Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 03/07

20070073524 - Navigation system with function of hiking trail guide and method for hiking trail guide: A navigation system with a function of hiking trail guide, and a method for hiking trail guide are provided. The system includes a mountain map database for storing mountain map data on mountain hiking trail and buildings; an altitude measuring unit for measuring an altitude; a GPS (global positioning system)... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070073525 - Method and system for gas turbine engine simulation using adaptive kalman filter: A method for simulating a gas turbine including the steps of: sensing values of a plurality of first operating parameters of an actual gas turbine; applying the sensed values of the first operating parameters to a model of the gas turbine, wherein the model generates a plurality of predicted second... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070073526 - Vehicle planning support system: The present invention is a vehicle planning support system for supporting the planning of new vehicles by building vehicle models, comprising a database (1) for storing vehicle data for building vehicle models, and a computing device (2) utilizing the vehicle data stored in the database to build planned vehicle models... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070073527 - Method for simulating fluid flows within a medium discretized by a hybrid grid: A method for evaluating fluid flows within a heterogeneous formation, crossed by one or more geometric discontinuities, comprising generating a hybrid grid from a CPG type grid and from structured grids having application, for example, in simulation of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The first stage locally deforms a CPG type grid into... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070073529 - Apparatus and method for composite behavioral modeling for multiple-sourced integrated circuits: An apparatus and method for simulation and testing of electronic systems using a single model that has the composite behavioral information of multiple parts. The single model allows the designer to simulate using one model that captures the anticipated extremes (best case behavior to worst case behavior) across a collection... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070073528 - Hardware acceleration system for logic simulation using shift register as local cache: A logic simulation processor stores in a shift register intermediate values generated during the logic simulation. The simulation processor includes multiple processor units and an interconnect system that communicatively couples the processor units to each other. Each of the processor units includes a processor element configurable to simulate at least... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070067145 - Method and apparatus for function allocation and interface selection: A method and apparatus for creating, modifying, elaborating and analyzing a task template is disclosed. The task templates created or modified are preferably stored in a repository of templates which are used for further task template specification. The task templates, and processes which operate... Agent: Smart Information Flow Technologies, LLC D/b/a Sift, LLC

20070067147 - Simulating the dynamic response of a drilling tool assembly and its application to drilling tool assembly design optimization and drilling performance optimization: A method of selecting a drilling tool assembly including selecting components of a first drilling tool assembly and simulating a dynamic response of the first drilling tool assembly. Further, selecting components of a second drilling tool assembly, simulating a dynamic response of the second drilling tool assembly, and graphically illustrating... Agent: Osha, Liang LLP / Smith

20070067146 - System and method of interactively optimizing shipping density for a container: A system and method for interactively optimizing shipping density of racked parts by a user is provided. The system includes a user computer system, a communications network, a remotely located computer system, a data storage device a computer-generated model of a component part; a computer-generated model of a container for... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, PC

20070067148 - Computer system for determining a drug dosage: An apparatus for determining a drug dosage is disclosed comprising: an input interface for receiving data on at least one patient's biochemical profile, and data on at least one specific property of the drug; and processing means having a simulation module for simulating the effect of a certain dosage based... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.

20070067149 - Method for simulating a process plant at laboratory scale: A method, a laboratory device and the use of both are provided for simulating the dynamic temperature behavior of at least one part of a process plant, particularly an industrial reactor. The method provides a temperature profile and/or temperature setpoints at given time intervals for controlling the laboratory device. The... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070067150 - Method and apparatus to provide alternative stimulus to signals internal to a model actively running on 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 alternative stimulus to signals internal to a model actively running on a logic simulation hardware emulator. The present invention accomplishes this by introducing a set of special logic within the... Agent: James R. Nock IBM Corporation

20070067151 - Memory access to virtual target device: A software development technique is provided using target system virtualization software simulating behaviour of a target system. A target device driver running on a host system issues memory access commands to the target system virtualization software rather than to a memory interface unit of the host system. The memory interface... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel (amd)

20070061115 - Symbolic computation using an inverted match: The transformation of a symbolic representation using an inverted match that represents an inverted form of a specific kind of non-linear match. The match is inverted around a particular reaction variable and merged on that variable after determining that the match represents a specific kind of non-linear identity that has... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070061116 - Robust uninhabited air vehicle active missions: A command sequence for an autonomous UAV mission is optimized by simulating the performance of a mission in a model environment. Using a genetic algorithm, neural net, or other suitable technique this command sequence is then optimized, to improve the outcome of the mission. A factor in selecting an optimal... Agent: Paul J. Esatto, Jr. Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070061117 - Reservoir model building methods: Disclosed are various reservoir model generation methods. At least one of the methods includes providing a first framework having a plurality of cells, wherein the first framework is a reservoir framework and providing a second framework having a plurality of cells, wherein the volume of the first framework is greater... Agent: Brent R Knight Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070061119 - Molecular simulation method and apparatus: In molecular simulation including the step of calculating non-bonding interactions in a system having particles with electric charges, using a multigrid method, upon determining the electric charges at grid points in a coarser grid of a higher level that is one step higher than the level to be observed, when... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070061118 - Predictive scoring function for estimating binding affinity: A computer-implemented method for calculating a value representative of interaction (VRI) of a proposed ligand with a specified receptor. Hydrophobic interactions between one or more ligand atoms and one or more receptor atoms are scored by a method that awards a bonus for the presence of hydrophobic enclosure of one... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070061120 - Method, system and computer product for performing new material development: A method for performing new material development. The method comprises receiving a user simulation scenario from a user wherein the user simulation scenario is in a-cyclic graph format and includes a plurality of material development modules represented as vertices. The user simulation scenario also includes a starting module. Each vertex... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20070061121 - Method, system and program product for selectively removing instrumentation logic from a simulation model: According to a method of simulation processing, a simulation model is received that includes a plurality of design entity instances modeling a digital system and one or more instrumentation entity instances, separate from the plurality of design entity instances, that generate instances of instrumentation events for testing purposes during simulation.... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070061122 - Apparatus and method for connecting hardware to a circuit simulation: A system and method is described for connecting a logic circuit simulation to a hardware peripheral that includes a computer running software for communicating data to and from the hardware peripheral. The software transmits the data received from the hardware peripheral to the device being simulated by the logic circuit... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070061123 - Electromagnetic field simulator and electromagnetic field simulation program storage medium: The electromagnetic field simulator includes a discrete model setting section which sets a space grid width and a time step in a simulation of the electromagnetic field, a coefficient setting section which sets coefficients of equations for the simulation at various positions in a simulation space based on electromagnetic physical... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070061124 - Method for the creation of a hybrid cycle simulation model: Disclosed is a method for constructing a Hybrid Cycle Simulation model comprising Compiled Data Units (CDUs) for use in design verification. The simulation model may contain a plurality of 1-cycle CDUs, optimized for simulation throughput, and 2-cycle CDUs, optimized for simulation accuracy, or a mixture thereof. Utilizing a netlist tool... Agent: Lynn L. Augspurger IBM Corporation

20070061125 - Enterprise environment analysis: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for analyzing an enterprise environment. Briefly described, one embodiment of the system for analyzing an enterprise environment comprises a modeling module that determines possible accesses to enterprise network services from a plurality of entities; and a validation module that determines whether... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070061126 - System for and method of emulating electronic input devices: The system and method of the present invention is directed to emulating and configuring any of a plurality of electronic input devices. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises an interface and an emulator. The interface is for selecting and configuring an electronic input device... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070061127 - Apparatus and method for connecting hardware to a circuit simulation: A system and method is described for connecting a logic circuit simulation to a hardware peripheral that includes a computer running software for communicating data to and from the hardware peripheral. The software transmits the data received from the hardware peripheral to the device being simulated by the logic circuit... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070055484 - Suspension assembly positioning method: A first reference position C1 constituting a middle point is calculated by measuring positions of left and right damper attaching holes 22 in a white body 12. A second reference position C2 constituting a middle point is calculated by measuring positions of left and right hubs 44 in a suspension... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070055485 - Physical units of measure in modeling languages: The present invention provides intrinsic units of measure for modeling physical systems. Physical systems may then be modeled using the units of measure. As such, actual units, reflecting real world measurements, can be used and propagated through the modeled system yielding results having units of measure. In some embodiments, units... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070055486 - Disease simulation system and method: A system and method for predicting the effect of patient self-care actions on a disease control parameter. A future disease control parameter value X(tj) at time tj is determined from a prior disease control parameter value X(ti) at time ti based on an optimal control parameter value R(tj) at time... Agent: Health Hero Network, Inc.

20070055487 - Forming statistical model of independently variable parameters for timing analysis: Forming of a statistical model for a set of independently variable parameters for analysis of a circuit design is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a timing model including delay and delay changes due to process parameter variations (Pi) that impact timing; selecting an element of the circuit... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20070055488 - Method for web-based simulation triage: The present invention uses simulation fail signature as the only visible mark of a simulation fail as a starting point of communication in the verification process. Further, the present invention defines actions that need to be taken at each system integration level which may provide a written history in simple... Agent: Ibm Corporation (swp)

20070050177 - Methods and systems for accessing code information: Provision of access to and possible information about one or more parts of a code or codes and/or other regulations that may be based on geographic location and relevance to a feature selected from an exemplary or other set of project plans. Features in the set of plans may be... Agent: Nora M. Tocups

20070050179 - Dispersion modeling: Presented are methods carried out by presenting a user interface to a user where the interface is maintained by a host remote to the user; receiving user data inputs including emissions data at a storage module remote to the user via the user interface; executing dispersion modeling based at least... Agent: Dubois, Bryant, Campbell & Schwartz, LLP

20070050178 - Electrical wire interconnect system risk assessment tool: A system, method, and computer program product for assessing risk to an aircraft electrical wire interconnect system (EWIS). Information describing an aircraft EWIS, historical failure information, and expert opinion information is populated in a database. The EWIS risk assessment tool performs an EWIS risk assessment based on analytic techniques performed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070050180 - Modeling system: Disclosed herein are techniques for generating textual descriptions of a graphic model and vice-versa. The techniques may be used, for example, in conjunction with a scheme that models objects and processes as independent entities. The techniques have a wide variety of applications including automatic code generation, system simulation, and language... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070050181 - Antecedent strengthening to perform generalized trajectory evaluation: Formal verification definitions and semantics are disclosed for a model of a finite-state system, an assertion graph to express properties for verifiction, and satisfiability criteria for specification and automated verification of forward implication properties and backward justification properties. A method is disclosed to perform antecedent strengthening on antecedent labels of... Agent: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP