Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 01/07

20070021947 - Model tuning system: A system or algorithm for model tuning and adaptation. The algorithm may be used for system identification and modeling. There may be an estimation of model structure and parameters. There may be filtering for estimating model structure and tuning model parameters. There may additionally be model adaptation in a case... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070021948 - Variable rate prescription generation using heterogenous prescription sources with learned weighting factors: A method for prescribing a field operation by generating an optimized prescription with a weighted prescription subprocess, executing the field operation prescribed, and then updating the weighted prescription subprocess using a learning subprocess. The weighted prescription subprocess calculates and sums weighted output from two or more site-specific models to generate... Agent: Deere & Company

20070021949 - Computerized tool and method for the automated creation of a cutter ramp curve: An automated and computerized technique as disclosed herein can be utilized to generate a modeled cutter ramp curve for a flange component. The technique can be utilized in conjunction with any suitable CAD system to render a cutter ramp curve on the modeled flange component. The system obtains a selected... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070021950 - Method for modeling continuous accumulations of quantities over time: A method for modeling a plurality of quantities continuously accumulating over time by performing for each quantity of the plurality of quantities the following steps: determining separate time intervals and further determining the quantity accumulated in each time interval, and representing the separate time intervals and the quantity accumulated in... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070021951 - 3d velocity modeling, with calibration and trend fitting using geostatistical techniques, particularly advantageous for curved for curved-ray prestack time migration and for such migration followed by prestack depth migration: A method of constructing a 3D geologically plausible velocity model for efficient and accurate prestack imaging wherein embodiments of the invention provide: (1) a method of calibrating velocity functions, appropriately and effectively taking into account well (hard) and seismic (soft) data as well as geological features, and trend fitting (“iDEPTHing”)... Agent: Sue Z. Shaper

20070021953 - Device simulation apparatus, device simulation method, and device simulation program: A device simulation apparatus has a mesh dividing unit, an impurity concentration setting unit, a reference plane setting unit, an impurity profile determination unit, an impurity surface density determination unit configured to determine the impurity surface density on a surface in a predetermined direction, the surface passing through the position... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070021952 - General graphical gaussian modeling method and apparatus therefore: A graphical Gaussian modeling method capable of speedily and accurately estimating a genetic network from an expression profile and an apparatus therefore are provided. The present invention provides a graphical Gaussian modeling method for estimating a genetic network including the steps of (a) clustering genes based on an expression profile,... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070021954 - Tactical cognitive-based simulation methods and systems for communication failure management in ad-hoc wireless networks: Techniques are provided for simulating battlefield scenarios in an ad-hoc communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links between the nodes.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070021955 - Multi-infrastructure modeling system: A system for simulating interdependencies between a plurality of infrastructure models includes a first infrastructure data model that models a first infrastructure, a second infrastructure data model that models a second infrastructure, a simulation engine including a society of software agents and adapted to automatically produce, in response to a... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070016388 - Mass on model: In various embodiment of the present invention, a method for determining a mass distribution solution for a mathematical model of a part to be structurally analyzed is provided. The method includes utilizing a finite element modeling (FEM) device to generate a nodal data of a part to be structurally analyzed.... Agent: Ernest Caravalho

20070016389 - Method and system for accelerating and improving the history matching of a reservoir simulation model: The present invention, in one embodiment, is directed to a method and system for accelerating and improving the history matching of a well bore and/or reservoir simulation model using a neural network. The neural network provides a correlation between the calculated history match error and a selected set of parameters... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070016392 - Drug-metabolizing enzyme prediction apparatus: A drug-metabolizing enzyme prediction apparatus acquires compound structure information, identifies binding site information and molecular species information based on a binding-site identifying condition, specifies a pinching point that is an atom binding at least between a reactive site and a binding site, acquires pinching point information on the specified pinching... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070016391 - Reverse finite element analysis and modeling of biomechanical properties of internal tissues: A computational model of the human vaginal environment is disclosed. The model comprises finite element analysis software, segmented tissue regions, at least one defined material parameter for each of said segmented tissue regions, and at least one boundary condition for each of said segmented tissue regions. At least one of... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070016390 - Systems and methods for reverse engineering models of biological networks: The present invention provides methods and accompanying computer-based systems and computer-executable code stored on a computer-readable medium for constructing a model of a biological network. The invention further provides methods for performing sensitivity analysis on a biological network and for identifying major regulators of species in the network and of... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070016393 - Model-based propagation of attributes: Model-based propagation of attributes allows a user to define one or more attributes, policies associated with the system and particular components, constraints associated with various components, and dependencies between components of the system. The user also defines the manner in which the attributes are to be propagated throughout a model... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070016394 - System and method for using model analysis to generate directed test vectors: A mechanism for exploiting the data gathered about a system model during the system design phase to aid the identification of errors subsequently detected in a deployed system based on the system model is disclosed. The present invention utilizes the coverage analysis from the design phase that is originally created... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070016395 - Process and means for block-based modeling: A modeling system and process for computer-aided, block-based modeling by preparing a first block diagram in a first model plane that relates to a first abstraction stage, in which at least one block is placeable in the first model plane and several blocks are connectable to one another by horizontal... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070016396 - Apparatus and method for connecting a hardware emulator to a computer peripheral: A system and method for connecting a hardware emulation of an electronic device to a computer peripheral that includes a computer for receiving data from the peripheral and storing the received data in a first buffer. The computer next transmits the received data to the emulation at a slower speed.... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070010975 - Probabilistic regression suites for functional verification: Methods, apparatus and systems are provided that enable the generation of random regression suites for verification of a hardware or software design to be formulated as optimization problems. Solution of the optimization problems using probabilistic methods provides information on which set of test specifications should be used, and how many... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20070010976 - Method and program for simulating occurrence of air pocket: A method simulating an occurrence of an air pocket in an object to be coated is provided with steps of: setting an initial boundary element; setting an element having a common nodal point with the initial boundary element as a flanking element; analyzing the flanking element; setting the analyzed flanking... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070010977 - Method and program for simulating occurrence of air pocket: A method of simulating an occurrence of an air pocket in an object to be coated is provided with steps of: dividing an object and a periphery of the object into regions; dividing the object into elements; determining whether an element is filled with air or liquid coating material; determining... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070010978 - Virtual speaker demonstration system and virtual noise simulation: A virtual speaker demonstration system is disclosed that permits a retail outlet to use a reference speaker to demonstrate the performance of multiple different demonstration speakers. A user interface permits a user to select a demonstration speaker and signal processing is performed so that the output from the reference speaker... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070010979 - Apparatus, method and system for improved reservoir simulation using an algebraic cascading class linear solver: A method, system, a program storage device and apparatus are disclosed for conducting a reservoir simulation, using a reservoir model of a region of interest, wherein the region of interest has been gridded into cells. Each cell has one or more unknown variable. Each cell has a node. A graph... Agent: Osha . Liang L.L.P. / Slb

20070010980 - Electronic device and data storage medium: An electronic device which has a plurality of hardware which function as a predetermined model in accordance with model dependent data is disclosed which prevents easy modification of the model dependent data. An image forming device includes a plurality of control circuit boards, a plurality of memory units, and a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070010981 - Modeling circuit cells for waveform propagation: A model for a circuit cell used in timing and signal integrity analysis in an integrated circuit design is automatically generated. A behavioral model, such as a gate current model is used in which the current in the circuit cell is determined as a function of the input voltage and... Agent: Silcon Valley Patent Group LLP

20070010982 - Automatic time warp for electronic system simulation: A simulation of an electronics system which performs a set of operations of interest. A simulated supervisory circuit detects a state in which all the operations have been completed, and also determines the amount of time until the occurrence of the next relevant event. Simulation time is then advanced by... Agent: Aka Chan LLP

20070010983 - Method and apparatus for predicting scheduled system downtime: The invention includes a method for predicting a scheduled downtime associated with a system. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a system model associated with the system according to a system type of the system, determining at least one scheduled system downtime event type associated with the system using... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20070010984 - Cae analysis navigation system, cae analysis processing program, and recording medium recording cae analysis processing program: A CAE analysis navigation system in which a plurality of terminal apparatuses 10 storing an analysis procedure of CAE analysis as a program are connected via a communication network, is provided. The terminal apparatus 10 comprises a display section of displaying an analysis procedure screen for an object, a general-purpose... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070010985 - Simulation and modelling method and apparatus: The invention is directed to a simulation and modelling approach, which comprises two parts. The first part comprises a generic mathematical model used to simulate or model a system and elements of the system interacting with a predetermined environment. The second part comprises at least one user defined data file... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070010986 - Electronic device with an automatic backup function: An electronic device with an automatic backup function for handling a first data stream is provided. The electronic device comprises a main board, a data-sync chipset, a first storage unit, a wireless transmission module, and a second storage unit. Here, the data-sync chipset receives the first data stream and provides... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070010988 - Emulator and emulating method: An emulation technique adjusts the execution timing of instructions included in an application to be emulated. An emulator executes an instruction stream consisting of a plurality of instructions included in the application for an apparatus to be emulated to perform the object AP. This emulator performs successively the instructions included... Agent: Michael Bednarek Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070010987 - Lookahead instruction fetch processing for improved emulated instruction performance: In order to avoid hardware pipeline breaks and also to enhance performance when emulating a target system in a host system employing a central processing unit including a plurality of execution units, three major pieces of processing that are required for handling every emulated instruction are overlapped. This overlap includes:... Agent: James H. Phillips Bull Hn Information Systems Inc.

20070005307 - Design support method and design support system: In a system according to the present invention, when there occurs a failure or problem phenomenon in a new case example of designing, assembling components (parts, assembling operations and attributes thereof) are input. Failure influence indices are calculated for the assembling components respectively based on assembling operation/attribute coefficients. Assembling components... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070005311 - Automated model configuration and deployment system for equipment health monitoring: A method for systematically configuring and deploying an empirical model used for fault detection and equipment health monitoring. The method is driven by a set of data preprocessing and model performance metrics subsystems that when applied to a raw data set, produce an optimal empirical model.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070005315 - Distributed energy resources: An improved method for analyzing power systems; in particular, power systems that may incorporate distributed energy resources (DER), that provides a thorough determination of the potential for network performance improvement that DER could provide, independent of non-network benefits DER could provide. The method incorporates an Energynet dataset simulating the power... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070005313 - Gradient-based methods for multi-objective optimization: Concurrent Gradients Analysis (CGA), and two multi-objective optimization methods based on CGA are provided: Concurrent Gradients Method (CGM), and Pareto Navigator Method (PNM). Dimensionally Independent Response Surface Method (DIRSM) for improving computational efficiency of optimization algorithms is also disclosed. CGM and PNM are based on CGA's ability to analyze gradients... Agent: Leonard Tachner

20070005312 - Method and apparatus of determining parameterizations and distances for feature frame modeling using attribute based modeling: Attribute Based-Modeling surfaces requires uniform methods of calculating distances and weights in parameter space in order to create smooth and fair surfaces. This invention provides several methods of calculating distances and weights that have different characteristics yielding well behaved surfaces. The methods are computationally efficient and produce surfaces that are... Agent: Christopher Bateman

20070005310 - Multi-scale analysis device: The distortion of each node is calculated from the distortions of respective elements in the finite element analysis result of a global model of a structure, and a second-order coefficient of a quadratic function representing the displacement at each node of a micro model is calculated from distortions of respective... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070005314 - Numerical analysis model data generating program, numerical analysis model data generating method, and numerical analysis model data generating system: The present invention provides a numerical analysis model data generating program, method, and system for generating numerical analysis model data, which is used for numerical analysis, on the basis of three-dimensional shape data of a structure that is an object of analysis. Three-dimensional shape data defining the structure is inputted.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070005308 - Realization method of self-equalized multiple passband filter: A realization method of a multiple passband filter that equalizes a group delay without using an external equalizer is disclosed. The realization method includes the steps of: a) calculating a transfer function based on poles and zeros; b) extracting an input/output coupling coefficient and a coupling matrix from the calculated... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005309 - Three-dimensional finite element analysis of laser cavities: In a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) method to compute eigenmodes, time dependent dynamic mode structure, stability, beam quality, and laser power output of a laser cavity, the number of nodes of the discretization grid necessary to obtain sufficient accuracy is reduced by the use of a transformation of the differential... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070005316 - Method for optimizing the location of a secondary cutting structure component in a drill string: A method of drilling a well using at least one drill bit and at least one secondary cutting structure, that includes determining a neutral point of a drill string positioning at least one secondary cutting structure based on the neutral point of the drill string, and drilling an earth formation.... Agent: Osha, Liang LLP / Smith

20070005317 - Method and apparatus for integrated modeling, simulation and analysis of chemical and biological systems having a sequence of reactions, each simulated at a reaction time determined based on reaction kinetics: A system for modeling, simulating and analyzing chemical and biochemical reactions includes a modeling environment for constructing a model of a chemical or biochemical system comprising a plurality of chemical reactions. Each chemical reaction has a probability distribution associated therewith based on the kinetics of the particular chemical reaction. The... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070005318 - System and method for chemical process simulations: The invention is a system and method for simulating a chemical process across multiple computers in communication with each other. The system and method operate by receiving input representing parameters for the chemical process to be simulated. The chemical process is partitioned into a plurality of sections based on said... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20070005319 - System and method for simulation, modeling and scheduling of equipment preparation in batch process manufacturing facilities: A method and system for simulating, modeling and scheduling equipment preparation procedures in the biopharmaceutical production process is described herein. The use of process vessels in batch process manufacturing is optimized through the use of peak load scheduling frames. The system and method includes the steps of identifying soiled process... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070005320 - Model-based configuration management: Model-based configuration management and modeling identifies violations of configuration constraints. A system includes multiple components and multiple applications defined by a model of the system. A process identifies configuration settings associated with the components and configuration settings associated with the applications. A configuration policy is created for the system based... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005321 - Building integrated circuits using logical units: Systems and methods for designing and generating integrated circuits using a high-level language are described. The high-level language is used to generate performance models, functional models, synthesizable register transfer level code defining the integrated circuit, and verification environments. The high-level language may be used to generate templates for custom computation... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070005325 - Circuit simulation using precision-space concept: An arrangement is provided for using a precision space (“p-space”) to represent s-parameters when analyzing/simulating a circuit/network. The p-space is one dimensional with a value range corresponding to the value range of s-parameters. The p-space is divided into multiple slots where the number of slots may depend on the permissible... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005327 - Digital wireless basestation: A digital wireless basestation is disclosed which is programmed with a hardware abstraction layer suitable for enabling one or more baseband processing algorithms to be represented using high level software. Commodity protocols and hardware turn a basestation, previously a highly expensive, vendor-locked, application specific product, into a generic, scalable baseband... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070005324 - Method and apparatus for simulating circuits using s-parameters: An arrangement is provided for using s-parameters to obtain characteristics of a device under test (“DUT”) between a number of selected observation locations. The DUT may be represented by a network of models such as lumped device models and transmission line models. S-parameters between the selected nodes may be measured... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005326 - Method for production of a system for representation of an electrical network, and use of the method: One embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a system for describing an electrical network. An output signal of the electrical network is sampled at a frequency that corresponds to the Nyquist criterion for the input signal to the electrical network. A model with a memory is... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20070005322 - System and method for complex programmable breakpoints using a switching network: Hardware logic for generating breakpoint signals (basic events) based on state changes in observed (“tagged”) hardware resource of a design under test is automatically generated and added to the simulation model of the design under test. A switch/network is included in the model for mapping basic events to complex breakpoint... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20070005323 - System and method of automating the addition of programmable breakpoint hardware to design models: Hardware logic for generating breakpoint signals based on state changes in observed (“tagged”) hardware resource of a design under test is automatically generated and added to the simulation model of the design under test. These breakpoints halt simulation when a user programmable event, such as an assertion, test-case failure, or... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20070005328 - Hardware and software co-simulation method for non-blocking cache access mechanism verification: A hardware and software co-simulation method for non-blocking cache access mechanism verification is provided. The method is applied for cache access mechanism verification. First, at least one way buffer is added into the software modeling, then the hardware and software modeling are simulated. Wherein, the hardware modeling issues a trigger... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070005329 - Building integrated circuits using a common database: Systems and methods for designing and generating integrated circuits using a high-level language are described. The high-level language is used to generate performance models, functional models, synthesizable register transfer level code defining the integrated circuit, and verification environments. The high-level language may be used to generate templates for custom computation... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070005330 - Evaluating hardware models having resource contention: A performance prediction simulator gives effect to the resource contention among multiple resources in a simulated system by adjusting event durations appropriately. A resource topology tree defining the resource configuration of the system is input to the simulator. The simulator includes an evaluation engine that determines the amount of resource... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005331 - System and method for estimating the value of athlete using game achievement evaluation model: The present invention relates to a system and method for estimating the value of athletes using a game achievement evaluation model, and more particularly, to a system and method for estimating the value of athletes using a game achievement evaluation model, wherein objectified quality evaluation is performed in such a... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070005332 - Method and apparatus to simulate and verify signal glitching: A simulation system includes glitch injection circuitry in one or more hardware design units to allow the injection of glitches or noise to evaluate the system's response to errors on signals between the hardware design units. The simulation system includes a stimulation module with a set of drivers to input... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070005333 - Analog tape emulation: The present invention relates to a digital video recording system for use on an aircraft. The digital video recording system is configured with the same form factor as an analog video recording system to enable a direct hardware replacement. In addition the digital video recording system in accordance with the... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070005334 - Emulator-enabled network connectivity to a device: An emulator is capable of connecting to an information interface that can communicate information from an information source to an information sink in a format native to the information sink. The emulator comprises an emulation controller capable of coupling to the information interface, a network controller coupled to the emulation... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070005335 - Methods for protocol compatibility: The present invention relates to methods, a protocol, computer readable mediums and computer program products for establishing backward compatibility and forward compatibility of protocols used for communication between subsystems of an electronic trading system (10) having different software versions. The inventive method comprises the steps of: including a header containing... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw