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

20080208473 - Method for calculating environmental load, program for calculating environmental load, and method for converting units: A technology is provided in which it is not necessary to modify a system on a production side, and in which man-hours required for registering an environmental load value on a supplier side are not increased, in cases of an item having a mismatch between units, in a process of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080208474 - Generation of four dimensional grid of probabilistic hazards for use by decision support tools: A new method and system for generating probabilities of objective values of hazards as a fine granularity grid in four dimensions (three spatial dimensions plus time) to be used by decision support and visualization tools. Utilizing the proposed system, proxies for hazard data received at different times and in different... Agent: J. Wiley Horton, Esquire Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.a.

20080208475 - Drilling collaboration infrastructure: Methods and systems facilitate collaboration between users at an oil well site and users at a remote location. Multiple types of oil well data are collected at the oil well site to form aggregated data. The aggregated data is stored in a data aggregation server at the oil well site.... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.c.

20080208476 - System and method for waterflood performance monitoring: Method, system and computer program product for controlling a production/injection operation for an oilfield, the oilfield having a first wellsite with a producing well advanced into subterranean formations with geological structures and reservoirs therein. Data from a plurality of data sources is collected with respect to a production/injection operation, wherein... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.c.

20080208478 - Dynamic production system management: Data about operation of a well for extracting a product from the subterranean reservoir and at least one of a characteristic of a subterranean reservoir or operation of a processing and transport system upstream of a point of sale is received. A corrective action can be automatically initiated on at... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080208477 - Method and system for predictive stratigraphy images: Methods and systems are provided for displaying and forecasting the lithology and wellbore conditions to be encountered while conducting drill string operations are conducted in a wellbore. A method and system is described for predicting and modeling lithology while operating a drill string in a wellbore, comprising: developing a 3-D... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.c.

20080208481 - Automatic analyzer: The automatic analyzer is provided with a function of, based on selection of the output result targeted by a user from among all printed results output by the automatic analyzer, proceeding to a start page of the targeted output result so that the targeted output result is displayed, on a... Agent: Mattingly Stanger And Malur Pc

20080208479 - Devices and methods for calculating and communicating differences in measured data: The current invention provides a measurement device having a data processing means that collects measurement data points, stores the collected measured data points and calculates differences and changes in said measurement data points. The device communicates these changes in measured data points to the user. The device does not communicate... Agent: Catalyst Law Group, Apc

20080208480 - Information management system and information management server: For the purpose of effectively supervising a user of the health indexes that cannot always be measured, such as the weight and blood pressure, warning and information are provided based on a prediction of the health indexes. In an information management system, in which a first parameter that is not... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20080208482 - Display producing system: A system for producing a display of the DNA identity of an individual comprises means for inputting a plurality of numbers and/or letters obtained through an individual's DNA analysis which are representative of a plurality of DNA loci; means for correlating inputted numbers and/or letters with predetermined colours; and means... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080208483 - Sonar-based flow meter operable to provide product identification: An apparatus and method for identifying one or more fluid products flowing within a pipe are provided having a flow meter mounted on the pipe and a processing unit. The flow meter has a plurality of sensors operable to detect vortical disturbances flowing with the fluid products and acoustic waves... Agent: Cidra Corporation

20080208484 - Apparatus and method for air-in-line detection: The concentration of air or other agents in a fluid delivery line is determined by monitoring agent signals and processing those agent signals along with information regarding the age of each agent signal. The processor determines a primary agent concentration value based on the received agent signal values, with the... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080208485 - System and method for tracking and quantitating chemical entities: In complex separations, more than one entity may have the same molecular weight, to within the ability of an instrument to distinguish. Accurate mass measurements are used in light of the previously unknown regularities in retention time to determine a retention time (N pairs of values (tiB, tiBref)) (506). The... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080208486 - Integrated system, device and use thereof: An integrated data-system, a personal device for the system, and methods for operating the system are provided. Means and technology for providing quantitative information about products are supplied. A key function of the system is to provide information about product-based emissions, such as carbon dioxide emissions.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080208487 - System and method for equipment remaining life estimation: A method to reduce uncertainty bounds of predicting a remaining life of a probe using a set of diverse models is disclosed. The method includes generating an estimated remaining life output by each model of the set of diverse models, aggregating each of the respective estimated remaining life outputs via... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080208488 - Device for detecting impact and use thereof: The present invention relates to a device for detecting an impact and use thereof.... Agent: Wpat, Pc Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080208489 - Electric power quality indicator device and method: A system and method of indicating power quality in an electric power system that generates an indication of power quality reflective of the worst observed power quality event over both a short and a long interval of time in which each component of the indicator is weighted by a user... Agent: Eaton Electrical Inc. Technology & Quality Center

20080208490 - Failure determination device for cell voltage monitor: A failure determination device for a cell voltage monitor which detects cell voltages of a plurality of single cells comprising a fuel cell stack comprises: a memory for storing cell voltages detected by the cell voltage monitor; a minimum value determination unit for determining whether or not a present cell... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080208491 - Integrated circuit and method for classification of electrical devices and short circuit protection: An integrated circuit device and method for classifying electrical devices is disclosed. A reference current response of a plurality of electrical devices is determined and stored in a memory. Real-time current response of a specific electrical device is measured and stored in the memory. A processor compared the measured real-time... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080208492 - System and method for early qualification of semiconductor devices: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for early qualification of semiconductor device includes performing initial testing on a semiconductor device, receiving fail data on the semiconductor device, determining a solution model for the semiconductor device based on the fail data, storing the solution model, performing subsequent testing... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080208493 - Activity information meter: An activity information meter is provided which is capable of stable transmission between a measuring device and an output device and is highly convenient. In a measuring device 1 or 101 and an output device 51 or 151, a selector is placed between a current output section and each electrode... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080208494 - Method and device for determining the charge and/or aging state of an energy store: In a method and a device for determining a charge/aging state of an energy store, the charge/aging state is able to be determined by a control unit on the basis of an open terminal voltage of the energy store, able to be measured with the aid of a voltage-measuring sensor,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080208495 - Electrically stimulated fingerprint sensor test method: Systems and techniques for testing a fingerprint sensor are described. A conductive material is placed on a surface of the fingerprint sensor, and an electrical signal is applied to the conductive material. The electrical signal affects a first electrical property associated with first and second electrodes of the fingerprint sensor.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080208496 - Device for identifying consumer devices in an electric network and process for operating the device: s

20080208497 - Method and device for checking the integrity of a logic signal, in particular a clock signal: A device and a method detect an acceleration of a logic signal expressed by a closure, beyond a closure threshold, of at least two variation edges of the logic signal. A first control bit and a second control bit are provided. At each edge of the logic signal, the value... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080208498 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product: An information processing apparatus processes information generated by an exposure apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a collecting unit and a converting unit. The collecting unit collects first apparatus information obtained by the exposure apparatus via an operation thereof with respect to each of a plurality of first regions which... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20080208500 - Model based detection and compensation of glitches in color measurement systems: A color sensor monitors the output of a color producing process and produces a signal representative of a color produced by the color producing process. The signal can be used as feedback signal to control the process. Occasionally, the color sensor signal includes a component representing a transient error. A... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080208499 - Optical characteristics measurement method, exposure method and device manufacturing method, and inspection apparatus and measurement method: For a plurality of divided areas on a wafer that is exposed by generating measurement pattern images, a predetermined statistic that includes the deviation of the luminance value of each pixel included in imaging data obtained by the imaging with respect to a predetermined reference value is computed, for example,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080208501 - Method for determining and correcting incorrect orientations and offsets of the sensors of an inertial measurement unit in a land vehicle: An inertial measurement unit (IMU) contains three linear acceleration sensors and three rotational speed sensors. For the sensors there are desired installation directions parallel to the co-ordinate axes of a Cartesian co-ordinate system which is fixed to the vehicle. The actual installation directions of the sensors may differ from the... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080208502 - Method for improving an indirectly measuring tire pressure monitoring system: Disclosed is a method of improving the recognition of a tire pressure loss in a tire pressure monitoring system in which at least one reference value (A) is formed on the basis of signals representing the rotational speeds of several vehicle wheels. A pressure loss is concluded by comparing a... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080208503 - Method and device for compensating temperature dependencies: The invention concerns a method for measuring the temperature dependency of a sensor element for a variable, the value of which varies with the temperature, for any liquid, which method comprises the steps of changing the temperature of the liquid over time, simultaneously collecting the data produced by the sensor... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080208504 - Impulse line-clogging detecting unit and impulse line-clogging detecting method: This impulse line-clogging detecting apparatus is provide with: a differential pressure detecting unit that detects a differential pressure of a fluid, and outputs time series data of the differential pressure; a differential pressure fluctuation calculating unit that calculates a differential pressure fluctuation; a fluctuation variance calculating unit that calculates a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080208505 - System and methods for non-destructive testing of tubular systems: Method and systems for non-destructive testing of a gas or liquid filled object at atmospheric pressure or high pressure. The method includes the steps of providing an acoustic pulse reflectometry (APR) system (200) having a wideband transmitter (210), a pressure sensor and short mixed wave tube (214) performing at least... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080208506 - Focus detection device, imaging apparatus, method for manufacturing a focus detection device and focus detection method: A focus detection device comprises a micro-lens array constituted of a plurality of micro-lenses that are two-dimensionally arrayed on a lens arrangement plane of the micro-lenses; a light-receiving element array that includes a plurality of light-receiving elements disposed in correspondence to each micro-lens, and that receives a light flux from... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.c.

20080208507 - Method and apparatus for diagnosing broken scan chain based on leakage light emission: A mechanism for diagnosing broken scan chains based on leakage light emission is provided. An image capture mechanism detects light emission from leakage current in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices. The diagnosis mechanism identifies devices with unexpected light emission. An unexpected amount of light emission may indicate that a... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080208508 - Test prepared rf integrated circuit: An integrated circuit (10) comprises a mixer circuit (14, 54a) and a local oscillator circuit (18, 58). During testing a frequency divider circuit (32, 60) in the integrated circuit (10) divides a local oscillator signal to a frequency below a normal operating range of the local oscillator (18, 58). The... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080208510 - Parameterized signal conditioning: A coupling unit is adapted to be coupled between a first and a second unit to be tested. Said coupling unit comprises a first signal path that is adapted to provide a signal connection between at least one terminal of the first unit to be tested and at least one... Agent: Perman & Green

20080208509 - System and method for graphically plotting and displaying analyte concentration data on a calendar: A testing device or system is adapted to determine analyte concentrations in a fluid sample and graphically plot the analyte concentrations and display them on a calendar in an easy to read and understand format.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080208511 - Methods and apparatus for determining characteristics of particles: An instrument for measuring the size distribution of a particle sample by counting and classifying particles into selected size ranges. The particle concentration is reduced to the level where the probability of measuring scattering from multiple particles at one time is reduced to an acceptable level. A light beam is... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080208512 - Maximal temperature logging: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for logging a maximal temperature in an integrated circuit. A digital thermal sensor senses a temperature in the integrated circuit. The sensed temperature of the digital thermal sensor is read and a determination is made as to whether the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080208513 - Protection of an integrated circuit and method thereof: c

20080208514 - Threat launch detection system and method: A threat launch detection system includes at least one temporal threat detector, each temporal threat detector including a single sensing element operable to sense radiation from various types of short-burn threats that occur within a field of view of the detector. The single sensing element generates a detection signal in... Agent: Bae Systems

20080208515 - System for determining inflating pressures of tyres mounted on a motor vehicle front and rear wheels: The invention concerns a system for determining inflating pressure of tires mounted on a motor vehicle front and rear wheels. Said system comprises means (12, 14) for acquiring inflating pressures of the front and rear wheels, means (16, 18) for acquiring vertical accelerations of the front and rear wheels, and... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080208516 - Cycle and load measurement device: The present application relates to a sensing system for an medical device, the sensing system having at least one sensor for measuring movement of the medical device and a recording device for storing movement data from the at least one sensor. The application also relates to a method for evaluating... Agent: Chief Patent Counsel Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080208517 - Enhanced single-sensor position detection: Enhanced single-sensor position detection, in which a position of an object is determined. In some implementations, a first signal is emitted from a first emitter, and a second signal is emitted from a second emitter. A plane is monitored using a sensor, and the first signal and the second signal... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080208519 - Device and method for monitoring the position of a cable in a cable operated transportation system and a cable operated transportation system: h

20080208521 - Method and apparatus for electronically aligning capacitively coupled mni-bars: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that electronically aligns mini-bars on different semiconductor chips which are situated face-to-face to facilitate communication between the semiconductor chips through capacitive coupling. During operation, the system selects a group of transmitter mini-bars on the first chip to form a transmitter bit position... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080208520 - Method for determining a highly accurate position of routes and/or objects: The invention relates to a method for determining a highly accurate position of routes and/or objects, in which the routes and/or objects to be recorded are first of all surveyed. In this case, the teaching provides for the routes and/or objects to be recorded to be surveyed repeatedly and for... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.c.

20080208518 - System comprising a generating device and a comparing device: Systems (1) comprising generating devices (2) comprising sensors (21) for generating sensor signals representing orientations of the generating devices (2) are provided with comparing devices (3) comprising comparators (31) for comparing the sensor signals with reference signals for interpreting the orientations, to increase the number of possible applications. The generating... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080208522 - Angle measuring device: The invention relates to a angle measuring device measuring the tightening angle of an operation tool for tightening screwed connections. The angle measuring device is releasabley mounted to the operating tool.... Agent: Silber & Fridman

20080208523 - Method of determining geometric parameters of a wafer: A method of determining geometric parameters of a wafer (16) is disclosed. For this purpose, the wafer (16) is inserted in a wafer holder (30). The wafer holder (30) is equipped with at least three mechanical contacting elements (22). The wafer is in mechanical contact with the contacting elements (22).... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, Llc

20080208524 - Surface profile measuring instrument: A surface profile measuring instrument has a means for measuring the profile of a surface and a means for storing measurements produced by the means for measuring the profile of a surface. The instrument may have a tip physically coupled to a sensor. The instrument may also have means for... Agent: Salter & Michaelson The Heritage Building

20080208525 - Optical image measurement device: An optical image measurement device comprises: a controller configured to control the scanner to scan the target position along a plurality of radially-arranged scanning lines; and an image forming part configured to form a tomographic image on each of the plurality of scanning lines based on the result detected by... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, Llc

20080208526 - Strategies for identifying anomalies in time-series data: A strategy is described for identifying anomalies in time-series data. The strategy involves dividing the time-series data into a plurality of collected data segments and then using a modeling technique to fit local models to the collected data segments, Large deviations of the time-series data from the local models are... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080208528 - Apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring the balance within a balanced scorecard: A computer-readable storage medium to direct a computer to function in a specified manner includes executable instructions to: process a balanced scorecard to generate a hierarchical tree; classify the parent to child relationships in the hierarchical tree; identify the quantitative associations among the parent to child relationships; and assess the... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080208527 - Statistical processing methods used in abnormal situation detection: Detection of one or more abnormal situations is performed using various statistical measures, such as a mean, a median, a standard deviation, etc. of one or more process parameters or variable measurements made by statistical process monitoring blocks within a plant. This detection is enhanced in various cases by using... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080208529 - Method and apparatus for integrated channel characterization: A periodic broadband signal can be used to determine the S21 measurement for a channel by stimulating the channel across a spectrum of interest. The channel response to such broadband signal can be measured from undersampled data captured at the receiver. The Fourier transform of the broadband signal as received,... Agent: Pvf -- Synopsys, Inc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080208530 - Methods and apparatus for assessing health of memory utilization of a program: Techniques for assessing the utilization efficiency of a portion of memory are provided. One or more images of a portion of memory are obtained. The one or more memory elements found within each image are categorized into one or more application-neutral categories, wherein the one or more categories distinguish between... Agent: William E. Lewis Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080208531 - Modular networked sensor assembly: In a network sensor assembly, network environmental monitor, and associated fabrication methods, a network sensor assembly comprises a panel configured for mounting on a surface, a plurality of addressable sensors coupled to the panel that sense environmental conditions at the surface, a memory device that stores configuration information associated with... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080208532 - Embedded system for diagnostics and prognostics of conduits: An apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed with integral sensitized media, discrete sensors, and electronics providing a means for transforming sensed data into information and a means for communicating information for the purpose of understanding the... Agent: Mr. Kenneth G. Blemel

20080208533 - Fault diagnosis data recording system and method: In a fault diagnosis data recording system including a plurality of nodes interconnected by a multiplex communication line, a first node is provided to perform fault detection of the first node, and a second node connected to the first node via the multiplex communication line is provided to have a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080208534 - System and method for diagnostic analysis of delivery services: A method of analyzing the operation of a delivery system. The method includes: determining a seeding plan; placing a seed piece into the delivery system; tracking the seed piece through the delivery system to generate tracking data; storing the tracking data in a central repository; and analyzing the tracking data... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080208535 - Disc array device: The present invention aims to provide a disc array device capable of efficiently managing the replacement time of a battery backup unit of the disc array device. Installed environment information and operation state information of a battery backup unit of a disc array device are acquired in the disc array... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080208537 - Circuit measuring operating speed and related semiconductor memory device: A circuit measuring the operating speed of a semiconductor memory chip in relation to a defined asynchronous access time is disclosed. The circuit includes a test signal path extending between a test input pad and a test output pad and is formed by a plurality of test signal path segments... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20080208536 - System and method for automating the analysis of computer system load testing: A method for analyzing load run test results of a computer system includes providing a plurality of performance measure sets derived from a first series of load run tests performed over a same time period, each the set comprising a plurality of records, each record having a timestamp and a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080208538 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for signal separation: Methods, apparatus, and systems for source separation include a converged plurality of coefficient values that is based on each of a plurality of M-channel signals. Each of the plurality of M-channel signals is based on signals produced by M transducers in response to at least one information source and at... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080201079 - Method and apparatus for remote characterization of faults in the vicinity of boreholes: A method and system for characterization of fault conditions within a subterranean volume. In one embodiment, the system comprises means for generating a mathematical model of stress conditions within the volume, from which breakout conditions along a borehole trajectory can be predicted. The system further comprises means for sensing actual... Agent: Hugh R. Kress Browning Bushman P.C.

20080201080 - Determining fluid and/or reservoir information using an instrumented completion: To determine fluid flow information associated with a well, data from plural discrete temperature sensors in zones without radial fluid flow in the well are received. The fluid flow information associated with the well is derived by combining the received data from the plural discrete temperature sensors with reservoir data... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20080201081 - Analytical method and apparatus: A method for analysing function of a biosystem (16) based on analysis of a sample (12) taken from a portion of said biosystem (18); said method comprising exposing said sample to incident energy (10) derived from an energy source (11); receiving radiated energy from said sample consequent to impingement of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080201082 - Blood image analyzer: A blood image analyzer is disclosed that comprising: an image capturing unit for capturing a blood image of a sample; an analyzing part for analyzing the sample based on the blood image; an identification information reader for reading, from the sample, identification information assigned to the sample; a transportation part... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080201083 - Cell culture evaluation system, cell culture evaluation method, and cell culture evaluation program: There is provided a cell culture evaluation system, a cell culture evaluation method, and a cell culture evaluation program which are capable of estimating and evaluating the lag time or the minimum doubling time and objectively and adequately determining whether or not a cell population is stimulated for proliferation by... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080201084 - Products and processes for analyzing octane content: Products and processes are provided herewith for analyzing octane content in a fuel sample that include the step or steps of receiving an octane measurement of a fuel sample from a octane analyzer, rounding the octane measurement to a nearest recognized octane rating, comparing the rounded octane measurement with a... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080201086 - Method and apparatus for measuring amount of generated ammonia: Method and apparatus for measuring an amount of ammonia generated from a sample solution being an aqueous urea solution, an aqueous ammonium formate solution, or an aqueous mixture thereof, includes: applying a pulse voltage to a heating element for a predetermined time to heat the sample solution using the heating... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080201085 - Reciprocal symmetry plots as a new representation of countercurrent chromatograms: Various methods for visualization of output from a liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument are provided. One or more analytes detected by a liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument are visualized by providing a data set comprising a plurality of data points corresponding to one or more analytes detected by the instrument, wherein the data points... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080201087 - Robust deconvolution of complex mixtures by covariance spectroscopy: Methods and systems are provided for the deconvolution of the NMR spectrum of a mixture into individual components and spin systems by combining covariance total correlation spectroscopy (TOCSY) spectra with covariance NMR. The method may include obtaining a 2D TOCSY spectra of a chemical mixture and then performing a series... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080201089 - System and method for determining neutral temperature of a metal: A system for determining a neutral temperature of a metal specimen includes an excitation assembly disposed adjacent to the metal specimen for inducing vibrations to the metal specimen, at least one vibration detector disposed adjacent to the metal specimen to measure the induced vibrations transmitted in the metal specimen, a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080201088 - System and method for monitoring a process: A system and method for monitoring a process. The system includes a processing chamber for receiving a workpiece, a processor coupled to the processing chamber, and at least one surface acoustic wave (SAW) device coupled to the workpiece, and wherein the processor utilizes the at least one SAW device to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Atmel

20080201090 - Method of evaluating characteristic of magnetic head: In the method of evaluating a characteristic of a magnetic head, a failure of a measuring equipment can be detected without stopping shipment of magnetic heads which have been previously evaluated, reevaluating the magnetic heads and stopping the measuring operations. The method of evaluating characteristics of the magnetic head comprises... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080201091 - Sample electrification measurement method and charged particle beam apparatus: To achieve these objects, a method is disclosed in the invention for measuring the electrical potential distribution on the sample with a static electrometer while loaded by a loader mechanism. Another method is disclosed for measuring the local electrical charge at specified points on the sample, and isolating and measuring... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080201092 - Waveform display method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for displaying an audio signal as an improved waveform includes a processor for determining samples of the audio signal which represent a waveform based on positions of pixels in the waveform and a time scale of the waveform, calculating minimum and maximum amplitudes of the samples... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20080201093 - Assessment of weather damage in cereal grains: An NIR (near infra red) spectrum is obtained from a cereal grain sample and processed to deduce characteristics related to possible weather damage, for the purpose of assessing sample quality. In addition or alternatively, cereal grain is subjected to a compression test, for example to obtain data below the yield... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080201094 - Methods and systems for certifying provenance of alcoholic beverages: A system for certifying provenance of an alcoholic beverage includes a radio-frequency identification tag and a server. The radio-frequency identification tag, associated with a bottle containing an alcoholic beverage, periodically measures a plurality of values of an environmental condition of the bottle. The radio-frequency identification tag stores the plurality of... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart

20080201095 - Method for calibrating an analytical instrument: Methods are provided for calibrating analytical instruments that comprise a quantitative device, such as spectrometers, particularly where a complex mixture is analyzed over a broad spectral range. Associated computer and analytical systems as well as software are also provided.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080201096 - Compass calibration system and method: An in-vehicle compass system and method that is calibrated based on a magnetic field model and/or a deviation analysis based on a location signal received from a positioning system.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080201097 - Method and apparatus for alignment of components: Methods and apparatus are described for aligning components. Misalignment is calculated based on sensed values with a controller illustrating a process for data acquisition with graphical icons and indicia that include and/or are based on sensed data. The alignment process also includes graphical icons showing the process for alignment and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080201098 - Integrated tool for compliance testing within an enterprise content management system: Methods, tools, systems and computer readable media for compliance testing instrumentation and/or software. Data from one or more analytical instruments and/or software is converted to a technology-neutral format, which is independent of instrument type, instrument model, instrument manufacturer and data type of the analytical instrument or software from which the... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080201099 - Pulse width adjustment circuit, pulse width adjustment method, and test apparatus for semiconductor device: A semiconductor test apparatus to test a semiconductor circuit includes a pattern generator which generates a test pattern for testing the semiconductor circuit, a waveform shaper which shapes a test signal to be supplied to the semiconductor circuit based on the test pattern, a pulse width adjusting circuit which generates... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080201100 - Method and apparatus for locating the trajectory of an object in motion: An object locating system detects the presence of an object as it passes through a planar fields of view. A pair of optical sensor arrays with multiple, directed, pixel detectors observe the object from two angles as the object passes through the field of view. The location of penetration of... Agent: Miltons LLP

20080201101 - Auto-referenced system and apparatus for three-dimensional scanning: A system, apparatus and method for three-dimensional scanning and digitization of the surface geometry of objects are claimed. The system comprises a hand-held apparatus that is auto-referenced. The system is auto-referenced since it does not need any positioning device to provide the 6 degree of freedom transformations that are necessary... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080201102 - Method for capturing local and evolving clusters: The present invention provides a method of detecting the growth and development of clusters in a data set. The data set is divided into a number of slices and an algorithm is applied to the data held in each data slice set. Each slice can be compared with the subsequent... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080201103 - Robust detection of variability in multiple sets of data: The present teachings comprise systems and methods for calibrating the background or baseline signal in a PCR or other reaction. The background signal derived from detected emissions of sample wells can be subjected to a normalized statistical metric, and be compared to a threshold or other standard to discard outlier... Agent: Mila Kasan, Patent Dept. Applied Biosystems

20080201104 - Monitoring a degrading system: The present disclosure is concerned with the identification of fault origins of slowly degrading systems such as industrial gas turbines. Following the initial input of some parameter values, exemplary procedure comprises a number of steps which are repeated periodically during the operation of the gas turbine. First, for each potential... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080201107 - Coaching aid for golf: Systems and methods providing statistical analytics of golf performance for coaching including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and... Agent: Triangle Patents, P.l.l.c.

20080201105 - Method and apparatus for monitoring virtual concatenation group performance: The invention includes a method and apparatus for determining the performance of a virtual concatenation group (VCG) signal transporting a client signal over a transport network. A method includes collecting a plurality of performance monitoring indicators associated with a plurality of VCG member signals of the VCG signal, synchronizing the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20080201106 - Situation-neutral golf metrics systems and methods: Systems and methods providing statistical analytics of golf performance including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and uploads the... Agent: Triangle Patents, P.l.l.c.

20080201108 - System and method for distributed reporting of machine performance: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise obtaining and analyzing data from at least one discrete machine, automatically determining relationships related to the data, taking corrective action to improve machine operation and/or maintenance, automatically and heuristically predicting a failure associated with the machine and/or recommending preventative maintenance in advance of the failure,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080201109 - Wireless performance analysis system: Wireless adapters are installed on one or more general purpose computing devices and are connected via a wireless network in an enterprise environment. The adapters are densely deployed at known locations throughout the environment and are configured as air monitors. The air monitors monitor wireless signals transmitted between transceiver devices... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080201110 - Ink splitting correction method: A method for the correction of measurement errors caused by surface effects induced by ink splitting during the color measurement of a printed sheet on a running printing device, includes scanning the printed sheet photoelectrically point by point and forming color and/or density measured values from scanning signals from the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080201111 - Method to derive physical properties of a sample after correcting the effects of interdetector band broadening: Chromatographic separations are often characterized by multiple detectors through which the sample flows serially. As the sample flows between detectors, it becomes progressively diluted due to mixing and diffusion. This phenomenon is traditionally called interdetector “band broadening” and often results in significant distortion of the sample's derived physical properties such... Agent: Wyatt Technology Coporation

20080195319 - Method for generating reservoir models utilizing synthetic stratigraphic columns: The present invention incorporates the use of geophysical, geological and formation evaluation data to develop synthetic stratigraphic columns based on depositional rules and sedimentary stacking patterns. The present invention utilizes dynamic assignment and matching whereby the synthetic columns can be easily conformed throughout the reservation characterization process as geological data... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080195320 - Systems and methods for determining in-situ gas hydrate saturation: Systems and methods for determining in-situ hydrate saturation of hydrate-bearing formations using dielectric properties of gas hydrate amounts are described. In accordance with one aspect, a method for determining gas-hydrate saturation concentration of hydrate-bearing formations includes collecting data using a dielectric propagation tool indicative of propagation time (tpl) and attenuation... Agent: Wilmerhale/columbia University

20080195321 - Performing 3-d scatterer imaging from 2-d seismic data: A method for analyzing seismic data from a formation. The method may first receive two-dimensional (2-D) seismic data of a formation comprising a number of individual seismic lines acquired over an exploration area and having a large interline spacing. The 2-D seismic data may then be preprocessed to enhance diffracted... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel Pc

20080195324 - Computer comprising three-dimensional coordinates of a yeast rna polymerase ii: Crystals and structures are provided for an eukaryotic RNA polymerase, and an elongation complex containing a eukaryotic RNA polymerase. The structures and structural coordinates are useful in structural homology deduction, in developing and screening agents that affect the activity of eukaryotic RNA polymerase, and in designing modified forms of eukaryotic... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080195323 - Quality assurance for high-throughput bioassay methods: The invention relates to a method of quality assurance/quality control for high-throughput bioassay processes. The method permits monitoring of an entire system for obtaining spectral data from biological samples. Generally, the method includes generating a bioassay process model, comparing a test sample against the bioassay process model. The bioassay process... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080195322 - Quantification of the effects of perturbations on biological samples: A multivariate, automated and scalable method for extracting profiles from images to quantify the effects of perturbations on biological samples. Morphological features are determined from images of treated (perturbed) and control (unperturbed) biological samples, and multivariate classification, for example, using a separating decision hyperplane, is used to separate the distribution... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p.

20080195325 - System and computer program for efficient cell failure rate estimation in cell arrays: A system and computer program for efficient cell failure rate estimation in cell arrays provides an efficient mechanism for raising the performance of memory arrays beyond present levels/yields. An initial search is performed across cell circuit parameters to determine failures with respect to a set of performance variables. For a... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.l.c.

20080195326 - Method and system for comprehensive knowledge-based anonymous testing and reporting, and providing selective access to test results and report: A method and system (100) for comprehensive knowledge-based genetic and other testing and for providing selective access to testing results (120) thereof. In particular, a method and system is provided for the personal, anonymous and confidential examination of the genetic profile of any gene or combination of genes and examining... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080195327 - Methods of analysis of polymorphisms and uses thereof: The present invention provides methods for the assessment of a subject's suitability for an intervention in respect of one or more diseases. The methods are dependant on the results of at least one genetic analysis, in particular genetic analyses that are predictive of predisposition to one or more diseases, including... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080195328 - Peptide or protein phosphorylation analyzer, phosphorylation discrimination program, and recording medium for the program: e

20080195329 - Method for detecting and monitoring emissions: A method and system for detecting, quantifying or characterizing emitting sources. According to an embodiment, an emission source is located by monitoring an area with one or more sensors, determining a plume, generating one or more candidates for the emission source, and using the plume to derive one or more... Agent: Bennett Jones LLP

20080195330 - Concrete structure crack inspection device and crack inspection method: A crack inspection device (6) for a concrete structure (1) includes: storage means for storing raster data obtained by imaging a surface (2) of the concrete structure (1) having a crack (3); conversion means for performing raster vector conversion on the data obtained by digitizing the raster data; data superimposing... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080195331 - Method for determining the gas volume flow in gas recirculation at a filling station: In a method for determining the gas volume flow in gas recirculation at a filling station, by means of a thermal throughflow sensor which is installed in the gas recirculation system of a petrol pump, measurement values are detected, which represent the mass flow of the gas recirculated during refuelling... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080195332 - System and method for gas flow verification: A gas flow rate verification apparatus is provided for shared use in a multiple tool semiconductor processing platform. The gas flow rate verification apparatus is defined to measure a pressure rate of rise and temperature within a test volume for determination of a corresponding gas flow rate. The apparatus includes... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080195333 - Method and device for categorizing damage to a roller bearing: The invention relates to a method and a test and analytical device for categorizing antifriction bearing damages. The invention is characterized in that analysis preceding categorization comprises statistically evaluating the jerk of a structure-borne noise signal to which the movement of the antifriction bearing to be inspected contributes.... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080195334 - Method and device for measuring dynamic parameters of particles: The present invention relates to a method and device for measuring dynamic parameters of particles comprises applying time correlation analysis on fluctuation of the particles with respect to a detection area of a digital picture.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080195335 - Matched optical waveforms for detection and identification of biological pathogens: A method is provided for identifying a contaminant in a gaseous space. The method includes: generating a broadband optical waveform; shaping the optical waveform to match an expected waveform for a known contaminant; and transmitting the shaped optical waveform towards an unknown contaminant. Upon receiving a reflected optical waveform from... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080195336 - Method and a system for generating three- or two-dimensional images: In a method and a system for generating images a laser being tuneable at a rapid frequency and a corresponding synchronized detector are provided. In a preferred embodiment the tuneable laser and the detector are synchronized in time so that the wavelength from the tuneable laser is known when the... Agent: Potomac Patent Group Pllc

20080195337 - Scannable virtual rail method and ring oscillator circuit for measuring variations in device characteristics: A scannable virtual rail method and ring oscillator circuit for measuring variations in device characteristics provides the ability to study random device characteristic variation as well as systematic differences between N-channel and P-channel devices using a ring oscillator frequency measurement. The ring oscillator is operated from at least one virtual... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.l.c.

20080195338 - Peak detection and clutter reduction for a microwave sensor: An effective methodology for reducing the influence of clutter arising from a complex signal environment defined by the use of a microwave sensor within or in connection with a gas turbine engine having one or more stages of rotating blades. Accurate detection of peak signals for blade measurements can be... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080195339 - Performing temporal checking: An apparatus for performing temporal checking is disclosed. A signal logger for performing temporal checking includes a group of edge detection modules and a group of counting modules. During testing, the signal logger is coupled to a device under testing (DUT). Each of the edge detection modules is capable of... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20080195340 - Performing temporal checking: An apparatus for performing temporal checking is disclosed. A signal logger for performing temporal checking includes a group of edge detection modules and a group of counting modules. During testing, the signal logger is coupled to a device under testing (DUT). Each of the edge detection modules is capable of... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20080195341 - System and method for determining a delay time interval of components: A system and a method for determining a delay time interval of components are provided. The system includes a delay chain of components having a plurality of components wherein each component of the delay chain of components has a first delay time interval. The system utilizes a reference clock signal... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080195342 - Optical metrology model optimization for repetitive structures: An optical metrology model for a repetitive structure is optimized by selecting one or more profile parameters using one or more selection criteria. One or more termination criteria are set, the one or more termination criteria comprising measures of stability of the optical metrology model. The profile shape features of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080195343 - Method of calibration: A method of self calibrating a positioning system, by positioning a reference device provided with reference markings at different calibration locations, and sensing the positions of the reference markings at each calibration location. The calibration parameters are selected such that differences in relative positions of the sensed locations, expressed in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080195344 - Method for determining measurement errors in scattering parameter measurements: In a method for determining measurement errors in scattering parameter measurements, in particular for giving the measurement accuracy of a scalar or vector network analyzer, which has n measurement ports (n≧1), on the basis of the measurements of the scattering parameters of at least one reference line with defined characteristic... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20080195345 - Integrated circuit and the corresponding test method, computer device and program: An integrated circuit is provided, which includes at least one external input, a power supply and a plurality of elementary components, each having at least one internal input and at least one internal output. The circuit further includes at least one test unit having an AND gate, each input of... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080195346 - Low power scan testing techniques and apparatus: Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems used to reduce power consumption during integrated circuit testing. Embodiments of the disclosed technology can be used to provide a low power test scheme and can be integrated with a variety of compression hardware architectures (e.g., an embedded deterministic test... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080195347 - System and method for detecting concealed objects: A method and system for detecting a concealed foreign object carried by a body (P) by collecting radiation (R) from the body (P) indicative of a radiation response of the body (P) to environmental temperature changes which the body (P) is subjected to while entering or emerging from a transient... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080195348 - Digitally modified resistive output for a temperature sensor: A method for digitally controlling the resistive output of a temperature probe is disclosed. The system is comprised of a temperature sensor, a processor and a means under the control of the processor for modifying the resistive output such as a digital potentiometer. In one embodiment, the processor reads the... Agent: Howard Ip Law Group

20080195349 - Calorimetric measuring device: A calorimetric measuring device as subject of the present invention, for qualitative or quantitative analysis of the enthalpy of a buffer and one or more reagents, comprises a first open calorimeter for to receiving a buffer solution and one or more reagents, and a second open calorimeter for receiving a... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20080195350 - Signal processor and tracking method of signal search range: A signal processor and a tracking method of a signal search range are provided which can read out precisely a specific spectrum having frequency varied. A signal processor includes an FFT computation portion to compute spectrum data by fast-Fourier-transforming an input signal, a spectrum selection portion to select a specific... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080195351 - Method and system for operating a locomotive: A method for operating a locomotive is provided. The method includes coupling a processor within the locomotive to monitor at least one of an operating parameter and an equipment operation. The method also includes determining a status of a locomotive departure test using the processor and operating an interlock based... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729 +3000) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080195352 - Apparatus and method for checking position and/or shape of mechanical pieces: An apparatus for checking mechanical pieces comprises a base (1), a locking and reference system (31), an optoelectronic measuring system (53), displacement systems (3, 9, 26) and a processing unit (25) for receiving and processing the signals of the optoelectronic system. The displacement systems also enable mutual translation displacements, along... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080195353 - Profiling controlling method and controller for contact type probes, and contact type measuring machine: In profiling control of a contact type probe in which a contact point is moved along a surface of an object to be measured, while being in contact with the object by a constant measurement force F, a contact determination level is provided for detecting a predetermined force smaller than... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080195354 - Fuel delivery system with enhanced functionality and diagnostic capability: A control system for a fuel delivery system provides enhanced functionality and diagnostic capabilities relative to known systems. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, enhanced functionality and diagnostic capability is provided by integrating the pump controller and the tank gauge by way of a control or integration unit.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080195355 - Trainable sensors and network: A monitoring system (10) includes at least one sensor (12, 100, 102, 104, 106) configured to monitor at least one of sound, light, temperature, pressure, humidity, biological, anabolic, and anatomic data. The sensor (12, 100, 102, 104, 106) is connected to a controller (14) configured to control operation of the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080195356 - Changing parameters in a tested system using virtual working pages: Methods and systems for managing virtual working pages are disclosed. One method includes storing a first set of parameters in a working page within the tested system, where the first set of parameters is used for calibration of the tested system. The method also includes storing a second set of... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080189041 - Determining the impedance of material behind a casing in a borehole: A method for estimating an impedance of a material behind a casing wall in a borehole, the method comprises exciting (602) the casing wall with an acoustic pulse, and measuring (603) an experimental acoustic waveform (W) reflected from the casing wall. The method further comprises initializing (600) an impedance parameter... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080189042 - Method of sea electrical survey of oil and gas deposits and apparatus complex for its realization 'vesotem': A method for electrical survey of hydrocarbons deposits under seabed depths up to 1500 m and equipment therefor are provided. The equipment includes a vessel, a generator, an excitation field block, connected with a vertical dipole with coax electrodes, a data registration/processing block, bottom systems with. The lower dipole electrode... Agent: Tulupov, Andrej Vladimirovich

20080189043 - Direct time lapse inversion of seismic data: A method and system of seismic data processing includes acquiring first and second prestack seismic datasets wherein the seismic datasets have a time-lapse relationship. The first prestack seismic dataset is inverted to determine a first source wavelet data set and a first reflectivity parameters data set. A perturbation data set... Agent: Conocophillips Company -IPServices Group Attention: Docketing

20080189044 - Synchronization and positioning of seismic data acquisition systems: A network distributed seismic data acquisition system comprises seismic receivers, connected to remote acquisition modules, receiver lines, line tap units, base lines, central recording system and a seismic source event generation unit. Global positioning system receivers of full or partial capability are combined with some of these modules and units... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20080189045 - Method for the collection and distribution of cord blood stem cells: The present invention provides a method for the collection and distribution of cord blood stem cells, particularly in order to increase the number of usable cord blood stem cells that are collected overall. By using a single collection and distribution entity that applies a uniform protocol to obtain cord blood... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080189046 - Optical tool with dynamic electromagnetic radiation and a system and method for determining the position and/or motion of an optical tool: A tool configured to emit electromagnetic radiation therefrom such that one or more aspects of the emission of the electromagnetic radiation may be varied as a function of time. By varying the emission of the electromagnetic radiation as a function of time, the tool may enable information related to its... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080189047 - Method and system for genetic research using genetic sampling via an interactive online network: The invention provides a method and system for conducting genetic research using DNA sampling, preferably via an online social network, using a set of family members related by defined genealogical relationships to identify carriers of a DNA of interest for obtaining DNA information. According to various aspects of the invention,... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080189048 - Sequencing of oligonucleotides by mass spectrometry: A method of sequencing nucleic acids is provided which uses ion ratios derived by measuring ion abundance at both a high and low collision energy. These ion rations are useful for assigning charge states to product ions, as well as for sequencing the terminal sequences. In addition, methods for using... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080189049 - System and methods for indel identification using short read sequencing: Systems, methods, and analytical approaches for short read sequence assembly and for the detection of insertions and deletions (indels) in a reference genome. A method suitable for software implementation is presented in which indels may be readily identified in a computationally efficient manner.... Agent: Mila Kasan, Patent Dept. Applied Biosystems

20080189050 - Process of statistic validation of corneal endothelial cells analysed samples: Process of statistic validation of corneal endothelial cells analysed samples”, refers to a process complementary to the conventional process known as cornea specular microscopy, by incorporating information obtained by currently available apparatuses, inferring their statistical, and eventually medical, validity, in order to obtain more accurate diagnosis, and better clinical and/or... Agent: Robert B. Reeser, Iii C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080189051 - System and methods for processing analyte sensor data: Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. During initial calibration, the analyte sensor data is evaluated over a period of time to determine stability of the sensor. The... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear, LLP

20080189052 - Method for determining radionuclide compositions in sales: A method of determining a function and a method of monitoring using a function is provided in which the function relates the proportion of one or more radionuclides detectable using a radiometric instrument to one or more radionuclides which cannot readily be detected using a radiometric instrument to provide more... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080189053 - Apparatus and method for analyzing weight of an occupying item of a vehicular seat: Arrangement and method for analyzing weight of an occupying item in a seat including one or more weight sensors arranged to obtain a measurement of the force applied to the seat, a forcing function determination arrangement for measuring a forcing function of the seat and a processor coupled to the... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080189054 - Method and apparatus for directing the use of a coriolis flow meter: A method and apparatus is disclosed that guides a user through a sequence of steps that will allow the user to complete a predefined task using the flow meter. The steps include: selecting a predefined task, displaying a sequence of steps that directs the user through a process for using... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20080189056 - Portable hydrant meter and system of use thereof: The meter system having a portable water meter that is releaseably mountable onto a discharge nozzle of the fire hydrant and a flow sensor that senses the water flow rate passing therethrough the portable water meter. A processor receives, processes, and/or stores data from the flow sensor and a satellite... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080189055 - System and method for calculating chemical usage: A system and method of calculating chemical usage during a refilling of a supply tank, which includes the steps of providing a chemical system having a first supply tank of known capacity, wherein the tank is mounted upon an electronic scale. The scale is capable of generating a series of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080189057 - Flowmeter array processing algorithm with wide dynamic range: Methods and apparatus enable sensing flow of a fluid inside a conduit with an array of pressure or strain sensors. Inputs for a curve fit routine include power correlation values at one of multiple trial velocities or speeds of sound and several steps on either side utilizing data obtained from... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080189058 - Methods for detecting fluid surge conditions: Systems and methods for evaluating probe signal level readings in a manner that allows a low water detector to distinguish between a probe that is under a fluid level, or is above the fluid level and either being splashed or is within a foam. Low water detectors which utilize these... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20080189059 - System for inspection and separation of defective rfid tags in batch conversion of rfid tag to rfid label: In its separation mode, a RFID tag is inspected and if found good, the RFID tag is separated by the RFID detection and separation device and dispensed onto a liner to form a RFID label. Upon detection of a defective RFID tag, the RFID detection and separation device goes into... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20080189060 - Distributing data among test boards to determine test parameters: A system for testing a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver includes multiple test boards, each which includes multiple channels that correspond to data channels of fee LCD driver, a device interface board that acts as an interface between the multiple test boards and the LCD driver, a computing device configured... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080189062 - Power-line sag calculation by way of power-system state estimation: A sag calculator (122) computes sag for a span of a section of a power line based at least in part upon a temperature of conductor lines in the line section. A temperature calculator (120) determines the temperature by computing a resistance ascertained through augmented state estimation techniques performed by... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080189061 - Real-time power-line sag monitoring using time-synchronized power system measurements: A sag calculator (112) computes sag for a span of a line section based at least in part upon an average temperature of the conductors in the line section. A temperature calculator (110) determines the temperature by ascertaining an ohmic resistance of the conductor lines based at least in part... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080189063 - Signal generator device and data eye scan system: A signal generator device for generating at least one periodic signal for use in a data eye scan system. The signal generator comprises a clock input, at least one output and at least one signal generator coupled with the clock input and with the output. The signal generator is at... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080189064 - Probability density function separating apparatus, probability density function separating method, program, testing apparatus, bit error rate measuring apparatus, electronic device, and jitter transfer function measuring apparatus: There is provided a probability density function separating apparatus that separates a predetermined component in a given probability density function. The probability density function separating apparatus includes a domain transforming section that is supplied with the probability density function and transforms the probability density function into a spectrum in a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080189065 - Apparatus, method and program for processing signal and method for generating signal: A signal processing apparatus includes a signal output unit for outputting a measurement signal, the measurement signal being produced by synthesizing a signal composed of a concatenation of 2d period signals with a sinusoidal signal, each period signal having a time-domain waveform period being 2n samples, the sinusoidal wave having... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080189066 - Raman spectrometry authentication: A method and apparatus for authenticating items having a security mark containing a DNA fragment to prevent fraud uses a Raman spectrometer to generate a response spectrum from monochrome incident beam on the security mark on an item. Gross fluorescence is removed from the security mark response spectrum to produce... Agent: Donald W. Marks

20080189068 - Fluid solid interaction included in impact simulation of fuel delivery module: A method is provided for simulating a vehicle crash on a fuel delivery module of a vehicle. The fuel delivery module (11) has a flange (10) constructed and arranged to be coupled to a fuel tank, a fuel pump (12) for delivering fuel from the tank and through the flange,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080189067 - Methods and meter electronics for rapidly detecting a non-uniformity of a material flowing through a coriolis flowmeter: Meter electronics (20) and methods for detecting a flow anomaly in a flow material flowing through a flow meter (5) are provided. The meter electronics (20) includes an interface (201) for receiving a vibrational response of the flow material, with the vibrational response including at least a first sensor signal... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20080189069 - Comprehensive workflow management system for creating and managing closed-loop tasks for businesses and organizations: A comprehensive network-based workflow management system for directing closed-loop tasks for businesses and organizations includes: a network based portal linked to a plurality of web-pages for the purpose of interfacing with a client, at least one business module component, a provider-side server, a plurality of Instructions for the purpose of... Agent: Law Offices Of Andrew Y. Schroeder

20080189070 - External temperature display control algorithm: A method of controlling an initial external temperature display in a vehicle may include comparing an ignition-off time with a first threshold and displaying a current reading from an outside ambient temperature sensor when the ignition-off time equals or exceeds the first threshold. The method further includes comparing at least... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080189071 - Generation of hardware thermal profiles for a set of processors: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for generation of hardware thermal profiles for a set of processors. Sampling is performed of the thermal states of the set of processors during the execution of a set of workloads to create sampled information. The sampled... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080189072 - High resolution encoder within a swivel: A rotational positioning system is disclosed. The rotational position system includes a housing, a body rotatable with respect to the housing, and a target eccentrically mounted on the body. A first sensor is mounted on the housing. The first sensor is adapted to transmit a first signal based on a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080189074 - Automatic evaluation of summaries: A probability distribution for a reference summary of a document is determined. The probability distribution for the reference summary is then used to generate a score for a machine-generated summary of the document.... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080189073 - Method and apparatus for multi-hypothesis decoder side-information coding: A computer-implemented method for decompression in data compression systems with decpder side-information including a plurality of signals each of which is correlated to a source, includes determining a conditional probability function of the source conditioned upon a subset of decoder side-information signals, wherein the decoder side-information signals include pre-stored and... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080189075 - Health monitoring in a system of circumvention and recovery: A system comprises at least one non-hardened processor configured to run a plurality of mission related processes; at least one threat detector configured to detect one or more conditions which indicate the onset of a threat to the operation of the at least one non-hardened processor; and at least one... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080189076 - Fault diagnosis: Status estimation i s determined for an entity having a plurality of components. An original disjunction of diagnostic expressions indicating at least one of a fault-free or at least one fault mode for at least one of the components is determined, which is then investigated against a set of diagnostic... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20080189077 - Load-testing device and load-testing method: The performances of computers having various configurations are compared by putting a common load on the computers. Servers (2-1 to 2-n) provide a simulator (4) with a common interface for accepting a processing request. The simulator (4) sequentially sends a processing request in which the contents of the processing is... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080189078 - Dispensing systems: Apparatus (15) for dispensing drinks formed from a number of drink components (12). A valve (16A) includes a housing having a number of inlets for coupling to respective drink component sources (12) and a number of outlets, each outlet being coupled to a respective inlet via a respective flow path... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080189079 - Meter electronics and methods for determining void fraction of gas: Meter electronics (20) for determining a void fraction of gas in a flow material flowing through a flow meter (5) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The meter electronics (20) includes an interface (201) for receiving a frequency response of the flow material and a processing system... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC