Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions

20090271115 - Wellbore tracking: Wellbore tracking by developing a wellbore deviation survey, including collecting wellbore deformation data using a caliper at each of a plurality of depths within the wellbore, collecting wellbore deviation data using a tiltmeter at ones of the plurality of depths, determining simulated wellbore deformation and deviation data using the oriented... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090271116 - Information characterization system and methods: The present disclosure provides a method of normalizing characterization information comprising: defining a plurality of characteristics, for each characteristic defining a set of allowed values and defining a logging interval. The method further comprises: at a plurality of logging intervals, selecting a value from the set of allowed values for... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090271117 - System and method for deep formation evaluation: A technique facilitates formation evaluation by deploying tools in a subterranean environment. A logging tool is deployed in a wellbore to obtain formation related measurements. Additionally, one or more mobile robots also are positioned in the subterranean environment at unique positions that facilitate accumulation of data related to the formation.... Agent: Schlumberger Ipc Attn: David Cate

20090271118 - Method for obtaining porosity and shale volume from seismic data: Method for obtaining rock parameters such as porosity and vshale directly from inversion of seismic data corresponding to a single trace location. This method is distinguished from existing methods that obtain elastic properties from inversion of seismic data, then relate the elastic parameters to rock lithology parameters such as porosity... Agent: J. Paul Plummer Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20090271124 - Diabetes-related biomarkers and methods of use thereof: The invention describes biomarkers which can be used to predict the likelihood that an individual will develop Diabetes. The biomarkers can also be used to screen large groups in order to identify individuals at risk of developing Diabetes.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (tethys) 233 S. Wacker Drive

20090271121 - Methods and systems for detecting a bioactive agent effect: Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting at least one indication of bioactive agent use by an individual and/or presenting an indication of an artificial sensory experience programmed to detect at least one effect of the bioactive agent at least partly based on the at least... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090271122 - Methods and systems for monitoring and modifying a combination treatment: Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include monitoring at least one attribute of an individual during an artificial sensory experience while the individual is under the influence of a bioactive agent, identifying at least one characteristic of the artificial sensory experience that is proximate to a desired... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090271120 - Methods and systems for monitoring bioactive agent use: Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting at least one indication of a bioactive agent use by an individual and/or assigning an artificial sensory experience to monitor at least one desired effect of the bioactive agent on the individual.... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090271123 - Ordering genes by analysis of expression kinetics: A method for analyzing the temporal behavior of gene expression for a group of genes which are part of a biological system or subsystem. Preferably, such an analysis enables the order of expression of such genes to be determined. More preferably, the temporal behavior of gene expression is assessed according... Agent: Dr. D. Graeser Ltd. C/o The Discovery Dispatch

20090271119 - Pertioneal membrane function test method, peritoneal membrane function test apparatus and peritoneal membrane function test program: It is intended to provide a method whereby the peritoneal function of a dialysis patient can be tested by a relatively easy procedure and yet a high accuracy can be achieved compared with the existing methods, and an apparatus for the peritoneal function test by using the same. Standards of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090271125 - Method and systems for locating a source of particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule: A method and systems for locating a source of particles, molecules, or fragments of molecules using particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule reception rate is disclosed. According to the invention, the particle, molecule, or fragment of molecules diffusion parameters in the search space are determined and a lattice is designed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090271126 - Method and apparatus for predicting physical contact: A method of qualifying a ferrule assembly as being adequate to make physical contact upon application of a certain mating force, said ferrule assembly comprising a ferrule having an mating face and two or more fibers in said ferrule extending from said mating face, said method comprising (a) determining a... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090271127 - System and method for monitoring vehicle residual integrity: A vehicle residual integrity monitoring system leverages the existing onboard vehicle computer network architecture and onboard data communication bus to obtain and process data items generated by various vehicle network modules. The data items are generated in response to the occurrence of events that impact residual value of the vehicle... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090271128 - Flow rate measuring apparatus and program thereof: Object of the present invention is to measure the quantity of a gas flowing through a gas meter and accurately calculate, on a per-appliance basis, the quantity of used gas in each time during which a gas appliance connected to a downstream point is used, without involvement of a waveform... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/panasonic

20090271129 - Method, apparatus and system for characterizing two phase fluid flow in an injection well: A method and corresponding system is provided for determining fluid properties of a two phase fluid flowing through various portions of a wellbore. Specifically, the method and corresponding system determines fluid properties (e.g. enthalpy flux) of the two phase fluid flowing upstream of the injector portion of the wellbore as... Agent: Schlumberger Canada Limited

20090271130 - Method for measuring suspended sediment concentration in water: A method for measuring suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in water includes the steps of: placing a vibrating-type SSC measuring probe in a target water body whose SSC is to be measured, and causing the SSC measuring probe to vibrate; measuring a vibratory signal resulting from the vibration of the SSC... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090271131 - Module for data acquisition and control in a sensor/control network: A data acquisition and/or control module (101) for interfacing with a device (115) is provided. The module (101) and device (115) form part of a sensor/control network. The module (101) comprises a transceiver (103) for receiving data from and transmitting data to the sensor/control network, a first microcontroller (107) connected... Agent: Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090271132 - Method for estimating state of charge of a rechargeable battery: An apparatus for accurately estimating the SOC of a rechargeable battery installed in a hybrid electric vehicle. A voltage variation measurement unit measures terminal voltage variation amount of the rechargeable battery in a no-battery-current state in which a charge-discharge current does not flow in the rechargeable battery. A polarization voltage... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090271133 - Clock jitter measurement circuit and integrated circuit having the same: Provided is a measurement circuit for measuring a jitter of a clock signal. Delay elements delay the clock signal into delayed clock signal. Latches latch the delayed clock signals to indicate whether transition edges of the clock signal is within a window value which is corresponding to delays of the... Agent: J C Patents

20090271135 - Detecting device for detecting an operating mode of a system and detecting method thereof: A detecting device for detecting an operating mode is disclosed. The detecting device includes a pulse generator and a hold-up unit. The pulse generator is disposed for issuing a one-shot pulse signal in response to each of button signals respectively. The hold-up unit is disposed for receiving the button signals... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090271134 - Methods and apparatus for determining a switching history time constant in an integrated circuit device: Techniques for inline measurement of a switching history time constant in an integrated circuit device are provided. A series of pulses is launched into a first stage of a delay chain comprising a plurality of delay stages connected in series and having a length greater than a decay length of... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090271136 - Method and apparatus for calibrating seeders: A calibration device for calibrating a metering system that dispenses a product to a seeder towed by a farm vehicle is provided for obtaining and maintaining a desired rate of delivery of the product from the seeder. The calibration device comprises a first console port positioned at or near the... Agent: Bennett Jones LLP C/o Ms Roseann Caldwell

20090271137 - Wheel alignment device adapted to compensate for runout error: Alignment device adapted to measure characteristic angles of the wheels and of the steering of motor vehicles, particularly camber, toe-in, caster, by way of arms provided with sensors to be fastened to the wheels. In particular, in the step for determining the mounting error of the grip elements (runout), the... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20090271138 - Methods and apparatus for a virtual test cell: A method for calibrating a physical test cell includes the steps of: determining a set of inputs to be provided to the physical test cell based in part on a set of historical test data; providing the inputs to the physical test cell and receiving a set of outputs associated... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090271139 - Test case generation apparatus, generation method therefor, and program storage medium: A method of the present invention includes: inputting a state transition diagram that represents first transitions between a plurality of states; inputting a mapping function that maps a given state to a value within a certain range; mapping each of the states with the mapping function to obtain mapping values,... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090271140 - Semiconductor device: Cost of testing is reduced. An SiP (1) comprises an AD chip (2) and a logic chip (3) that perform transmission and reception of data. The AD chip (2) comprises AD conversion circuits (12a and 12b) that generate parallel data, parallel-serial conversion circuits (13a and 13b) that divide parallel data... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090271141 - Workload scheduling in multi-core processors: A computer system that schedules loads across a set of processor cores is described. During operation, the computer system receives thermal measurements from sensors associated with the set of processor cores, and removes noise from the thermal measurements. Then, the computer system analyzes thermal properties of the set of processor... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090271142 - Physical quantity measuring instrument and signal processing method thereof: The present invention relates to a physical quantity measuring instrument and signal processing method thereof capable of reducing noise components and improving reliability without increasing size or cost of the circuit. A physical quantity detecting unit (11) has signal detecting components for detecting a plurality of signals based on a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090271143 - Radiation measuring device and data processing method: A radiation measuring device capable of identifying the incident direction of a radiation ray and energy (segmentation) The directivity characteristics of a plurality of detectors are different from each other. A plurality of energy segmentations are set respectively for a plurality of spectra corresponding to a plurality of detectors, and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090271144 - Detection unit protected against detachment and/or forced entry and system that comprises at least one such unit: Unit (1) characterized in that it also comprises a means (5) that can measure a variation of the absolute angle relative to the vertical line of a reference surface of the housing (2), a portion of the housing (2), at least one internal functional element, or a group of such... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090271145 - Determining a center of rotation for a component in a computer system: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that determines a center of rotation for a component in a computer system. During operation, the system measures a first acceleration of a first location on the component and a second acceleration of a second location on the component, wherein the... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090271146 - Multistatic concealed object detection: Concealed object detection using electromagnetic and acoustic multistatic imaging systems and methods. A method of simultaneously screening plural subjects for concealed objects includes transmitting a signal into a screening area where there is at least one subject to be screened having an associated object, receiving a reflected signal from the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090271147 - Pedometer: Power savings are aimed by controlling display of a step count with no additional hardware. An acceleration sensor detects that a user is taking a step through an amplifier circuit, and outputs a walking signal corresponding to the step to a CPU. The CPU counts walking signals, and displays the... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20090271148 - Cold-start in situation-aware systems: A definition of a set of context variables to be considered is received, wherein the context variables represent categories of situations in which the computer system can be. A definition of a set of activities to be considered is also received, wherein the activities represent activities that can be performed... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090271149 - Analysis method: A method of analysing measured data, in relation to expected data, from a system which has a plurality of associated system variables, is provided, the method including the steps of: a) optimising an error function which relates said measured data to a predetermined number of the system variables adjusting the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090271151 - Machine data acquisition system with data compression: A machine data acquisition system is disclosed. The data acquisition system may include a sensor disposed on a machine and configured to produce a signal indicative of an operational parameter of the machine. The system may also include a data processor and controller configured to convert the signal into a... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090271150 - System, method and algorithm for data-driven equipment performance monitoring: A method for automatically monitoring the performance of equipment (100) includes the step (101) of compiling current operating conditions including at least one current sensor reading and at least one current performance measurement associated with the current conditions (PMc). A historical database including a plurality of stored operating conditions is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090271152 - Load testing mechanism for server-based applications: In various exemplary embodiments, a method of monitoring performance of a server and a related computer-readable medium include one or more of the following: placing a load agent on at least one server; maintaining a load on the server using the load agent, wherein the load corresponds to at least... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20090271153 - Device for detecting signals: A device for detecting signals is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the device includes at least four detector elements for receiving the signals and converting them into useful signals, each being connected via at least two lines to at least one signal processing unit. Each detector element includes a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090265108 - Natural weather station: A weather station that generates a natural weather phenomenon to represent weather information to a user is disclosed. The weather station comprises a weather information module that obtains weather information, and a weather simulation module that generates a natural weather phenomenon using physical objects. In an embodiment, the weather station... Agent: EagleIPLimited

20090265109 - Method for acquiring and processing magnetometric data by local updates in real time: The invention concerns a method for acquiring and processing magnetometric data for representing on an at least two-dimensional map magnetometric characteristics of a geographical zone including a step of measuring the intensity of a magnetic field (1) on a geographical zone producing a set of magnetometric data of intensity B(s),... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090265110 - Multiuser oilfield domain analysis and data management: A method of oilfield data management including collecting oilfield data from an oilfield, executing instructions on a processor to perform a domain analysis of the oilfield data by a first analysis team to generate a first analysis, the first analysis team comprising a plurality of users who analyze a portion... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20090265111 - Signal processing method for marine electromagnetic signals: A method for processing marine electromagnetic signal measurements includes acquiring magnetotelluric (MT) measurements from below a bottom of a body of water at a plurality of positions along the water bottom at substantially the same times at each position. Controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) measurements are acquired from below the water... Agent: Dewipat Incorporated

20090265112 - Device and method for responding to influences of mind: In the field of direct mind-machine interactions, prior art devices and methods do not provide sufficiently fast and reliable results. Mental influence detectors (100, 140, 400, 430) and corresponding methods provide fast and reliable results useful for detecting an influence of mind and hidden or classically non-inferable information. An anomalous... Agent: Thomas Swenson

20090265114 - Influenza virus neuraminidase crystal structure and their use thereof: The invention relates to crystals of the influenza virus neuraminidase protein, their structures and their use.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090265115 - Method and apparatus for analyzing dna: This invention is directed to a protocol and design for an apparatus to analyze the distribution and/or ratio of Thymine, Cytosine, Adenine and Guanine of a DNA sequence from a target organism. The result is then used to determine the possible impact the target organism may have in a host... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20090265116 - Prediction of an individual's risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis: Methods for predicting the likelihood of development of rheumatoid arthritis for individuals that present with recent-onset undifferentiated arthritis. The methods are based on the determination of a set of clinical markers and/or parameters and determining a predicted risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical markers and parameters that are decisive for... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090265113 - System and method for testing heat exchange system for heat exchange catheter: A heat exchange system for an indwelling catheter is tested for proper operation by observing whether a fluid temperature is within a command zone range and if not whether temperature moves toward the range or equalizes with it within predetermined parameters after a pump has stopped, and only if temperature... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090265117 - System and method for automated collection and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions: A system and method for automated collection and reporting of data indicative of greenhouse gas emissions reductions (GHGER) and GHGER is disclosed. Improvement upon the known process of collecting and reporting data indicative of GHGER for use in proposing verification, by a jurisdiction, of said data as GHGER and submitting... Agent: Jay James Castino

20090265119 - Assessing conditions of aircraft wiring: A method of assessing potential conditions affecting aircraft electrical wiring systems. Electrical wiring system components potentially affected by a potential failure condition of the aircraft are identified. Probabilistic and/or statistical methods are used to determine exposure of one or more wire segments of the identified component(s) to hazard and whether... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090265118 - Methods and systems for providing unanticipated demand predictions for maintenance: A method for predicting a probability of failure for a component of a platform at a specified time is described. The method includes collecting historical maintenance data relating to the component, selecting, utilizing the collected historical maintenance data, a lifetime distribution model that best fits the historical maintenance data, estimating... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090265120 - Method and apparatus for monitoring a structure: By analyzing the strain data to determine whether the structure has undergone plastic deformation, a more reliable determination can be made of whether the structure has experienced an excessively high transient loading event such as a hard landing of an aircraft, or the lifting of an excessive load by a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090265121 - Measuring and monitoring a power source: The disclosed battery monitoring systems and methods may minimize measurement errors due to noise and/or other disruptions. The sensor may generate a pulse width modulated signal that when applied to the battery forms an AC test signal having a defined waveform, frequency, amplitude, and/or duration. The sensor may measure the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090265122 - System and method for locating and analyzing arcing phenomena: System and method for detecting partial discharge arcing phenomena in a power network distribution system which employs a mobile receiving assemblage including a wideband antenna, a computer controllable wideband radio receiver deriving an amplitude detected output and a global positioning system providing system position data. The amplitude detected outputs are... Agent: Mueller And Smith, Lpa Mueller-smith Building

20090265123 - Back-up data delivery device for an unpowered utility meter and method of using the same: Introduced is a utility meter data collection device for the collection of metered data when primary power to the utility meter is unavailable. In one embodiment the device includes (1) a back-up battery configured to provide power to communicate metered data when primary power to a utility meter is unavailable;... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20090265124 - Intelligent electronic device for providing broadband internet access: An intelligent electronic device for monitoring and determining an amount of electrical power usage by a consumer, or end user, and for providing broadband Internet access to the consumer. The intelligent electronic device includes at least one sensor coupled to an electric circuit configured for measuring at least one power... Agent: Electro Industries/ Gaugetech C/o Casella & Hespos, LLP

20090265125 - battery state-of-health monitoring system and method: A battery state-of-health monitoring and prognosis method includes off-line training of parity-relation parameters utilized in providing a measure of battery state-of-health.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090265126 - Measuring device for a preview display of several time-variable electrical signals: A measuring device for displaying several time-variable electrical signals. The measuring device includes a front panel, which provides various operating elements, with a screen, which provides several display fields. The first display field provides at least one window, which corresponds to a given measurement channel, where the time-variable electrical signal... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090265127 - Preferential defect marking on a web: A system for preferentially marking defects on a web is described. The system includes a web of material to be converted into individual sheets of a plurality of different grade levels, a database storing anomaly data of anomalies on the web, wherein an anomaly is a potential defect in at... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090265128 - Correcting for distortion in a tracking system: A volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090265129 - Method of calibrating an analyte-measurement device, and associated methods, devices and systems: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an analyte-measurement device that is used to evaluate a concentration of analyte in bodily fluid at or from a measurement site in a body. The method involves measuring a concentration, or calibration concentration, of an analyte in blood from an “off-finger” calibration... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20090265130 - Method of calibrating an analyte-measurement device, and associated methods, devices and systems: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an analyte-measurement device that is used to evaluate a concentration of analyte in bodily fluid at or from a measurement site in a body. The method involves measuring a concentration, or calibration concentration, of an analyte in blood from an “off-finger” calibration... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20090265131 - Measurement of the temperature of a molten glass bath: One proceeds with indirect measurement of the temperature of a molten bath (1) of a viscous material such as glass by measuring a parameter such as the motor torque of a rotating mechanical stirrer (3) or the heating power extracted from its coolant water. One thereby dispenses with direct measurement... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090265132 - Device and method for determining the density of a fluid: A device for determining the density of a fluid comprises a buoyant body, a spring which engages on the buoyant body and whose elastic deformation is a measure of the buoyancy force of the buoyant body, and a magnet which is designed to sense the elastic deformation of the spring... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090265133 - Localization system and method for mobile object using wireless communication: The present invention relates to a localization system and method for a mobile object. An object of the present invention is to provide a localization system and method for a mobile object capable of obtaining precise stable position data against changes in light intensity and vibration of the mobile object... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090265134 - Benchmarking diagnostic algorithms: A method for benchmarking diagnostic algorithms for a particular application is provided. The diagnostic algorithms are rank ordered based on a specified criterion so as to weed out weak algorithms, selecting more robust algorithms, defined in some sense, for deployment. This is realized by evaluating various parameters subsequently mentioned. A... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090265135 - Electro-hydraulic timed angle controlled joint simulation torque calibration, certification and analysis device: A joint simulator is provided having a housing with a chamber, a piston, slidable within the chamber, and a shaft rotatable within the housing, the shaft having (i) an end configured to engage a power tool to be tested, and (ii) a threaded end engaged with the piston, whereby rotating... Agent: Adrian H. Hetzel

20090265137 - Computer-based methods and systems for failure analysis: In accordance with one aspect, the invention provides a method of performing failure analysis on a microelectronic product where the method includes acts of: storing a result of a first test performed on the microelectronic product on a centralized computer; transmitting the result from the centralized computer to a first... Agent: Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090265139 - Diagnostics for centrally managed computer system: The present invention provides a diagnostic method for a centrally managed computer system. The method provides central diagnostic expertise regarding central management software used for managing said system. The method further provides for managed software that integrates with said central management software; the managed software includes its own diagnostic expertise.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090265136 - Disk drive emulator and method of use thereof: A disk drive emulator for testing a test slot of a disk drive testing system includes an emulator housing, a testing circuit housed in the emulator housing, and an interface connector disposed on the emulator housing and in electrical communication with the testing circuit. The disk drive emulator includes at... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090265138 - Testing system and method for testing a vibration function of a mobile phone: A testing system includes a mobile phone motherboard, a motor connected to the motherboard, a multimeter capable of measuring vibrating frequency and voltage of the motor, and a computer. The computer has an output port capable of sending commands to the mobile phone motherboard to instruct the motor to vibrate... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090265141 - Distributed storage in wireless sensor networks: The present invention provides a method for implementation in a first sensor node that is a member of a sensor node network including a plurality of sensor nodes. One embodiment of the method includes accessing, at the first sensor node, information indicative of a sensing operation performed by at least... Agent: Mark W. Sincell Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20090265140 - Wireless data acquisition network and operating methods: A method of collecting data from wireless sensor units arranged in a network. The method may comprise the steps of initiating distribution of control signals to the wireless sensor units, acquiring data with the wireless sensor units by sensing one or more physical parameters, each of the wireless sensor units... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090265142 - Fault analysis and monitoring applications using out-of-band based modules: One example embodiment includes a testing device. The testing device comprises a signal reception element, an out-of-band detector and testing logic. The signal reception element is configured to receive a physical layer signal from a communication module via a physical link and to produce an incoming double modulated signal, the... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090259403 - Method of determining reservoir parameters: A method of determining the effect of formation porosity on formation resistivity and parameters derived from the formation resistivity is described, including the step of determining for a depth interval a heterogeneity measure; and using a pre-defined relation to transform the heterogeneity measure into an algebraic term determining the effect... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation

20090259404 - Methods and systems for processing acoustic waveform data: Methods and systems for processing acoustic measurements related to subterranean formations. The methods and systems provide receiving acoustic waveforms with a plurality of receivers, deriving slowness of the formation based on the acoustic waveforms, and modeling dominant waveforms in the acoustic waveforms based on the formation slowness, wherein deriving the... Agent: Schlumberger K.k.

20090259406 - Continuous microseismic mapping for real-time 3d event detection and location: A method for the detection and localization of microseismic events is proposed which operates in real-time. It provides hypocenters in three spatial dimensions along with an estimate of the event origin time. Sensor positions may be distributed in 3D space, and are not confined to linear arrays in vertical wells.... Agent: Schlumberger K.k.

20090259405 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating seismic event time histories: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media generate acceleration time histories. An initial acceleration history is applied to a response model with natural frequencies across a spectrum of interest to develop a displacement response. Low-frequency enhancement signals are determined by comparing the displacement response to a standard displacement response. The enhancement signals... Agent: Traskbritt / Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

20090259408 - Analyzing system, data processing apparatus, and storage medium: An analyzing system, data processing apparatus, and storage medium capable of reducing the complex labor of a technician related to the setting operations of a measuring apparatus. The analysis system is provided with a plurality of measuring apparatuses that perform mutually different measurements of specimens, and a data processing apparatus... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090259407 - Apparatus and methods for non-invasive measurement of a substance within a body: Embodiments of the present system and methods measure a concentration of a substance, such as glucose, in a body. The present embodiments measure a first amount of infrared (IR) radiation absorbed or emitted from the body in a first wavelength band, and a second amount of IR radiation absorbed or... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20090259409 - Process for determining the green star rating of compounds and formulations: The invention is directed toward a process that can be used in the formulation of more environmentally friendly, greener formulations for consumer applications. The process includes the evaluation of components in a formulation, then determining the percentage of the molecule that is green, establishing a green star rating and determining... Agent: Anthony J O'lenick Jr

20090259410 - Optical emissioin spectroscopy qualitative and quantitative analysis method: The invention relates to a method for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of samples by optical emission spectroscopy with laser excitation (18), using a database created on single-element aqueous solutions all having the same pure element concentration, this database containing, for each element, the wavelengths of the emission lines and... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20090259411 - System and method for self-contained structural health monitoring for composite structures: A system and method for structural health monitoring (SHM) of a physical structure, such as an aircraft component. The system may comprise a central data acquisition module and a plurality of wireless, self-contained sensor wafers bonded to a surface of the physical structure. The central data acquisition module and the... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090259412 - system for controlling the position and orientation of an object in dependence on received forces and torques from a user: A system for controlling position and orientation of an object. A first part is adapted to receive forces and torques from a user. A sensor is adapted to measure forces and torques caused by changes in position and orientation of the first part relative to a second part. A data... Agent: Venable LLP

20090259413 - Resistive force sensing device and method with an advanced communication interface: Several methods and a system of a resistive force sensing device and method with an advanced communication interface are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment provides a force measuring device. The force measuring device includes a resistive sensor having a fixed surface and a movable surface. A spring assembly is positioned between... Agent: Raj Abhyanker LLP

20090259414 - Multi-dimension detector with half bridge load cells: A multi-dimension detector with half bridge load cells, which includes an analog to digital converter (ADC), a plurality of half bridge load cells, a multiplexer and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU controls the multiplexer to form a plurality of full bridge load cells by selecting either-two of the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090259415 - Air flow meter for an automobile: An air flow meter includes a tube having an exterior surface and an interior surface, which defines an interior space. A collector is disposed within the interior space of the tube and a plurality of transmission pins protrude from the interior surface of the tube. The plurality of transmission pins... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090259416 - Device for inspecting an electrial line's protection element and for verifying said electrical line: Device for inspecting an electrical line's protection element and for verifying said electrical line disposed, in use, part in series and part in parallel with the corresponding protection element and comprising: processing means that control and functionally interconnect the other components of the device and that receive tension directly from... Agent: John D. Titus The Cavanagh Law Firm

20090259417 - Method to calculate energy efficiency of information technology equipment: This method uses a formula to calculate an energy efficiency rating based on power consumption and transactions per second. It further calculates a normalized rating where the absolute rating is adjusted based on Moore's Law prediction of improvements. As a result the method invented is the first and only method... Agent: Power Assure, Inc.

20090259420 - Adaptive surface concentration battery charging: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that adaptively charges a battery, wherein the battery is a lithium-ion battery which includes a transport-limiting electrode, an electrolyte separator and a non-transport-limiting electrode. To charge the battery, the system first determines a lithium surface concentration at an interface between the... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090259419 - Battery condition diagnosis apparatus: A battery condition diagnosis apparatus for a vehicle gradually supplies electricity to an electric motor of an electric power steering apparatus when a predetermined time elapses after an ignition switch is turned off. The apparatus diagnoses the deteriorated condition of the battery on the basis of the amount of supplied... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090259418 - Current-voltage conversion circuit and power consumption detection circuit and electronic device using the same: A current-voltage conversion circuit which converts a current to be detected into a voltage, includes a detection resistor, amplifier circuit having a first operational amplifier, and an offset adjusting current source having a third resistor and a fourth resistor which are capable of trimming. The offset adjusting current source causes... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090259421 - System and method for estimating remaining run-time of autonomous systems by indirect measurement: A system and method for estimating remaining run-time of an autonomous system by indirect measure is disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes a load circuit, an energy storage system (ESS) and an energy storage management system (ESM). The load circuit includes functional blocks. The ESS stores electric energy and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090259422 - Transmission medium testing apparatus and method: The invention provides a method for testing a transmission medium used in a full-duplex communication system comprising an endpoint that comprises a transmitting end (TX) and a receiving end (RX); the method comprises the steps of: first, transmitting a transmitted signal which comprises a test signal sequence with a high... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090259423 - Power supply apparatus for operation and resonant frequency searching method: A power supply apparatus for operation supplies a drive signal of a resonant frequency to a surgical instrument to drive the instrument. A recognition section recognizes a surgical instrument connected to the power supply apparatus. A setting section sets a frequency scanning condition according to the surgical instrument recognized by... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090259424 - Parameter estimation for accelerometers, processes, circuits, devices and systems: An electronic circuit includes accelerometer (1140) sensors mounted on different axes, memory circuitry (1024) and an electronic processor (1030) coupled to the accelerometer (1140) sensors and to the memory circuitry (1024), the electronic processor (1030) operable to generate signals representing at least one calibration parameter for the accelerometer (1140) sensors... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090259425 - System and method for integrated circuit calibration: A system and method for calibrating an integrated circuit. The method includes configuring a first impedance for a first output of the integrated circuit according to a first configuration code and measuring a first voltage at the first output which corresponds to the first configuration code. The method further includes... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090259427 - Analyzer: Analyzers are described that includes a mode selector for selecting one measurement mode from said plurality of measurement modes; a display for displaying a screen; and a display controller for displaying on said screen a picture representing contents of the measurement mode selected by said mode selector.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090259426 - Arrangement comprising a mock-up for reproducing and testing an aircraft passenger cabin: In this case it is particularly advantageous that tests can be carried out irrespective of location and therefore a mobile test stand can be constructed during the system development stage, which is carried out to a large extent by suppliers, the test stand initially being used on-site by development engineers... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090259428 - Method and product for testing a device under test: In a method of testing a device under test (DUT) using a test device adapted to provide a connection to a central controller, a test procedure activation signal is supplied from the central controller to the test device. A test procedure for testing the DUT is performed on the basis... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle

20090259429 - Method and system of performing a functional test of at least one embedded sub-element of a wind turbine: A method of performing a functional test of at least one embedded sub-element of a wind turbine, the wind turbine being controlled by a control algorithm of a wind turbine controller, includes the steps of: executing a predefined event pattern activating at least one sub-element of the wind turbine, obtaining... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090259430 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing signals in a testing system: The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide approaches for synchronizing signals in a testing system. In some embodiments, the timing signal associated with each device under test (DUT) is maintained at an integer multiple of the tester timing signal. Additionally, in other embodiments, the timing signal associated with various... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090259431 - Electron beam writing apparatus and position displacement amount correcting method: The present invention provides an electron beam writing apparatus and an image placement error correcting method each capable of calculating a high-accuracy correction amount relative to an image placement error in consideration of a difference in required unit area of height distribution data between the shape of a back surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090259432 - Tracking determination based on intensity angular gradient of a wave: Handheld device, base station, computer readable medium and method for detecting a position of a handheld device. The method includes measuring intensities of at least one beam emitted by a base station; calculating relative intensities based on the measured intensities; and determining the position of the handheld device based on... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20090259433 - Method and system for measuring a diameter, and assembly line employing this system: This method for measuring the diameter of a circular track on a component comprises: a) a step (162) of moving the component along a measurement path, b) as the component is moving along the measurement path, a measurement step (170), for measuring at least one parameter, without contact with the... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090259434 - Monitoring motion of a crusher: A method of measuring one or more motion parameters of a main shaft in a gyratory or cone crusher is disclosed. Signals are directed from a stationary sensor means located apart from the main shaft to one or more signal reflective surfaces situated on a target located on or adjacent... Agent: Flsmidth Minerals Inc.

20090259435 - Roundness measuring instrument and method of determining quality of tip head: To realize a roundness measuring instrument of which the measurement precision when there is eccentricity has been improved. The instrument comprises a mount base 1, a tip head 11 having a spherical tip portion and capable of moving in a first plane including an axis of rotation of the mount... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090259436 - Methods and apparatus to determine board exposure levels: Methods and apparatus to determine board exposure levels are disclosed herein. In a disclosed example method, exposure levels associated with a plurality of media boards are obtained and a plurality of probability distributions indicative of probable exposure levels for the plurality of media boards are determined. The example method also... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090259439 - Method and system for the detection and/or removal of sinusoidal interference signals in a noise signal: A method for removing sinusoidal interference signals from a noise signal. The method includes transforming a measured signal (x(t), x(μ·Δt)), which is composed of a limited number of sinusoidal interference signals (Ak·ej(ωkt+φk), Ak·ej(ωkμ·Δt+φk)) and a white noise signal (w(t), w(μ·Δt)), into a subspace containing noise components and a subspace containing... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090259437 - Noise measurement in video images: A method and apparatus are disclosed wherein the horizontal and vertical variances of the pixels of an image are determined to calculate a noise measurement in a received image.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Amd

20090259438 - Relative noise: Relative noise is a single scalar value that is used to predict the maximum value of the expected noise at any point and is calculated from the measured signal and a mathematical noise model. The mathematical noise model is selected or estimated from an observation that includes statistical and/or numerical... Agent: Kasha Law LLC

20090254280 - Method for analyzing strain data: A method for estimating a shape, the method including: selecting a structure comprising a plurality of strain sensors inoperable communication with the structure, each strain sensor configured to provide a strain measurement; placing the structure in a borehole; receiving the strain measurements from the plurality of strain sensors; creating a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090254281 - Lithofacies classification system and method: A method of analyzing characteristics of a subterranean formation includes applying a wavelet transform to measured data or to derived data obtained from the measured data, the measured data obtained by measuring a physical property at each of a plurality of positions in a borehole that penetrates the subterranean formation;... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20090254282 - Method of finite-element discretization in heterogeneous and highly conductive grid cells: A method for simulating a conductivity measured by a resistivity tool disposed in a borehole penetrating a formation, the method including: constructing a main grid extending from the borehole into the formation; constructing an auxiliary grid that is local to the main grid and fitted to a boundary between a... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP- Baker Atlas

20090254283 - method for petrophysical evaluation of shale gas reservoirs: A method for evaluating an earth formation from a well bore, that includes: collecting at least one of geochemical data, petrophysical data and geomechanical data from a wellbore; and identifying depositional facies of the earth surrounding the wellbore. A computer program product and a system are provided.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP- Baker Atlas

20090254284 - System for providing animal test information and method of providing animal test information: A system for providing animal test information is disclosed that comprises: test devices; and a central device communicably connected to the test devices, wherein each of the terminal test devices comprises: an input receiving section for receiving input of attribution information of a sample; a measurement section for measuring the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090254285 - Data analysis to provide a revised data set for use in peptide sequencing determination: In one aspect of the present invention, the less “useful” spectral data is disregarded from the spectral data resulting from the fragmentation by ETD and candidate charge states for the “useful” data assigned. Knowledge of the first order ion product charge state reduces the subset of comparison data hence aiding... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090254287 - Method for predicting lifetime of photo-semiconductor device and drive apparatus: In a method for predicting the lifetime of a photo-semiconductor device that has a maximum light output value restricted by thermal saturation, the maximum light output value is extracted by measuring the characteristic of light output from the photo-semiconductor device with respect to drive current. The decrease tendency of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090254286 - Systems and methods for modeling surface properties of a mechanical component: There is a method for modeling the surface fatigue life of a mechanical component. The method has the following steps: a) modeling the surface fatigue life of the mechanical component on an atomistic scale to form an atomistic model, b) modeling the surface fatigue life of the mechanical component on... Agent: Pratt & Whitney

20090254288 - Electrospun fibrous nanocomposites as permeable, flexible strain sensors: The present invention generally relates to methods to provide electrospun polymer/nanoparticle composite-fiber structures for use as lightweight, compliant, porous strain sensors for non-cyclic strain sensing. In one embodiment, the fibers in the nanocomposites comprise, for example, poly(∈-caprolactone) (PCL) dielectric polymer matrix with embedded electrically conductive carbon black (CB) nanoparticles. In... Agent: Roetzel And Andress

20090254289 - Methods and systems to form high efficiency and uniform fresnel lens arrays for ultrasonic liquid manipulation: Apparatus and methods to form high efficiency and uniform Fresnel lens arrays for ultrasonic liquid manipulation are provided. An ultrasonic transducer array may be fabricated by forming top and bottom electrodes on top and bottom surfaces of a sensor plate. The ultrasonic transducer array may generate ultrasonic energy to manipulate... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090254290 - Method for estimating remaining capacity of battery: The present invention provides a method for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery. The method comprises: measuring a current value, a voltage value and temperature of the battery; correcting the current value based on the voltage value; calculating a current integration value by integrating the corrected current value and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090254291 - Acquiring phasors outside the frequency tracking range for power protective relays: A system and method for acquiring phasors outside of the frequency tracking range for power protective relays. As the frequency of a power system varies from the rated frequency, phasors calculated from such samples include errors. A frequency tracking range is used to sample the signal waveform at a rate... Agent: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Richard Edge

20090254292 - Frequency resolution using compression: In a frequency analysis system, such as a signal detection system or a spectrum analyzer, the frequency domain resolution is enhanced by compression and decompression of the signal samples. The limited capacity of the data storage and/or data transfer resources limit the number of samples that can be stored or... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20090254293 - Rendering of subsurface scattering effects in translucent objects: Embodiments are directed to modifying an existing scheme for providing translucent illumination in order to take account of subsurface scattering. The color of a selected point of a translucent object can be determined using existing methods. The existing methods need not take subsurface scattering into account. Then, a contribution to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20090254294 - Processes for more accurately calibrating and operating e-compass for tilt error, circuits, and systems: An electronic circuit includes an electronic compass (e-compass 1150) having e-compass sensors (X, Y, Z) mounted on different axes and operable to supply e-compass sensor data, memory circuitry (1024), and an electronic processor (1030) coupled to said e-compass sensors (1150, X, Y, Z) and to said memory circuitry (1024), said... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090254295 - Position detecting device and method: A position detecting device for a motor includes a resolver, amplifiers and a microcomputer. The microcomputer corrects an amplified sine wave signal to have the same amplitude in both positive and negative polarities, and corrects an amplified cosine wave signal to have the same amplitude in both positive and negative... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090254297 - Arrangement and method for determining an electrical feature: Arrangement to determine at least one electrical feature of an electrical device includes a signal injection unit configured to inject first and second test signals into electric, a signal conversion unit configured to measure electrical qualities in the electrical circuits resulting from the test signals, and a processing device including... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090254296 - Circuit testing apparatus: A circuit testing apparatus for testing a device under test is disclosed. The device under test comprises a first output end and second output end for generating a first output signal and a second output signal, respectively. The circuit testing apparatus determines a test result for the device under test... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090254298 - Determination of a surface temperature of a cooling body: In order to determine at least one surface temperature of an outside of a cooling body (2) at a time xn, at least one temperature measuring device (3) is used to measure the temperature at least one surface point of the outside of the body (2) at at least two... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090254299 - Dental prosthesis fabrication based on local digitization of a temporary: A system and methods for obtaining and processing data requisite for fabrication of a dental restorative prosthesis. A dental temporary is fashioned at a site of patient treatment, and fitted in the patient's mouth. The temporary is then characterized by three-dimensional digital data based on distances measured by means of... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20090254300 - System and method for determining position or speed of a commutated dc motor with error correction: A motor control system and method are provided for detecting current ripple in a commutated DC motor and further determining position and speed of the motor based on the detected ripple current. Ripples in the motor current are detected and a ripple frequency is calculated based on the time between... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090254301 - Systems and methods for detecting angular position: Methods and systems for detecting an angular position of a rotating device are disclosed, including sensing and counting high-resolution transitions of a high-resolution digital sensor in response to the rotating device rotating; sensing low-resolution transitions of a low-resolution digital sensor in response to the rotating device rotating, the low-resolutions transitions... Agent: Continental Automotive Systems Temic Automotive Of North America, Inc.

20090254302 - Generating images according to points of intersection for integer multiples of a sample-time distance: According to one embodiment, generating images according to intersection points includes obtaining samples of signals from transmitter-receiver pairs. A transmitter-receiver pair is configured to transmit a signal and receive the signal reflected by an object. Intersection points are determined, where an intersection point indicates an intersection for integer multiples of... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090254303 - Highly fault-tolerant method for evaluating phase signals: c

20090254304 - Pedometer for running: To be able to downsize and to be able to accurately measure a step number in running in a pedometer of measuring the step number by wearing at least a step number sensor to the wrist, a step number sensor of detecting running is arranged such that an angle of... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090254305 - Method of evaluating optical performance of optical system: A method of evaluating an optical performance of an optical system comprises a locating step of locating a plurality of circular regions in an evaluated region on an optical element included in the optical system, a fitting step of fitting a polynomial to surface shape data representing a surface shape... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090254306 - Apparatus and method for measuring recording medium thickness, apparatus and method for detecting multi-feed of recording medium and apparatus and method for forming image: A recording medium thickness measuring apparatus includes: an output value detection unit that detects an output value which fluctuates in accordance with thickness of a recording medium passing through a predetermined position of a transport path; and a calculation unit that calculates the thickness of the recording medium based on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090254308 - Method for automatic monitoring of generator operation: The invention relate to a method for automatic monitoring of generator operation, which method has the following steps: recording of generator input variables, calculation of set generator output variables based on the recorded generator input variables, recording of the actual generator output variables, comparison of the recorded actual generator output... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090254307 - Systems and methods for operational verification of a missile approach warning system: A coupler that generates and emits a simulated missile signature for assessing the operational capability of a missile approach warning system. The coupler may be directly attached to the system by an adapter. Couplers may be used in multiplicity, simultaneously or sequentially. The simulated signature may be digitally stored, as... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090254309 - Abnormality identifying method, analyzing apparatus, and reagent: An abnormality identifying method is for identifying an abnormality detail in an analyzing apparatus that analyzes a specimen based on optical measurement. The method includes: for a reagent having a same function as an intermediate product produced during analysis processes, canceling a predetermined analysis process other than an analysis process... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090254311 - Method for monitoring computer system performance and computer readable medium thereof: A method for administrating a computer system is disclosed, which includes the following steps of: the computer system conducts system administration at a first moment and records the information thereof. Next, the computer system again conducts system administration at a second moment and records the information thereof. Then, after being... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20090254310 - System performance profiling device: A system performance profiling device that is provided inside a SoC and has no restriction in measurement period without an increase in counter resource is provided. Selectors 20a, 20b, and 20c respectively select values of predetermined bit positions of counters 19a, 19b, and 19c and output the selected values to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090254312 - Testing framework for control devices: The present disclosure generally relates to the automated testing of a system that includes software or hardware components. In some embodiments, a testing framework generates a set of test cases for a system under test using a grammar. Each test case may perform an action, such as provide an input... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090254313 - Determining computer system usage from logged events: Described is a technology by which logged events such as in a security event log (e.g., within a defined timeframe) are processed to determine logon times and logoff times, which are then used to determine system usage. Logoff times may correspond to an actual logoff event, a shutdown event, or... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090254314 - Systems and methods for identifying correlated variables in large amounts of data: Groups of correlated representations of variables are identified from a large amount of spectrometry data. A plurality of samples is analyzed and a plurality of measured variables is obtained from a spectrometer. A processor executes a number of steps. The plurality of measured variables is divided into a plurality of... Agent: Kasha Law LLC