Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions 03/09

20090082969 - Adaptive borehole corrections accounting for eccentricity for array laterlogs: Disclosed is an adaptive borehole correction (ABC) technique based on an inversion approach that advantageously corrects shallow laterolog measurements for borehole effects, including determining and accounting for unknown tool eccentricity. The algorithm is based on simplex radial 1-D inversion where at every logging up to four unknowns are determined, namely... Agent: Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P.

20090082970 - Electromagnetic surveying: A method of analysing results from an electromagnetic survey of an area that is thought or known to contain a subterranean resistive or conductive body within a background strata configuration is described. The method comprises providing a set of electromagnetic field data obtained using at least one electromagnetic receiver and... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090082973 - Analysis system for determining an analyte in a body fluid: An analysis system for determining an analyte of a body fluid comprises a test element and an analysis instrument having a measurement and evaluation unit. The test element has a sample application zone and two analysis zones and a reagent system, whose reaction with the analyte results in a detectable... Agent: Krieg Devault/roche

20090082972 - Coding pattern having cell translations identifiable in different orientations: A substrate having a coding pattern disposed on a surface thereof. The coding pattern comprises: a plurality of target elements defining a target grid; a plurality of data elements contained in each cell of the grid; and a plurality of tags. Each tag is defined by a plurality of contiguous... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090082971 - Combined image processing computer for medical diagnostics in the fields of radiography and fluoroscopy: A combination radiography and fluoroscopy system includes in one embodiment a radiography radiation generator and radiography radiation receiver, a fluoroscopy radiation generator and fluoroscopy radiation receiver, and a single computer system connected to receive signals from the radiography radiation receiver and fluoroscopy radiation receiver. The single computer system includes signal... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090082974 - Methods and systems for treating disease: Methods and systems described herein are applicable to the identification of pathogens, pathogenic variants and applicable treatments or remedies. In some embodiments, the pathogen or pathogens bears a causal relationship to a disease state.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090082975 - Method of selecting an active oligonucleotide predictive model: The present invention provides a method of identifying a predictor of antisense oligonucleotide activity by identifying properties of oligonucleotides, evaluating oligonucleotide activity of the oligonucleotides, and correlating oligonucleotide activity with the properties. A high correlation between oligonucleotide activity and a property indicates that the property is a predictor of oligonucleotide... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090082976 - Methods of analysing apparatus: Engine health monitoring is used to assess the health of an engine, such as a gas turbine engine. Blades mounted on a shaft produce a modal response when excited. The shaft has an order related component that varies with the rotational velocity of the shaft. Modal responses are increased when... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090082977 - Pumping installation controller: This invention relates to a controller for a pumping installation using a combined pressure sensor and fluid level sensor arrangement. The controller includes a processor responsive to measurements from the sensor arrangement, as well as memory for storing a set of instructions for execution by the processor to correlate initial... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20090082978 - Method of detecting degradation of semiconductor devices and method of detecting degradation of integrated circuits: A method of detecting a degradation of a semiconductor device including calculating a first number of first traps accumulated in a gate insulation layer of the semiconductor device over an operation time of the semiconductor device; calculating the second number of second traps accumulated at an interface between the gate... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090082979 - Defect analyzer and defect analyzing method: A defect analyzer has a region dividing section configured to divide a defect analyzing region of a wafer into a plurality of grid squares, the wafer having a circuit pattern formed thereon, a pattern feature quantity extracting section configured to extract a pattern feature quantity based on design data of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090082980 - Virtual branch load management: A load estimation algorithm for automatically estimating power consumed by each branch load connected to circuit breakers in a power distribution panel (PDP) without requiring individual current sensing at each branch. The load, estimation algorithm can be operated in a manual mode, remote manual mode, or an agile mode. In... Agent: Schneider Electric / Square D Company Legal Dept. - I.p. Group (np)

20090082981 - Method and apparatus for measurement of amplitude of periodic signal and method and apparatus for test of magnetic head: A method for measurement of amplitude of a periodic signal which is noise-robust, free of the effects of leakage of the frequency component, and free of any unbalance between the + side amplitude and − side amplitude, comprising (i) converting a periodic signal to a digital signal, (ii) applying a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090082982 - Trigger event detection apparatus and method therefor: A method of detecting a trigger event comprises receiving an input signal for analysis. The received input signal is used to generating first data corresponding to energy of a frequency content of the input signal as the input signal changes with time. At least part of the first data is... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090082983 - Method and apparatus for creating a spacer-optimization (s-o) library: The invention can provide a method of processing a substrate using S-O processing sequences and evaluation libraries that can include one or more optimized spacer creation and evaluation procedures.... Agent: Tokyo Electron U.s. Holdings, Inc.

20090082984 - Sample analyzer and error information displaying method: The invention provides a sample analyzer by which a position of any error status in the sample analyzer can be easily found by a user to allow the user to carry out an error recovery operation in an accurate and prompt manner. The sample analyzer 1 comprises a sensor for... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090082985 - Method of calibrating temperature compensated sensors: A method of calibrating an individual sensor of a particular sensor type whose output varies non-linearly with at least one measured quantity and at least one operating condition, comprises producing a set of calibration curves for each of a number of sample sensors of the particular sensor type, each curve... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20090082986 - Modular calibration: A modular calibration method for a CMM, comprising preliminary calibration steps of several components prior to its mounting. The preliminary calibration steps yield specific mapping information for each calibrated component, which are then stored into map files generated and associated to the calibrated components. A final alignment takes place after... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090082987 - Use of statistics to determine calibration of instruments: The present invention relates generally to statistics and calibration of instruments. More particularly, the invention encompasses the use of statistics to determine calibration of instruments. The present invention is also directed to a remote system for determination of re-calibration of instruments. The present invention also teaches the use of multiple... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090082988 - Non-orthogonal monitoring of complex systems: Apparatus for non-orthogonal monitoring of a variable measurand in a system or process, comprising: means defining at least three sources having limited spectral widths and non-orthogonal spectral outputs; a modulator means which is adapted to modulate the outputs of said sources in response to said variable measurand; at least three... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090082990 - Method and device for determining an optimum direction of projection for recording projection images: The invention relates to a method and a device for determination of an optimum direction of projection or position for recording a number of two-dimensional projection images of an object of interest, with the two-dimensional projection images being recorded by rotation or translation of an imaging system around the object.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090082991 - Mobile instrument, viewing device, and methods of processing and storing information: A method of transferring information stored in a mobile instrument, the information including a first information file (140) containing metadata and a pointer indicative of a first auxiliary file address; and a first auxiliary file (141) containing image information, the first auxiliary file being located at the first auxiliary file... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090082989 - System and method for improving the distortion tolerance of an electromagnetic tracking system: A system and method for improving the tolerability of metal distorters within the electromagnetic field of an electromagnetic tracking system through the use of transmission frequency optimization techniques and/or solution subset measurements.... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20090082992 - Method for determining positions of points to be measured: A position determination method for a set of new points to be surveyed, using a geodetic device and reference points whose positions in an absolute coordinate system are known. The position determination is effected by referencing the new points relative to a set of reference points and measurement of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger/leica 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090082993 - Automated process control of a fabrication tool using a dispersion function relating process parameter to dispersion: An optical metrology model for the structure is obtained. The optical metrology model comprising one or more profile parameters, one or more process parameters, and a dispersion. A dispersion function that relates the dispersion to at least one of the one or more process parameters is obtained. A simulated diffraction... Agent: Tokyo Electron U.s. Holdings, Inc.

20090082995 - Electronic pedometer: To provide an electric pedometer of low cost which is not erroneously operated by an external force exerted to a pedometer case thereof without using an acceleration sensor of a special structure and without executing a signal processing for removing a disturbance by a software, a circuit board contained in... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090082994 - Headset with integrated pedometer and corresponding method: A headpiece (101) has at least one pedometer accelerometer (102) integrally disposed with respect to the headpiece (101) and a personal communications device interface (103) operably supported by the headpiece (101). By one approach, the headpiece (201) has an earpiece having at least one audio transducer (204). By another approach,... Agent: Motorola/fetf

20090082996 - Method for transmitting measurement values in a multi-module force-measuring device, multi-module force-measuring device, and force measuring module: A method and associated apparatus transmits measurement values in a multi-module force-measuring device, in particular a multi-module weighing device, with at least two force-measuring modules. Each of the force-measuring modules includes a force-measuring cell and a signal-processing unit. The signal-processing unit transmits the measurement values generated by the force-measuring cell... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090082997 - Method of identifying clusters and connectivity between clusters: The present invention relates to a method for predicting outcome and evaluation of clusters. Particularly the invention relates to a method of determining deviation and predict future out comes of clusters with certain attributes. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to epidemic outbreaks of disease and, more particularly, to... Agent: Passe' Intellectual Property, LLC

20090082998 - Mounting condition determination method: A method of determining a mounting condition of a mounter (100) mounting a component (A) onto a board (120), which includes the steps of: obtaining an operational state parameter; and determining, in the case where a value of the obtained operational state parameter is not within a predetermined range, a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090082999 - Method and system for automatically determining an operating mode of a generator: A method and system for determining the operating mode of a generator is provided. The method and system may include a generator operating mode evaluation system. The method and system may receive a plurality of generator operating data for use by the method and system to determine a generator operating... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20090083000 - Automated appliance diagnostics and reporting: A system for maintaining an appliance, including a storage housed within an electrical appliance for storing identifying information about the electrical appliance and its purchase, and a communication card including an interface connector for connecting the communication card to the electrical appliance, and a wireless cellular modem for transmitting data,... Agent: Soquel Group, LLC

20090083001 - Field device for digital process control loop diagnostics: A diagnostic field device for coupling to a two-wire process control loop of an industrial process control or monitoring system includes digital communication monitoring circuitry which is configured to couple to a two-wire process control loop. The digital communication monitoring circuitry is configured to receive a digital communication signal from... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090083002 - Method and apparatus for analyzing idle states in a data processing system: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to collect information for a system or processor having a transition between an idle state and a non-idle state to form collected system or processor information. The collected system or processor information is provided for analysis by an application.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090083003 - Method and apparatus for providing peak detection circuitry for data communication systems: Method and apparatus for providing a peak detection circuit comprising a diode including an input terminal and an output terminal the input terminal of the diode configured to receive an input signal, a capacitor operatively coupled to the output terminal of the diode, an output terminal operatively coupled to the... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20090083004 - Virtual time reversal acoustics for structuralhealth monitoring: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for monitoring structures using virtual time reversal signal processing. In one embodiment, a signal having a frequency range is sent into a structure in a vehicle from a fixed transmitter to form an original transmitted signal. A response to the original transmitted signal... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090076729 - Method for determining true meridian and device for its implementation: The present technical solution provided allows it to determine true meridian of any movable object. This solution is based on determining true meridian by zero value of linear acceleration induced created by changing the projection of the vector of linear velocity, caused by rotating any heavenly body, in particular, the... Agent: Naumov, Michael

20090076730 - Data adaptive vibratory source acquisition method: Method for conducting a seismic survey (23) wherein the acquisition parameters are modified as the survey progresses using information (24) from sensors located to monitor structures and fixtures located in the survey area. The sensor output is compared to acceptable levels, and acquisition parameters such as the seismic source strength... Agent: Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company

20090076731 - Method and device and predicting physiological values: The invention relates generally to methods, systems, and devices for measuring the concentration of target analytes present in a biological system using a series of measurements obtained from a monitoring system and a Mixtures of Experts (MOE) algorithm. In one embodiment, the present invention describes a method for measuring blood... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090076732 - Systems and methods for the analysis of mechanical properties of materials: The various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to the analysis of the mechanical properties of materials. More particularly, the various embodiments of the present invention relates to systems and methods of deriving the static and dynamic mechanical properties of deformative materials, for example, but not limited to, biological... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20090076733 - Water toxicity detecting apparatus and method using sulfur particles: Provided are a water toxicity detecting apparatus and a method using sulfur particles. The water toxicity detecting apparatus using sulfur particles includes: a reaction container containing microbes, in which externally-supplied sulfur particles and oxygen are reacted to form sulfate ions by the microbes; a water sample inlet through which a... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20090076734 - Gene signature for the prediction of radiation therapy response: Described are mathematical models and method, e.g., computer-implemented methods, for predicting tumor sensitivity to radiation therapy, which can be used, e.g., for selecting a treatment for a subject who has a tumor.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090076735 - Method, system and software arrangement for comparative analysis and phylogeny with whole-genome optical maps: The present invention provides a method for organizing genomic information from multiple organisms. In one embodiment of the invention, phylogenetic trees can be constructed for the organisms. The method of the present invention is termed CAPO, Comparative Analysis and Phylogeny with Optical-Maps. Optical maps of organisms are obtained and phylogeny... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090076736 - Sample analyzer and computer program product: A sample analyzer including a detection unit for irradiating a biological sample with light and obtaining optical information; a cell classification processor for classifying cells contained in the biological sample into cell groups based on the optical information; a scattered light information obtaining processor for obtaining scattered light information relating... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090076737 - Qualitative and quantitative mass spectral analysis: A method for analyzing data from a mass spectrometer comprising acquiring raw profile mode data containing one or more ions and their isotopes in a mass spectral range; calculating theoretical isotope distributions for all ions of interest including native or labeled ions based on their molecular composition; convoluting the theoretical... Agent: David Aker

20090076738 - System and methods for determination of analyte concentration using time resolved amperometry: This invention is a method for determining a concentration of an analyte. The steps include applying a potential excitation to a fluid sample containing an analyte, and measuring one or more currents associated with one or more time-segments. The method can also include calculating a final analyte concentration based on... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090076739 - Method and system to identify metal alloys: A method and system to identify an unknown metal alloy based on its chemical composition is provided in the present application. The chemical elements contained in the alloy are separated into key elements and trap elements. Then a correlation factor is applied to each key element and a similarity factor... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090076740 - Method for generating a model representative of a process: A method for generating a model representative of a process. The process includes a result variable representing a product of the process, and a plurality of process variables representing characteristics of the process other than the product of the process. The method includes steps of acquiring a plurality of test... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, PLLC

20090076741 - Distributed system for measuring lumber in a sawmill: The lumber measuring system includes a pair of single point lasers for measuring cut lumber in one or more scan zones. An electrical box connected to local 110V AC power is located close to the scan zone, within a short distance of the lasers, so that conduit for connecting cables... Agent: Jensen + Puntigam, P.s.

20090076742 - Estimation of wheel rail interaction forces: A method of estimating contact forces between the wheels of a railway wagon and a rail track, for use in determining information such as the likelihood of derailment. Accelerations of the body of the wagon are measured using motion sensors located at suitable points on the body. Forces on the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090076743 - Novel method for zero point detection: The present invention relates to a method for the simple, objective and accurate determination the zero point or effective zero point of a material, the point of first contact between an indenter tip and the surface of a material. The zero point is determined by using a sensor having a... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20090076744 - Fiber optic fuel detection system: A method and apparatus for an optical fuel detection system. The optical fuel detection system comprises an outer tube, and inner tube, and a set of optical fibers. The outer tube has a reflective inner surface capable of reflecting light and is configured to allow a liquid fuel to enter... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090076746 - Ac magnetic tracking with phase disambiguation: A method and system for magnetic locating resolves phase ambiguity. The system uses time-division multiplexed magnetic fields emitted from plural transmit coils. The magnetic fields are alternating fields at a carrier frequency, and the fields emitted from different coils in different transmit intervals have known phase relationship with one another... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090076745 - Protection control measurement system: This invention provides a protection control measurement system, with excellent economy and maintainability, which collects protection control measurement data via a communication network from a plurality of terminals which acquire electric quantities. In the protection control measurement terminal 1, electric quantity acquisition and transmission means 14-1 determines synchro-phasor quantities from... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090076747 - Test board and test system: A test board includes a socket, a mounting test circuit, and a relay. An analog core embedded application processor is installed into the socket. The mounting test circuit has a same configuration as an environment where the analog core embedded application processor is actually used. The relay disconnects the mounting... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20090076749 - Electrical power system modeling, design, analysis, and reporting via a client-server application framework: A system for an intelligent web-based monitoring and management of an electrical system is disclosed. The system comprises a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; a web application server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, the web... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090076748 - Electricity metering: A power consumption monitoring apparatus, comprising at least one electrical measurement device (210) for generating a signal indicative of the electrical power passing through an electrical power line (300) at the location of the measurement device, and at least one data controller (220) adapted to receive the signal from the... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20090076750 - Integrated circuit tester information processing system: A method for operating an integrated circuit tester information processing system includes measuring current information from test structures for an integrated circuit having dual stress liners; selecting currents from the current information or stored current information; deriving a scaling factor with the currents for a stress contribution based on an... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20090076751 - Systems and methods for measuring signal waveforms: A system for measuring a signal waveform is provided. The system comprises a parameter receiving module, a waveform receiving module, a waveform filter, and a data storing module. The parameter receiving module is configured for receiving one or more filtration conditions. The waveform receiving module is configured for receiving the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090076752 - Free-state modal frequency response testing: An apparatus and associated method is provided for suspending a test object in a gravitational field from a support member, exciting the test object by noncontactingly engaging it with a predetermined waveform force, and characterizing the test object qualitatively in relation to an observed modal frequency response of the test... Agent: Mccarthy Law Group

20090076753 - Flexible on chip testing circuit for i/o's characterization: The present invention provides a flexible on-chip testing circuit and methodology for measuring I/O characterization of multiple I/O structures. The testing circuit includes a register bank, a central processing controller (CPC), a character slew module, a delay characterization module, and a character frequency module. The register bank stores multiple instructions,... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090076754 - Methods, systems and apparatuses for modeling optical images: Methods, systems and apparatuses for modeling high resolution images which significantly shortens computation time and reduces image artifacts, as compared to known methods. Embodiments implement a look-up table, to compute once and store the point spread functions for various points of an image. During modeling of the optical system, previously... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090076755 - System and method for integrating the internal and external quality control programs of a laboratory: A system and method that enables a laboratory to integrate its internal and external quality control programs to thereby control the quality of its laboratory testing services. The system comprises a storage device and a processor operable to maintain in the storage device a database identifying a plurality of laboratory... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090076756 - Weight measuring apparatus: The invention provides a weight measuring apparatus which carries out zero-point reset as an output value of a load signal in an unloaded state when the weight measuring apparatus is not in use, including a weight measuring unit that measures a load applied to a machine body and outputs the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090076757 - Methods of calibrating a measuring device: A measuring device is provided with a laser source, a beam redirection member, a beam receptor, and a system controller. The measuring device is calibrated by providing a set-up piece having at least one known dimension and positioning the beam redirection member in beam transmitting relationship to the known dimension... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090076758 - System and method for determining range in 3d imaging systems: A system and method of imaging an object. An array of detectors is mounted in an image plane. Each detector in the array of detectors is connected to a timing circuit having an interpolator, wherein the interpolator includes a first circuit which charges a first capacitor at a different rate... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090076759 - Apparatus for monitoring a system with time in space and method therefor: Apparatus and method for monitoring a system in which a fluid flows and which is characterized by a change in the system with time in space. A preselected place in the system is monitored to collect data at two or more time points correlated to a system event. The data... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090076760 - Sensor interface with integrated current measurement: The invention creates a control and evaluation apparatus for different sensor units, having: a stabilized supply unit for supplying the sensor unit with electrical energy; an amplifier device for amplifying a sensor signal generated by the sensor unit, which signal is delivered to the amplifier device as an input signal,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090076761 - Routed event test system and method: An efficient automated test system and method are presented. In one embodiment, an automated test system is implemented in a routed event distribution architecture. In one exemplary implementation, an automated test system includes a plurality of test instruments, a switched event bus, and a test controller component. The plurality of... Agent: Credence C/o Murabito Hao Barnes, LLP

20090076762 - Intelligent electronic device configuration inspection: The present disclosure is concerned with a Substation Automation testing tool which combines the information found in the SCL (Substation Configuration Language) File of a substation (Substation Configuration Description) or an IED (IED Capability description) with substation-relevant data extracted from the Substation Communication network traffic. By means of a standard... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090076764 - Method and system for determining wind chill temperature: The present invention includes methods, systems and computer-readable media for more accurately determining wind chill temperature, Twc, equivalent temperature, Teq, time to freeze, tf, facial temperature, Tfm+Δt, as a function of time and the altitude correction factor, Δtf/1000. The wind chill model of the present invention accounts for the two... Agent: Morriss Obryant Compagni, P.C.

20090076763 - Method of detecting extraneous matter on heat processing plate, heat processing apparatus, program, and computer-readable recording medium with program recorded thereon: In the present invention, a heating plate is divided into a plurality of regions. Integrated values of temperature fluctuations in each of the regions when a substrate is mounted on the heating plate in a normal state without extraneous matter are collected. A Mahalanobis reference space in the discriminant analysis... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090076765 - Method and apparatus for estimating a motion parameter: A method and apparatus for estimating a motion parameter corresponding to a subject element employs one or more accelerometers operable to measure accelerations and a processing system operable to generate a motion parameter metric utilizing the acceleration measurements and estimate the motion parameter using the motion parameter metric.... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20090076768 - Absolute position measurement apparatus: An absolute position measurement apparatus includes an output unit outputting a plurality of first signals and a plurality of superimposed signals formed by superimposing each of plural second signals on each of the plural first signals, a phase computing unit calculating phases of the first signals during a first period... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20090076767 - Device for determining a neutral position of two components: A device for determining a neutral position of two components (1, 2) that are displaceable relative to one another, comprising an adjustment device for moving the components (1, 2) into any arbitrary relative position and a positional sensor (9) for detecting the relative position, as well as path marker (6)... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090076766 - Method and apparatus for holographic user interface communication: A system and corresponding method for provide a 3 dimensional (3-D) user interface displays images in a 3-D coordinate system. Sensors are configured to sense user interaction within the 3-D coordinate system, so that a processor may receive user interaction information from the sensors. The sensors are able to provide... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090076769 - Non-contact capacitive sensor with gain and offset values calculated as adjustment values: In a capacitance type of non-contact sensor for detecting the position of an object to be detected, such as dielectric material, a detection gain is changed in a first case where the object to be detected is placed in a first position and also in a second case where the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090076770 - Position indicator, variable capacitor, position input device and computer system: A position indicator (100) has a variable capacitor 200, a resonant circuit (36) configured with a position indicating coil (13) and a resonant capacitor (15a), and a rod (11). The variable capacitor (200) has a flat disc-shaped dielectric (1) having two mutually opposite surfaces (1a, 1b), an electrode (2) provided... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090076771 - System and method for focusing discrete points on an under-measured object: A method for focusing discrete points on an under-measured object is provided. The method includes: (a) receiving an image of the object, selecting measurement points on the image, and obtaining X, Y coordinate values of the measurement points; (b) searching a solid point on the under-measured object according to the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090076772 - Footbeds and a method and apparatus for producing such footbeds: A method and apparatus for supplying a customer with a footbed. A kiosk provides measurements of a consumer's feet with a self-guided display by using both pressure measurements and scanning of the feet. The measurement information is converted to identify which of the preselected and stocked components proximate the kiosk... Agent: George A. Herbster

20090076773 - Method for identifying unmeasured disturbances in process control test data: A method of improving a data set associated with a system, the method comprising: providing a baseline data set for the system, wherein the baseline data set comprises a plurality of input and output data from the system; analyzing the baseline data set and selecting a baseline model for the... Agent: Kammer Browning PLLC

20090076774 - Probe information collection and distribution systems, methods, and programs: Probe information collection and distribution systems, methods, and programs obtain a vehicle attribute from an onboard device in a vehicle that specifies an attribute of the vehicle and probe information of a measured vehicle behavior. The systems, methods, and programs accumulate the probe information in a memory. The systems, methods,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090076775 - Method for achieving arbitrary precision: A method for achieving arbitrary precision is disclosed. First a serial connection mode obtains approximation to zero error result by means of negative rough precision with addition or multiplication to obtain semi-finished products of negative 1% rough precision. Next, a measurement apparatus is utilized to measure the precision value of... Agent: Martin Jo

20090076776 - Process and device for determining a diagnostic for a breakdown of a functional unit in an on-board avionic system: The invention relates to a process for determining a diagnostic for a breakdown of an avionic system, the avionic system comprising a plurality of functional units and surveillance units, each capable of performing surveillance of at least one functional unit, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: acquisition of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090076777 - System and method for change detection of information or type of data: A method is provided of determining the how information from any information system changes over time. WebPages A through WebPages Z with nodes A through Z, are located, where A through Z are integers. Timestamp values for each of a node from A through Z are retrieved. Timestamp values from... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20090070040 - Sustainability systems and methods directed to food compositions: A method of calculating the carbon or greenhouse gas footprint of a food composition includes determining the CO2 or greenhouse gas emission of each ingredient by associating a total energy value with the ingredient, determining the proportion of the total energy value contributed by each of at least one energy... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090070041 - Retractable sensor system and technique: A technique usable with a well includes disposing a retractable line in a conduit having an open end located above a region of interest in the well. The retractable line comprises a sensing portion that, when the line is deployed, extends from the open end of the conduit and into... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20090070042 - Joint inversion of borehole acoustic radial profiles for in situ stresses as well as third-order nonlinear dynamic moduli, linear dynamic elastic moduli, and static elastic moduli in an isotropically stressed reference state: A computer-implemented method of estimating mechanical properties and stresses of rocks around a borehole. In situ stresses and dynamic and static moduli of a rock are jointly inferred from acoustic radial profiles measured with a borehole sonic tool. Inversion is performed on equations that govern the near-borehole distributions of the... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20090070043 - Method and apparatus for measuring in-situ stress of rock using thermal crack: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for measuring in-situ stress in rock using a thermal crack. The method involves forming a borehole, cooling a wall of the borehole, applying tensile thermal stress, forming a crack in the borehole wall, and measuring temperature and cracking point. Afterwards, the borehole wall is... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090070045 - Diagnosis supporting system: A diagnosis supporting system (10) includes a diagnosis data obtaining unit (20) that obtains diagnosis data in which a movement parameter reflecting a movement speed of each component in separating a sample collected from a test subject into plural components with a chip (12) and a character of each component... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090070046 - Method of measuring daily urinary excretion and apparatus for measuring daily urinary excretion: A daily urinary excretion measurement apparatus (100) includes: a urine component calculation unit (411) which measures the amount of the urine component included in before-bedtime urine that is excreted for the last time before bedtime in the day and the amount (salt) of the urine component (salt) included in overnight... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090070044 - Two-body interaction calculation circuit and many-body problem calculation device that uses this circuit: The object of the present invention is to provide both a two-body interaction calculation circuit that can reduce the number of arithmetic elements of a circuit for virial calculation and that can decrease circuit scale and a many-body problem calculation device that uses this two-body interaction calculation circuit, the two-body... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090070047 - Predictive emissions monitoring using a statistical hybrid model: A method for generating a model representative of a process. The process includes a result variable representing a product of the process, and a plurality of process variables representing characteristics of the process other than the product of the process. The method includes steps of acquiring a plurality of test... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, PLLC

20090070048 - Acoustic structural integrity monitoring system and method: A method and system is disclosed for detecting structural damage in a structure by detecting acoustic emissions from damage in a structure to obtain acoustic emission data, and processing the acoustic emission data in accordance with a model characterising acoustic paths.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090070049 - Method for monitoring a fluid transfer process: The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a fluid transfer process, including the steps: providing an allowable pressure profile; detecting a pressure occurring in the course of the fluid transfer process; comparing detected pressure with the allowable pressure profile and signaling an error, if the detected pressure is... Agent: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. Patent Law Department

20090070050 - Method for fault detection and diagnosis of a rotary machine: Modem rotary machine production requires built-in fault detection and diagnoses. The occurrence of faults, e.g. increased friction or loose bonds has to be detected as early as possible. Theses faults generate a nonlinear behavior. Therefore, a method for fault detection and diagnosis of a rotary machine is presented. Based on... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090070051 - Intelligent electronic device configuration verification: A Substation Automation testing tool for IEC 61850 compliant substations is disclosed. It is concerned with the verification of the configuration of a first Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) that is part of a Substation Automation (SA) system and that has initially been configured to perform measurement, protection and/or control functions... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090070052 - Secondary-battery life estimation apparatus and method: A secondary-battery life estimation apparatus includes: a voltage measuring portion measuring a terminal voltage of a secondary battery to be measured; a first memory storing in advance a terminal voltage V0 of a non-degraded secondary battery before the non-degraded secondary battery discharges after fully charged; a second memory which stores... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090070053 - poynting-vector filter: A determination is made of frequency components associated with a particular bearing or location resulting from sources emitting electromagnetic-wave energy for which a Poynting-Vector can be defined. The broadband frequency components associated with a specific direction or location of interest are isolated from other components in the power spectrum that... Agent: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

20090070054 - Waveform analyzing method and apparatus for physiological parameters: A method and an apparatus are provided for performing waveform analysis on physiological parameters. In one embodiment, a method includes reading measurement values of a first physiological parameter relating to time, and displaying them as a trend display graph in a trend display area that includes first coordinates representing time... Agent: Mindray C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20090070055 - Intelligent inspection based on test chip probe failure maps: A method and system for semiconductor wafer inspection is disclosed. Each of a plurality of dies on a wafer may be probed with a probe tool to produce probe data. The probe data may be used to generate one or more non-repeating care areas. An inspection tool may use the... Agent: Jdi Patent- Kla-tencor Corp. Joint Customer Number

20090070057 - Calibration program and electronic compass: A calibration program according to an aspect of the invention includes: a step of forming at least two triangles 21 and 22 with the use of at least four outputs of a magnetic sensor in a three-dimensional space; a step of finding circles 23 and 24 circumscribed about the triangle... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090070056 - Method and device for calibrating a magnetic sensor: Measurements are acquired from a magnetic sensor during a non-pre-ordered movement, and a plurality of sets of solutions are determined for respective expected values of intensity of the Earth's magnetic field. The solutions are defined by a plurality of parameters, including at least one gain value for each detection axis... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090070058 - Miniaturized smart self-calibration electronic pointing method and system: An innovative configuration of Miniaturized Smart Self-calibration EPD for mortar applications, as the azimuth/heading and elevation measurement device. This innovative EPD configuration uses only two FOGs or DTG and accelerometers and it is self-contained. This leads to a new EPD implementation that produces a small and light device with lower... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20090070059 - Method for correcting measuring errors caused by the lens distortion of an objective: A method for correcting the measuring errors caused by the lens distortion of an objective in a coordinate measuring machine is disclosed. For a plurality of different types of structures, the lens distortion caused by an objective is determined in an image field of the objective. The position of a... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090070060 - Apparatus and method for recognizing motion: Provided is an apparatus and method of recognizing a motion that is capable of performing a pointing function and a character input function using motions sensed by an optical sensor and an inertial sensor. The apparatus includes an inertial sensor sensing a first motion by using at least one of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090070061 - Semiconductor memory device including test mode circuit: A semiconductor memory device having a test mode circuit is presented which includes: a mode setting unit, in response to an external command and a first address signal for a mode set, providing a mode register set signal corresponding to predetermined mode setting; and a test mode circuit, in response... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090070062 - System level testing for substation automation systems: The disclosure is concerned with the testing of system level functionality involving several Protection, Control and Measurement (PCM) Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) of a Substation Automation (SA) system for IEC 61850 compliant substations. An extensive testing of all conceivable control or protection functions/applications of an extended SA system comprising a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090070063 - Locating ferromagnetic objects in a single pass: A ferromagnetic object is located by moving magnetic sensors along a path in an area of detection; using the sensors to measure a total magnetic field in the area of detection; using the sensors to measure all three vector components of magnetic field as the sensors travel along the path... Agent: U S Army Research Laboratory Attn Amsrl Cs Cc Ip

20090070064 - Vertical track modulus trending: Systems and methods for determining a trend in vertical track modulus are disclosed in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. Vertical deflection data is collected along a particular section of railroad track. A first set of vertical track modulus is determined, based in part, on the collected vertical deflection... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090070065 - Position measurement system, position measurement method and computer readable medium: The position measurement system includes: an image capturing unit capturing first reference points which are three reference points on a plane arranged on a target and whose positional relation with each other is specified, and a second reference point which is a single reference point at a distance away from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090070066 - Systems and methods for performing quantity takeoff computations from computer aided design drawings: One or more embodiments of the invention set forth methods for performing quantity takeoff computations from computer aided design (CAD) drawings. The user initiates the quantity takeoff of an instance of a drawing object by manually selecting one or more geometries that visually represent the instance. The quantity takeoff engine... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090070067 - Method and device for recording a distance: A pedometer and a method for recording a distance covered. The pedometer includes an acceleration sensor by which the movement of the pedometer is recorded. In order to be able to ascertain the number of paces and the distance covered from the movement, an evaluation unit is provided which evaluates... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090070068 - Surface profile measuring apparatus: A surface profile measuring apparatus of the invention has a changing section for changing the cross section of a flux of light to be projected onto a sample by a light projecting section in measuring a surface profile of the sample. The surface profile measuring apparatus having the above arrangement... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090070069 - Apparatus and method for optimizing measurement reporting in a field device: A machine data collection system compares a plurality of measured values to one another and determines the measured value indicating a worst-case condition. The machine data collection system then reports the worst-case measured value across the control network. In some embodiments, the measured values are normalized based on each individual... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090070070 - Environmental radioactivity measurement system of administration and an analysis method of the radioactivity: At a worksite of a client, progeny nuclides of radon and thoron are collected into a filter, then making the gross measurement on α-ray amount within an hour from the collection. Next, the filter is sent to an analysis center with information added thereto, such as collection-condition information, gross-measurement information,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090063053 - Method and system for blind spot identification and warning utilizing visual indicators: A method for detecting and alerting a driver of vehicles in their blind spots, includes: tracking movement and relative position of a driver to one or more vehicles; determining one or more driver blind spots; determining when at least one of the one or more vehicles approaches one of the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Endicott

20090063054 - Method and system for controlling a well service rig based on load data: The present invention is directed to methods for controlling the operations of a well service rig at a well site by evaluating load sensor data obtained from sensors on or associated with the well service rig. A rig load data chart can be reviewed and an average rig load can... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20090063055 - System and method for obtaining and using downhole data during well control operations: In a well control system and method, a tool driver on a toolstring is configured to activate a telemetry tool in response to a predetermined threshold of accelerometer data measured by an accelerometer. For example, the predetermined accelerometer data threshold preferably corresponds to an acceleration level expected while drilling mud... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20090063056 - System integrating machine vision, interactive module and rehabilitation equipment: A system integrating machine vision, interactive module and rehabilitation equipment primarily comprises a rehabilitation equipment, at least one image-capture device for continuously capturing images of specific limbs or a trunk of a user operating the rehabilitation equipment so as to generate digital image data, and a machine vision recognition unit... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090063057 - Determination of the lifetime of a component: Method and arrangement for determining the remaining lifetime of a component of a power electronics appliance, such as a frequency converter, in which the lifetime data that is dependent on the ambient conditions and operation as specified by the manufacturer of the component is used, in which method at least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090063058 - Inertia and load torque estimating method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for estimating a system inertia and a load torque in a motor controller, the method comprising the steps of providing an acceleration command signal, determining a motor position, using the motor position to generate an acceleration feedback signal, mathematically combining the acceleration feedback signal and a... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(qb)

20090063059 - Flow verification system and flow verification method: A flow verification system is adapted to verify flow characteristics just after a flow control device starts flow control by verifying a flow rate in a gas piping system which includes a first cutoff valve, the flow control device installed downstream from the first cutoff valve, and a pressure sensor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090063060 - Methods for detecting oil deterioration and oil level: Methods for detecting oil conditions including a top oil level in an oil system which is reduced to a top level of a threshold amount of the oil, a normal oil deterioration which occurs in the absence of water having a confirmed remaining oil usage, and an abnormal oil deterioration... Agent: Yizhong Sun

20090063062 - Fault test apparatus and method for testing semiconductor device under test using fault excitation function: A fault test apparatus for testing a fault on each signal line in a circuit under test including signal lines includes a controller, which calculates a value of a fault excitation function for a fault signal line, using the fault excitation function representing a fitness result of a predetermined fault... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090063061 - Monitoring degradation of circiut speed: A circuit, method, and computer readable medium that enables on-chip monitoring of transistor degradation. The circuit includes an on-chip reference ring oscillator electrically coupled to an on-chip reference counter. An on-chip stressed ring oscillator is electrically coupled to an on-chip test counter. A test enable input is electrically coupled with... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20090063063 - Preventive maintenance tapping and duty cycle monitor for voltage regulator: The life of load tap changer contacts is monitored by detecting an arcing event; identifying arcing surfaces involved in the arcing event; calculating a per-unit loss of life for the identified arcing surfaces as a result of the arcing event; updating estimates of cumulative erosion for the arcing surfaces; comparing... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090063064 - Residual current device having voltage dependent and voltage independent modes of operation: This invention relates to a residual current device which is able to safely and reliably operate when a line voltage is present (voltage dependent mode) and when the line voltage is not present or falls below a predetermined threshold level (voltage independent mode). The present invention is implemented as a... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090063065 - Application of multiple voltage droop detection and instruction throttling instances with customized thresholds across a semiconductor chip: A method and system for applying multiple voltage droop detection and instruction throttling instances with customized thresholds across semiconductor chips. Environmental parameters are detected for various locations on a chip, and timing margins are determined for each location on the chip. An acceptable voltage droop for each location is determined... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090063066 - System and method for pre-detection in a power over ethernet system: A system and method for pre-detection in a power over Ethernet (PoE) system. A power sourcing equipment (PSE) is designed to measure a port voltage upon application of a small current source. A microcontroller controls the current source based on a comparison of the measured port voltage to a threshold... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090063067 - Voltage measuring device: A base of a pnp transistor Tr1 is connected to an isolation device D1, an emitter thereof is connected to a cathode of a high voltage battery BH, and a collector thereof is connected to an anode of the high voltage battery BH. Npn transistors Tr21 to Tr2n are provided... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090063069 - Data logger system: A data logger system utilizing a censor which obtain a plurality of measurements of an environmental parameter and generates a plurality of signals representing such measurements. A processor receives the plurality of signals and produces a table of counts in sequential format. An external prime converter receives the table of... Agent: Theodore J. Bielen Jr. Bielen, Lampe, & Thoeming

20090063068 - Numerical test data reporting in an image file and subsequent analysis: The present disclosure is directed to numerical test data reporting using an image file and subsequent analysis of the test data. A method for capturing and analyzing test data in accordance with an embodiment includes: capturing multi-bit integer values of test data; writing each multi-bit integer value to a multi-bit... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090063070 - Circuit and method for fitting the output of a sensor to a predetermined linear relationship: A circuit employing a plurality of n sensors, the circuit being arranged such that one of a transfer function or output function of the circuit approximates a desired mathematical relationship between a physical property measured by the sensors and the output of the circuit, the one of the transfer function... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090063071 - System, method, and apparatus for distortion analysis: A system, method, and apparatus for distortion analysis is provided. A method in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving a clock frequency at a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) and generating at least one stream of phase numbers via said DDS. The method may... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090063072 - Logic analyzer using a digital filter: A logic analyzer having clock channels and data channels includes digitizer followed by a digital filter in each channel, the digital filter compensating for losses in signal fidelity in a signal under test. The resulting enhanced multi-bit samples are stored in respective waveform memories for subsequent display as analog waveforms... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20090063073 - Method for ascertaining a mains frequency in a voltage signal, and mains analyzer: To ascertain a mains frequency from a voltage signal which has a particularly high proportion of harmonics, the discrete Fourier transform is used in at least one embodiment to calculate two phases, and the phase interval between these phases is used to infer the mains frequency.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090063074 - Mask haze early detection: Detecting haze formation on a mask by obtaining an optical property of the mask and determining progress of the haze formation based on the obtained optical property.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090063077 - Automated process control using parameters determined with approximation and fine diffraction models: Provided is a method of controlling a fabrication cluster using a machine learning system, the machine learning system trained developed using an optical metrology model, the optical metrology model comprising a profile model, an approximation diffraction model, and a fine diffraction model. A simulated approximation diffraction signal is generated based... Agent: Tokyo Electron U.s. Holdings, Inc.

20090063075 - Determining profile parameters of a structure using approximation and fine diffraction models in optical metrology: Provided is a method for determining one or more profile parameters of a structure using an optical metrology model, the optical metrology model comprising a profile model, an approximation diffraction model, and a fine diffraction model. A simulated approximation diffraction signal is generated based on an approximation diffraction model of... Agent: Tokyo Electron U.s. Holdings, Inc.

20090063076 - Determining profile parameters of a structure using approximation and fine diffraction models in optical metrology: Provided is a method for determining one or more profile parameters of a structure using an optical metrology model, the optical metrology model comprising a profile model, an approximation diffraction model, and a fine diffraction model. A simulated approximation diffraction signal is generated based on an approximation diffraction model of... Agent: Tokyo Electron U.s. Holdings, Inc.

20090063078 - Environmental sensor, particle counting system having an environmental sensor, and methods of operating the same: An environmental sensor including an inlet and an outlet such that a flow of fluid moves from the inlet to the outlet, a particle detection portion to detect particles in the fluid, and a controller connected to the particle detection portion. The environmental sensor can be in communication with a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090063079 - Scanner calibration robust to lamp warm-up: Systems and methods are described that facilitate calibrating a scanner by capturing a plurality of white calibration files and generating a mathematical function that models the scanner. For instance, a white calibration file can be captured before and after a page is scanned, and the function can be an average... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090063080 - Apparatus and method for calibrating earphones for audiometric testing: A system and method for performing audiometric testing utilizes an independently normalized audiometer and independently calibrated earphones.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090063081 - Bridge sensor calibration: An integrated circuit chip for calibrating a bridge sensor is described. The integrated circuit (IC) comprises a voltage regulator for providing a voltage to drive the sensor and the integrated circuit; a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the environment; a programmable gain amplifier having inputs connected to the... Agent: KlIPConsulting

20090063082 - Standardized interfaces for proprietary instruments: A test instrument and method for operating the same are disclosed. The data acquisition system within the instrument generates signals and couples the signals to a device and/or receives signals from the device. The data processor within the instrument includes measurement specific software that generates measurements from the received signals,... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090063083 - Method of estimating support state of an electronic apparatus housing and electronic apparatus: In a method of estimating one of mechanical supporting states of a housing for an electronic apparatus, a drive signal is supplied to an oscillation device from which first oscillation is applied to the housing. A sensor detects a second oscillation transferred through the housing in response to the first... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20090063084 - Power rail impact analysis system: A power rail impact analysis system which provides a total system evaluation of a conductor bar system such as may be used in mass transit, automated people movers, material handling machines, or other mobile electric vehicles. The analysis system of this invention takes samples and records data from the current... Agent: Thomte Law Office, L.L.C.

20090063086 - Apparatus for testing semiconductor integrated circuit and method for testing semiconductor integrated circuit: An apparatus for testing a semiconductor integrated circuit includes an input part that inputs circuit description data that describes a circuit structure of the semiconductor integrated circuit, a clock domain of the semiconductor integrated circuit, and a first test vector to be used for testing a normal operation of the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090063085 - Pmu testing via a pe stage: An apparatus for use in testing a device includes a parametric measurement unit to measure a first signal from the device, and pin electronics to provide a second signal to the device. The pin electronics includes circuitry along a path to the device. The parametric measurement unit is electrically connected... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090063087 - Virtual sensor based control system and method: A method for a virtual sensor system corresponding to a target physical sensor is provided. The method may include selecting a plurality of measured parameters provided by a set of physical sensors based on operational characteristics of the virtual sensor system. The method may also include establishing a virtual sensor... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090063088 - Wristwatch type acceleration detection module: Disclosed is a wristwatch type acceleration detection module for measurement of exercise quantity, including a microprocessor, an acceleration sensor, a timer, a hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span database, and a display device. The acceleration sensor detects a hand swing count of the user in movement and an acceleration induced by the hand swinging. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090063089 - Method and system for detecting the type of tire: A method and a system for detecting the type of tire are disclosed, in particular in an indirectly measuring tire pressure monitoring system, which detects tire inflation pressure loss from the wheel rotational behavior. At least one modified vehicle tire is used, which incites specific patterns related to tire properties... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20090063090 - Device and method for monitoring hydration status: The invention relates to a device and method that provide an individualized guideline for fluid replacement during normal activity or inactivity. Preferred embodiments calculate the user's fluid loss using the equation: {[(% humidity2−1600)*time]/J}+[(temp° F.*total caloric expenditure)/K], wherein when time units are in percent of an hour, J is a value... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090063091 - Device for checking countersink dimensions: A device for checking countersink dimensions comprises a measuring head (2) associated with a spindle (3) of a multi-axis process machine (4), and a processing unit operatively associated with the spindle (3) to control spindle movements, the measuring head (2) comprising a contact element (5) that can be inserted into... Agent: Timothy J. Klima Harbin Klima Law Group PLLC

20090063093 - Method and apparatus for surveying actual measurement data of a component: An improved method for surveying actual measurement data of a component, which originate from an optical scan, is characterized in that the actual measurement data (2) of the component (1) are surveyed by means of a measurement program (24) for a tactile coordinate measuring instrument, wherein the measurement program (24)... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090063092 - Pin array locking mechanism: A pin array includes a plurality of pins arranged in an array; and one or more flexible tubes in contact with each of the pins such that, when pressurized, each of the flexible tubes applies pressure to sides of the pins to prevent further movement of the pins. A method... Agent: Steven L. Nichols Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090063094 - Control asset comparative performance analysis system and methodolgy: A system and method is provided for determining the variability induced on a process output. The method includes the analysis of input variable values to determine the total variability. A series of processes may be analyzed and ranked so that a process owner may gain an understanding of how a... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

20090063095 - Probability state models: The present invention provides a method of analyzing multidimensional data using a computer as well as methods of displaying multidimensional data to a user for further analysis. In other aspects the present invention provides for a system for state model fitting, the system comprising a detector, and a computer operably... Agent: Kevin M. Farrell Pierce Atwood

20090063096 - Method, computer program product, and system for rapid resultant estimation performance determination: The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for rapidly determining a resultant in relation to a plurality of predetermined performance characteristics using a method for determining test values in exponential and binary processes which are sequentially and comparatively assessed in relation to one or more maximum... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow Ltd.

20090063097 - Pressure sensing systems for sports, and associated methods: A system determines athletic performance. A pressure sensor senses change in elevation. A microprocessor processes signals from the pressure sensor to determine speed corresponding to the change in elevation. A display reports the speed to a user.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090063098 - System and method for providing notes in measurement devices: A measurement device with capabilities of note taking. The measurement device comprises at least one measurement component, adapted to perform measurement in at least one measuring event of the measurement device; a note control component, adapted to obtain and record at least one note input with respect to the at... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

20090063099 - Activity classification from route and sensor-based metadata: Systems and methods that infer and classify user activity based in part on routing data. A storage medium can store raw data collected, and such acquired data can be subsequently be analyzed or distilled to generate abstract qualities about the raw data (e.g., velocity of user during route, level of... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090063100 - Analog signal test using a-priori information: The present invention relates to a method and a corresponding system (10) for testing an analog signal under test (12) A using knowledge of at least one parameter of said signal under test (12), said method comprising the steps of: generating a reference signal (16) using said knowledge of at... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090063101 - Apparatus and method for detecting and identifying raman signatures: In one aspect, a signal processing system includes a processor, an I/O device operatively associated with the processor, and a memory device bearing instructions configured to cause the processor to obtain a representation of signal data over a data domain and position a sliding-window over a portion of the signal... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090063102 - Method for identifying a convolved peak: A method for identifying a convolved peak is described. A plurality of spectra is obtained. A multivariate analysis technique is used to assign data points from the plurality of spectra to a plurality of groups. A peak is selected from the plurality of spectra. If the peak includes data points... Agent: Kasha Law LLC

20090063103 - Signal processing circuit for rotation detector and method for detecting rotation of object: A signal processing circuit for a rotation detector outputs accurate rotational information including a rotating direction of a rotor which rotates with an object. A phase difference compensation substantiating block decides whether a predetermined phase difference compensating condition is established. The condition relates to decision whether noise effects on first... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC