Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing inventions

20080109169 - Method and system for characterizing seismic reflection points: A method and system for characterizing a seismic reflection point. The system receives vibratory seismic data corresponding to a plurality of events, calculates a curvature and a reflection point corresponding to each of the plurality of events, and characterizes reflection points according to their corresponding curvatures.... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080109168 - System and method for full azimuth angle domain imaging in reduced dimensional coordinate systems: Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for converting coordinate systems for representing image data such as for example seismic data, including accepting a first set of seismic data, mapping the first set of seismic data to a second set of seismic data, where the dimensionality of the... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080109170 - Method of presentation of data of stored body energy: Disclosed is a method of calculating energy stored in a body and creating a data set of information and using that information to guide the owner of a body to achieve a desired stored energy quantity.... Agent: Russ E. Lindemann

20080109171 - System and method for stochastic dt-mri connectivity mapping on the gpu: A graphics processing unit implemented method for fiber tract mapping from diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging data includes providing a diffusion tensor magnetic resonance brain image volume, initializing a set of fiber positions in a 3D set of points, fiber displacements, and a posterior distribution for an updated fiber displacement... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080109174 - Data processing method based on wavelet transform and its application in classification of herbal medicines: An efficient, effective and reliable method for authentication of herbal medicines (HMs) based on a novel wavelet-enhanced automated three-dimensional chromatograms classification system. The method takes advantage of the character of 3D chromatograms which appear as functional curves and the preprocessing power of wavelet transform (WT) to minimize the interferences from... Agent: Evan Law Group Llc

20080109180 - System and method for calibrating a high-speed cable: An HDMI cable carries high speed encoded data which are transmitted differentially over data channels, along with a clock. High-frequency loss and differential skew within a differential signal may be compensated by analog circuits embedded in the cable. These embedded circuits are tuned at production for best performance by observing... Agent: Victoria Donnelly

20080109167 - Method of generating a deep resistivity image in lwd measurements: A pseudo-image is produced by combining deep-reading azimuthally sensitive resistivity measurements with azimuthally insensitive resistivity measurements made by a multiple propagation resistivity tool. This image is useful in reservoir navigation. Features on the azimuthally sensitive measurements such as saddle-points and mid-points are diagnostic of bed geometry relative to the borehole.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.c.

20080109172 - Diabetes management system: A method of diabetes management, comprising (a) providing a glucose meter in communication with a portable microprocessor-based unit; (b) transmitting blood glucose level data into the hand-held microprocessor-based unit from the blood glucose meter; (c) running a program of instructions on the portable microprocessor-based unit or the glucose meter or... Agent: Health Hero Network, Inc.

20080109173 - System and method for spatially profiling a distribution of hydrophobicity of a transmembrane protein: A profiler which spatially profiles a hydrophobicity distribution for the transmembrane protein based on a scaled hydrophobicity value, includes an identifier for identifying a residue external to a membrane and removing the residue to obtain a truncated structure comprising plural residue side-chains, and a calculator which calculates plural residue centroids... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080109175 - Systems and methods for dynamic monitoring of fluid movement in a fluid distribution network using controlled concentration pulses of additives: A method of monitoring the movement of fluid through a fluid distribution network is described. The introduction of an additive to fluid is controlled at a control point in a fluid distribution network, and a concentration pulse in a concentration of the additive in the fluid is generated. Amounts of... Agent: Jones Day

20080109176 - Fluid detector recognizing foam and surge conditions: Systems and methods for evaluating probe signal level readings in a manner that allows a low water detector to distinguish between a probe that is under a fluid level, or is above the fluid level and either being splashed or is within a foam. Low water detectors which utilize these... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: Box Ip Dept.

20080109177 - Magnetic crash sensor: A magnetic field is generated by at least one coil in magnetic communication with at least a portion of a vehicle responsive to a first time-varying signal operatively coupled to the at least one coil in series with a sense resistor. A second signal is generated responsive to a voltage... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.c.

20080109178 - Method and system for predicting and correcting signal fluctuations of an interferometric measuring apparatus: A method and system for predicting a signal fluctuation due to a flow of gaseous fluid approximately transverse to an optical path between a stage and an interferometric measuring apparatus for determining a position of the stage in a direction of a stage movement. The method includes acquiring three interferometric... Agent: Roeder & Broder LLP

20080109179 - Signal measuring apparatus and semiconductor testing apparatus: In order to provide a signal measuring apparatus which satisfies multiple performances at a high level all together, the signal measuring apparatus includes: DC performance; noise performance; distortion performance; spurious performance; and the like, a signal measuring apparatus includes: multiple A/D converters which respectively have different conversion characteristics for converting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080109181 - Method and apparatus for accurately determining height coordinates in a satellite/laser positioning system: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for processing signals in a satellite/laser positioning system capable of generating location coordinates from received satellite signals and a received laser signal. A height coordinate bias value is maintained by a filter processor during periods when the laser signal is available. The height coordinate... Agent: Weinick & Associates, Llc

20080109182 - Method and apparatus for calibrating position of image sensor, and method of detecting position of image sensor: A method and apparatus for calibrating a position of an image sensor, and a method of detecting the position of an image sensor are provided. The method of calibrating the position of an image sensor includes: obtaining first image information corresponding to a first position of the image sensor and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080109183 - Smart insole for diabetic patients: This invention is a temperature-based smart insole capable of continuously or intermittently measuring the foot temperature of the patient at one or more locations of the foot while the insole is worn. The device provides feedback to the patient alerting the individual of risk based on his/her plantar temperatures. Benefits... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080109184 - Position and orientation measurement method and apparatus: An index detection unit (2030) detects indices allocated or set on an object from a sensed image. An evaluation amount calculation unit (2060) calculates evaluation amounts of the indices using two-dimensional geometric features of the indices on the image and/or three-dimensional geometric features that represent relationships between an image sensing... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080109185 - Precision diagnostic method for the failure protection and predictive maintenance of a vacuum pump and a precision diagnostic system therefor: According to the present invention, the most challenging issues in this work have been to find systematic ways of enabling maintenance engineers to decide an adequate time for the replacement of vacuum pumps on the basis of their current performance assessment result. Further, the comparison of the currently evaluated diagnostics... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080109186 - System and methods for predicting failures in a fluid delivery system: A system for detecting defects in a fluid delivery line is provided, the system comprising a plurality of sensors disposed in a fluid delivery line, wherein each one of the plurality of sensors comprises a mote coupled to a plurality of sensing devices disposed in a film system, wherein a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080109188 - Measurement data communication device, information acquiring device, and system: A measurement data communication device for measuring a health condition of an examinee and transmitting a plurality of measurement values representing a result of the measurement, to an information acquiring device managing the measurement values, includes: communication information generating means for generating communication information in accordance with (i) an attribute... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080109187 - Remote nondestructive inspection systems and methods: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing nondestructive inspection (NDI) services. For example in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a system for remote inspection includes a nondestructive inspection (NDI) system configured to examine a structure and provide NDI data related to a damage condition of the structure, the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20080109189 - Signal processing system and method: First and second complementary voltage signals are operatively coupled across a series circuit comprising first and second sense resistors and a circuit element therebetween. A DC bias current in the series circuit is substantially nulled, and an output signal responsive to the self-impedance of the circuit element is generated responsive... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.c.

20080109190 - Signal processing system and method: First and second complementary voltage signals are operatively coupled across a series circuit comprising first and second sense resistors and a circuit element therebetween. An output signal responsive to the self-impedance of the circuit element is generated responsive at least one of a voltage across the first sense resistor and... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.c.

20080109191 - System and method for automatically creating scalar data sets for complex data via a response data handler: The present invention provides a system and method for automatically generating reduced response data sets from complex scientific data via a response data handler (RDH) methodology, thereby eliminating non-systematic losses and oversights often associated with and resulting from the current practice while improving the overall integrity and confidence of the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080103698 - Body fat measurement device and body fat measurement result providing method: A body fat measurement result providing method includes maintaining a body fat information database having stored therein at least one particular person's body fat information, which includes local body fat information for at least one body part of the at least one particular person, providing a user with a particular... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080103699 - Method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping: A method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping. The system comprises a digital elevation map (DEM) and mosaic generation engine that processes images that are simultaneously captured by an electro-optical camera (RGB camera) and a LIDAR sensor. The image data collected by both the camera and the LIDAR... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080103700 - Removing sea surface-related electromagnetic fields in performing an electromagnetic survey: To perform surveying of a subterranean structure, electromagnetic (EM) wavefields traveling in opposite directions are determined. A relationship is defined among the EM wavefields, where the EM wavefields include a first set of EM wavefields in a first state in which a sea surface is present, and a second set... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080103701 - Automatic signal processor design software system: Software (100, 600, 1000, 1100) for automatically designing and optimizing signal processing networks (e.g., 200, 700, 800, 900) is provided. The software use genetic programming e.g., gene expression programming in combination with numerical optimization, e.g., a hybrid differential evolution/genetic algorithm numerical optimization to design and optimize signal processing networks. According... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080103702 - Biosignal intensity distribution measuring apparatus and biosignal intensity distribution measuring method: A biosignal intensity distribution measuring apparatus, includes a supporting member for supporting a human body, a plurality of detecting portions arranged in two dimensions within a target detection area of the supporting member, the detecting portions detecting pressure fluctuations and outputting signals corresponding to the pressure fluctuations respectively, a filter... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080103703 - Fuel leak estimator: A method of detecting a fuel leak from a fuel store of an aircraft is described. In the described embodiment, a processor (1) receives inputs (2, 3) relating to the amount of fuel in the fuel store and to the rate of fuel used by the aircraft, both inputs being... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080103705 - Online testing of a signal path by means of at least two test signals: A method for online testing of a signal path from a sensor cell to an evaluation point, including providing at least two mutually different test signals, changing the sensor cell output signal on the basis of the at least two mutually different test signals in accordance with a predetermined change... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates LLC

20080103704 - System and method for volt-ohm meter measurement acceleration: A system for accelerating circuit measurements includes a circuit. A signal is applied to the circuit. A set of measurements is taken of a response of the circuit to the applied signal. The system includes a circuit model. The circuit model is a representation of the circuit. A final value... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080103707 - Malfunction detecting apparatus: For providing a malfunction detecting apparatus for detecting a malfunction of a voltage detecting device accurately, a low-voltage-system CPU controls voltage detecting circuits to detect voltage between both terminals of one unit cell from among unit cells included in blocks corresponding to voltage detecting circuits. When variation of the voltage... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080103706 - System and method for testing leds on a motherboard: An exemplary system for testing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a motherboard is provided. The system typically includes: an insulating plate covered on the motherboard, configured with optical fibers for inducing beams sourced from the LEDs and transmitting the beams to a circuit board; the circuit board includes at least one... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang J

20080103708 - Leakage power estimation: Methods and apparatus provide for estimating leakage power as a function of delay times. Delay times and leakage power values may be measured for a test circuit of a given circuit design. A statistical sampling of the measurements may be obtained for the test circuit. The delay data and leakage... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080103709 - Battery management system and driving method thereof: A battery management system and a driving method thereof includes a sensing unit and a micro control unit (MCU). The sensing unit measures a battery temperature and a battery current. The MCU receives the battery temperature and current, detects battery internal resistance corresponding to an estimated state of charge (SOC)... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080103710 - Data compression for a waveform data analyzer: A compressor for waveforms having at least two waveform states separates the waveform samples into waveform state sample vectors for each waveform state. Waveform state encoders encode the waveform state sample vectors separately to provide compressed waveform data. The waveform state encoder selects waveform state pattern vector and associated codes... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20080103711 - Data compression for a waveform data analyzer: A compressor for waveforms having at least two waveform states separates the waveform samples into waveform state sample vectors for each waveform state. Waveform state encoders encode the waveform state sample vectors separately to provide compressed waveform data. The waveform state encoder selects waveform state pattern vector and associated codes... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20080103712 - Diagnosis apparatus for switchgear: A diagnosis apparatus for a switchgear comprises a sensing unit which detects a partial discharge signal of the switchgear, an amplifying unit which amplifies the partial discharge signal detected from the sensing unit, a frequency spectrum generation unit which converts the amplified partial discharge signal into a frequency spectrum; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080103713 - Labeling asymmetric cables for improved network clock synchronization: Labeling asymmetric network cables for improved network clock synchronization. Time asymmetries between pairs in a network cable are identified and associated with individual cables. This time asymmetry information is used to improve clock synchronization according to the IEEE-1588 standard. The time asymmetry information may be stored in a database and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080103714 - Calibration method and apparatus for lighting fixtures using multiple spectrum light sources and light mixing: Disclosed examples of optical systems having a plurality of light sources with each source having a different spectral outputs may be calibrated by measuring a spectral characteristic of the combined light with two measurements, e.g., one from a colorimeter and one from a sensor included in the system. Accordingly, one... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080103715 - Operating condition monitoring apparatus, method for monitoring operating condition and program: An operating condition monitoring apparatus includes a load-time information acquisition unit 203 obtaining load-time information, of one or more production apparatuses 11, concerning load time allocated to production within a predetermined period, an operating-time information acquisition unit 204 obtaining operating-time information, of one or more production apparatuses 11, concerning operating... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080103716 - Systems and methods for verification of a verifiable device: Systems and methods for effectuating verification and certification of verifiable devices. Preferably, but not necessarily, such certification occurs or is communicated remotely. A verifiable device may be directly or indirectly connected to an appropriate regulatory agency through a communication mechanism. One or more tests may be performed on the verifiable... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080103717 - Processing an input signal using a correction function based on training pairs: Provided are systems, methods and techniques for, inter alia, processing an input signal. In one representative embodiment, samples of an input signal that represents a physical quantity are obtained and then transformed from an original domain into a plurality of coefficients in a transform domain, using an over-complete transform, such... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080103718 - Tire pressure monitor initiation tool with vehicle data interface: A tire pressure monitor system tool stores information regarding a plurality of tire pressure monitor systems installed on vehicles. The tool receives information regarding a particular vehicle. Based on this information, the tool may determine a particular tire pressure monitor system installed on a vehicle. Based on the tire pressure... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080103719 - Method of generating test clock signal and test clock signal generator for testing semiconductor devices: A system and method of generating a test clock signal for scan testing of a main circuit in a semiconductor device includes receiving an external clock signal and a control signal and generating a gated clock signal by gating an internal clock signal based on the control signal. The internal... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080103720 - Method and system for providing storage and retrieval of clinical information: The present invention provides a managed or “hosted” service offering that facilitates timely and accurate communication of clinical information, such as critical test results, within a health care environment. The inventive system enables pathologists, laboratory technicians, and laboratory staff to communicate to ordering physicians clinical information (such as lab results)... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20080103721 - Systems and methods for measuring behavior characteristics: Systems and methods for measuring behavior characteristics. For at least one specific user, a first concern score for respective key terms is calculated according to use frequency of respective key terms of network content corresponding to the specific user and all users. A first relation matrix for at least one... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080103722 - On-board temperature/humidity sensor: The specification and drawing figures describe and show an on-board temperature/humidity sensing device that includes an enclosure. The enclosure contains a circuit board. A sensor is mounted on the surface of the circuit board. The sensor is capable of monitoring environmental data within the enclosure. The sensor is operatively connected... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080103723 - System and method for automated parameter measurement: In accordance with the present invention, a method for automated parameter measurement includes strategically positioning an identifier tag at a location proximate a first object. The identifier tag stores location-specific information associated with the first object. A sensor in communications with the identifier tag receives the location-specific information from the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080103724 - Real-time temperture detection during test: Apparatuses, methods, and systems associated with and/or having components capable of, detecting a temperature of an integrated circuit in real time during testing are disclosed herein. In exemplary embodiments, an integrated circuit includes a register to store a temperature limit for the integrated circuit; a temperature sensor formed on the... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20080103725 - Rapid readout logic for mems gyroscope: A system and method for deriving an angular rate includes receiving a motor pick off signal received from a motor pick off of from a MEMS gyroscope. Receiving a sensing pick off signal received from a sensing pick off from the MEMS gyroscope allows the determining of a phase relationship... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080103726 - Positioning measurement apparatus and method: A positioning measurement method is provided. The method includes the step of: capturing images of a standard object and to-be-measured objects; selecting one or more standard points from the image of the standard object; selecting a general location area and a standard area by taking each standard point as a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080103727 - Multichannel analyzer: There is provided an invention to implement a multichannel analyzer capable of executing high-precision measurement in short measurement time. The invention is an improvement of a multichannel analyzer for receiving pulse signals having respective peak values corresponding to radiation energy, and generating a histogram by selecting the respective peak values... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080103728 - Providing policy-based operating system services in an operating system on a computing system: Methods, apparatus, products are disclosed for providing policy-based operating system services in an operating system on a computing system. The computing system includes at least one compute node. The compute node includes an operating system. The operating system includes a kernel and a plurality of operating system services of a... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20080103729 - Distributed detection with diagnosis: Activity models are maintained on a plurality of computers on a network. When a user or a particular activity model at a computer discovers an error, it may query its own activity model to determine a possible source of the error. If it is determined to not be the likely... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080103730 - System and methods for integrating authoring with complexity analysis for computing system operation procedures: Techniques are disclosed for integrating complexity analysis with procedure authoring (design and/or documentation). By way of example, a technique for authoring a procedure associated with a computing system operation based on a complexity analysis associated with the operation and the computing system implementing the operation comprises the following steps/operations. A... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080103731 - Report management device, report management program, and report management method: A report management device and method efficiently creating reports by reusing information for reports is provided. The report management device manages a report on information concerning a product and includes an environmental information obtaining section obtaining first information as information concerning a first product, a matching management section determining whether... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080103732 - Electrical substation monitoring and diagnostics: A substation intelligence system (104) includes a substation computer (105) which is operatively connected to a plurality of field devices (102) through an input/output subsystem (204). Data indicative of the devices is stored in a substation database (208). Advanced monitoring and/or diagnostics (107) use information from the database to perform... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20080103733 - Method for processing sensor data: A method for processing sensor data which are transmitted by at least one asynchronous sensor at a transfer rate into a buffer memory, the sensor data being read from the buffer memory at a predefined sampling rate, and a mean value being computed from a predefined number of read sensor... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080097701 - Short term and long term forecasting systems with enhanced prediction accuracy: The present invention provides a short term weather forecaster for nowcasting using a Numerical Weather Predictor (NWP). The system of the present invention tracks the evolution of differences between NWP and radar based precipitation patterns and adjusts the NWP forecast to account for theses differences. These differences are due to... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080097702 - Method for determining impedance coefficients of a seismic trace: A method for determining impedance coefficients of a seismic trace comprises determining reflection coefficients of the seismic trace, for example using a sparse spike inversion, integrating the reflection coefficients with respect to time to obtain impedance coefficients, and filtering the impedance coefficients by applying a low-cut window filter. The window... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080097703 - Method and apparatus for optimizing the performance envelope of an engine: A method for doing an optimization of the performance envelope initially authorized for an existing rotorcraft engine (M) to enable the engine (M), to be used in an optimized performance envelope that is different from the performance envelope initially authorized for the engine, is remarquable in that this optimization is... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080097706 - Method of monitoring line faults in a medium voltage network: The present invention relates to a method of monitoring line faults in a medium voltage network (1) of the type comprising an electricity generating plant (3) supplying electricity to a plurality of customers over a network of medium voltage power lines (5), a control centre computer (9) and a plurality... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080097710 - Method for measuring the phase jitter of a high-frequency signal and a measuring device for the implementation of this method: In order to measure the phase jitter of a high-frequency signal, a spectrum analyzer is used. The high-frequency signal (HF) to be measured is either multiplied by M and/or the output frequency of the variable frequency oscillator of the spectrum analyzer is divided by N, and both signals are set... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080097712 - Test equipment and portable test device: The present invention relates to an equipment, device (10; 110) and apparatus for applying electrical stimuli to a system and acquiring a system response. According to the present invention there is provided a test equipment such as a portable test device (10; 110) for testing a system, the equipment comprising:... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080097713 - Spurious signal detection: A circuit for a data processing apparatus is disclosed, said circuit comprising a data input operable to receive digital signal values, said circuit comprising: spurious signal detection logic operable to monitor a digital signal value within said circuit, and determine at least one of: a safe time window during which... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080097714 - Methods and systems for performing real-time wireless temperature measurement for semiconductor substrates: A monitor device includes a substrate and a plurality of temperature sensors disposed in the substrate. The monitor device also includes a processor coupled to the substrate and adapted to receive one or more signals from the plurality of temperature sensors. The processor is further adapted to convert the one... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080097704 - Arrangement and method for monitoring pressure within a battery cell: The invention relates to an arrangement for monitoring pressure within a battery cell, comprising: at least one battery cell, and at least one strain gauge for monitoring mechanical deformation of the battery cell. The invention also relates to a method of monitoring internal pressure of a battery cell, preferably by... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080097705 - Method for implementing vibration suppression system under control from a remote site: A method of implementing vibration suppression at equipment residing at a local site is provided. The method comprises transmitting a prompt from a remote site to the local site, automatically sensing vibration response information from the equipment in response to the prompt, and transmitting the sensed vibration response information to... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080097708 - System and method utilizing virtual switching for electrical panel metering: A system and method utilizing virtual switching in an electrical panel meter. The virtual switching enables the meter to be upgraded or downgraded through a switching signal, by activating or deactivating the metering functions that are to be performed in the meter. Accordingly, when the upgrade or downgrade is necessary,... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080097707 - Va metering in polyphase systems: An arrangement includes an A/D converter and a processing circuit. The A/D converter is configured to generate digital samples of voltage and current waveforms in a polyphase electrical system. The processing circuit is operably coupled to receive the digital samples from the A/D converter. The processing circuit is further configured... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck Chase Tower

20080097709 - Apparatus and method for rangings and noise reduction of low coherence interferometry lci and optical coherence tomography oct signals by parallel detection of spectral bands: Apparatus and method for increasing the sensitivity in the detection of optical coherence tomography and low coherence interferometry (“LCI”) signals by detecting a parallel set of spectral bands, each band being a unique combination of optical frequencies. The LCI broad bandwidth source is split into N spectral bands. The N... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080097711 - Information processing apparatus and method, program, and record medium: An information processing apparatus is disclosed. An analyzing section chronologically continuously analyzes sound data which chronologically continue in each of predetermined frequency bands. A continuous characteristic quantity extracting section which extracts a continuous characteristic quantity which is a characteristic quantity which chronologically continues from an analysis result of the analyzing... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080097715 - Method of separating the process variation in threshold voltage and effective channel length by electrical measurements: A IC wafer is fabricated using a process of interest to have a plurality of FET devices with different channel lengths (Leff) form a plurality of channel length groups. The threshold voltage (VT) is measured of a statistical sample of the FET devices in each channel length group at two... Agent: Ibm Corp (wsm) C/o Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20080097716 - Automatic acquisition of data referenced in user equation: An instrument having a set of data acquisition capabilities recognizes an operand in an equation as a data reference when the operand refers to data which the instrument is capable of acquiring. The instrument automatically configures itself to acquire the data to which the operand refers.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080097717 - Data generating method, connection checking system, and computer product: A computer terminal retrieves pin data related to respective pins of a plurality of Field Programmable Gate Array that are mounted on a board. The computer terminal retrieves setting data related to a connection check. Upon retrieving the pin data and the setting data, the computer terminal assigns, as data... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080097718 - Interfacing apparatus and method for mounting sensors on the same: Disclosed is an interfacing apparatus including an interfacing structure, at least one association region defined by the interfacing structure, the at least one association region configured for association with a sensor association region of at least one sensor, at least one electrical contact region disposed with the interfacing structure, the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080097719 - Service providing system, service providing method, and program: A judgment section (200) judges the presence or absence of a specific event-related potential in an event-related potential of user's (50) electroencephalogram measured by a biological signal detection section (101). A judgment standard storage section (203) stores a plurality of judgment standards according to the number of occurrences of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080097720 - Method for determining relative mobility or regions of an object: A method for determining a mobility of foot comprising: measuring at least a portion of a shape of the foot under a first weight load; measuring the at least the portion of the shape of the foot under a second weight load; and comparing the measurement under the first weight... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080097721 - Measure module: The present invention relates to a measure module. The measure module is installed on an inclinable machine tool. The machine tool has an inclinable member. The measure module includes a monitor and a sensor. The sensor is electrically connected with the monitor. The sensor is installed on the inclinable member.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080097722 - Method for determining the orientation of an antenna array: The aim of the invention is to limit the number of possible phase ambiguity resolutions when taking measurements by means of satellite-aided positioning systems. Said aim is achieved by a method which allows the search sector to be better restricted. To this avail, information about the geometry of an antenna... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080097723 - Intelligent monitoring system and method for mill drives in mineral grinding processes: The present invention refers to an intelligent monitoring system and method of a 12-pulse LCI drive that controls the motors in charge of driving SAG and ball mills present in the mineral grinding process. It includes a monitoring module which is able to efficiently determine the origin of certain types... Agent: Eric A. Hanscom, Esq. Law Offices Of Eric Hanscom

20080097724 - Programmable data acquisition device: Described is a wearable data acquisition device which includes (i) a data acquisition arrangement to collect data and (ii) a trigger arrangement activating one or more functions. The functions may include an activation of the data acquisition arrangement and/or a data operation function. An operation of the trigger arrangement corresponds... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080097725 - Monitoring system and method: Disclosed is a monitoring system implementing a network. The system includes at least one source of dynamic data, the at least one source configured to be in signal communication with a machine, a monitoring module configured for communication with the at least one source, configured for receiving the dynamic data,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080097726 - Method and system for managing and operating a plurality of farm houses: A system for monitoring, managing, and/or operating a plurality of farm houses on a plurality of farms. The system includes a controller and/or a monitor box in the farm house and a computer in communication with the controller for controlling and adjusting various parameters of the farm house or with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080097727 - Apparatus for detecting uplink ranging codes in a wireless communication system: An apparatus for detecting uplink ranging codes includes a first transform unit for transforming data received from a mobile station to generate first outputs; a cross-correlation unit for comparing the first outputs with possible ranging codes to generate second outputs; a screening unit for selectively passing the second outputs representing... Agent: L. Howard Chen Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP

20080091353 - Systems and methods for detecting shallow buried objects: The invention relates to a seismic system having an array of nodes, each capable of emitting and detecting seismic signals. The array of nodes is mounted on a mobile platform in a certain geometry and is configured to acquire subsurface data, and more particularly detect shallow buried objects, while being... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080091354 - Methods of processing magnetotelluric signals: Methods for processing magnetotelluric data to identify subterranean deposits are provided for. The data comprise the amplitude of alternating magnetic or electrical fields recorded over time in at least two vector components at one or more locations in an area of interest. Amplitude pulses are identified in the data, wherein... Agent: Keith B. Willhelm, Attorney At Law

20080091356 - Computing values for surveying a subterranean structure based on measurements according to different electromagnetic survey techniques: To survey a subterranean structure, first measurement data according to a first electromagnetic survey technique and second measurement data according to a second, different electromagnetic survey technique are received. An output value for surveying the subterranean structure is computed based on the first and second measurement data.... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080091357 - Method to identify epitopes: The present invention is directed to methods, computer software and assay kits to identify epitopes, such as HLA epitopes. The preferred method comprises steps of constructing data tables of possible polymorphic sites of epitopes defined by a single antigen product, such as single antigen beads and, for a given string... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080091360 - System and method for measuring surface appearance of a surface: The embodiments described herein include a system and method for measuring a surface appearance of a surface. An appearance sensor is positionable about a surface and is configured to measure the surface appearance. A surface relationship sensor senses the distance between the appearance sensor and the surface. The appearance sensor... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080091361 - Method and computer programme for determining operating parameters in a roller bearing and a roller bearing which may be analysed thus: The invention relates to a method and a computer program for determining operating parameters such as, in particular, the rotational speed, the rotational direction, the radial force, the axial force or of structural sound events of a rotating roller bearing to which a sensor arrangement is fixed which, on rotation... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080091363 - Battery management system (bms) and driving method thereof: A Battery Management System (BMS) and a battery management method include a sensing unit to measure a battery terminal voltage, current, and temperature, and a Main Control Unit (MCU) to compare the measured battery terminal voltage, current, and temperature to a State of Charge (SOC) reset condition and to reset... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080091364 - Battery management system (bms) and driving method thereof: A Battery Management System (BMS) includes a sensing unit and a Micro Control Unit (MCU). The sensing unit measures a battery current, a battery voltage, and a battery temperature. The MCU determines a State of Charge (SOC) reset point based on the measured battery current and voltage. The BMS determines... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080091362 - Battery management system and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a battery management system and method. In some embodiments the battery management system includes a sensing unit and an MCU. The sensing unit measures the current, the voltage and the temperature of a battery. The MCU receives the voltages, the currents, and the temperatures, calculates... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080091365 - Image verification with tiered tolerance: Comparing a sample image to a reference image. Differences between the color channel values of the pixels in the sample image and the corresponding color channel values for the corresponding pixels in the reference image are calculated and compared to predefined tolerances. Based on the comparisons, a pixel status for... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP (msft)

20080091367 - Method and apparatus for measurement of fuel cell high frequency resistance in the presence of large undesirable signals: A method and apparatus for a high frequency resistance measurement instrument with a reasonable dynamic range, which militates against saturation in the presence of one or more large undesirable signals, the high frequency measurement instrument capable of employing multiple alternating currents of differing frequencies to maintain measurement capability despite signal... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080091370 - Methods and apparatus for time-of-flight mass spectrometer: Disclosed is a method of determining when to calibrate a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. In various embodiments, the method comprises storing within a controller a set of parameters for the mass spectrometer; providing an updated set of parameters while retaining at least one set of previously stored parameters; computing at least... Agent: Applied Biosystems

20080091371 - Calibration apparatus, calibration method, and testing apparatus: There is provided a calibration apparatus that calibrates a jitter measuring circuit for outputting a jitter measuring signal with a level according to an amount of jitter in an input signal based on the input signal and a delay signal obtained by delaying the input signal by means of a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080091355 - Attaching drilling information to three-dimensional visualizations of earth models: A system and method for perceiving drilling learning through visualization is provided. In one embodiment using three-dimensional visualization of the earth model as a foundation, a new IT development strategy focuses on perceiving “Drilling Learning” by an intuitive method. Symbols, known as “Knowledge Attachments” are attached to each wellbore trajectory... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Conley, Rose & Tayon, P.C.

20080091358 - Method and system for identifying gene-trait linkages: Utilization of genomic markers from whole-genome scans or gene association studies from one or more related disease/genetics publications to determinate possible single or average contribution of any gene to marker scores. The invention includes the ability to use multiple data sets from multiple publications to consider broader pools of genes... Agent: Howrey LLP

20080091359 - Normalizing spectroscopy data with multiple internal standards: Normalization of spectra, including: preparing experiment runs; processing them in an LC/MS spectrometer to obtain a spectrum for each experiment run; internally representing each spectrum as mass/charge (m/z) versus retention time (rt); performing a peak detection of each spectrum; internally aligning the detected peaks; and normalizing the spectra, which includes... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080091366 - Method of characterizing the overlap of two media segments: A method of characterizing the overlap of two media segments is provided. In an instance where there is some amount of overlap of a file and a data sample, the file could be an excerpt of an original file and begin and end within the data sample. By matching identified... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080091368 - Method of determining an autocorrelation function: A method for determining the autocorrelation function q(τ) of an optical signal, including the steps of: determining the times (ti) of occurrence of pulses corresponding to photons: calculating, for a predetermined set of pulses (w), the function s(w)=Σie−jwti, where e−jwti=coswti+jsinwti, the summing-up being performed over all the received pulses determining... Agent: HowardIPLaw Group

20080091369 - Event tracing with time stamp compression and history buffer based compression: An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for generating trace data. In response to detecting a trace event, a determination is made as to whether identifiers for the trace event match recorded identifiers for a record in a set of previously recorded trace events. Location information for the record is... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080091372 - Compass sensor unit and portable electronic device: In a compass sensor unit, an azimuth data computing method is carried out by the steps of: inputting a signal from a geomagnetic sensor to measure magnetic field; determining whether to store measurement data of the magnetic field based on a distance from the last stored measurement data; calculating an... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080091373 - Method for calibrating sensor positions in a human movement measurement and analysis system: A method for calibrating the position and orientation of a 6-DOF sensor system mounted on a multi-segmented structure, such as the human body, is provided. The method includes a stage for mounting the sensors on the body, a stage for acquiring the 6-DOF kinematics from those sensors, a calibration stage... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080091374 - Analog high sensitivity continuous phase and amplitude detection device for a harmonic microcantilever sensor: An analog high sensitivity continuous phase and amplitude detection device for a harmonic microcantilever sensor which is widely used in ultra-high resolution measurement is developed in this patent. The aforementioned detection device contains a central control unit, a numerically-controlled oscillator, a dynamic driving signal magnitude compensator, a sensor-actuator, a microcantilever... Agent: Yuan-jay Wang

20080091376 - field device calibration: A calibrator for field devices is provided. In one aspect, the calibrator has the ability to communicate in accordance with at least two process communication protocols, and tests an attached process connection before engaging communication. In another aspect, the calibrator includes isolation circuitry to facilitate compliance with at least one... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080091375 - Systems and methods for reducing an effect of a disturbance: A method for reducing an effect of a disturbance signal on an output of a dynamic system. The method includes generating an increment of the disturbance signal, and modifying an incremental signal input to the dynamic system based on the increment of the disturbance signal.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080091377 - Test apparatus, and control method: A test apparatus that tests a device under test is provided. The test apparatus includes: a control processor that executes a test program to test the device under test; a test unit connected to the device under test that tests the device under test according to an instruction by the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080091378 - Circuit and method of outputting temperature data of semiconductor memory apparatus: A circuit for outputting temperature data of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a temperature detecting circuit that generates a temperature voltage corresponding to a change in temperature and outputs the temperature voltage, an A/D converter that converts the temperature voltage into a first temperature code and outputs it, and a... Agent: Venable LLP

20080091379 - Methods and systems for analysis of combustion dynamics in the time domain: Methods and systems for analyzing combustion dynamics of a combustor system in the time domain are provided. The combustor system includes an inlet pipe coupled in flow communication with a combustion chamber. The method includes determining a characteristic equation of a wave traveling in the inlet pipe, determining an acoustic... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20080091380 - Velocity sensor and ground vehicle velocity sensor using the same: There is provided a highly accurate velocity sensor having a reduced detection error. A sensor circuit unit generates an electromagnetic wave and emits it from a transmission antenna. Furthermore, a reception antenna receives a reflection wave from the ground and a mixer mixes it with a local signal, thereby generating... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080091381 - Substrate measuring method, computer-readable recording medium recording program thereon, and substrate processing system: In the present invention, substrates in a plurality of lots are successively processed in a coating and developing treatment system, and line width measurement is performed for some of substrates of the substrate which have been through processing in each lot. The line width measurement of two successive lots is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080091382 - System and method for measuring tool performance: A system and method for measuring tool performance of a multi-path cluster semiconductor fabrication tool. The system comprises a status data unit for receiving up or down status data for each element of the tool for respective operational time periods; a performance value assignment unit for assigning a performance value... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080091383 - Abnormality diagnostic method and device thereof: An abnormality diagnostic device selects a previously stored diagnostic measuring orbit (S110), and makes a machine to perform a specified operation for diagnosis so as to measure a driving power value of an actuator (S120). In S140, the abnormality diagnostic device compares the measured driving power value and a driving... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080091384 - Causal ladder mechanism for proactive problem determination, avoidance and recovery: A plurality of causal ladder is assembled in advance from component system events taken from previous system failures. The ladders classify the various transitions the system goes through from one set of observed states to another in multiple stages representing issues of differing urgency, importance and need for remediation. These... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080091385 - Cable use tracking apparatus: A cable use tracking apparatus includes a switch module fixed to a cable, a detecting module, and a computer communicating with the detecting module. The switch module switches from a first state to a second state based on activity of the cable relative to an electronic device. The detecting module... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp