., one from a colorimeter and one from a sensor included in the system. Accordingly, one... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080103715 - Operating condition monitoring apparatus, method for monitoring operating condition and program: An operating condition monitoring apparatus includes a load-time information acquisition unit 203 obtaining load-time information, of one or more production apparatuses 11, concerning load time allocated to production within a predetermined period, an operating-time information acquisition unit 204 obtaining operating-time information, of one or more production apparatuses 11, concerning operating... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080103716 - Systems and methods for verification of a verifiable device: Systems and methods for effectuating verification and certification of verifiable devices. Preferably, but not necessarily, such certification occurs or is communicated remotely. A verifiable device may be directly or indirectly connected to an appropriate regulatory agency through a communication mechanism. One or more tests may be performed on the verifiable... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080103717 - Processing an input signal using a correction function based on training pairs: Provided are systems, methods and techniques for, inter alia, processing an input signal. In one representative embodiment, samples of an input signal that represents a physical quantity are obtained and then transformed from an original domain into a plurality of coefficients in a transform domain, using an over-complete transform, such... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080103718 - Tire pressure monitor initiation tool with vehicle data interface: A tire pressure monitor system tool stores information regarding a plurality of tire pressure monitor systems installed on vehicles. The tool receives information regarding a particular vehicle. Based on this information, the tool may determine a particular tire pressure monitor system installed on a vehicle. Based on the tire pressure... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080103719 - Method of generating test clock signal and test clock signal generator for testing semiconductor devices: A system and method of generating a test clock signal for scan testing of a main circuit in a semiconductor device includes receiving an external clock signal and a control signal and generating a gated clock signal by gating an internal clock signal based on the control signal. The internal... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080103720 - Method and system for providing storage and retrieval of clinical information: The present invention provides a managed or “hosted” service offering that facilitates timely and accurate communication of clinical information, such as critical test results, within a health care environment. The inventive system enables pathologists, laboratory technicians, and laboratory staff to communicate to ordering physicians clinical information (such as lab results)... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20080103721 - Systems and methods for measuring behavior characteristics: Systems and methods for measuring behavior characteristics. For at least one specific user, a first concern score for respective key terms is calculated according to use frequency of respective key terms of network content corresponding to the specific user and all users. A first relation matrix for at least one... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080103722 - On-board temperature/humidity sensor: The specification and drawing figures describe and show an on-board temperature/humidity sensing device that includes an enclosure. The enclosure contains a circuit board. A sensor is mounted on the surface of the circuit board. The sensor is capable of monitoring environmental data within the enclosure. The sensor is operatively connected... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080103723 - System and method for automated parameter measurement: In accordance with the present invention, a method for automated parameter measurement includes strategically positioning an identifier tag at a location proximate a first object. The identifier tag stores location-specific information associated with the first object. A sensor in communications with the identifier tag receives the location-specific information from the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080103724 - Real-time temperture detection during test: Apparatuses, methods, and systems associated with and/or having components capable of, detecting a temperature of an integrated circuit in real time during testing are disclosed herein. In exemplary embodiments, an integrated circuit includes a register to store a temperature limit for the integrated circuit; a temperature sensor formed on the... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20080103725 - Rapid readout logic for mems gyroscope: A system and method for deriving an angular rate includes receiving a motor pick off signal received from a motor pick off of from a MEMS gyroscope. Receiving a sensing pick off signal received from a sensing pick off from the MEMS gyroscope allows the determining of a phase relationship... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080103726 - Positioning measurement apparatus and method: A positioning measurement method is provided. The method includes the step of: capturing images of a standard object and to-be-measured objects; selecting one or more standard points from the image of the standard object; selecting a general location area and a standard area by taking each standard point as a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080103727 - Multichannel analyzer: There is provided an invention to implement a multichannel analyzer capable of executing high-precision measurement in short measurement time. The invention is an improvement of a multichannel analyzer for receiving pulse signals having respective peak values corresponding to radiation energy, and generating a histogram by selecting the respective peak values... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080103728 - Providing policy-based operating system services in an operating system on a computing system: Methods, apparatus, products are disclosed for providing policy-based operating system services in an operating system on a computing system. The computing system includes at least one compute node. The compute node includes an operating system. The operating system includes a kernel and a plurality of operating system services of a... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20080103729 - Distributed detection with diagnosis: Activity models are maintained on a plurality of computers on a network. When a user or a particular activity model at a computer discovers an error, it may query its own activity model to determine a possible source of the error. If it is determined to not be the likely... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080103730 - System and methods for integrating authoring with complexity analysis for computing system operation procedures: Techniques are disclosed for integrating complexity analysis with procedure authoring (design and/or documentation). By way of example, a technique for authoring a procedure associated with a computing system operation based on a complexity analysis associated with the operation and the computing system implementing the operation comprises the following steps/operations. A... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080103731 - Report management device, report management program, and report management method: A report management device and method efficiently creating reports by reusing information for reports is provided. The report management device manages a report on information concerning a product and includes an environmental information obtaining section obtaining first information as information concerning a first product, a matching management section determining whether... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080103732 - Electrical substation monitoring and diagnostics: A substation intelligence system (104) includes a substation computer (105) which is operatively connected to a plurality of field devices (102) through an input/output subsystem (204). Data indicative of the devices is stored in a substation database (208). Advanced monitoring and/or diagnostics (107) use information from the database to perform... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20080103733 - Method for processing sensor data: A method for processing sensor data which are transmitted by at least one asynchronous sensor at a transfer rate into a buffer memory, the sensor data being read from the buffer memory at a predefined sampling rate, and a mean value being computed from a predefined number of read sensor... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP