Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 04/06

20060089821 - Integrated modularity design: A method for developing a product is provided, wherein the method includes developing a three-dimensional product design, translating the three-dimensional product design into a two-dimensional product design, wherein the two-dimensional product design includes at least one product structure having at least two structure sections, obtaining a rigidly malleable material to...

20060089822 - Fft/ifft processing system employing a real-complex mapping architecture: The present invention provides an FFT/IFFT processor for use with N data values. In one embodiment, the FFT/IFFT processor includes an even-odd data mapper configured to provide a mapping of the N data values into N/2 mapped complex data values if the N data values are real. Additionally, the FFT/IFFT...

20060089823 - Methods and systems for modeling stress intensity solutions for integrally stiffened panels: Systems and methods for modeling stress intensity solutions of integrally stiffened panels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes serving a process over the internet. The process includes taking a problem definition, automatically forming a finite element model at least partially based on the problem definition, automatically verifying a...

20060089824 - Methods and systems for drug screening and computational modeling: A method for screening a test compound for potential efficacy in treatment of a disorder includes creating a first computer model representative of a volume of disease-afflicted neural tissue exposed to the test compound; and providing an initial excitation to the first computer model. Following a selected computation interval, a...

20060089825 - Scanning kelvin microprobe system and process for biomolecule microassay: There is provided a system and process for detecting biomolecular interaction on a substrate having a biomolecule immobilized on a surface of the substrate. The system and process incorporate a scanning Kelvin microprobe (SKM) capable of analyzing surface topography as well as a contact potential difference image signal. Also provided...

20060089826 - Method, system and program product for defining and recording minimum and maximum count events of a simulation: According to a one method of simulation processing, a file is utilized to describing a hardware description language (HDL) simulation model of a design. The file includes one or more statements describing a count event and identifying the count event as an outlying count event. From the file, a count...

20060089827 - Method, system and program product for defining and recording minium and maximum event counts of a simulation utilizing a high level language: According to one method of simulation processing, instrumentation code, such as an runtime executive (rtx), receives one or more statements describing an count event and identifying the count event as an outlying count event. While simulating a design utilizing the HDL simulation model, occurrences of the outlying count event are...

20060089828 - Pattern solutions: A method, apparatus and computer program product is provided for creating and implementing a pattern solution by specifying one or more patterns and creating a pattern solution recipe which documents guidance related to use, organization and interconnection the patterns. The pattern solution recipe permits substitution of one or more specified...

20060089829 - Method and apparatus to efficiently access modeled memory in a logic simulation hardware emulator: The present invention enhances the Direct Access Stimulus (DAS) interface presently employed within a logic simulation hardware emulator to provide efficient random access to all logic arrays present within a logic model while the emulator is actively cycling. The present invention achieves this by introducing a set of special DAS...

20060089830 - Multi-dimensional, expert behavior-emulation system: An expert decision-making method is emulated based on a history of behaviors by experts in a variety of observed situations. The history of behaviors is built up from observations of actions taken by experts in analyzing a plurality of situations. Situation data representative of a situation to be processed is...

20060085170 - Method and apparatus for modeling and analyzing light: Described is a modeling and analysis design environment allowing the specification of an architectural lighting system, composed of both natural and artificial lighting elements and lighting controls. The modeling environment allows users to create 3D models through a series of plan and section drawings. Its glyph language also provides for...

20060085171 - Method for order selection in passive transmission line macromodels based on the lie criteria: A passive macromodel for lossy, dispersive multiconductor transmission lines uses a multiplicative approximation of the matrix exponential known as the Lie product. The circuit implementation of the macromodel is a cascade of elementary cells, each cell being the combination of a pure delay element and a lumped circuit representing the...

20060085173 - Science and engineering simulator using numerical analysis of simultaneous linear equations: A science and engineering simulator using numerical analysis of simultaneous linear equations is provided with a first storage means for storing a coefficient matrix Z of rank-N simultaneous linear equations; a second storage means for storing a rank-N constant vector V; a third storage means for storing a rank-n (n<N)...

20060085172 - Transaction-based system and method for abstraction of hardware designs: Transaction-based hardware abstraction involves a process of using heuristic techniques to identify finite-state machines (FSMs) in a hardware design that process transactions, from which transaction boundaries can be identified. Signals can be abstracted as a result of the transaction-based abstraction. Signals can be classified based on the abstracted design as...

20060085174 - Generalized well management in parallel reservoir simulation: A computer-implemented process simulates production of oil and gas from hydrocarbon reservoirs. The process is used to help forecast the optimal future oil and gas recovery from large hydrocarbon reservoirs. At the same, this process is flexible to allow for further addition of new options; robust and reliable; and easy...

20060085175 - Method and device for assisting in a tissue treatment: A method for planning to treat tissue by administering a substance which emits energy or can interact with administered energy to a body, such as body tissue, wherein a dispersion of the substance in the body is simulated, and to a system or device for planning administering a substance and...

20060085176 - Generating an optimized system-level simulation: A system-level description that specifies functions performed by the components and interactions thereamong is divided into a plurality of functional blocks, each corresponding to a component. At least one of the functional blocks is selectively replaced with an optimized equivalent functional block, and the functional blocks and the at least...

20060085178 - Apparatus and method for modeling and analyzing network simulation for network simulation package: Provided are an apparatus and method for modeling and analyzing a network simulation for a scalable simulation framework (SSF)-based network simulation package. A system logic set is generated and a network simulation modeling suitable for a predetermined network application is formed according to the system logic set. The network simulation...

20060085177 - Modeling location histories: A location history is a collection of locations over time for an object. By applying a recurring time period to a location history, it can be converted into a stochastic model of the location history. For example, a location history can be reorganized based on intervals that subside a recurring...

20060085179 - Method, system and program product for emulating an interrupt architecture within a data processing system: To emulate an interrupt architecture in a data processing system, interrupt emulation code receives from an operating system a first call requesting access to a first resource in a first interrupt architecture. In response to receipt by the interrupt emulation code of the first call, the interrupt emulation code maps...

20060080066 - Accuracy verification program for model parameter computation and storage medium storing the program: A program causes a computer to perform a step 1 of reading a model from a storage apparatus; a step 2 of computing difference equations by replacing variables with numeric values of a time-series that are stored in the storage apparatus; a step 3 of determining ranges of parameters of...

20060080070 - Math matrix: The math matrix of the present invention provides a 10 by 10 grid containing 100 cells with a different two-digit number contained in each cell of the grid. The numbers in the cells range from 00 to 99. In the most preferred embodiments of the present invention a separate and...

20060080071 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for network design and analysis: A first representation of an electrical network includes a first set of simultaneous linear algebraic equations (SLAE's). A second representation of an electrical network includes a second set of SLAE's. The equations of the SLAE's include a number of unknowns and have coefficients for the respective unknowns. A number of...

20060080067 - Methods and systems for compact modeling of large linear circuits with a large number of terminals: The methods and apparatus of the present invention perform model order reduction on models of complex electric circuits. In particular, the methods and apparatus of the present invention perform model order reduction on models of complex electric circuits by recursively selecting sub-blocks of an overall model of the complex electric...

20060080068 - System and method for efficient model order reduction in electric and electronic circuit design: The present invention comprises a system and method for reducing the order of models used to simulate complex electric circuits and linear systems. In particular, the method of the present invention comprises formulating expressions relating the input and output terminals of a complex electric circuit, wherein the expressions comprise a...

20060080069 - System for analyzing fastener loads: A system is disclosed for analyzing a mechanically fastened lap shear joint and for determining the stress state in the fastener and in holes surrounding the fastener. Each fastener is modeled as a line element in a computer-based finite element model. A stiffness matrix representative of the fastener is incorporated...

20060080072 - Optimized rendering of dynamic moving bodies: Simulating a moving body from a plurality of observer views includes maintaining data representing the moving body. The data includes cells, where a cell is associated with one or more cell meshes. An observer view is associated with a corresponding observer position, a corresponding cell mesh, and an associated resolution....

20060080073 - Three-dimensional structural activity correlation method: A three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship method has process B1 of calculating the coordinates of the respective atoms contained in the plural molecules thus superposed in the virtual space, process B2 of calculating interatomic distances between each atom and other atoms and identifying the shortest interatomic distance among thus calculated interatomic...

20060080074 - Rfid network configuration program: An RFID network design system comprising a website hosted on a host computer which generates and displays icons specifically directed to various RFID components of a RFID network on a computer screen display. The icons are able to be picked and dropped on a drawing screen by a remote user...

20060080075 - Programmable logic controller simulator interface card: One embodiment is a method comprising coupling a simulator card to a first adapter module; coupling the first adapter module to a first programmable logic controller card; and outputting signals from the simulator card to the first programmable logic controller through the first adapter module. Another embodiment is an apparatus...

20060080076 - System-level power estimation using heteregeneous power models: A power estimation framework based on a network of power monitors that observe component- and system-level execution and power statistics at run time. Based on those statistics, the power monitors (i) select between multiple alternative power models for each component and/or (ii) configure the component power models to best negotiate...

20060080077 - Distributed communications effects module: A distributed communications effects module (DCEM) method, apparatus, and computer medium are adapted to provide communications effects to a simulated message in a distributed simulation in order to enhance the ability of the distributed simulation to model real-world behavior....

20060080078 - Adaptive device for memory simulator: An adaptive device for a memory simulator is capable of connecting a transmission interface of a memory simulator to a memory socket of a motherboard, in which the transmission interface is not compatible to the memory socket. The adaptive device includes first and second connectors respectively suitable for connecting with...

20060074608 - System and method for designing building structures with associated estimates and schedules: A system and method for designing and scheduling building construction is provided. The system includes a three dimensional design system that generates three dimensional design data using one or more elements in a spatial tree structure. One or more recipes are associated with each element, where each recipe has one...

20060074609 - System and method for determining variance in building structures: A system and method for designing and scheduling building construction is provided. The system includes a three dimensional design system that generates three dimensional design data using one or more elements in a spatial tree structure. One or more recipes are associated with each element, where each recipe has one...

20060074610 - Apparatus and method of simulating the movement of elements through a region of 3d space: The movement of elements through a region of three dimensional (3D) space is simulated by utilizing a number of two dimensional (2D) grids to define the region of 3D space. Movement information is associated with each grid point of each 2D grid, and changed over a time period. For each...

20060074613 - Design support method and design support program: The present invention provides a design support method adapted to support a design of a conveying path by performing simulation of a behavior of a sheet-shaped flexible medium being conveyed in the conveying path and comprising a conveying condition setting step for setting a conveying condition of a conveying roller...

20060074612 - Method and system for weight determination in a single channel (sc) multiple-input multiple-output (mimo) system for wcdma/hsdpa: In wireless systems, method and system for weight determination in a single channel (SC) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system for WCDMA/HSDPA are provided. Models of signals received in multiple receive antennas may be determined in a single weight baseband generator (SWBBG) from propagation channel estimates and noise statistics. The models may...

20060074611 - Optimization of sample plan for overlay: The present invention describes a method including: determining field-clustering scheme; selecting initial sample plan; establishing initial model of overlay, the initial model of overlay comprising components; and establishing efficient model of overlay from the initial model of overlay including: constructing matrices; identifying redundant components and eliminating the redundant components; and...

20060074614 - Apparatus and method for virtual prototyping of blow molded objects: A method is provided for simulating the heating of a plastic preform. A preform geometry is input into a preform design program. Oven geometry and spatial location of the preform throughout at least one oven is provided. Heating information is provided and the temperatures of the primary and secondary sources...

20060074615 - Design support method and design support program: A design support method for support design of a conveying path by simulating a behavior of a sheet-like flexible medium to be conveyed along a conveying path, includes: a conveying condition setting step of setting drive conditions of conveying rollers for conveying the flexible medium; a rotation direction display step...

20060074616 - Roller cone drill bits with optimized cutting zones, load zones, stress zones and wear zones for increased drilling life and methods: Roller cone drill bits may be formed with cutting elements and cutting structures optimized to increase downhole drilling life of an associated drill bit. The cutting zone, load zone and wear zone of each cutting element may be analyzed by finely meshing each cutting element into many small segments. The...

20060074617 - Inductance modeling: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system for inductance modeling. According to some exemplary embodiments, a method for inductance modeling may include determining a plurality of two-dimensional mutual inductance values corresponding to a designated victim within a geometrical event and a plurality of designated attackers, respectively....

20060074618 - Methods and apparatus for implementing a virtualized computer system: In one aspect, a method of creating a virtualized computer environment that represents a real world computer environment is provided. The real world computer environment comprises a plurality of components, the plurality of components comprising a plurality of computer devices and at least one network device that implements a network...

20060074619 - Recognizing signals in design simulation: A transaction rule is used to recognize a set of simulation signals obtained from a design simulation as a transaction. An action associated with the transaction rule is executed to produce an output identifying the transaction....

20060074620 - Predictive event scheduling in an iterative resolution network: A method and system for resolving circuit and network parameters. A circuit evaluation system includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of resolution devices. Each node is connected to a resolution device via a bi-directional connection, and at least one node is configured to receive data from an input....

20060074621 - Apparatus and method for prioritized grouping of data representing events: An apparatus and method for the grouping and prioritization of data events using behavioral modeling. The number of events to be analyzed is reduced by generating a behavioral model comprising modeling events groups, by grouping similar events into event groups, by calculating and assigning priority indicators based on the characteristics...

20060074622 - Software state replay: A tool for emulation systems that obtains the state values for only discrete partitions of a circuit design. When a partition is being emulated, the emulation system obtains the input values for the specified partition at each clock cycle and the state values for the specified partition at intervals. Using...