Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 08/08

20080208542 - Charge trajectory calculating method, system, and program: An embodiment of the present invention is a charge trajectory calculating method which calculates, by simulation, trajectories of charges scattered by irradiating a target object with a charged beam. The method includes: setting a simulation region, which corresponds to the existence region of the target object; dividing the simulation region... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080208543 - Land plan development: Systems and methods for development of a land plan can include a user interface having a first display module for displaying tool buttons, the tool buttons operable to perform a function associated with a land plan, wherein a first tool button of the tool buttons is operable to define an... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080208541 - Method and enhanced phase locked loop circuits for implementing effective testing: A method and enhanced phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit enable effective testing of the PLL, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides is provided. A phase frequency detector generates a differential signal, receiving a reference signal and a feedback signal of an output signal of the PLL circuit.... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept 917

20080208540 - Method for designing a composite material part with a curved surface: The invention relates to a method for designing a composite material part with a curved surface (65) to which a plurality of stiffening elements will be joined, in which the design of a 3D fabric model comprises the following steps: generating a planar surface (63) developed in 2D of the... Agent: William R. Evans Ladas & Parry LLP

20080208539 - Method, apparatus and system for reservoir simulation using a multi-scale finite volume method including black oil modeling: A multi-scale finite-volume (MSFV) method simulates nonlinear immiscible three-phase compressible flow in the presence of gravity and capillary forces. Consistent with the MSFV framework, flow and transport are treated separately and differently using a fully implicit sequential algorithm. The pressure field is solved using an operator splitting algorithm. The general... Agent: Chevron Services Company Law, Intellectual Property Group

20080208546 - Method and device for analyzing substances: The invention relates to a method for analyzing substances during which a substance is subjected to an excitation and a corresponding response is observed. The evaluation ensues in such a manner that a parametric model for the correlation between the excitation and the response is predetermined. The model parameters are... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080208547 - Method, medium, and system implementing 3d model generation based on 2d photographic images: A modeling method, medium, and system. The modeling method identifies a object within an image by detecting edges within the image, determines a complexity of the identified object based upon detected surface orientations of the identified object relative to a defined surface of the image, selectively, based upon the determined... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080208545 - Non-destructive method for inverse-calculating fiber probe aperture size and prediction method of fabrication profile of near field photolithography: A non-destructive method to inverse-calculate a fiber probe aperture size, and a prediction method of the simulation and fabrication profile of near field photolithography are provided. The error between an experimental result of the photolithography and a simulation result of the theoretical model of near field photolithography is set as... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080208544 - System for design and use of decision models: The invention relates to a system for the design and use of decision models. More specifically, the invention relates to an automatic method for decision making by a virtual or physical agent on the basis of external variables derived from an environment described by a digital model or physical sensors... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080208548 - Credit report-based predictive models: An example embodiment provides for systems, apparatuses and methods directed to determining the likelihood that a given individual may need or obtain a credit product. This is accomplished by obtaining non-contemporaneous snapshots of credit files and using the non-contemporaneous snapshots to build a predictive model to determine a likelihood that... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080208550 - Method and system for modeling bone structure: The present invention relates to scanning confocal microscopy used to systematically quantify characteristic collagen fibril orientations by position within the lamellar thickness of secondary osteons along the osteon radial direction. Fully calcified lamellar specimens appear either extinct or bright in cross-section under circularly polarized light, and can be isolated from... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080208549 - Modelling body tissue characteristics: The present invention describes a method of creating and/or updating a model that relates to at least one measurable tissue property to at least one tissue characteristic, the method comprising: defining two or more data categories; assigning each of a plurality of training data sets to one or more of... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080208552 - Method and apparatus for generating alternative representation of optimization models: A method for determining an alternative representation of an optimization model reduces model input through compact representation of model parameters. Model generation is performed at varying levels of complexity (approximation) depending on pre-defined, business approved thresholds.... Agent: Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson, P.c.

20080208551 - Methods and systems for surround-specific display modeling: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for surround-specific display modeling.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080208553 - Parallel circuit simulation techniques: Methods for improving the accuracy and performance of large complex circuit simulations including; special processing of clock structures, minimizing repetitive simulation of identical structures, partitioning designs into sub-systems for use by one of a variety of matrix inversion techniques, row partitioning matrices for parallel solving, applying two stage Newton-Ralphon's method... Agent: Manjit Borah

20080208554 - Simulator development system and simulator development method: A simulator development system is disclosed, including a data file management part to create a data file storing data concerning a plurality of types of integrated circuits, for each update and to manage the data file with a file name including a date and time when the data file is... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080208556 - Accurate pin-based memory power model using arc-based characterization: A pin-based memory power modeling method using arc-based characterization includes steps as follows. All power arcs of a memory model are identified and characterized. A power arc is selected from the identified and characterized power arcs. Output bus switching power is computed by removing overlapping power using the selected power... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080208555 - Simulation method and simulation apparatus: A simulation method and apparatus including a restore point setting unit setting restore points in core models for executing threads using parallel processing. The method also includes storing information for reproducing a state the core models at the restore points.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080208559 - Method and apparatus for formally checking equivalence using equivalence relationships: An equivalency testing system, for formally comparing an RTLM and HLM, is presented. RTLM and HLM are first converted into DFGs RTLMDFG and HLMDFG. RTLMDFG and HLMDFG are then put into timestep form and are called RTLMts and HLMts. A test bench CSts is selected that couples RTLMts and HLMts.... Agent: Pvf -- Synopsys, Inc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080208557 - Simulation method and simulation system: A simulation executing unit 1, an execution list forming unit 2, and an execution list 3 are prepared. The simulation executing unit 1 does not execute all of function models 4 every cycle, but executes only such a process operation described in the execution list 3 formed by the execution... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080208558 - System and method for simulating a multiprocessor system: Disclosed are techniques for simulating a multiprocessor system is disclosed. Aspects of the present invention are based on such an observation that most memory accesses from different simulated processors do not conflict, and therefore the conservative policy for performing synchronization of all the memory accesses can waste a large amount... Agent: Law Office Of Ido Tuchman (yor)

20080208561 - Method of measuring a large population of web pages for compliance to content standards that require human judgement to evaluate: Embodiments herein provide a method, computer program product, etc. of measuring a large population of web pages for compliance to content standards that require human judgment to evaluate. The method performs an automated analysis of a web space, comprising gathering information about structure and content of the web space. The... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, Llc

20080208560 - System and method of interlocking to protect software - mediated program and device behaviors: A method for rendering software resistant to reverse engineering. Replace at least one first constant (mathematical expression, etc.) in a computational expression with a second mixed mathematical and bitwise-Boolean expression, the first constant being simpler than the second expression and the second expression being based on the value or the... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.c.

20080208562 - Instructions providing new functionality for utilization by a target system program of host system container words during computer system emulation with host word size larger than that of the emulated machine: Two unique instructions for the instruction set of a target 36-bit machine which is emulated on a host 64-bit machine are provided in order to achieve visibility, to an emulated application program, of a “containing” word stored in the memory of the host machine. A “LOAD64” instruction loads the emulator... Agent: Bull Hn Information Systems Inc.

20080201114 - Method for representing flexible elongate volume objects: The invention relates to a method for the simplified, physically correct representation of flexible elongate volume objects. The volume object is divided up into sections and each section begins and ends with an interaction point and is connected to an adjacent section by means of said point. Each interaction point... Agent: Vern Maine & Associates

20080201113 - Methods and systems for combining models of goods and services: The present disclosure describes methods and systems for combining Models of goods and services. At least some embodiments include a method that includes retrieving a first Model representing an object, a User controlling access to the first Model; retrieving a second Model representing a product offered by a Product Provider;... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20080201115 - Multiple inserts of different geometry in a single row of a bit: A method for designing a roller cone drill bit having a plurality of cutting elements in a row. The method includes defining a pitch pattern for the plurality of cutting elements such that a first group of adjacent cutting elements are arranged in a first pitch and a second group... Agent: Smith International Inc.

20080201112 - Network design method and system therefor: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for creating a distributed antenna network for use in designing a generally wireless communications network. The method includes the placing and interconnecting, on a design screen canvas, of network components, selected from a components database stored in a computer system, with several signal source systems... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20080201120 - Analysis support system and method, computer readable recording medium storing analysis support program, and analysis support apparatus: An analysis support system has an analysis purpose input section being able to input an analysis purpose, an analysis level designator designating an analysis level representing a range for analysis according to the inputted analysis purpose, a configuration information record section recording configuration information about other component to be combined... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080201121 - Apparatus for computing a many-body problem: A many-body problem computing apparatus includes a coordinate storage unit for storing coordinates of the centers of gravity of residues which particles belong to, a gravity center distance computing unit for computing a distance between the coordinates of the center of gravity of a residue which a specific particle belongs... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080201117 - Dynamic sampling with efficient model 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... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080201119 - Method for forecasting earthquakes: based on p-ring junctions from seed earthquakes with tectonic plate edges and major fault lines: A hereditary model illustrates a method devised to extrapolate a series of locations of probable progeny earthquake events based on previous “seed” earthquakes. Shadow Zone border P-rings are claimed as precursors to possible future earthquake event locations. The intersection of these P-rings with tectonic plate edges or major fault lines... Agent: Steven E. Ahrens

20080201118 - Modeling a web page on top of html elements level by encapsulating the details of html elements in a component, building a web page, a website and website syndication on browser-based user interface: A component model is invented for modeling a web page. A web page and website are constructed through component assembling. Components encapsulate the details of HTML elements from a user in the construction process. By exposing component as a service, a component can be reused in other websites and enable... Agent: Fan Luo

20080201116 - Surveillance system and methods: A surveillance system generally includes a data capture module that collects sensor data. A scoring engine module receives the sensor data and computes at least one of an abnormality score and a normalcy score based on the sensor data, at least one dynamically loaded learned data model, and a learned... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20080201123 - Increased activity and efficiency of expansin-like proteins: The invention relates to crystal structure and activities of Beta-expansins and grass pollen allergens and identification of key regions essential to maximize activity and to identify sequence motifs which correlate with activity.... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pennsylvania State University

20080201122 - Method and apparatus for computer modeling of an adaptive immune response: The present invention relates generally to a computer model of an adaptive immune response. One embodiment of the invention relates to a computer model of an adaptive immune response within the framework of signals conveyed at the site of antigen exposure. Another embodiment of the model includes a representation of... Agent: Entelos, Inc. C/o Law Offices Of Karen E. Flick

20080201124 - Parameterization device and method for parameterizing electrical devices: The invention is based on the object of specifying a parameterization device which is particularly user-friendly and which makes it possible to parameterize electrical devices with little expenditure of time and therefore in a particularly cost-effective manner. This object is achieved according to the invention by a parameterization device for... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080201125 - System and method for automatic selection of transmission line macromodels: Transmission line macromodels can be classified into main categories of delay-extraction and rational approximation. The exponential solution of the Telegrapher's Equation is used to create a system and method that enable a time-domain circuit simulator to automatically select the most appropriate macromodel for a given transmission line structure.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080201126 - Method of automatically generating the structures from mask layout: A method of generating three-dimensional structure which comprised of material layers between upper substrate and lower substrate, which provides a generation method of three-dimensional structure for computer simulation by depositing material layers under the upper substrate and over the lower substrate, and sandwiching a center insertion layer between the deposited... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080201127 - Using a suggested solution to speed up a process for simulating and correcting an integrated circuit layout: One embodiment of the invention provides a system for speeding up an iterative process that simulates and, if necessary, corrects a layout of a target cell within an integrated circuit so that a simulated layout of the target cell matches a desired layout for the target cell. The system operates... Agent: Pvf -- Synopsys, Inc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080201128 - Method and system for performing ternary verification: A method and system for performing ternary verification is disclosed. Initially, a ternary model is generated from a binary model of a logic circuit design. The pairings used to encode the ternary model are then recorded. Next, the number of the recorded gate pairings is reduced by removing all invalid... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080201129 - Simulated computer system for monitoring of software performance: A system S is defined which is capable of simulating a computer (virtual computer, VC) for the purpose of software performance monitoring. The system is implemented as a set of software modules (SM) that can be exchanged to change the behavior of the VC. The VC is driven by a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080195357 - Method and system for determining field quantities in a structural joint: A Macroscopic Bonded Joint Finite Element (MBJFE) is capable of predicting field quantities in a bonded zone of a structural joint using a limited number of degrees of freedom. The MBJFE embeds an analytical solution directly within the element. Its stiffness and load response are based on non-linear shape functions... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080195360 - Automated policy generation for mobile ad hoc networks: A solution to the problem of automated policy generation for mobile ad hoc networks includes an optimization-based, utility-driven approach aimed at generating optimal policies with respect to the given network objectives. The combination of optimization heuristics and network simulation is used to solve the problem. Specifically, the problem of automated... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20080195361 - Methods for optimizing system models and the like using least absolute value estimations: Methods are provided for fitting a curve to a set of data values using a least absolute value (LAV) cost function. The set of data values may comprise m sets of data values. The method takes advantage of contraction mapping to determine a number n<m of individual equations which are... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080195359 - Multidimensional process corner derivation using surrogate based simultaneous yield analysis: A system and method for deriving semiconductor manufacturing process corners using surrogate simulations is disclosed. The method may be used to determine individual performance metric yields, the number of out-of-specification conditions for a given number of simulation samples, and a total yield prediction for simultaneous multi-variable conditions. A surrogate simulation... Agent: Mhkkg/sun

20080195358 - Processing seismic data representing a physical system: A method of processing seismic data representing a physical system, the method comprising a difference between first and second seismic data representing the system in first and second states, respectively, and inverting the difference in accordance with a parameterised model of the physical system to obtain changes in the parameters... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080195362 - River assessment, monitoring and design system: A method, apparatus and program product to facilitate the analysis and monitoring of stream and river conditions, with emphasis on Natural Channel Design. To this end, the invention uses and processes channel data to provide analysis and monitoring information and optimized channel design information. The channel data is automatically accessed... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080195363 - Analogue signal modelling routine for a hardware description language: An analogue signal modelling routine for a hardware description language, wherein an output providing an analogue signal is represented by a value stored in an output variable, an input accepting the analogue signal is represented by a value stored in an input variable, and the routine is arranged to update... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080195364 - System and method for tool point prediction using multi-component receptance coupling substructure analysis: A method for predicting a tool point response of a spindle-holder-tool assembly to be used for high-speed machining applications is provided. The method includes determining direct and cross displacement-to-force receptances of a standard holder clamped in the spindle. The method also includes determining direct receptances at a free end of... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080195365 - Maintenance support system for construction machine: The system 1 calculates the cumulative load of every component corresponding with the driving and working conditions of the construction machine 3 by means of the load calculation means 13 after simulating the driving and working conditions on the basis of production operating conditions by means of the operation simulation... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080195366 - Crystal structure of the hepatocyte growth factor and methods of use: The disclosure provides a crystal and crystal structure of the Hepatocyte Growth Factor Beta (HGF β) Chain, as well as use of the crystal structure in the design, identification, and selection of modulators of HGF or Met activity.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080195367 - Clock gating analyzing apparatus, clock gating analyzing method, and computer product: Clock gating analysis of a target circuit having a plurality of clock gates, involves the calculation of a clock gate function for each of the clock gates. The clock gate functions indicate an activation state of the clock gates and a combination of output values from sequential circuit elements in... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080195368 - 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

20080195369 - Diagnostic system and method: Disclosed are system and method embodiments for determining the root-causes of a performance objective violation, such as an end-to-end service level objection (SLO) violation, in a large-scale system with multi-tiered applications. This determination is made using a hybrid of component-level snapshots of the state of the system during a period... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, Llc

20080189082 - Automated microwave network planner: A microwave network planner tool (40). The network planner tool (40) allows a user to set parameters for a network design, and to assign weighted values to multiple components of the design of the network. Weighting may be biased to proximity and/or site factors. Executing the tool provides an optimized... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080189083 - Method and apparatus for generating design drawings: Techniques for generating design drawings for design variants that are assembled from one or more components of a modular system are described herein. According to one embodiment of the invention, a first data structure in a computing device is to store the one or more components of the modular system,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080189080 - Shape detailing device, shape detailing method, computer program product, mechanical cad machine, and method of manufacturing three-dimensional structure: A shape detailing device includes a storage unit that stores therein an identifier of each structure in an electrical computer-aided design (CAD) system and an identifier of the structure in a mechanical CAD system associated with each other, and a converting unit that converts shape information of the structure created... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080189081 - System and method for analyzing geometric deviations of a physical object: An exemplary method for analyzing geometric deviations of a physical object is provided. The method includes: receiving point cloud data of a point cloud from a measuring machine which scans an physical object; receiving one or more parameters set by a user, the one or more parameters comprising a predetermined... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080189088 - Apparatus and program for analyzing electromagnetic field: In an apparatus for analyzing an electromagnetic field in an analytical space: a range setting unit sets the range of the analytical space; an object-information setting unit sets a distribution-index value indicating the amount of particles distributed in the range, the dimensions of the particles, a first material-property value of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080189084 - Computer aided modeling: Different designers of a structure exchange information on their plans (models) with each other. This information is exchanged by reference data which may be in another format than what the designer's application is using. To facilitate a designer to maintain correspondence between his/her model and models handled by different designers,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080189089 - Method and apparatus for generating profile of solutions trading off number of activities utilized and objective value for bilinear integer optimization models: A method (and system) of generating at least one of a solution and a profile of solutions for a problem, includes trading off a reduction of an objective of the problem against a number of activities utilized in a solution.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080189087 - Optimal estimation of transducer parameters: The invention relates to an arrangement and method for estimating the linear and nonlinear parameters of a model 11 describing a transducer 1 which converts input signals x(t) into output signals y(t) (e.g., electrical, mechanical or acoustical signals). Transducers of this kind are primarily actuators (loudspeakers) and sensors (microphones), but... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080189086 - System and method for modelling a hardware component of a data processing apparatus: A system and method are provided for modelling a hardware component of a data processing apparatus in order to generate an output identifying a value of an observable property of the hardware component. The system comprises a component model for modelling aspects of the hardware component, and feature extraction logic... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080189085 - System and method for optimizing animal production: A system for generating an animal feed formulation based on utilization of nutrients received by an animal. The system includes a simulator engine configured to generate a set of animal requirements based on characteristics of an animal and to generate animal feed formulation input based at least in part on... Agent: Cargill, Incorporated

20080189090 - System and method for determining a guard band for an operating voltage of an integrated circuit device: A system and method for determining a guard band for an operating voltage of an integrated circuit device are provided. The system and method provide a mechanism for calculating the guard band based on a comparison of simulated noise obtained from a simulation of the integrated circuit device using a... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080189091 - Screw fastening part analysis model creation method, recording media, and apparatus: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method comprises a screw fastening unit extracting step of extracting a screw fastening unit, in which at least two or more members are fastened by a screw, from a three-dimensional model, a shape changing step of changing each of circular arc surfaces... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080189092 - Simulation device and simulation method: A simulation device for generating an answer to a question inputted thereto. A communication unit is configured to input a selected question associated with a first criterion and a second criterion. A generating unit is configured to generate a copy of a continuously updated environment model. A generating unit is... Agent: Venable LLP

20080189093 - Pairwise fragment interaction computation: A method for creating a load balanced spatial partitioning of a structured, diffusing system of particles with pairwise interactions includes steps of: assigning a weight corresponding to a computational cost for a pair interaction of particles to a simulation space distance between the particles; performing a spatial partitioning of the... Agent: Michael Buchenhorner, P.A.

20080189095 - Method and tool for generating simulation case for ic device: For generating a simulation case to verify an operation of an IC device, a database including a plurality of device description files, a plurality of pattern files and a plurality of command files is established. Files stored in the database and corresponding to an IC device are collected. The collected... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080189094 - Systematic compliance checking of a process: Methods and systems are presented for generation of a test suite in order to validate compliance of a process with its process specification. The methodology involves a formal description of the process using a flowchart, refinement of the flowchart to include misinterpretations of the process specification, defining compliance coverage models... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation