Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 09/08

20080234937 - Determination of gas saturation radial profile from multi-frequency nmr data: A method for determining fluid saturation in a formation at a plurality of radial depths near a wellbore, the method including: obtaining multi-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) response data for the formation; and processing the data to determine simultaneously the fluid saturation at each radial depth. A computer program product... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP- Baker Atlas

20080234938 - Method and apparatus for formation testing: A method includes calculating a correction factor that uses a tool component volume change model to estimate a system volume change resulting from a change in the tool component. An apparatus includes a carrier conveyable into a well borehole, a formation test tool coupled to the carrier, the formation test... Agent: Edmonds, P.C.

20080234939 - Determining fluid rate and phase information for a hydrocarbon well using predictive models: Physical models of wells are used to determine rate and phase composition for fluid produced from or injected into the wells on a near real time and continuous basis. The method can be used to alert operators or others of conditions in a well or field to permit more immediate... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20080234940 - Earthquakes and sun disturbances: A method of tracking seismic activity through monitoring sunspots and sun disturbances and correlating them with a developed model in order to map out specific locations where an earthquake will consequently appear is provided (FP). The method of comprises mapping coordinates of electromagnetic disturbances on the sun, calculating the coordinates... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080234942 - Analyzing body tissue: The invention describes a method for analysing a body tissue sample, the method comprising irradiating the tissue sample (4) with penetrating radiation and detecting transmitted, (14) and/or scattered radiation (16, 18) from the sample, wherein the duration of the analysis is determined from one or more desired confidence levels based... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080234943 - Computer program for diabetes management: A diabetes management system or process is provided herein that may be used to analyze and recognize patterns for a large amount of blood glucose concentration measurements and other physiological parameters related to the glycemia of a patient. In particular, a method of monitoring glycemia in a patient may include... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080234945 - Means and methods for analyzing a sample by means of chromatography-mass spectrometry: The present invention relates to a method for analyzing at least one test sample, wherein said test sample comprises at least one compound, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing at least one test sample comprising at least one compound; b) determining said at least one compound in said... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080234944 - Method and apparatus for subset selection with preference maximization: A method and apparatus for determining a subset of measurements from a plurality of measurements in a genetic algorithm is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of determining a fitness measure for each sub-set of the measurements, wherein each measurement has an associated fitness measure and selecting the subset of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080234941 - Method of designing sirnas for gene silencing: The present invention provides a method for identifying siRNA target motifs in a transcript using a position-specific score matrix approach. The invention also provides a method for identifying off-target genes of an siRNA using a position-specific score matrix approach. The invention further provides a method for designing siRNAs with higher... Agent: Jones Day

20080234946 - Predictive radiosensitivity network model: This invention is a model that simulates the complexity of biological signaling in a cell in response to radiation therapy. Using gene expression profiles and radiation survival assays in an algorithm, a systems model was generated of the radiosensitivity network. The network consists of ten highly interconnected genetic hubs with... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20080234947 - Scientist domain-centric user interface and enabling \"soft\" translation: The scientist domain-centric user interface system may prompt the user to supply scientist-centric information expressed utilizing terminology of a scientific domain, such as biology or analytical chemistry. A translation system then generates control parameters to control the search algorithm, thus relieving the user from having to learn how select and... Agent: Mila Kasan, Patent Dept. Applied Biosystems

20080234948 - System and method for characterizing a chemical sample: A method for characterizing a sample containing at least one compound, preferably a biological sample comprising at least one metabolite, is proposed. In a first process step, a three-dimensional first set of data is generated by analyzing the sample by using at least one time resolved separation technique (214) and... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080234949 - Meter electronics and methods for determining one or more of a stiffness coefficient or a mass coefficient: A meter electronics (20) for a flow meter (5) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The meter electronics (20) includes an interface (201) for receiving a vibrational response and a processing system (203). The processing system (203) receives the vibrational response, vibrates at least one flowtube (130)... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20080234950 - Water leakage-acoustic sensing method and apparatus in steam generator of sodium-cooled fast reactor using standard deviation by octave band analysis: A water leakage-acoustic sensing method in a steam generator of a sodium-cooled fast reactor, the method including: calculating a standard deviation and an average of an octave band by octave band analysis of an input signal sound received from at least one predetermined acoustic sensor; comparing the calculated standard deviation... Agent: Hammer & Associates, P.C.

20080234951 - Gravity flowmeter for materials analysis: Properties of asphalt are determined by determining an expansion of a plurality of samples of the asphalt as a function of current dimensions of the respective samples, determining a creep of the samples as a function of the current dimensions of the respective samples, repeating the determining steps over a... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080234952 - Test circuit, pattern generating apparatus, and pattern generating method: A test circuit connected between a test target circuit and a plurality of external terminals includes N first holding circuits to hold respectively N unit patterns produced by dividing an internal signal pattern to be input to or output from the test target circuit by N, where N is a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080234954 - Digital power monitoring circuit and system: A digital power monitoring circuit for monitoring power through an output inductor of a switching power supply in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes a first analog to digital converter receiving a current sense signal indicative of the current through the output inductor and providing a first... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080234953 - Power estimation for a semiconductor device: Disclosed herein are different embodiments for estimating and/or controlling power consumption in a chip based on hot and cool temperatures in the chip.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080234955 - Uniform power density across processor cores at burn-in: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for burn-in testing of a multiprocessor. A process identifies a power management data set for a plurality of processor cores associated with the multiprocessor. The process selects one or more of the plurality of processor cores to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080234956 - Method of calculating state variables of secondary battery and apparatus for estimating state variables of secondary battery: An apparatus for estimating state variables of a secondary battery as an estimation target performs so that a neural network unit studies a true value of a battery temperature, a temperature large value which is larger than the true value of the battery temperature by an approximating temperature sensor detection... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080234957 - Intelligent electronic device and method thereof: An intelligent electronic device (IED) having a gain control unit adapted to selectively regulate operating ranges of output signals of a sensing circuit of the device is described. In one embodiment, the IED is a digital electric power and energy meter, which operating ranges for supply voltages and supply currents... Agent: Electro Industries/ Gaugetech C/o Casella & Hespos, LLP

20080234958 - Method for determining the humidity and density of a dielectric material: The invention relates to a method for determining the humidity and/or density of a dielectric material in a resonator that is filled with said material and that contains a transmitter and a receiver. According to said method: the transmitter emits a signal; a resonance curve of the filled resonator is... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080234959 - Pitch extraction with inhibition of harmonics and sub-harmonics of the fundamental frequency: The fundamental frequency of a harmonic signal is estimated by forming a fundamental frequency hypothesis (f0′). A comb filter is provided based on the fundamental frequency hypothesis. The harmonic signal is filtered using the comb filter. The fundamental frequency hypothesis is tested for each tooth in the comb filter. A... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080234960 - Method and apparatus for inspecting and analyzing welded structures: An apparatus and method for inspecting and analyzing welded structures includes a laser for directing at least one beam of light at a weld bead to define at least one visible profile line; a camera directed at the weld bead for capturing an image of the at least one profile... Agent: Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC

20080234961 - Test apparatus and measurement circuit: There is provided a test apparatus for testing a device under test. The test apparatus includes a gradient adjusting section that separately adjusts a gradient of a rising edge of a signal under measurement which is output from the device under test and a gradient of a falling edge of... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080234962 - Method and system for providing a compensated auger spectrum: A system for providing a compensated Auger spectrum, the system includes: a processor, adapted to generate a compensated Auger spectrum in response to a non-compensated Auger spectrum and in response to an electric potential related parameter; and an interface to a electron detector that is adapted to detect electrons emitted... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc. C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080234963 - Calibration of a metrological apparatus: A metrological apparatus has a driver (33) that effects relative movement between a support (4) and a measurement probe (8) carriage (7) in a first direction (X) to cause the measurement probe (8) to traverse a measurement path along a surface of an object supported by the support. The measurement... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080234964 - Abnormality diagnosing apparatus and abnormality diagnosing method: A abnormality diagnosing apparatus used in a machine equipment including a rotating or sliding part relative to a stationary member includes a detecting portion 31 fixed to the rotating or sliding part or the stationary member and including a vibration sensor 32 and a temperature sensor 33, and a signal... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080234966 - Acquiring test data from an electronic circuit: Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for acquiring test data from an electronic circuit by mounting a probe adjacent to a capture point on an electronic circuit board, capturing by the probe an electronic signal of the electronic circuit, digitizing by the probe the captured signal, and transmitting... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20080234965 - Test apparatus and electronic device: A test apparatus for testing a device under test is provided. The test apparatus includes: a timing data output section for outputting timing data to define at least one of a timing of modifying a test signal provided to the device under test and a timing of acquiring an output... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080234967 - Test sequence optimization method and design tool: A method for defining a sequence of tests for testing a plurality of electronic devices including integrated circuits is disclosed. A reference group of devices is defined (110), after which the devices in said group are subjected to all available tests under consideration (120). For each test, the test results... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080234968 - Program development system: When an acquisition and reporting control unit 66 of a measurement data processing unit 65 in a development support device sends a sensor measurement start request to a cellular phone device for development in response to a collection operation start command from an application under development 62, accompanied by a... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080234969 - Test apparatus and electronic device: There is provided a test apparatus for testing a device under test. The test apparatus includes first and second period generators that respectively generate test period signals indicating test periods for testing the device under test, a plurality of input/output sections that are provided in correspondence with a plurality of... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080234970 - System and method for measuring residual stress: The invention comprises devices and methods for determining residual stress in MEMS devices such as interferometric modulators. In one example, a device measuring residual stress of a deposited conduct material includes a material used to form a MEMS device, and a plurality of disconnectable electrical paths, wherein said plurality of... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080234971 - Remote-controlled motion apparatus with sensing terrestrial magnetism and remote control apparatus therefor: A remote-controlled motion apparatus is controlled by a remote control apparatus. The remote control apparatus transmits a target motion signal by radio. The remote-controlled motion apparatus includes a communication module, a terrestrial magnetism sensing module, a processing module and a driving module. The communication module receives the target motion signal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080234972 - Optical image measurement device and image processing device: An optical image measurement device is configured to form a tomographic image at each of a plurality of cross sections of a measurement object, and the optical image measurement device comprises: an image processor configured to execute an arithmetic operation based on a tomographic image at one cross section of... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080234974 - Efficient design process for the allocation of variability to non-normally distributed components of complex systems and for the estimation of the system response probability density: A method for implementing a point estimation method (PEM) that predicts variability of a system output response based on variabilities of inputs includes building a customized designed experiment such that each input variable x for the designed experiment is assigned a number of variable values n based on the respective... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080234973 - Method and system for detecting artifacts in icu patient records by data fusion and hypothesis testing: A method for monitoring a patient employs hypothesis testing against each of several monitored signals to determine whether an artifact is present in the monitored signals. In the hypothesis testing, a null hypothesis includes an assumption that pairs of samples of highly correlated monitored signals of the several monitored signals... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080234977 - Methods and apparatus for outlier detection for high dimensional data sets: Methods and apparatus are provided for outlier detection in databases by determining sparse low dimensional projections. These sparse projections are used for the purpose of determining which points are outliers. The methodologies of the invention are very relevant in providing a novel definition of exceptions or outliers for the high... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080234975 - Methods and systems for evaluating pigment dispersions: Methods and systems for evaluating pigment dispersions with desired characteristics. More specifically, methods and systems for evaluating particle size of colorless or light color dispersions using a novel parameter described as particle size related scattering index (PSRSI).... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20080234976 - Statistical methods for multivariate ordinal data which are used for data base driven decision support: A method of analysis including an intrinsically valid class of statistical methods for dealing with multivariate ordinal data. A decision support system that can (1) provide automated decision support in a transparent fashion (2) optionally be controlled by a decision maker, (3) provide for an evidence acquisition concept, including automatically... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080234978 - Modelling: The method provides for the fitting of a different distribution to the tail of a distribution of continuous data, than that distribution fitting to the rest of the distribution. By fitting a distribution to this set of occurrences only, better distributions shapes are obtained for that part of a distribution... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080234979 - Process and system for multi-objective global optimization of maintenance schedules: A process for optimizing maintenance work schedules for at least one engine includes the steps of retrieving at least one set of data for an engine from a computer readable storage medium; selecting at least one scheduling parameter for the engine; selecting a set of maintenance rules for the engine;... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20080234980 - Assistance data provision: For supporting the provision of a continuous stream of assistance data for a satellite signal based positioning, a sequence of interlinked messages comprising assistance data is generated. The messages are provided for transmission to a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal receives the sequence of interlinked messages and provides... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080234984 - Extended depth of field imaging for high speed object analysis: A high speed, high-resolution flow imaging system is modified to achieve extended depth of field imaging. An optical distortion element is introduced into the flow imaging system. Light from an object, such as a cell, is distorted by the distortion element, such that a point spread function (PSF) of the... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20080234982 - Method and apparatus for decompression of sar images: A computer system for decompressing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images includes a database for storing SAR images to be decompressed, and a processor for decompressing a SAR image from the database. The decompressing includes receiving the SAR image, performing a dynamic range compression on the SAR image, and quantizing the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20080234981 - Method and apparatus for processing sar images based on a complex anisotropic diffusion filtering algorithm: A computer system for processing complex synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images includes a database for storing complex SAR images to be processed, and a processor for processing a complex SAR image from the database. The processing includes receiving a complex SAR data set for a SAR image comprising a plurality... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20080234983 - Method and system for vibration signal processing: The present invention relates to a vibration signal processing method and system that can be used to account for situations where impact or impulse events are hidden in a normal vibration reading by low frequency vibrations and high frequency noise. In one preferred form, the method of the present invention... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080228401 - Method and apparatus for measuring the resistivity of electromagnetic waves of the earth: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for measuring the electromagnetic wave resistivity of earth formations. The disclosed method and apparatus use an electric field sensor, a magnetic field sensor in conjunction with a data collecting system to obtain data samples from strata, determine certain parameters associated with the data samples,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080228402 - Processing of seismic data acquired using twin over/under streamers: A method for processing seismic data acquired using a first over/under streamer and a second over/under streamer. In one implementation, the method may include estimating seismic data that would have been acquired by a third over/under streamer disposed at a depth equivalent to a distance separating the first over/under streamer... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20080228403 - Technique to provide seismic data-based products: A technique includes providing a pricing scheme to sell at least one seismic data-based product. The seismic data-based product(s) are generated from seismic data that is obtained from at least one sensor in tow, and the seismic data includes particle motion data, which the pricing scheme excludes from being sold.... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20080228408 - Method for determining the state of an ensemble of cells and system for the implementation of the method: The invention concerns a method for determining the condition of at least one culture of prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells defined in greater detail herein, including in particular one or more steps for simultaneously analyzing the condition of a large number of biological markers of interest. The inventive method, enables, in... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080228407 - Method for protein structure alignment using cellular automata: The detection of protein sequence alignments firstly generates protein blocks having n successive C-alpha atoms from two protein sequences. A matrix of the distance of protein atoms from said C-alpha atoms for each block is then determined. A difference matrix is determined from respective distance matrices representing the differences between... Agent: Ibm Endicott (anthony England) Law Office Of Anthony England

20080228405 - Search space coverage with dynamic gene distribution: A method and apparatus for selecting measurements from a plurality of measurements is disclosed. The method includes the steps of initializing a measurement status to a first value for each of the measurements, determining selectability of one of the plurality of measurements based on a corresponding status value, and updating... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080228406 - System and method for fungal identification: A service for the identification of at least one fungal organism suspected of being present in a test sample is described and comprises a processing capacity for the sample, a sequencing capacity for generating sequence information, a sequence information processing capacity, an assessment capacity, and a reporting capacity for reporting... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080228404 - Systems and methods for high-speed image scanning: Systems and methods for high-speed image scanning are disclosed herein One aspect of the invention is directed to a method for high speed image scanning. The method for high speed image scanning includes adjusting an object using a positioning element; directing a portion of an image of the object toward... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080228409 - Systems and methods for probe design based on experimental parameters: Systems and methods for using the same to select or design probes specific for a target nucleic acid based on experimental parameters are provided. Also provided are computer program products for executing the subject methods.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080228410 - Genetic attribute analysis: A bioinformatics method, software, database and system for genetic attribute analysis are presented in which non-identical sets of genetic attributes comprising nucleotide sequences are compared to determine whether proteins encoded by those nucleotide sequences are functionally equivalent and, therefore, whether genetic information contained in the sets of genetic attributes can... Agent: Charles A. Eldering

20080228411 - Tire abrasion predicting method, tire designing method, tire manufactring method tire abrasion predicting sytem, and program: In a prediction of abrasion characteristic of a tire, a characteristic curve of a tire axis force generated on a tire rotation axis at the slip ratio applied to the tire and changed depending upon the slip ratio is acquired. From the characteristic curve, values of tire dynamic element parameters... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080228412 - Method for nondestructive testing of pipes for surface flaws: A method for nondestructive testing of the pipes for detecting surface flaws using magnetic leakage flux is disclosed. With of the method, flaws can be detected and analyzed in near-real-time while the pipe is produced. The data obtained with inductive coils, Hall sensors or GMR sensors are digitized, the digital... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20080228413 - Systems and methods for predicting acoustic signatures: A system for determining an acoustic signature of a device is disclosed that includes a computer processor operable to determine strength and location of shock wave sound signals based on propagation of sound waves generated by the device. The strength and location of the shock wave signals are modified due... Agent: Koestner Bertani LLP

20080228414 - Semiconductor device: The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of realizing power saving and improvement in reliability or reduction in area. A semiconductor device includes: a power switch connecting an internal power supply in which power is not shut down and an internal power supply in which power is shut down;... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080228416 - Indirect rotor resistance estimation system and method: Indirect rotor resistance estimation for an AC induction motor is achieved by successively stepping the quadrature command to zero and the direct current command to a predetermined value causing the quadrature stator voltage to decay as a representation of rotor current decay; defining, in response to the decaying stator voltage... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20080228415 - Semiconductor testing instrument to determine safe operating area: An instrument for determination of the dc safe area of operation of a semiconductor device-under-test comprises a means to apply an adjustable bias at the input of a device-under-test, wherein the means comprises a dc biaser to apply a dc bias at a bias point within the safe operating limit,... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20080228417 - Changing point detecting circuit, jitter measuring apparatus and test apparatus: A changing point detection circuit is provided that detects timing of changing points at which a logic value of a signal under measurement changes and includes a multi-strobe circuit generating a logic value data string obtained by detecting a logic value of the signal under measurement according to a plurality... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080228418 - Determination of time zero from a charged particle detector: A method, system and computer program is used to determine a linear track having a good fit to a most likely or expected path of charged particle passing through a charged particle detector having a plurality of drift cells. Hit signals from the charged particle detector are associated with a... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20080228419 - Process condition sensing wafer and data analysis system: A measuring device incorporating a substrate with sensors that measure the processing conditions that a wafer may undergo during manufacturing. The substrate can be inserted into a processing chamber by a robot head and the measuring device can transmit the conditions in real time or store the conditions for subsequent... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080228420 - Web marking systems and methods: Apparatus for and a method of marking a web 10 advancing along a path includes a monitoring station 11 at which the web 10 is observed and including a signal generator arranged to produce an appropriate mark signal on detecting a location to be marked as well as the nature... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080228421 - Device and method for correcting the aging effects of a measurement sensor: The invention relates to a method of correcting the effects of aging of a measurement sensor upon turning on the sensor. It also relates to a device delivering measurements corrected for the effects of aging of the device. According to the invention, the method of correcting the effects of aging... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080228422 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: A calibration information calculation unit (540) calculates a plurality of candidates of first coordinate transformation information using a plurality of candidates of second coordinate transformation information, a sensor measured value, and the position and orientation of a video camera (100) on the world coordinate system. The calibration information calculation unit... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080228423 - Position detector: Two position sensors provide, as outputs, two signals that vary sinusoidally at a pitch of wavelength λ with respect to a displacement of a target and have phases shifted from each other by 90°. A memory unit has stored therein offset values for the two signals, and two subtractors eliminate... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080228424 - On-line absolute viscosity measurement system: The present invention provides systems and methods for determining the viscosity of a lubricating fluid in a process on line. The method of the present invention obviates the need to accurately control the temperature of the lubricating fluid in the system when taking fluid viscosity measurements.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080228425 - System for compensating for creep and hysteresis in a load cell: A method of compensating for hysteresis in a load cell, by: (a) pre-calibrating a load cell by: measuring load cell deflection under progressively increasing loads; determining a first set of coefficients correlating the deflection of the load cell to the measured load under the progressively increasing loads; measuring load cell... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20080228426 - Synthesis and generation of arbitrary waveforms with isi components for jitter tolerance: An Arbitrary Waveform Generator has a controller programmed to generate a sequence of test waveforms using previously-defined waveform data files. The controller generates this series of test waveforms by direct synthesis to cause said each waveform to contain a respective different predetermined amount of Rj, Sj and ISI jitter components.... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20080228427 - Method and apparatus for monitoring bearings: A system to facilitate reducing false train stops includes an infrared sensor that is coupled to a processing unit. The processing unit is programmed to receive inputs from the sensor, generate a bearing profile using the received inputs, classify the bearing profile as at least one of a typical bearing... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080228428 - System and method for the non-destructive assessment of the quantitative spatial distribution of components of a medical device: A method and system for the non-destructive analysis of medical devices uses a confocal Raman microscope and other non-destructive analytical tools to assess the spatial distribution of components of an object such as the distribution of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) within a polymer matrix. In a preferred embodiment, confocal... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080228429 - Systems and methods for location, motion, and contact detection and tracking in a networked audiovisual device: Systems and methods for location, motion, and contact detection and tracking in a portable networked device are disclosed. A portable device may include a motion detection unit including an accelerometer for detecting accelerations in one or more axes. Signals associated with the detected motion are processed to generate estimates of... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080228430 - Wireless sensor for semiconductor processing systems: A wireless sensor is provided to obtain information relating to vibration of wafers or substrates in a semiconductor processing system. In one exemplary embodiment, a wireless substrate-like sensor is provided and includes a power source adapted to provide power to the sensor, a wireless communication module coupled to the power... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080228431 - Method and control device for estimating a rotational speed curve of a shaft of a transmission: In a method for estimating a rotational speed curve of a shaft of a transmission of a motor vehicle after a synchronizing element which acts on the shaft has been deactivated the subsequent speed of the shaft, that is the curve of the rotational speed is estimated on the basis... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080228432 - Electrical device with a selected orientation for operation: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for configuring an electrical device to a selected orientation. Direction information that is indicative of the orientation of the electrical device is provided by a directional detection switch. A processor selects a selected orientation from a plurality of permitted orientations by processing the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080228434 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and calibration jig: When a calibration jig (50) which includes an image sensing device (100) is moved within the image sensing range of an image sensing device (200), the image coordinates of an index (110) on the image sensing device (100) in a plurality of images sensed by the image sensing device (200)... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080228436 - Measurement of vertical tract modulus using space curves: An on-board, non-contact measurement system and method is disclosed for measuring track quality, vertical track stiffness and vertical track modulus for a portion of track underlying the rail vehicle. The system comprises two or more position sensors for determining the position profile of the track and a computation system for... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080228435 - Measurement system for correcting overlay measurement error: A measurement system and a measurement method, which can obtain a measurement value close to a true value considering an overlay measurement error according to a higher order regression analysis model. The measurement system and the measurement method provide a technique for determining optimal positions of shots to be measured... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080228433 - Method and device for determining the relative position of a first object with respect to a second object, corresponding computer program and a computer-readable storage medium: m

20080228437 - Estimation of global position of a sensor node: Methods and apparatuses for locating a sensor node are disclosed. A representative apparatus, among others, includes a processing unit that receives sensor node data and object trajectory information data for an object. The sensor node data is related to the object's trajectory, and a data point in the object trajectory... Agent: U S Army Research Laboratory Attn Amsrl Cs Cc Ip

20080228438 - Method of recognizing and tracking a spatial point: The present invention relates to a method of recognizing and tracking a spatial point, and more particularly to a method of using a point light source and a spatial point recognition device to measure the coordinates of the point light source and the coordinates of the convergent point of the... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080228439 - Method and apparatus for measuring distance with graphic data: A computer-implemented method for facilitating measurement of the distance between edges graphically shown on a display device according to graphic data. The method includes setting a ruler including a first end point and a second end point on the edges, calculating the distance between the first end point and the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080228440 - Non-contact deviation measurement system: A non-contacting deviation measurement system projects a first line and a second line upon a surface of an object. The projections of the first line and second line are arranged to overlap at an intersection line oriented at a nominal location such that when the surface is oriented at the... Agent: Atk C/o Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20080228441 - Method and device for measuring an object for measurement: The invention relates to a method and device for measuring an object for measurement, comprising at least one reference structure for the definition of an object coordinate system, fixed with relation to the object, by means of a measuring system, which comprises at least one sensor system for recording a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080228442 - Statistical data inspector: An embodiment of the invention provides a technique that allows the collection, storage, and manipulation of data collected in a computer network.... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080228443 - System and method for benchmarking correlated stream processing systems: A system, method, and computer program product for benchmarking a stream processing system are disclosed. The method comprises generating a plurality of correlated test streams. A semantically related data set is embedded within each of the test streams in the plurality of correlated test streams. The plurality of correlated test... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080228445 - Instrument display with multiple-range visual depictions: An instrument display that provides increased utility and flexibility by employing multiple range visual depictions. An instrument according to the present teachings includes an instrument display for providing a visual depiction of a set of physical phenomena wherein the visual depiction includes a trace for each physical phenomenon superimposed on... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080228446 - Method and apparatus for signal detection, classification and estimation from compressive measurements: We show that compressive measurements are in fact information scalable, allowing one to answer a broad spectrum of questions about a signal when provided only with a reduced set of compressive measurements. These questions range from complete signal recovery at one extreme down to a simple binary detection decision at... Agent: 24ip Law Group Usa, PLLC

20080228444 - User interface for a flow cytometer system: The flow cytometer user interface of the preferred embodiment comprises the steps of (1) running the sample and saving all collected data, (2) viewing the raw (or “unmodified”) data, (3) modifying the raw data (e.g., scaling and/or culling the raw data), (4) reviewing and saving the modified settings, and (5)... Agent: Schox PLC

20080228447 - Device and method for processing a signal of pressure measurement of an internal combustion engine combustion chamber: A device for processing a signal of pressure measurement of an internal combustion engine combustion chamber. The device obtains, by a low-pass filter of the pressure measuring signal, a filtered signal, subtracts the filtered signal from the pressure measuring signal to obtain a difference signal, compares the difference signal to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080228448 - Waveform measuring apparatus and method thereof: A waveform measuring apparatus includes: a digital filter for removing a large-amplitude changing component from an input signal and for outputting a resultant output signal with a small-amplitude noise component left therein; a window generating section for receiving a differential signal between this input signal and the resultant output signal... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20080221795 - Processing electromagnetic data: A method for processing multi-component, multi-offset electromagnetic data measured at at least one multi-component receiver, the data representative of electric and magnetic fields due to a source, the at least one multi-component receiver being disposed at a depth greater than that of the source. The method includes decomposing the measured... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080221796 - Vector migration of 1st order free-surface related downgoing multiples from vsp data: 1st order free-surface multiples recorded in VSP data or reverse VSP data are processed using a 3-C 3-D vector migration method to produce an image of the subsurface. This image produces a larger coverage than that obtained in 3-C 3-D processing of reflection data acquired in the VSP.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.c.

20080221797 - Remotely reconfigurable system for mapping subsurface geological anomalies: Methods and apparatus are provided for receiving, detecting and transmitting geophysical data from a plurality of electrodes placed in the soil utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable wireless control unit that is located on each electrode. Data from the control units is transmitted by a wireless signal to a centralized data processor... Agent: George R. Schultz Schultz & Associates, P.c.

20080221798 - Methods and systems for hydrocarbon production: Methods and systems are described for hydrocarbon production. One method embodiment of the invention comprises analyzing phases of hydrocarbon oil, gas and water at flowing conditions extracted from a hydrocarbon well; separating the oil, water and gas mixture into oil portions, water portions and gas portions, each respective portion being... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20080221799 - Method and system for determining dynamic permeability of gas hydrate saturated formations: A method and system for determining dynamic permeability of gas hydrate formations including deploying a tool within a wellhole configured for magnetic resonance measurements, determining permeability of a formation at or near zero saturation of the gas hydrate and deriving the relationship between permeability and gas hydrate saturation for the... Agent: Schlumberger K.k.

20080221800 - Method of determining downhole formation grain size distribution using acoustic and nmr logging data: The grain size distribution 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, and an acoustic velocity output of the model matches a measured acoustic velocity (compressional and/or shear). Fluid drainage... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.c.

20080221801 - Geophone noise attenuation and wavefield separation using a multi-dimensional decomposition technique: Methods and apparatus for processing dual sensor (e.g., hydrophone and vertical geophone) data that includes intrinsic removal of noise as well as enhancing the wavefield separation are provided. The methods disclosed herein are based on a decomposition of data simultaneously into dip and frequency while retaining temporal locality. The noise... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p.

20080221802 - Method of proteome analysis for phosphorylated protein: A method for detecting plural types of phosphorylated proteins in a sample, wherein a database consisting of data regarding plural types of proteins in the sample is used; and a method for purifying phosphorylated proteins using an immobilized metal carrier or a titania carrier, wherein a solution containing acetonitrile in... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080221803 - Methods of predicting treatment outcome in chronic periodontitis patients: The invention is a new method for predicting when subjects having chronic periodontitis will fail or succeed conventional standard therapy. The method uses measures of the plaque cadaverine fraction with additional measurements including age, fraction of gingival margins that bleed on probing (BOP), and clinical attachment level (CAL in mm)... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.c.

20080221805 - Multi-channel lock-in amplifier system and method: A multi-channel lock-in amplifier system for use in cell analysis is disclosed. The system may include a cartridge having one or more flow cells with each flow cell containing a cell for analysis. An oscillating electric field may be applied across each flow cell at one or more excitation frequencies... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus Pc

20080221804 - System of processing patient medical data: A system is described for assisting in the interpretation of medical images by making available information derived from other tests such as in vitro testing. In a preferred embodiment, an in vitro diagnostic testing device is integrated with a scanner such as a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) device so that... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080221806 - Sensor having a thin-film inhibition layer, nitric oxide converter and monitor: Sensors and detection systems suitable for measuring analytes, such as biomolecule, organic and inorganic species, including environmentally and medically relevant volatiles and gases, such as NO, NO2, CO2, NH3, H2, CO and the like, are provided. Certain embodiments of nanostructured sensor systems are configured for measurement of medically important gases... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080221807 - Pressure monitoring system: Monitoring pressurized fluid containers through use of a container site subsystem and a system hub. The container site subsystem including sensor(s) to sense a characteristic associated with a pressurized fluid container; and a container site hub to receive, from each sensor, raw data corresponding to the sensed characteristic. The system... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20080221808 - Pressure monitoring system: Monitoring pressurized fluid containers through use of a container site subsystem and a system hub. The container site subsystem including sensor(s) to sense a characteristic associated with a pressurized fluid container; and a container site hub to receive, from each sensor, raw data corresponding to the sensed characteristic. The system... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20080221809 - Pressure monitoring system: Monitoring pressurized fluid containers through use of a container site subsystem and a system hub. The container site subsystem including sensor(s) to sense a characteristic associated with a pressurized fluid container; and a container site hub to receive, from each sensor, raw data corresponding to the sensed characteristic. The system... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20080221810 - Method and apparatus for measuring the stress or strain of a portion of a ferro-magnetic member: A method and apparatus for measuring stress or strain in a portion of a ferromagnetic member is disclosed in which advantage is taken of the fact that the magnetic properties of a ferromagnetic member change with applied tensile or compressive stress. A magnetic hysteresis loop is measured in a portion... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080221811 - Method and apparatus for identifying a region of interest of transient vibration data requiring analysis: A method and apparatus identifies a region of interest of transient vibration data needing analysis and provides context and construction for analytical plots. The method comprises providing transient data and determining a region of interest of the transient data, specifying a construction mode corresponding to a derived graphical display of... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.c.

20080221812 - Differentiation of flow cytometry pulses and applications: A method of analyzing pulses from a flow cytometer in which particles in a fluid pass through an excitation volume of an electromagnetic radiation and interact with the electromagnetic radiation to generate signals in the form of pulses includes generating a time-dependent pulse indicative of the characteristics of one or... Agent: Guava Technologies, Inc.

20080221813 - Jitter-based calibration procedure with improved resolution for optical disc drives: An optical disc drive apparatus (1), suitable for storing information on or reading information from an optical disc (2), typically a DVD or a CD or a BD, is designed for performing a method for calibrating a jitter factor (X) on the basis of optimising jitter, the method comprising the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080221814 - Methods and apparatus for determining particle characteristics by measuring scattered light: An instrument for measuring the size and characteristics of a particle contained in a sample of particles. A particle sample is introduced into a sample chamber. The sample particles are subjected to centrifugal forces so that large particles travel in the sample chamber at velocities greater than small particles. Light... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080221815 - Method and system for concrete quality control based on the concrete's maturity: A method and system for controlling and monitoring the quality of concrete based on the concrete's maturity (which is a function of its time-temperature profile, or temperature history). Five different applications or embodiments of the present invention are discussed, namely, Enhanced Maturity, Moisture-Loss Maturity, Improved Maturity, SPC Maturity, Loggers, Readers,... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.c.

20080221816 - Data verification method, charged particle beam writing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium with program: A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input writing data for writing a plurality of cell patterns including at least one cell pattern in which an identifier is added to each of data defining the at least one cell pattern extending over at least two... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080221817 - Method for detecting particulate contamination under a workpiece: A method for detecting particulate contamination under a workpiece fixtured by a calibrated material handling system includes performing 3D measurements of a workpiece at multiple of positions to construct a 3D map of the workpiece, calibrating the 3D map by comparing a pre-computed calibration map to the 3D measurements, and... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20080221818 - Correction of factors in vehicle accelerometer signals: A method for measuring and storing values of sensor bias in acceleration values for a vehicle, obtained over a plurality of time periods from a sensor having a specified range of expected variability of sensor bias values, includes measuring a first value of sensor bias obtained during operation of the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080221819 - Method of motion correction in optical coherence tomography imaging: An image data set acquired by an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system is corrected for effects due to motion of the sample. A first set of A-scans is acquired within a time short enough to avoid any significant motion of the sample. A second more extensive set of A-scans is... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20080221820 - System for first pass filtering of anomalies and providing a base confidence level for resource usage prediction in a utility computing environment: Provided is a system for monitoring resources in a utility computing environment (UCE). Measurements are evaluated to determine whether or not a particular resource requires remedial or other type of action. A sliding measurement window is employed to assemble a number of measurements corresponding to a particular resource. The number... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.c.

20080221821 - Error correction method for a displacement sensor signal: A method and device for correcting an error caused by electromagnetic interference, in a signal of an inductive displacement sensor or angle sensor, in that when known activation of at least one component which causes electromagnetic interference occurs and there is a known error resulting therefrom in the sensor signal... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080221822 - System and method for calibration of a flow device: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for rapid calibration of a flow device. A flow device can be provided with a calibration flow curve (e.g., represented by an nth degree polynomial) by the manufacturer or a third party. The calibration curve can be adjusted for a... Agent: Katharina W Schuster Sprinkle Ip Law Group

20080221823 - Calibration circuit for calibrating an adjustable capacitance of an integrated circuit having a time constant depending on said capacitance: A calibration circuit calibrates an adjustable capacitance of a circuit having a time constant depending on the adjustable capacitance. The calibration circuit outputs a calibration signal carrying information for calibrating the capacitor and includes a calibration loop. The calibration circuit includes: a controllable capacitance unit suitable to receive a control... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080221824 - Test apparatus, test method and recording medium: There is provided a test apparatus for testing a plurality of DUTs. The test apparatus includes a plurality of test modules that are connected to the plurality of DUTs and test the plurality of DUTs, and a CPU that controls test operations performed by the plurality of test modules in... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080221825 - Noise resistant light-powered sensor: A light-powered data acquisition and control system immune to electromagnetic interference employs smart sensors in a network configuration capable of decentralized communication. A smart sensor with integral transducer encloses a microprocessor, fiber optic transceiver, and photovoltaic converter within a Faraday cage. Optical fibers link plural sensors for duplex communication with... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.l.p. (grumman)

20080221826 - 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

20080221827 - System for validating velocities of components in a vehicle: A system for validating velocities of components in a vehicle uses sensor measurements and mathematical relationships between the vehicle components to validate the velocities. A controller or controllers receive speed or velocity inputs and mathematically combine the velocities of more than one of the vehicle components. The velocities of at... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080221828 - Intelligent modular transport system with object behavioral pattern recognition and traffic management: s

20080221829 - Apparatus and method for determining and numerically displaying a volume dependent characteristic of any unseparated part of an item: An apparatus and method for determining and numerically displaying the volume of an item or any part of the item by passing a manually held sensor member freely movable in both vertical and horizontal directions over and along an item lying on a support surface. The sensor member mounts one... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20080221830 - Probabilistic inference engine: A system including an inference engine and a query interface. The inference engine predicts a duration for at least one event of a perioperative workflow using one or more models. Each model includes at least one model instance. The query interface queries the at least one model instance, and the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20080221831 - Method and system for yield similarity of semiconductor devices: A method and system for yield similarity of semiconductor devices. The method includes providing a first plurality of semiconductor devices, providing a second plurality of semiconductor devices, obtaining a first plurality of yields associated with a first yield, and obtaining a second plurality of yields associated with a second yield.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080221832 - Methods for computing positional base probabilities using experminentals base value distributions: Aspects of the various embodiments of the invention relate generally to computing relative base value probabilities using discrete experimental base values to calculate distributions of relative base probabilities. This information can be used with associated experimental measurements to increase the accuracy of the data analysis.... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, Llc

20080221833 - Method and apparatus for detecting dependability vulnerabilities: The present invention is a method and an apparatus for detecting dependability vulnerabilities in production IT environments. In one embodiment, a method for detecting a dependability vulnerability in a production IT environment includes injecting a synthetic disturbance into the production IT environment and observing the response of the production IT... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan LLP Ibm Corporation

20080221834 - Method and system for enhanced fault detection workflow: A method for fault detection workflow management is presented. The method includes determining a working environment, a rule application attribute, or both, where the working environment and the rule application attribute are associated with input data. Furthermore, the method includes dynamically optimizing a sequence of operations based on the determined... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080221835 - Process and methodology for root cause identification in gas turbine engine performance tracking: A system and method for narrowing an assessment of root cause to a single stage within a gas turbine engine module using coupling factors and known instrumentation non-repeatability. Embodiments examine certain root cause (RC) effects that manifest themselves as coupling levels, or ratios (CR), between an engine module's efficiency change... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.c. (p&w)

20080221836 - Ad hoc sensor networks: A plurality of mobile sensor devices each periodically measure a property of their environment, and determine the rate of change in that property. Neighbouring devices also co-operate to determine the values of the property being measured by each other. If the property is invariant both over time and over a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080221838 - Method and device for processing data or signals with different synchronization sources: In processing devices, in particular in measuring, test or control units for the drivetrain or components thereof, it is often necessary to combine signals or data of different synchronization sources with one another or to process them whilst maintaining the original temporal relation. In order to achieve this, the signals... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080221837 - Method and system for analyzing low-coherence interferometry signals for information about thin film structures: Methods and systems are disclosed for analyzing a scanning interferometry signal. Steps include: providing a scanning interferometry signal produced by a scanning interferometer for a first location of a test object (e.g., a sample having a thin film); providing a model function of the scanning interferometry signal produced by the... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080215242 - Petrophysical interpretation of multipass array resistivity data obtained while drilling: Resistivity measurements at different radial depths of investigation obtained from multiple passes of a resistivity tool through a borehole are analyzed together to obtain indications of at least one of fractional flow, oil saturation, and water saturation in a formation.... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20080215243 - Processing of multi-component induction measurements in a biaxially anisotropic formation: Measurements made by a multi-component logging tool in a borehole are inverted to obtain three principal resistivities (or conductivities) and three associated angles of a bi-axially symmetric formation traversed by the borehole.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20080215244 - Making directional measurements using a rotating and non-rotating drilling apparatus: A system and method to determine directional measurements for a drilling tool that at times rotates and at other times does not rotate. The method comprises making a first set of measurements when the apparatus is rotating, making a second set of measurements when the apparatus is not rotating, and... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080215245 - System and method for determining producibility of a formation using flexural mechanical resonator measurements: The present disclosure presents illustrative embodiments of a method for estimating the producibility of a hydrocarbon bearing formation using a flexural mechanical resonator to measure the viscosity and density of a representative fluid from the formation. A system is disclosed for estimating the producibility of a hydrocarbon bearing formation using... Agent: Gilbreth Roebuck Bynum Derrington Schmidt Walker & Tran LLP

20080215246 - Measuring and modifying directionality of seismic interferometry data: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for replacing the individual receivers used with a seismic interferometry process with an array of seismic receivers and then manipulating the array data in order to measure and modify the typical non-uniform directionality function of the background seismic energy. The non-uniform directionality function is a... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080215249 - Crystallization and structure determination of beta secretase and/or beta secretase-like proteins: The x-ray crystal structure of human BACE or BACE-like proteins is useful for solving the structure of other molecules or molecular complexes, and identifying and/or designing potential modifiers of human BACE activity.... Agent: Pfizer Inc Steve T. Zelson

20080215247 - Machine and procedure for extracorporeal treatment of blood: A machine (1) for extracorporeal blood treatment comprises a device (2) for ultrafiltration of a liquid through a semi-permeable membrane (3) of a blood treatment device (4), a first sensor (11) for ultrafiltration rate through the membrane, a second group of sensors (13) for measuring a trans-membrane pressure, and a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080215248 - Method and device for the measurement and identification of biofilms and other deposits using vibration: The present invention concerns a method and device to monitor the formation and removal of biofilms and other deposits in ducts, reservoirs and equipments, using vibration. The afore mentioned device is composed by an element that generates vibration (1) and an element that senses vibration (2), fixed on the external... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080215251 - Computational method for choosing nucleotide sequences to specifically silence genes: A method for identifying subsequences in a polynucleotide sequence for specifically silencing a target gene is provided. The method is described for identifying sequences effective in silencing a target gene or a series of genes, but not others. Subsequences can be identified and scored using comparisons based on percent sequence... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20080215252 - Method of determining base sequence of nucleic acid and apparatus therefor: In a preferred embodiment, an exploring needle of a probe 2 is located at the position of each base of a nucleic acid 6, and a tunneling current value is set to a given value measure. When a bias voltage applied to a substrate is changed step by step from... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080215250 - Molecular toxicology modeling: The present invention is based on the elucidation of the global changes in gene expression and the identification of toxicity markers in tissues or cells exposed to a known toxin. The genes may be used as toxicity markers in drug screening and toxicity assays. The invention includes a database of... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080215253 - Method and machine for identifying a chemical compound related applications: The present invention is designed to efficiently calculate isotopic distribution in order to simulate mass spectra data for any chemical compound of interest. The simulated spectra considers the various isotopes of the compound based upon a probability calculation that takes into consideration the natural abundance of each isotope of individual... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20080215254 - Method for the determination of the concentration of a non-volatile analyte: The invention relates to a method for the determination of the concentration of a non-volatile analyte in an aqueous sample medium, with the use of an optical sensor which contains a luminescent dye and is calibrated at the user site by means of a single-point-calibration. To enable the user to... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP One Dayton Centre

20080215255 - Methods of predicting cavitation damage: A method is provided for predicting the likelihood of cavitation damage occurring on a surface of a hydrodynamic component. The method may include creating a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the hydrodynamic component, wherein creating the CFD simulation includes simulating a fluid proximal to the surface of the hydrodynamic... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080215256 - Process for mapping off-site piping systems in a refinery and/or petrochemical facility and a system for providing emergency isolation and response in a refinery and/or petrochemical facility: A process of mapping piping systems associated with a refinery and petrochemical facilities is disclosed, which maps piping systems, which interconnect facility operating units with other operating units, utilities, distribution facilities and storage units. A system for aiding in the isolation of piping systems, operating units and other facility components... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20080215257 - Method for reducing digital data in an emat pig: The invention relates to a method for reducing digital data which can be obtained with an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) pig. Said method increases the fidelity of reproduction compared to traditional methods, without increasing and/or without significantly increasing the amount of data which is to be memorised. Said method enables,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080215258 - Tension monitoring arrangement and method: Tension monitoring is described using a sensor which may exhibit an offset for which compensation may be provided to produce a zero voltage amplified output or to increase dynamic range. An arrangement determines whether a power reset is responsive to a battery bounce such that an initially-measured system start-up parameter... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20080215259 - Flow meter differential pressure monitoring: Apparatus and associated systems, methods and computer program products relate to monitoring the performance of an operating gas meter by automatic and substantially continuous differential pressure (dP) measurement. Measured dP may be compared against a baseline dP characteristic to determine if the measured dP exceeds a threshold value above a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080215260 - Charged particle beam apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide a synthesized signal forming method and an apparatus thereof for realizing both noise reduction and dosage reduction when synthesizing signals detected based on scans performed on a charged particle beam. In order to achieve the above object, with a method that... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080215261 - Design structure for enhancing yield and performance of cmos imaging sensors: A design structure for replacing a defective pixels in a pixel array is presented. The design structure includes means for identifying a defective pixel in the pixel array, means for generating a code including information corresponding to the defective pixel row and column; means for decoding the information; and means... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080215262 - Polyphase electric energy meter: A polyphase electric energy meter comprises a microcontroller with a front end that converts analog current input signals and analog voltage input signals to digital current and voltage samples for processing by the microcontroller. The front end includes separate input channels, each for one of the current input signals with... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080215264 - High speed digital transient waveform detection system and method for use in an intelligent device: A system and a method is provided for the detection and capture, and in particular for an ultra high speed detection and capture, of transients in input voltages by an intelligent electronic device. The system and method detects transients for input voltages in either phase to phase or phase to... Agent: Electro Industries/ Gaugetech C/o Casella & Hespos, LLP

20080215263 - Methods, systems, circuits and computer program products for electrical service demand management: Methods of controlling activation of electrical appliances can include reducing overlapping activation time of different electrical appliances located at a single customer location of an electrical service provider during at least one time interval during a day. Related systems, circuits, and computer program products are disclosed.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080215265 - Electronic apparatus: When discharge power calculated based on a current value detected by a current detector is smaller than expected maximum power, which is the maximum power expected in an actual operation, a discharge efficiency at the expected maximum power is set as a discharge efficiency used for remaining capacity calculation. This... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080215266 - Method of calculating internal resistance of secondary battery for vehicle: A current Ibe and a voltage Vbe before a large current discharge in a secondary battery are stored in a memory. Plural voltage-current pairs are detected and stored in the memory during the large current discharge. Next, a regression curve (or a regression line) is obtained based on the plural... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080215267 - Processing of a signal representing radiation: A method for processing a noisy digital time signal yk of digital pitch k, corresponding to an initial analog signal St after being conditioned by a conditioning chain. The initial analog signal St comprises at least one pulse representing an information concerning at least one radiation (30) from a radiation,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080215268 - Signal outage detection: Disclosed are various embodiments for outage detection. In one embodiment, an outage detection system includes a signal sampler configured to sample a signal on a communications link and to determine a noise level and a signal level of the sample. An outage detection system also includes a comparator configured to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080215269 - Pseudo noise sequence acquisition in spread spectrum systems: Systems and methods for signal analysis are described. The method can include digitizing a signal modulated by a pseudo noise (PN) sequence, dividing the digitized signal into a plurality of sample blocks, and estimating a PN phase embedded in a sample block of the plurality of sample blocks using an... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080215270 - Systems and methods for monitoring moving devices: This present specification provides, amongst other things, an electro-optical monitoring system for obtaining a once-per-revolution signal based on the surface reflection of a rotating device that mandates non-contacting sensor input in potentially hostile environments. The system can use optical and electronic sections to illuminate and detect surface reflections from the... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080215271 - Surface profiling apparatus: Light from a broadband source (4) is directed along a sample path (SP) towards a region of a sample surface (7) and along a reference path (RP) towards a reference surface (6) such that light reflected by the region of the sample surface and light reflected by the reference surface... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080215272 - Fluorescence microscope and fluorescence microscope method: To increase spatial resolution by observing a sample based on saturated fluorescence components. A fluorescence microscope according to the present invention includes: a laser light source 10 emitting laser light as excitation light; an objective lens 13 focusing the laser light and applying the focused laser light to a sample... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080215273 - Authentication method secured by chemical marking or tracing of an object or substance: The invention concerns a method comprising an identification and an authentication phase including a theoretical identification of an object, a spectrophotometric analysis of the object, determining a marker used as standard, comparing data concerning said standard marker obtained during the spectrophotometric analysis with said specific data previously stored, calculating the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080215274 - Evaluation method of fine pattern feature, its equipment, and method of semiconductor device fabrication: Equipment extracts components of spatial frequency that need to be evaluated in manufacturing a device or in analyzing a material or process out of edge roughness on fine line patterns and displays them as indexes. The equipment acquires data of edge roughness over a sufficiently long area, integrates a components... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080215276 - In-line overlay measurement using charged particle beam system: u

20080215277 - Method for manufacturing filter canisters and tracking quality assurance: An assembly line for manufacturing filter canisters is disclosed. The method for assembling filter canisters provides a unique serial number for each canister and a database that associates the component lot numbers, activated charcoal weight, and quality assurance test results with the serial number for the filter canister. The manufacturing... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20080215275 - Overlay inspection system: A registration detection system realizes both substrate-by-substrate correction and highly accurate correction of an exposure process. Therefore, the registration detection system includes: the first detection apparatus installed on a pathway to a collection in a transport container of substrates taken out of the transport container, after passing at least an... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080215278 - Method and system of calibrating sensing components in a circuit breaker system: A method and system to calibrate a motor circuit protection device is disclosed. An example method calibrates a signal chain of a circuit breaker. The signal chain includes a current transformer, a burden resistor, a stored energy circuit and a controller. The circuit breaker includes a memory coupled to the... Agent: Schneider Electric / Square D Company Legal Dept. - I.p. Group (np)

20080215280 - Apparatus and method for automated adjustment and setting of apd optical receiver operation point: A method for automated calibration of an avalanche photodiode receiver includes measuring two values of avalanche photodiode biases at two successive times, measuring and comparing a bit error rate corresponding to each value. When the bit error rate of the second value is equal to or greater than the bit... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080215279 - Luminaire control system and method: The present invention provides a system and method for controlling one or more light-emitting elements which are driven by forward currents to generate mixed light for use, for example, through a luminaire. The system has one or more light sensors for acquiring feedback optical sensor data and a user interface... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080215281 - Method for measuring correlation between frequency response functions: A method for measuring correlation between frequency response functions. A first frequency response function and a second frequency response function are acquired. The amplitude of the first and second frequency response functions are tabulated at a plurality of corresponding, predetermined frequencies. Amplitude and shape correlations between the first and second... Agent: Eley Law Firm Co.

20080215282 - 1149.1 tap linking modules: IEEE 1149.1 Test Access Ports (TAPs) may be utilized at both IC and intellectual property core design levels. TAPs serve as serial communication ports for accessing a variety of embedded circuitry within ICs and cores including; IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan circuitry, built in test circuitry, internal scan circuitry, IEEE 1149.4... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080215284 - Apparatus for thermal characterization under non-uniform heat load: A method and apparatus for real-time thermal characterization of a fully operating cooling device (1002). A heat source (1004) is applied to one or more areas on a cooling device (1002) to produce non-uniform heating of the cooling device. Infrared (IR) temperature imaging (1006) detects and measures the thermal distribution... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080215283 - Method and system for real-time estimation and prediction of the thermal state of a microprocessor unit: An apparatus for predicting a thermal state of a system including a semiconductor chip includes a plurality of sensors formed on the semiconductor chip for measuring a temperature at first locations of the semiconductor chip, a model developer for developing a model for estimating a temperature at second locations of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080215285 - Boxing training device for measuring and quantifying the relationship between the force and timing of punches: A boxing training device comprising a body having an inner layer and an outer layer separated by a gap. A compressible fluid is disposed within the gap. A sensor for sensing the pressure within the gap upon compression of the fluid is disposed within the gap. A circuit, including the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080215286 - Apparatus and method for determining the position of a device: An apparatus and method are disclosed for use in a device, such as a handheld printer or scanner, having functionality that requires information of its position relative to an origin and initial orientation. The module includes two sensors to generate movement data indicative of movement direction and orientation changes of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20080215287 - Magnetic data processing device, method, and program, and magnetic processing system: A magnetic data processing device sequentially receives magnetic data samples each of which is three-dimensional vector data represented by a linear combination of fundamental vectors and which are outputted from a three-dimensional magnetic sensor. The magnetic data processing device defines a statistical population which includes a plurality of the magnetic... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080215288 - Inclination calculation apparatus and inclination calculation program, and game apparatus and game program: An inclination calculation apparatus within a game machine computes an inclination of an input device having an acceleration sensor/detector capable of detecting an acceleration in at least two axial directions. Programmed logic circuitry within the apparatus consecutively generates preliminary data which is representative of a current inclination and which is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080215289 - Prescription compliance device and method of using device: A prescription compliance device which aids patients in complying with instructions given by a physician for taking prescription medication. The device reminds a patient when the next dose of medication is to be taken and indicates whether a specified dose has been taken. The device includes a microcontroller, a display,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080215290 - Determining a location based advertising campaign: A method of determining a location based advertising campaign is disclosed. A specification of location based advertising campaign characteristics is received. Available spots in an advertising supply are scored based on the specification. Selected spots are automatically determined from among the available spots in physical locations to include in the... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080215291 - Complex signal decomposition and modeling: A system, method and program product for monitoring a complex signal for ultrasensitive detection of state changes, or for signature recognition and classification is provided. A complex signal is decomposed periodically for empirical modeling. Wavelet analysis, frequency band filtering or other methods may be used to decompose the complex signal... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080215292 - Method of diagnosing abnormality of reduction gear and apparatus for carry out the method: An apparatus for carry out a method of diagnosing abnormality of a reduction gear, the reduction gear including an intermediate shaft element disposed between an input shaft and an output shaft and rotating in proportion to a rotation of the input shaft to transmit the rotation to the output shaft,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080215293 - Monitoring apparatus and method: An accumulating portion suspends the accumulation of an airflow meter output and a timer suspends the time count when a clutch semi-engagement detection signal is being output from a clutch semi-engagement detection portion. Thus, the airflow meter output obtained while the clutch semi-engagement detection signal was being output is excluded... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080215294 - System for assured reliability in dc to ac power converters: In accordance with the invention, a system for assured reliability in DC to AC power converters with application to distributed power generation systems is presented. Reliability limiting components of the DC to AC power converters are monitored and the monitored data is used to drive servicing decisions... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080215295 - Method of analysis, exposure apparatus, and exposure apparatus system: The present invention provides a method of analysis enabling easy and suitable analysis of measurement data relating to the production of devices and dependent on the recipe or combination of processing units. According to the method, for example the line width precision, overlay precision, and other characteristics of the results... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080215297 - Detection system and user interface for a flow cytometer system: The detection system of the first preferred embodiment includes a detector, having a wide dynamic range, that receives photonic inputs from the interrogation zone and produces an analog signal; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), having a high bit resolution, that is coupled to the detector and converts an analog signal... Agent: Schox PLC

20080215296 - Method for recognizing a sensor type: A first condition, which is met when a measuring signal (V_SENS) of a sensor exceeds a first threshold value (V_SW), is checked. A second condition, which is met when a gradient (GRD_V_SENS) of a measuring signal (V_SENS) is greater than a predefined second threshold (GRD_V_SW), is checked. If the first... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080215298 - Parameterization of non-linear/non-gaussian data distributions for efficient information sharing in distributed sensor networks: A method for parameterization of data distributions for efficient information sharing in distributed sensor networks including a plurality of sensors, comprising the steps of performing Bayesian multi-source data fusion and sharing probalistic data information.... Agent: Bae Systems