Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation inventions 09/09

20090240474 - System and method for generating a model of an image measuring machine: A method for generating a model of an image measuring machine is disclosed. The method includes obtaining vertex coordinates of the image measuring machine and features that need to be generated from a configuration file stored in a storage device of a computer. The features comprise a top cover, a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090240475 - Three dimensional coordinates of hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha (hif-1 alpha) prolyl hydroxylase (egln1) and uses thereof: The crystal structure of ligand-bound EGLN1 catalytic domain of prolyl hydroxylase is disclosed. These coordinates are useful in computer aided drug design for identifying compounds that regulate EGLN1 prolyl hydroxylase and thereby regulate HIF-regulated disorders.... Agent: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

20090240478 - Earth stress analysis method for hydrocarbon recovery: A method and apparatus for systematic, transient analysis method for determining the formation effective displacement, stress and excess pore pressure field quantities at any depth within a stratified subterranean formation resulting from the subsurface injection and/or withdrawal of pressurized fluids are provided.... Agent: Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company

20090240476 - Method and device for forecasting computational needs of an application: The invention comprises methods and devices of forecasting future computational needs of an application based on input load, where the application comprises a plurality of processes executed on a plurality of computing devices. The method of the invention proceeds by monitoring at least a computational load characteristic of at least... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Ws Attn: Patent Docketing

20090240479 - Method of identifying an antinode of a primary vibration mode of a golf club head: This invention provides a method of identifying an antinode of a primary vibration mode of the golf club head having a hollow golf club head having a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion. A viscoelastic body is to be mounted in at least one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090240477 - Simulation apparatus, simulation system, and simulation method: A simulation apparatus includes an arithmetic process unit 20 that models a controlled plant and simulates the operation of the modeled controlled plant, and an interface unit 30 that inputs and outputs a signal between the arithmetic process unit 20 and an ECU 100A, and the arithmetic process unit 20... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090240480 - Target trajectory generator for predictive control of nonlinear systems using extended kalman filter: A model predictive controller (MPC) for predictive control of nonlinear processes utilizing an EKF (Extended Kalman Filter) and a nominal trajectory generator. The nominal trajectory generator includes another instance of EKF, a linear corrector, and a time-varying deviation model. A nominal control trajectory can be predicted and an optimal solution... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090240481 - Method and system for exploiting information from heterogeneous sources: A system and method are described for generating a model of an environment in which a plurality of equipment units (104) are deployed for the extraction of at least one resource from the environment. The system comprises a pre-extraction or in-ground modelling unit (204) configured to receive data from a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090240482 - Machining simulation apparatus: A machining simulation apparatus (1) includes a model storage (4) for storing information about machining models (11) that define mechanical elements, such as spindle heads and tables, jig models (12) that define jigs, such as chucks and holders, material models (13) that defines the shapes of workpieces, and tool models... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090240483 - System and computer program product for automatic logic model build process with autonomous quality checking: A computer program product stored including machine executable instructions stored on machine readable media, the instructions configured for performing automatic logic build processes and implementing autonomic quality checking, by implementing a method including: providing a model repository for holding at least one component; updating the model repository with at least... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20090240484 - Simulation apparatus, simulation method, and program: A simulation apparatus that performs simulation of design data of a verification target circuit including a logic circuit that operates as a multi-cycle path of N cycles in synchronization with a clock signal, the simulation apparatus includes a design data generation section that generates design data of a multi-cycle verification... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090234620 - Verification support apparatus, verification support method, and computer product: The circuit volume of a large-scale system under design is reduced by a circuit conversion involving the sharing of common parts in the system. Thus, even large-scale systems can be mounted on hardware, such as a field programmable gate array, enabling a reduction in verification time. Further, as the waveform... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090234621 - Method of optimizing parameters in the entire process of analysing a dna containing sample and method of modeling said process: A method of optimizing one or more parameters in a process for considering a DNA containing sample using a method of modeling and a method of modeling itself are provided. The method of modeling the process for considering a DNA containing sample uses a graphical model. The model seeks to... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090234622 - Constructing velocity models near salt bodies: A method and apparatus for constructing a velocity model of a subsurface of the earth, is disclosed herein. Seismic data may be received. A first velocity model of the subsurface may be constructed using the seismic data. The subsurface may have one or more salt bodies. A second velocity model... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20090234623 - Validating field data: An example method for validating field data associated with a field having a plurality of wellsites. The method includes obtaining a validation policy associated with the field, the validation policy including a business validity rule, a trend validity rule, and a contextual validity rule for verifying the field data based... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20090234624 - Non-finite element implementation of the finite element projection in two dimensions: Embodiments of the present invention provide a finite difference method, a finite element projection, and a non-finite-element implementation of the finite element projection for solving the incompressible continuity equation on quadrilateral grids to obtain pressure and fluid velocity. An exemplary apparatus for simulating and analyzing the flow of an incompressible... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090234625 - Providing a simplified subterranean model: To provide a simplified subterranean model of a subterranean structure, a first grid size for the simplified subterranean model is selected, where the first grid size is coarser than a second grid size associated with a detailed subterranean model. The simplified subterranean model is populated with subterranean properties according to... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20090234626 - Dose distribution modeling by region from functional imaging: Functional imaging information is used to determine a probability of residual disease given a treatment. The functional imaging information shows different characteristic levels for different regions of the tumor. The probability is output for planning use and/or used to automatically determine dose by region. Using the probability, the dose may... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090234627 - Modeling lung cancer survival probability after or side-effects from therapy: Modeling of prognosis of survivability, side-effect, or both is provided. For example, RILI is predicted using bullae information. The amount, volume or ratio of Bullae, even alone, may indicate the likelihood of complication, such as the likelihood of significant (e.g., stage 3) pneumonitis. As another example, RILI is predicted using... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090234628 - Prediction of complete response given treatment data: A system for modeling complete response prediction is provided. The system includes an input that is operable to receive treatment information representing treatment data that may be used to predict a complete response of a tumor. The complete response may include a disappearance of all or substantially all of a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090234629 - Control and online real time monitoring of purity for fatty acid alkyl ester refinery: The production of fatty acid alkyl esters in a refinery setting is broken into three sections which comprise of: the preprocessing high FFA feedstocks; the transesterification of feedstock into fatty acid alkyl esters and; the purification of the fatty acid alkyl esters. Within each of these sections of the refinery,... Agent: Orion Polinsky

20090234631 - Linear time-invariant system modeling apparatus and method of generating a passive model: A linear time-invariant system modeling apparatus comprises a processing resource arranged to receive, when in use, model data constituting to a model of a linear time-invariant system. The model data includes residual value data and scattering data. The processing resource is arranged to perform, when in use, a single value... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090234630 - Method and apparatus for assisting integrated circuit designing: The invention concerns a method for verifying, prior to fabrication, the proper operation of integrated circuit electronic systems using analog signals. It comprises the following steps: identifying (22) the noise-sensitive circuits, setting an acceptable sensitivity template for these noise-sensitive circuits, identifying (34) the noise-generating circuits, modeling the noise, determining (50)... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20090228245 - Method and apparatus for allele peak fitting and attribute extraction from dna sample data: Analysis of DNA is critical to many applications including identifying perpetrators of crimes based on genetic evidence left at crime scenes. An initial step to analyzing DNA data is detection, identification, and quantization of allele peaks in the DNA data. The invention provides a method and apparatus for accurately and... Agent: PCt Law Group, PLLC

20090228252 - Method and system for translating logical constraints to linear constraints: A system and method is provided for translating one or more logical expressions E is TRUE, or statements of the form IF E1 is TRUE THEN E2 is TRUE, to a set of linear constraints. Examples in accordance with the present invention contribute to systems and methods for solving optimization... Agent: Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090228248 - Method for the computer-aided simulation of technical processes: The invention relates to a method for computer-aided simulation of technical processes. Methods of this type are required in particular in evolution simulation models of technical, in particular physical and/or chemical processes, which are intended to be propagated in time (evolution). The method according to the invention for computer-aided simulation... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090228249 - Method of modelling a saturation dependant property in a sample: A method for modelling a saturation dependant property in a sample by obtaining a spatially resolved measurement of fluid saturation in the sample; determining a measured value of a saturation dependant property from the measurement; fitting a model to the measured value to obtain a model value for the measured... Agent: Stikeman Elliott LLP

20090228246 - Methods and systems of engineering analysis using a hybrid approach with fem and adaptive sph: Systems and methods of computer aided engineering analysis using hybrid approach of finite element method (FEM) and adaptive smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) are described. According to one aspect, a computer-aided engineering analysis is performed to simulate an impact event between structures. A FEM grid model is created to represent the... Agent: Roger H. Chu

20090228250 - Parametric perturbations of performance metrics for integrated circuits: A method of simulating parametric variations in an integrated circuit (IC) includes: specifying an IC model, wherein the IC model includes one or more parameters for variation about a nominal condition; calculating parametric perturbations about the nominal condition; and saving one or more values for the parametric perturbations in a... Agent: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. C/o Duane Morris LLP

20090228247 - Process control using process data and yield data: A method for monitoring a manufacturing process features acquiring metrology data for semiconductor wafers at the conclusion of a final process step for the manufacturing process (“Step a”). Data is acquired for a plurality of process variables for a first process step for manufacturing semiconductor wafers (“Step b”). A first... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090228244 - System and method for simulating motion of a multibody system: The present invention relates to a method and system for describing the motion of a closed-loop multibody mechanism. In this case, equations of motion need to be obtained for constrained multibody systems. The invention is based on a forward dynamics formulation resulting in a recursive Hamiltonian formulation for closed-loop systems... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090228251 - Systems and methods for designing optical surfaces: In one embodiment, a system and method for designing an optical surface pertain to constructing a matrix of radial basis functions, each column of the matrix corresponding to a radial basis function, selecting an initial surface to be used as a starting point, selecting initial weights for the radial basis... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090228255 - Analyzing 2-d surface and/or borehole seismic data to locate subsurface diffractors: A system and method for locating subsurface diffractors. The method operates on two-dimensional (2-D) seismic data that includes one or more 2-D seismic lines. The 2-D seismic data may be preprocessed to enhance diffracted energy. For each hypothetical diffractor location in a set of hypothetical diffractor locations, the method involves... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090228254 - Method of simulating pneumatic tire based on finite element models: A pneumatic tire includes a composite assembly comprising a rubber web and a plurality of parallel cords embedded in the rubber web at spaced intervals in the circumferential directions of the pneumatic tire. The pneumatic tire is approximated with a finite element model generated by dividing the pneumatic tire into... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090228253 - Multi-infrastructure modeling and simulation system: A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models includes a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure; a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure; a... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20090228256 - Method and system of graphical simulation of thin shell objects: A real-time simulation method for thin shells undergoing large deformation is provided. Shells are thin objects such as leaves and papers that can be abstracted as 2D structures. Development of a satisfactory physical model that runs in real-time but produces visually convincing animation of thin shells has been remaining a... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090228257 - Lazy evaluation of geometric definitions of objects within procedural programming environments: This description provides tools for lazy evaluation of geometric definitions of objects within procedural programming environments. Computer-based methods provided by these tools may parse input program code that includes statements that are syntactically consistent with a procedural programming language. These statements may also include defined functions that are not syntactically... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20090228258 - Hybrid front tracking algorithm for solving single phase fluid equations with a moving boundary on a quadrilateral grid: A computer implemented method for simulating a final pattern of a droplet of a fluid having a plurality of fluid properties is disclosed. The method includes representing a position of a moving fluid boundary at a first point in time with a plurality of fluid markers, wherein the moving fluid... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090228259 - Methods for controlling polyolefin reactor temperature: Methods for controlling polyolefin reactor temperature. In one embodiment, a simulation model is constructed for improving control of polymerization temperature in a polyethylene loop slurry reactor. The model is used to design the reactor coolant system to capacity and to improve tuning of system controllers, such as the reactor temperature... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (chevron Phillips)

20090228260 - Apparatus and method for generating power supply noise model: In a power supply noise model generating method, a layout pattern of a design target circuit layout is divided into divisional regions, and a distribution coefficient is calculated to each of the divisional regions based on a noise parameter in each divisional region. Noise generated from a whole of the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090228261 - Method for characterizing a software application: Techniques are provided for calculating effort of a software application. The techniques include obtaining a detailed use case model (DUCM) of the software application, computing a multi-dimensional metrics vector (MMV) based on the DUCM, using a size model for the MMV to estimate a size of the software application, and... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090228262 - Use of test protection instruction in computing environments that support pageable guests: Management of storage used by pageable guests of a computing environment is facilitated. A query instruction is provided that details information regarding the storage location indicated in the query. It specifies whether the storage location, if protected, is protected by host-level protection or guest-level protection.... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20090222243 - Adaptive analytics: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a new data record associated with a transaction, and generating, using an adaptive model executed by the computer, a score to represent a likelihood that the transaction is associated with fraud. The adaptive model employs feedback from one or more external data sources, the feedback... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090222244 - Method of estimating information on projection conditions by a projection machine and a device thereof: A method of eliminating information on the projection states of projection elements (P) by using an analysis model in which discharged projection elements (P) repeatedly collided with rotation blades (13) in a projection machine having rotating blades (13). The method comprises the step of determining initial conditions including information on... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090222245 - Method, computer, and recording medium storing a program for computing engine design variables: For a plurality of combinations of a plurality of operating states included in an operating range of an engine and for a plurality of combinations of a plurality of objective variables, a system, which calculates design variables, includes a calculating device for obtaining global optimal solutions of the design variables... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090222246 - High-level, graphical programming language and tool for well management programming: A reservoir simulation method, which includes building a hierarchical logic diagram having one or more components. Each component represents a block of programming code. The method further includes converting the hierarchical logic diagram to programming code configured to manage the simulation of a reservoir.... Agent: Gary D. Lawson Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20090222248 - Method and system for determining a combined risk: A computer system for determining a combined risk is disclosed. The computer system has a memory, at least one input device, and a central processing unit in communication with the memory and the at least one input device. The central processing unit obtains diagnostic data and identifies a plurality of... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090222247 - System for determining basal rate profiles: A system and method are provided for generating a plurality of basal rate models that together model delivery of a corresponding plurality of basal rates of a diabetes treatment drug to a patient over a period of time. Information may be collected from a plurality of patients that have a... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP (roche)

20090222249 - Modular verification of web services using efficient symbolic encoding and summarization: A system and method for verifying a composition of interacting services in a distributed system includes generating a concurrent process graph (CPG) for processes in a system and symbolically encoding the CPG of each process to perform a reachability analysis. Symbolic summaries are generated for concurrently running processes based on... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20090222250 - Hard/soft cooperative verifying simulator: The present invention provides a hard/soft cooperative verifying simulator based on a SystemC simulator, capable of reducing overhead of context switching control thereby to shorten processing time. Time keepers for controlling simulation times of a plurality of threads are provided corresponding to the threads generated as simulation models for hardware... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090222251 - Structure for an integrated circuit that employs multiple interfaces: A design structure for a integrated circuit interfacing system may be embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing or testing a integrated circuit. In one embodiment, the design structure specifies an integrated circuit that includes multiple interfaces. The design structure may specify that each of the interfaces couples... Agent: Mark P. Kahler

20090222252 - Data driven logic simulation chip and toolchain: An apparatus and method may be used for compiling a hardware logic design into data-driven logic programs to be executed on a data-driven chip. The apparatus may include storage with a library for defining a net-list synthesized by a synthesis tool. The apparatus may also include a data-driven logic verification... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090222253 - System and method for switch-level linear simulation using verilog: A method for rapidly simulating combined analog circuits and digital circuits includes separating the combined circuits into a linear sub-network and logic sub-network. Shared nodes, shared by the linear sub-network and logic sub-network, are identified. The values of the shared nodes represent logic state values, or digital values, in the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20090222254 - System and method for integrated circuit emulation: A system and method for integrated circuit emulation. One embodiment provides a system for in-circuit emulation of an integrated circuit device with program-controlled components. The system includes an integrated circuit device with program-controlled components used in a system for normal operation. The integrated circuit device having at least one program-controlled... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja