Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 12/08

20080319672 - Estimating an attribute value using spatial interpolation and masking zones: Aspects of the present invention are directed at estimating the value of an attribute at a specified geographic location. In one embodiment, a method is provided that estimates the elevation at a principal point using LiDAR data that was collected from spatially related secondary points. More specifically, the method includes... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080319673 - Identifying vegetation attributes from lidar data: Aspects of the present invention are directed at using LiDAR data to identify attributes of vegetation. In this regard, a method is provided that allocates points to individual items of vegetation from raw LiDAR data. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a coordinate position represented in the LiDAR data... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080319674 - Multi-attribute seismic characterization of gas hydrates: An appropriate rock physics model is chosen from well-log data and/or experience. The rock physics model is then used to generate a plurality of attribute values, including compression and shear velocities, at different porosities and gas hydrate saturations. Gas hydrates are classified into different ranges of porosity and hydrate saturation... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20080319675 - Method, system and apparatus for determining rock strength using sonic logging: A method is disclosed for determining a rock strength of an Earth formation, including: receiving a signal representing a measured variation of velocities or slownesses as a function of radius from and azimuth around a borehole; in response to the signal, generating predictions from a Mechanical Earth Model (MEM) representing... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20080319676 - Absolute quantitation of protein contents based on exponentially modified protein abundance index by mass spectrometry: The present inventor has established protein abundance index (PAI, π) to determine the protein contents in a protein mixture solution using nanoLC-MSMS data. Digested peptides were analyzed by nanoLC-MS/MS and the obtained results were applied to a Mascot protein identification algorism based on tandem mass spectra. PAI is defined as... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080319678 - Mass tagging for quantitative analysis of biomolecules using 13c labeled phenylisocyanate: The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for mass-tagging peptides and proteins which are useful for identifying and quantifying mixtures of peptides and proteins.... Agent: University Of Virginia Patent Foundation

20080319677 - Systems and methods for designing molecules with affinity for therapeutic target proteins: The present invention provides methods for designing molecules with affinity for target proteins. More particularly, the present invention provides systems and methods for docking fragment molecules to target protein binding sites. The systems and methods are useful for designing active molecules in drug discovery. Methods of this invention can be... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080319679 - Systems and methods for analyzing microarrays: The present invention discloses methods and systems for analyzing microarray data. The method includes the general steps of providing microarray data, normalizing the data using a least trimmed squares regression, and then analyzing the normalized microarray data to obtain a desired result such as an expression profile. There is also... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080319680 - Multi-gain adaptive linear processing and gated digital system for use in flow cytometry: Disclosed is an electronic processing system for a flow cytometer that uses a processing chip that processes data in a parallel architecture on a sample by sample basis and provides for high throughput of data. In addition, multi-gain linear amplifiers are used which are matched using feedback circuits to provide... Agent: Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080319681 - Method of extracting qualitative and quantitative information from mixtures: The present invention relates to methods for extracting qualitative and quantitative information from natural ingredient mixtures, utilizing two or more data sets and newly developed chemometric method known as improved alternative moving window factor analysis (IAMWFA).... Agent: Foo-tim Chau

20080319682 - Method and system for operating in-situ (sampling) chemical sensors: A system and method of alternately purging an in-situ sensor with clean fluid and sampling a fluid volume of interest, in order to eliminate drifts and errors associated with the absorption of chemicals to the sensing elements of in-situ sensors. The system and method effectively processes the output of the... Agent: University Of Virginia Patent Foundation

20080319683 - Road-surface condition estimating device: A driving-torque difference value, an inertial-force difference value of the vehicle, and an inertial-force change-amount difference value of the vehicle are calculated. Subsequently, a first determination coefficient by which the inertial-force difference value is to be multiplied or a second determination coefficient by which the driving-torque difference value is to... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080319684 - Method and system for determining the torque induced in a rotating shaft: A method of determining the torque induced in a rotating shaft (51), the shaft (51) having a torsional oscillation frequency that is dependent on the stiffness of the shaft (51), where the torsional oscillation frequency and the stiffness are dependent upon the operating conditions of the shaft (51), the method... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080319685 - Systems and methods for measuring multiphase flow in a hydrocarbon transporting pipeline: This disclosure relates in general to methods and systems for measuring multiphase flows in a pipeline using a combination of venturi, microwave and radiation techniques, where the pipeline is configured to transport hydrocarbons. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20080319686 - Procedure for diagnosis of an emission treatment method and procedures to carry out same said method: A procedure specifically for the execution of a diagnosis of an emission treatment system is being introduced. The pressure of the reagent between the first and second valve and/or between the second valve and the injector valve is measured and the pressure measuring signal are the basis of the diagnosis.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080319687 - Remaining gas amount calculating device: A remaining gas amount calculating device includes a hydrogen tank, an opening/closing valve arranged to deliver hydrogen gas from inside the hydrogen tank, a decompression valve arranged to decompress hydrogen gas delivered from the hydrogen tank, a pressure sensor arranged to measure the pressure of hydrogen gas decompressed with the... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080319688 - Usage monitoring system of gas tank: A usage monitoring system of a gas tank. A monitoring system for monitoring the usage of a tank includes: a sensor module for measuring one or more thermophysical quantities of a gas in the tank; and a processor module for controlling the usage of the tank based on the measured... Agent: Patent Office Of Dr. Chung S. Park

20080319689 - System and method to locate common path distortion on cable systems: A system and method to range a distance to a source of CPD on a two-way cable system, comprises a fixed CW signal injected into a downstream signal path, a swept signal transmitted from a network analyzer, a mixer for generating an up-converted swept signal, and a source of CPD... Agent: Lawrence P. Trapani, Esq.

20080319690 - Forward voltage short-pulse technique for measuring high power laser diode array junction temperature: The present invention relates to a method of measuring the temperature of the P-N junction within the light-emitting region of a quasi-continuous-wave or pulsed semiconductor laser diode device. A series of relatively short and low current monitor pulses are applied to the laser diode in the period between the main... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20080319691 - Periodic jitter (pj) measurement methodology: Methodologies are disclosed for analyzing periodic jitter is a signal pattern using a continuous time interval analyzer. Sampled signal patterns may be correlated using time interval error calculations to determine start and stop sequences within sampled blocks of signal data while sampling synchronization may be achieved based on time interval... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080319692 - Transducer health diagnostics for structural health monitoring (shm) systems: A method for diagnosing the health of a transducer may include transmitting a signal to a transducer to cause the transducer to transmit a stress wave into an object being monitored, wherein the signal has a predetermined frequency range or bandwidth. The method may also include receiving response data for... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Boeing

20080319693 - Method, device and computer program for evaluating a signal transmission: A method comprises the step of obtaining a first signal of the signal from a first position of a transmission channel, and a second signal of the signal from a second position of the transmission channel, determining a delay time between the first signal and the second signal by a... Agent: Lawrence Y.d. Ho & Associates Pte Ltd

20080319694 - Methods of monitoring acceptance criteria of vaccine manufacturing systems: Methods of monitoring an acceptance criteria of vaccine manufacturing processes are disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods and systems provide a means to perform high-quality manufacturing on an integrated level whereby vaccine manufacturers can achieve data and product integrity and ultimately minimize cost.... Agent: Shane M. Popp Smp Logic Systems LLC

20080319695 - Sensing circuit, optical detection circuit, display device, and electronic apparatus: A sensing circuit includes a first sensing element, a second sensing element, a reduction unit, a storage unit, a specifying unit and a detection unit. The reduction unit reduces the amount of the energy applied to the second sensing element. The storage unit stores a degradation characteristic of the sensing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080319696 - Method and its system for calibrating measured data between different measuring tools: The present invention relates to a method and its system for calibrating measured data between different measuring tools. A method of calibrating measured data between different measuring tools includes the steps of: measuring the CD average dimension and roughness of an object to be measured using a CD-SEM tool; calculating... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080319697 - System and method for determining an amount of pressure applied by an occupant on a vehicle seat: A system and a method for determining an amount of pressure applied by an occupant on a vehicle seat are provided. The method includes receiving signals from a pressure transducer, a temperature sensor, and a belt tension sensor. The method further includes determining a compensated pressure value indicative of the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080319698 - Intelligent vehicle load measuring system and method: An intelligent vehicle load measuring system includes a sensor installed in the shock-absorber of every wheel of a vehicle to detect the extension length data of the associating shock-absorber when the vehicle carries a load, a calculation unit coupled to the sensors to receive the extension length data of every... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080319699 - Detection of faults in an injector arrangement: A fault detection method for detecting short circuit faults in an injector arrangement at engine start-up. The injector arrangement comprises one or more piezoelectric fuel injectors, which are connected in a drive circuit. In one aspect of the invention, the potential at a bias point in the drive circuit is... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080319700 - Test apparatus, pattern generator, test method and pattern generating method: Provided is a test apparatus for testing a specimen by using a test pattern and an expected value pattern. The test apparatus includes: a control unit for outputting a test pattern to the specimen; a pattern converting unit for converting the expected value pattern based on an output pattern output... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080319701 - Method for determining a tire position in a tire pressure measurement system: In a method for transmitting data, the step of transmitting the data representing a measured pressure or pressure variation is repeated with a first repetition rate if no pressure variation has been detected or repeated with a second repetition rate if a specific pressure variation has been detected. The second... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080319702 - Method for determining the temperature of the delivery fluid of a centrifugal pump: A method is provided for determining the temperature of the delivery fluid of a centrifugal pump driven by a permanent magnet motor, whose rotor runs within a fluid-filled can. The rotor temperature is evaluated by way of electrical variables of the motor, and the temperature of the delivery fluid is... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080319703 - Sensor and method for measuring position and speed: A sensor for detecting the position and speed of a part mobile along at least one measurement direction includes an estimator (38) adapted to provide estimation of position and speed based on a displacement model of the target during a period of observation Tobs, the model relating the position of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080319704 - Device and method for determining spatial co-ordinates of an object: The invention relates to a measuring device (1) which is used to determine three-dimensional object data. Said measuring device comprises at least two cameras (6) in addition to a projector (3), said cameras capturing object images which are different from the object (2). Said object images can be processed in... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080319705 - Method for reliable position monitoring: A method for reliable position monitoring includes: (a) transmitting two measured position values from a position measuring device to a first processing unit; (b) transmitting a setpoint value from a setpoint value generator to a second processing unit; (c) transmitting one of the two measured position values to the second... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080319706 - Method for the determination of the wheel geometry and/or axle geometry of motor vehicles: The invention relates to a method for determining the wheel geometry and/or axle geometry of motor vehicles by means of an optical measuring apparatus. According to said method, at least two recording points are assigned to each other and are referenced in relation to the measuring space with the aid... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080319707 - Adaptive multi-axis sensor array: A sensor array made up of 2 n piezoelectric oscillators (preferably paired quartz oscillators) is provided in which n equals the number of axes of interest and each one of the pairs of oscillators has a principle axis directed oppositely from the other of its pair. A controller which preferably... Agent: Richard K Thomson, Attorney

20080319708 - Apparatus and method for estimating virtual axis magnetic compass data to compensate the tilt error of biaxial magnetic compass, and apparatus for calculating azimuth based on the same: Provided is an apparatus for estimating virtual axis geomagnetic data using a 2-axis geomagnetic sensor and an inclinometer, including a geomagnetic data normalizing unit for normalizing 2-axis geomagnetic data measured by the 2-axis geomagnetic sensor, a tilt angle calculator for calculating a tilt angle of the 2-axis geomagnetic sensor by... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080319709 - Dimension measuring apparatus and dimension measuring method for semiconductor device: The invention provides a dimension measuring apparatus used for measuring a dimension of a semiconductor device having a first pattern of repeated structure and a second pattern that is linear and formed on the first pattern to extend over the repeated structure. The dimension measuring apparatus comprises: a shape information... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080319710 - Weight estimation for excavator payloads: A method for estimating weight of a payload held by load lifting machine 1, wherein the load lifting machine comprises lifting linkage with a boom 5 pivotably connected to a machine chassis 2, the method comprising calculating an estimation using the torque of the boom 5, torque of the boom... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080319711 - Effective factor extraction system and its method and program: To provide an effective factor extraction system in which samples are generated artificially from a sample group and a virtual sample set is created so that even when the number of sample is relatively small, specific factors can be selected/extracted with high reliability by using the virtual sample set. The... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates Suite 310

20080319712 - Discrete principal component analysis (dpca):

20080319714 - Processing of spectrometer pile-up events: In an energy dispersive spectrometer wherein event (particle/photon) detection is performed by counting events spaced by greater than a shaping time, events which are spaced by less than the shaping time are also collected and counted. These “combined events” are treated similarly to “single events” which are spaced by greater... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080319713 - Sensor registration by global optimization procedures: Disclosed are method and apparatus for registering multiple sensors collecting data from multiple objects. Sensor registration is decomposed into a two-step procedure. The first step corrects systematic errors. The second step assigns objects measured by one sensor to objects measured by a second sensor. Systematic errors are corrected by generating... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080312835 - Method of and apparati for sizing rodeo ropes: A method for and apparatus for determining the loop size of a rodeo rope comprising determining a circumference C, determining a spoke S length, providing a chart having loop sizes corresponding to a range of circumference measurements and spoke measurements, and finding a loop size based upon the measured circumference... Agent: Michael Cameron, Esq.

20080312836 - Method and system for determining water vapor profile using gps signals: A system and method for obtaining weather related information for a portion of the Earth's atmosphere between a predetermined surface portion of the Earth and an airborne object located over the predetermined surface portion, and operating at a known altitude, using position locating signals from a space vehicle. In one... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080312837 - Vehicle weather forecaster and navigation device with integrated power generator: A weather forecasting and navigation device for vehicles is provided that generates local or specific weather forecast information while generating its own power. In one example, the device may include an integrated wind turbine that is turned by the wind flow created by the vehicle's motion to generate power for... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20080312838 - Creating an absorption parameter model: To generate an absorption parameter model, estimated values of an effective absorption parameter are received, where the estimated effective absorption parameter values represent absorption encountered by a seismic wave in a subterranean structure. Based on the estimated effective absorption parameter values, an absorption parameter model is generated that varies absorption... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20080312839 - Imaging of formation structure ahead of the drill-bit: A downhole acoustic logging tool is used for generating a guided borehole wave that propagates into the formation as a body wave, reflects from an interface and is converted back into a guided borehole wave. Guided borehole waves resulting from reflection of the body wave are used to image a... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20080312841 - Method and apparatus for providing data processing and control in a medical communication system: Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided.... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080312842 - Method and apparatus for providing data processing and control in a medical communication system: Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided.... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080312840 - Method for affinity scoring of peptide/protein complexes: The present invention is related to a quantitative structure-based affinity scoring method for peptide/protein complexes. More specifically, the present invention comprises a method that operates on the basis of a highly specific force field function (e.g. CHARMM) that is applied to all-atom structural representations of peptide/receptor complexes. Peptide side-chain contributions... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080312843 - Process and system for on-line and in situ counting of cells in a biological culture medium: e

20080312844 - Method and apparatus for providing data processing and control in a medical communication system: Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided.... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080312845 - Method and apparatus for providing data processing and control in a medical communication system: Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided.... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080312846 - Sensor infrastructure: A device for use in detecting an event in a structure includes a sensor encapsulation, the encapsulation containing a sensor, an actuator positioned substantially in-plane to the sensor within the housing and a printed circuit board in communication with at least one of the sensor and the actuator. The printed... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 30623

20080312847 - Method and apparatus for nondestructive corrosion detection using quantum dots: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for non-destructive detection of corrosion using quantum dots. In one embodiment, a surface of an area on a commodity associated with a set of quantum dots is tested. A pattern of wavelengths emitted by the set of quantum dots associated with the... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080312848 - System and method for in-situ monitoring of composite materials: In a non-limiting, exemplary system for in-situ monitoring of a composite workpiece, at least one ultrasonic testing transducer is mounted to a surface of a composite workpiece and configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic energy to and from the composite workpiece during mechanical loading of the composite workpiece. An ultrasonic... Agent: Boeing (tlg) C/o Toler Law Group

20080312849 - Anode bleed control strategy for improved water management and hydrogen utilization: A control strategy for bleeding an anode side of fuel cell stack in a fuel cell system that improves water management and addresses durability and performance concerns. The method includes determining when to begin the anode bleed, typically by estimating or measuring the amount of nitrogen in the anode side... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20080312850 - Correction of in-line inspection run data logs using acoustical data: A method of correcting in-line inspection run data logs using acoustical data includes positioning above ground markers periodically along a length of a pipeline to be inspected. The above ground markers generating detection events as an inspection tool passes. Acoustic detectors are positioned periodically along the length of the pipeline.... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080312851 - Portable power quality analyzer with networking capabilities: An intelligent electronic device (IED) for monitoring power quality of electrical services and receiving/transmitting information using a wireless and wired communication protocol is disclosed. The IED may be configured as a terminal or server of a Wi-Fi network, a cellular network, Intranet, LAN, WAN, or the Internet. In one application,... Agent: Electro Industries/ Gaugetech C/o Casella & Hespos, LLP

20080312853 - Method and apparatus for measuring and monitoring a power source: A system and method for monitoring a power source using a site controller (905) and first and second sensors. The system includes a first power source in communication with a second power source. The system further includes a first sensor in communication with the first power source and the first... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080312852 - Wireless battery status management for medical devices: In a wireless medical component (10), when it is desired to lessen the clutter of cables and increase mobility and versatility relative to cabled components, a battery life monitor, particularly a voltage monitor (16) takes voltage readings of a battery (12) to assess charge level as the battery (12) drains.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080312854 - Method for measuring electric current in a plurality of conductors: A method and system for measuring electric current in a plurality (n) of conductors. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps: an electric current transducer is place substantially opposite to each conductor (I, i=1, . . . , n); a decorrelation matrix ([G]), which is a function... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080312856 - Self-calibrating voltage sensor: A voltage sensor consists of a number of capacitive voltage sensors coupled to test points in an electrical power system. The outputs of the voltage sensors are digitized and processed by a digital processor, which determines a normal value for the monitored AC voltages, and then determines if the monitored... Agent: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Richard Edge

20080312855 - Systems and methods for power hardware in the loop testing: v

20080312857 - Input/output multiplexer bus: An input/output (“I/O”) system includes a plurality of input/output (“I/O”) ports, measurement circuitry, and an I/O multiplexer bus. The measurement circuitry is coupled to measure one or more electrical properties of one or more devices to be externally coupled to one or more of the I/O ports. The I/O multiplexer... Agent: Cypress/blakely Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080312858 - System and method for rule-based data mining and problem detection for semiconductor fabrication: A fabrication history of a group of wafers is provided, having a record for each wafer of the manufacturing events that did or did not occur in its fabrication, and having the measured value of a given target. A binary decision rule is formed based on the fabrication history, the... Agent: Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson, P.C.

20080312861 - Calibration process management system and data structure: A method for calibration process management of a calibration testing unit and a plurality of units under test, comprising configuring a user interface in communication with a calibration process management software system, configuring a communications link in communication with the software system, the software system capable of communicating with the... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080312859 - Method of calibrating a system for measuring the concentration of substances in body and an apparatus for exercising the method: This invention relates to procedures for the calibration of systems for continuously measuring the concentration of substances in a body fluid. The system comprises first and second sensors adapted for subcutaneous insertion and an electronic calculator unit adapted for measuring signals from the two sensors. The system is calibrated following... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080312860 - Systems and method for improving accuracy of sensor signals received via sent protocol: A sensing system comprises a sensor that generates a calibration pulse and first sensor data and that transmits the first sensor data using a variable pulse width. A control module determines an age of the first sensor data based on a time difference between the calibration pulse and when the... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080312862 - Method and system for determining a fuel usage of a first vehicle and a comparator vehicle: A fuel usage of a comparator vehicle is calculated and compared to a fuel usage of a vehicle being driven. The fuel usage of the comparator vehicle is determined based on parameters of the vehicle being driven.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080312863 - System and method for implementing a programmable dma master with date checking utilizing a drone system controller: A method, system, and computer-usable medium for implementing a programmable DMA master with data checking utilizing a drone system controller. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a drone processor generates a collection of random data and stores a first and second copy of the collection of random data... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080312864 - Determining density contrast at subsurface interface: Method for subsurface exploration. In one implementation, the method may include receiving a gamma value at a subsurface interface, wherein the gamma value is a ratio of Vp/Vs at the subsurface interface. Vp is the average P wave velocity and Vs is the average S wave velocity. The method may... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20080312865 - Method of detecting a reference zone arranged on the periphery of a toothed disk fastened to a rotary component, with a view to determining the angular position of said rotary component: The invention relates to a method of detecting a reference zone formed on the periphery of a toothed disk integral with a rotary part, for the purpose of determining the angular position of said rotary part. According to this detection method, when a reference zone is expected and at the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080312866 - Three-dimensional measuring equipment: One of the objects is to provide a three-dimensional measuring equipment for measuring a three-dimensional surface shape of an object efficiently with high accuracy. A three-dimensional data acquisition device comprises an object position measuring sensor for detecting the position of the object in a space, a measuring camera for capturing... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080312867 - Scrolling electronic whiteboard: A scrolling electronic whiteboard is provided, including a thin-film antenna board, at least an electromagnetic signal transmitter, a main control board, and a scrolling mechanism cassette. The scrolling mechanism cassette is for providing the housing of the thin-film antenna board to scroll and extend by pulling. The thin-film antenna board... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080312868 - Complete round working method and complete round working device in nc machine tool: A working route (21) of a main shaft is divided into a plurality of measurement points, and a length from a center (24) of a complete round (20) to the working route (21) of the main shaft at each of the measurement points is measured, and this measured value is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080312870 - Aircraft weight estimation method: A method of measuring the weight of an aircraft is disclosed. The method comprises, in a self-propelled aircraft undercarriage having a electrical rotating machine, the steps of: measuring the current and voltage going into the rotating machine using current and voltage measuring means, calculating the power into the rotating machine,... Agent: Borealis Technical Limited

20080312869 - Method and apparatus for weighing a stent: An apparatus for weighing a stent includes a buffer for storing a stent support with a stent mounted thereon, a stent mounting and dismounting assembly that mounts and dismounts the stent from the stent support, a robotic arm for moving the stent support with the stent between the buffer and... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080312872 - Apparatus and method of non-sampling-based q-factor measuring: A non-sampling-based Q-factor measuring apparatus and method use a power conversion module to transform the power variation of inputted optical signals in time domain into the variation in other domains, such as optical wavelength, optical polarization and different output ports of optical elements. Taking optical wavelength as an example, different... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080312871 - Line monitoring system and method: A line monitoring system and method may be used to monitor objects (e.g., people or vehicles) in a line. The system may receive object data associated with objects in a surveillance area including object identifying data and object location data. The system may analyze the object data with reference to... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20080312873 - Situation analyzing system and situation analyzing method, and batch processing analyzing system and batch processing analyzing method: A data accumulating section accumulates the data acquired from the monitored object. A reference space forming section forms a reference space based on the data accumulated in the data accumulating section. A data acquiring section acquires the data from the monitored object. A distance calculating section calculates a Mahalanobis' distance... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080312874 - Efficient histogram generation: A processor generating a histogram of a set of data values receives a data value, and sets a corresponding register in each of two sets of registers based respectively on a decoded value represented by bits in a first and second set of positions in the received data value. The... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20080312876 - Method of analyzing effective polishing frequency and number of polishing times on polishing pads having different patterns and profiles: A method for analyzing the effectiveness of polishing frequency and the number of polishing times on the polishing pads having different patterns and profiles while performing the chemical-mechanical polishing process on the wafers is described. This method is to convert the images of various patterns and topography of the chips... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080312875 - Monitoring and control of integrated circuit device fabrication processes: An integrated circuit (IC) device fabrication process may be monitored by processing product wafers to fabricate product IC devices, collecting process tool data from tools used to fabricate the product IC devices, and testing the product IC devices. To predict and monitor yield, the process tool data collected during processing... Agent: Okamoto & Benedicto, LLP

20080312877 - Method and device for functional checking of a field device before the comissioning thereof: A method and device is disclosed for functional checking of a field device in a field bus system before the commissioning thereof. After installation and connection of the field device, a functional checking algorithm is carried out with regard to meeting relevant connection parameters, whereby commissioning of the field device... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080312879 - Fluorescence tomography using line-by-line forward model: A fluorescence optical tomography system and method uses a photon migration model calculator for which absorption and reduced scattering coefficient values are determined for each source/detector pair. The coefficient values may be determined by measurement, in which a time resolved detector detects the excitation wavelength and generates temporal point spread... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080312878 - Interpolating and deghosting multi-component seismic sensor data: A technique includes obtaining particle motion data and pressure data that are acquired by seismic sensors while in tow. The sensors are part of a plurality of streamers, and the pressure and particle motion data contain surface ghosts. The technique includes processing the particle motion data and the pressure data... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20080306692 - Method and apparatus for determining the permeability of earth formations: A method and apparatus for determining the fluid permeability of an earth formation is described. An instrument comprising an acoustic source and acoustic and electrokinetic sensors is located in a borehole at a site of interest. The acoustic source is fired and the resulting variations in pressure and electric field... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080306693 - Seismogram correction for absorption effects: Method for correcting seismograms to compensate for absorption effects that occur in the earth. In one implementation, the method may include computing a ratio of traveltime to absorption parameter for each seismogram to generate a system of linear equations. The ratio is expressed as a linear equation having a plurality... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20080306694 - Methods for detecting peaks in a nucleic acid data trace: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for detecting peaks in a sample nucleic acid data trace derived from a sample polynucleotide by (a) receiving a sequence signature of a reference polynucleotide, wherein the sequence signature comprises a profile of peak height at one or more peak position of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080306695 - Method for determining a gas compositional origin from carbon material thermal degradation: At least one type of carbon material susceptible to generate a gas G is selected. Then, a model is built from the carbon isotopic composition of a gas P generated by thermal degradation of this type of carbon material. The model is calibrated by calibrating the kinetic effect independently of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080306696 - Methods for resolving convoluted peaks in a chromatogram: The present invention relates to methods for resolving convoluted peaks in a chromatogram into one or more constituent peaks using peak resolution values. The peaks methods of the invention determine empirical peak resolution values of “well-defined” or “isolated” peaks in the data, then extrapolate these empirical resolution values to peaks... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080306697 - Semiconductor device and noise measuring method: Provided is a semiconductor device for outputting only the necessary information from non-periodic noise information to the outside. An analysis object information extracting section specifies analysis object information used to analyze noise associated with a malfunction from the non-periodic noise information having a large amount of information and extracts only... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080306698 - Method and device for estimating the current output by an alternator for a motor vehicle: A method and device for estimating the current output by an alternator for a motor vehicle provide the calculation of an output value (IALT) that represents the current output by the alternator based on a first input value (lex) that represents an excitation current of the alternator, and based on... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080306699 - Method for measuring the power consumption time of a cdma mobile terminal: The present invention relates to a method for measuring the power consumption time of a CDMA mobile terminal, and the method comprises the steps of wire-connecting a terminal to be measured with a CDMA network simulator; measuring the standby power consumption time of said terminal to be measured in standby... Agent: Thelen LLP

20080306700 - Photvoltaic solar array health monitor: An integrated photovoltaic (PV) solar array health monitor configured to derive informations relating to the health of a string of PV solar cells. A transmit module 300 switches from a normal mode of operation and to a self-powered monitoring mode of operation and provides a load 318 to the solar... Agent: Edward J Mischen

20080306701 - Computer-implemented methods, carrier media, and systems for detecting defects on a wafer based on multi-core architecture: Computer-implemented methods, carrier media, and systems for detecting defects on a wafer based on multi-core architecture are provided. One computer-implemented method for detecting defects on a wafer includes acquiring output for the wafer generated by an inspection system. Dies are formed on the wafer, and multiple cores are formed in... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20080306702 - Method of rating wood product quality: The invention is a method of rating the quality of wood, such as solid wood panels and hardwood veneer faces. The method incorporates multiple and different criteria, reconciling them with each other to produce a cumulative rating. This enables samples having different quality profiles to be compared directly to each... Agent: Moore & Hansen, Pllp

20080306703 - Automatic placement of measurement gates: A method and apparatus is provided for setting time positions of measurement gates on a signal under test. Signal transition data is calculated by a processor for multiple signal transitions. Measurement gate start and end positions are set relative to the multiple signal transitions based on the received signal transition... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080306704 - Thermal management computing system and method: A thermal management method of operation to cool critical heat generating components and when a critical electronic component approaches its designated maximum operation temperature or its rate of temperature increase is determined to be in excess a predetermined level, its operating speed is reduced in small increments (1% to 5%),... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080306705 - Apparatus and method for identifying a defect and/or operating characteristic of a system: An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment, orthogonally related data monitored by two or more detectors may be fused to determine whether a component of a system... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20080306706 - Accelerometer system: An accelerometer system comprises an accelerometer, a processor or threshold system connected to the accelerometer to receive electronic signals from accelerometer indicating acceleration and an annunciator connected to the processor or threshold system to receive electronic signals indicating the magnitude of acceleration. The annunciator produces a human discernable signal to... Agent: Gerard Carlson

20080306707 - Impact reporting head gear system and method: A system for determining airtime of a moving sportsman includes at least one accelerometer for detecting vibration or acceleration of the sportsman. A processor in communication with the at least one accelerometer processing signals from the accelerometer to determine free-fall. A pressure sensor may be used to determine change in... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080306708 - System and method for orientation and location calibration for image sensors: A system and method employing position measurement sensors and point sources of light to determine the location and orientation of video cameras in a simulation arena environment. In an embodiment, one or more accelerometers, gyroscopes, and/or magnetometers associated with each video camera may be used to determine the angular orientation... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080306709 - Adaptive 3d scanning: The present invention relates to adaptive 3D scanning wherein a scan sequence for obtaining full geometrical coverage of a physical object are created automatically and specifically for the physical object, by using a method and a system for producing a 3D computer model of a physical object, wherein the method... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080306710 - Method for improving accuracy of a time estimate from a memory device: A method for improving accuracy of a time estimate from a memory device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a memory device receives a time stamp and measures active time with respect to the received time stamp. The memory device determines accuracy of previously-measured active time and generates a time estimate... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20080306711 - Programmatic root cause analysis for application performance management: Programmatic root cause analysis of application performance problems is provided in accordance with various embodiments. Transactions having multiple components can be monitored to determine if they are exceeding a threshold for their execution time. Monitoring the transactions can include instrumenting one or more applications to gather component level information. For... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20080306712 - Performance monitoring infrastructure for distributed transaction service: A computer-implemented system to support performance monitoring of distributed transaction service can comprise a monitoring management tier that provides services to a monitoring logic and policy control module; one or more monitoring processes that are controlled by the monitoring logic and policy control module; and a plug-in framework that includes... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080306713 - Optical signal analysis apparatus and optical signal analysis method: An optical signal analysis apparatus includes a photodetector and an analyzer. The photodetector is to detect light emitted from measurement points in a sample. The analyzer is to analyze a molecular interaction between two of the measurement points by using fluctuation signals corresponding to fluctuations of the light from the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080300789 - Method for determining the order of execution of assays of a sample in a laboratory automation system: A method for arranging assays in an order for execution in a system that employs a plurality of clinical analyzers, typically automated clinical analyzers. The method comprises the steps of (a) prioritizing the order of execution of a number of individual assays in a set of assays for a given... Agent: Paul D. Yasger Abbott Laboratories

20080300790 - Environmental data delivery - edd: m

20080300791 - Azimuthal measurement-while-drilling (mwd) tool: Various systems and methods determine a distance, magnitude, and azimuthal angle describing the location of an anomaly within a geologic formation. For example, a method involves identifying an electrical characteristic (e.g., resistivity or conductivity) at each of several sensors in a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) tool. Based on the electrical characteristic, information... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20080300792 - Method of measuring gas flow: A method of measuring a dry gas flow from hydrocarbon wells. The hydrocarbon wells produce a stream which contains liquids and natural gas. The method comprises providing an differential flow measurement device (orifice) located at a well site containing the hydrocarbon wells. The method further includes testing the stream for... Agent: Longman Russo A Professional Law Corporation

20080300793 - Automated field development planning of well and drainage locations: A hybrid evolutionary algorithm (“HEA”) technique is described for automatically calculating well and drainage locations in a field. The technique includes planning a set of wells on a static reservoir model using an automated well planner tool that designs realistic wells that satisfy drilling and construction constraints. A subset of... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20080300796 - Biological analysis methods, biological analysis devices, and articles of manufacture: Biological analysis methods, biological analysis devices, and articles of manufacture are described. Biological analysis methods access data regarding one or more images of a plurality of different combinations of biological receptors which individually have reacted with one or more biological indicators of a biological sample, analyze the data, and based... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

20080300798 - Cardibioindex/cardibioscore and utility of salivary proteome in cardiovascular diagnostics: Embodiments of the invention include methods by which cardiac biomarkers are assigned an index (cardiovascular biomarker index-cardiobioindex, CBI) as a means to describe the utility of each biomarker, or combination of biomarkers for risk evaluation, diagnosis or prognosis of cardiovascular disease status.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20080300795 - Evaluating the probability that ms/ms spectral data matches candidate sequence data: In one aspect of the present invention a new database search methodology is provided that provides a probability that spectral data from a non-ergodic reaction via mass spectrometry matches a candidate sequence from a set of sequences in a database by random. The methodology comprises two parts. The first part... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080300799 - System and method for multiple-factor selection: The disclosed subject matter provides techniques for multiple-factor selection. The factors can be features or elements that are jointly associated with one or more outcomes by their joint presence or absence. There may be a non-causative correlation between the factors, features, or elements and the outcomes. In some embodiments, Entropy... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080300794 - System, method, apparatus and computer program product for capturing human-readable text displayed on a unit dose package: A system, method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for capturing human-readable text displayed on a unit dose package. In particular, identification information associated with a unit dose package may be used to determine a location and/or a format in which human-readable text, such as an expiration date or... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080300797 - Two biomarkers for diagnosis and monitoring of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: The present invention identifies two circulating proteins that have been newly identified as being differentially expressed in atherosclerosis. Circulating levels of these two proteins, particularly as a panel of proteins, can discriminate patients with acute myocardial infarction from those with stable exertional angina and from those with no history of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080300800 - Mass spectrometer and method for enhancing resolution of mass spectra: A mass spectrometer comprises an ion detector, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, a sample adjuster, and an adder. The A/D converter is configured to generate digital samples representing an analog signal received from the ion detector during a mass scan. The adder is configured to sum the samples with corresponding unsuppressed... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc. Legal Department, Dl429

20080300801 - Method for estimating magnitude of back-and-forth-direction force exerted on tire: A method for estimating the magnitude of a back-and-forth-direction force exerted on a tire comprises: using a plurality of strain sensors fixed to a tire sidewall capable of outputting data on the magnitude of a strain occurred at the position of the strain sensor; reading the output data from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080300802 - Method of measuring gas flow: A method of measuring a dry gas flow from hydrocarbon wells. The hydrocarbon wells produce a stream which contains liquids and natural gas. The method comprises providing a differential flow measurement device (orifice) located at a well site containing the hydrocarbon wells. The method further includes testing the stream for... Agent: Longman Russo A Professional Law Corporation

20080300803 - Leak detection system and method: Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate the detection of leaks in a pressured pipe. The system includes one or a plurality of pressure sensors, placed at one or several locations along the pipe, and a power source providing power to the one or plurality of pressure sensors. Also a... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080300804 - Movement detection system and method: A method for detecting movements within a vehicle, includes sensing vibrations inside the vehicle by a first set of sensors and generating a first set of signals representative of the vibrations sensed inside said vehicle. Also simultaneously vibrations are sensed from external disturbances by a second set of sensors and... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080300805 - Non-contact measurement system for accurate measurement of frequency and amplitude of mechanical vibration: A non-contact detection technique of measuring both the frequency and the amplitude of periodic movement using a property of nonlinear phase modulation is provided. In one embodiment, the technique can utilize a 22-40 GHz radar sensor. Embodiments do not require calibration of signal amplitude for accurate measurement of movement amplitude.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080300806 - Power consumption calculating method: A power consumption calculating method comprises: generating operation information; obtaining functional block power consumption; and obtaining entire power consumption of an integrated circuit. The operation information indicates operation of a functional block. The operation information is generated based on a low-level circuit model by configuring the low-level circuit model from... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080300807 - Electric winding displacement detection method and apparatus: A method and system for obtaining the characteristic impedance of an electrical winding by measuring the input and output voltages and the currents within a winding across a low frequency range, and applying transmission line properties to model the winding. The characteristic impedance (Zc) is directly proportional to the capacitance... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20080300808 - Method for signal processing of capacitive measurement scales: m

20080300809 - Defect inspecting method and device thereof: A defect inspecting method is provided. The defect inspecting method for inspecting a defect information of a target device includes steps of retrieving one of a whole image and a part of image of the target device; setting a plurality of conditions for a defect recognizing scheme; adjusting the plurality... Agent: Haverstock & Owens L.L.P.

20080300810 - Method and apparatus for calibration of sensor signals: A method is disclosed for providing calibration of sensor signals in a sensor having a measuring sensor and a reference sensor. The method includes receiving a sensor signal and a reference signal from the measuring sensor and the reference sensor, respectively. The method further includes providing a first compensation signal... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080300811 - Method for compensating for a contaminated calibration target used in calibrating a scanner: A method for compensating for a contaminated calibration target used in calibrating a scanner having a plurality of sensor pixels includes (a) scanning a calibration target to generate a respective plurality of calibration data samples for each sensor pixel of the plurality of sensor pixels; (b) for calibration data samples... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080300812 - Measuring system comprising variably sensitive outputs: The measurement setup according to the invention comprises a piezoelectrical sensor 10 and two or more charge amplifiers 20, 21, 22 having different amplification settings and each having an output A1, A2 and Ai, as well as a signal splitter 40 arranged between the sensor 10 and the amplifiers 20,... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080300815 - Display apparatus and control method of the same: A display apparatus includes a storage unit which stores a display identification data and a comparative check data obtained from the display identification data by a preset data processing method; and a controller which calculates an inspective check data from the display identification data stored in the storage unit via... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080300814 - Interoperability digital exchange capture and replay product: An interoperability replay system and method allowing products that were not included in an interoperability test event to participate as if they were part of it in the past. On method comprises replaying to them the choreographies of the digital exchanges between the products in the previous interoperability test event.... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20080300813 - Method and system for process design validation: A method and system for process design validation is provided. A process validation is first triggered. A process design is evaluated against a technical infrastructure component and if a non-positive result is achieved as a result of process design validation, suggestions are generated in order to achieve a positive result.... Agent: Sap Ag

20080300816 - Anomaly detection system and method: An anomaly detection system and a method thereof are disclosed. The system comprises at least a light reflecting unit, a light-emitting unit, an image pick-up unit and a processing module. Each of the light reflecting unit is disposed on an object-to-be-detected that all of which are capable of reflecting light... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080300817 - Sensor subset selection for reduced bandwidth and computation requirements: A system for identifying a subset of sensors to sample to reduce the frequency of sensor access. The system determines rise times and records values for the sensors in the system. A time criticality of the sensors is determined based on the rise times. The system processes the sensors by... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080300818 - Identification and characterization of recirculation in electronic systems: Systems and methods for detecting and analyzing elevated temperatures at a component rack to identify and characterize air recirculation anomalies. In one embodiment, temperatures are sensed in proximity to an air intake of the component rack. Temperature sensors communicate with a workstation having system management software including a thermal management... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

20080300819 - Device and method for measuring the body temperature of a living being: A device for measuring the body temperature of a living being is provided with a sensor housing containing a first temperature sensor which can be placed on the skin of the body for detecting the skin temperature of the living being, a second temperature sensor arranged on a side of... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080300820 - Method and system for estimating rotor angular position and rotor angular velocity at low speeds or standstill: A method and system for estimating an angular position and an angular velocity of a rotor in a dynamoelectric machine measures an AC current and a potential for each of a plurality of windings coupled to a stator of the dynamoelectric machine, transforms the measured currents and potentials to a... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080300821 - Smart tether system for underwater navigation and cable shape measurement: A position sensing system including a flexible tether and at least one sensor at least partially embedded within a portion of the flexible tether is disclosed. The sensor may be adapted to detect a sensor position factor. The system also includes a communication device adapted to transmit the sensor position... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080300822 - Absolute angle calculation apparatus: The absolute angle calculation apparatus includes a calculation circuit calculating an absolute angular position based on a spatially modulated component in a photoelectrically-converted signal string. The calculation circuit includes a photoelectrically-converted signal string storage storing previous and current photoelectrically-converted signal strings obtained, for interpolating the absolute angular position, within a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080300823 - Methods and systems for manufacturing large components: Methods and systems for fabricating a composite structure are provided. The method includes receiving data representing a portion of a surface of the structure, measuring a surface of the structure, the measured surface corresponding to the received surface wherein the measuring is performed with the structure in a flexed condition,... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080300824 - System and method for selecting a location for marking placement: A system and associated method for selecting or creating an area which meets meet a set of marking criteria, for example, corresponding to a minimum surface area; a maximum slope angle; and a minimum deviation from a specified height. A marking station is directed to mark the selected area that... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080300825 - System for fabricating corrugated board: A system for fabricating a corrugated board sheet fabricated includes warp status information obtaining means (6, 6A-6H, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 8A-8H, 240a, 240b, 241a, 241b) for obtaining warp status information concerning status of the warp of the corrugated board sheet fabricated by a corrugated-board fabrication machine (1); running-state information... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080300826 - Forensic integrated search technology with instrument weight factor determination: A system and method to search spectral databases and to identify unknown materials from multiple spectroscopic data in the databases. The methodology may be substantially automated and is configurable to determine weights to be accorded to spectroscopic data from different spectroscopic data generating instruments for improved identification of unknown materials.... Agent: Chemimage Corporation

20080300827 - System and method to determine electric motor efficiency nonintrusively: A system and method for nonintrusively determining electric motor efficiency includes a processor programmed to, while the motor is in operation, determine a plurality of stator input currents, electrical input data, a rotor speed, a value of stator resistance, and an efficiency of the motor based on the determined rotor... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (eaton)

20080300828 - Maintenance guidance display device, maintenance guidance display method, and maintenance guidance display program: Maintenance guidance is provided so that maintenance work is carried out without distinguishing operating state replacement/non-operating state replacement, faulty component replacement/preventive maintenance replacement, or replacement/expansion, and that an operator can carry out maintenance work without operation errors. To achieve such maintenance guidance, there are included: a component selection screen display... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080300829 - Data collection apparatus: In a data collection apparatus, a calendar display section and a file integration display section are displayed on a display screen of a two-dimensional display, a cursor for specifying the check time period of measurement data is provided in the calendar display section, the sampling time period of measurement data... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080300830 - Data recording apparatus and data recording method: There is provided with a data recording apparatus including: an observed data storage configured to store values observed by a sensor in association with an observed time; an intersection processing unit configured to plot each observed value in the observed data storage on a plane coordinate system formed by a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP