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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080015809 | Electromagnetically Detecting Thin Resistive Bodies in Shallow Water and Terrestrial Environments A technique includes using a first sensor to perform a first electromagnetic field measurement to obtain first data, which is indicative of the presence of a resistive body. The first data is relatively sensitive to an effect that is caused by an air layer boundary. The... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080010038 | SHIFT-INVARIANT PROBABILISTIC LATENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS A method decomposes input data acquired of a signal. An input signal is sampled to acquire input data. The input data is represented as a probability distribution. An expectation-maximization procedure is applied iteratively to the probability distribution to determine ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080010019 | High speed spectrum analyzer The invention provides a device for analyzing the spectral content of a sample in a sequential manner at high speed. ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080010033 | Measurement correction device and method A measurement correction device and method for its use. The measurement correction device is used to detect a change in scale resulting from its replication wherein the replication is made without attention to the scale. In one exemplary application, the measurement cor... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080004828 | Method, system and apparatus for operating a device using contextual scripting A system and method for interacting with a digital device by acquiring an image of a display of the device, deriving the functional state and context of the device by analyzing the acquired image and commanding the device to perform an action. the procedure described ab... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080004834 | Pedometer To be able to further accurately measure a walk step number by restraining a walk from being erroneously detected by operating an operating portion. When operation of an operating portion 104 is detected, CPU 101 proceeds to a walk determining mode, counts... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080004827 | Externalized metric calculation engine Calculating, detecting, observing, and validating operating characteristics, conditions, and metrics, especially quality of service metrics, of a system. The quality of service metrics are reported and utilized to manage the service. The various elements of the system f... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080004837 | Method and apparatus for generating a dynamic power-flux map for a set of computer systems A system that generates a dynamic power-flux map for a set of computer systems. During operation the system determines the locations of the computer systems. Next, the system receives dynamic traces of power consumption for the computer systems, wherein a dynamic trace ... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080004821 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Data Signal Jitter Via Asynchronous Sampling A method and apparatus for determining data signal jitter via asynchronous sampling provides a low cost and production-integrable mechanism for measuring data signal jitter. The data signal is edge-detected and sampled by a sampling clock of unrelated frequency the samp... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080004822 | Method and Apparatus for Verifying Two Dimensional Mark Quality A method and system for applying a two dimensional mark on a first surface of a component and assessing mark quality, the method including the steps of positioning a component with a first surface at a first station, applying a two dimensional mark to the first surface ... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080004824 | Methods and systems for detrending signal intensity data from chemical arrays Methods, systems and computer readable media for removing trends in signal intensity values from features on a chemical array. Inputted signal values from features on the array are surface fitted to calculate a surface approximation. The surface approximation is normali... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080004815 | PARTICLE COUNTER A particle counter for measuring the number of floating particles contained in a sample to determine the particle concentration therein comprises: a memory section 11 for storing a discrete value C per unit of time based on the maximum particle number concentrati... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070299628 | Method for analyzing multi-layer materials from one-sided pulsed thermal imaging A method, apparatus, and computer program product provides automated analysis of thermal imaging data for multi-layer materials based upon a theoretical model of a multi-layer material system, which is solved numerically. The computer-implemented method effectively proc... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070299631 | LOGGING USER ACTIONS WITHIN ACTIVITY CONTEXT A system that can log user actions associated with an activity is disclosed. For example, the system can maintain a log of user keystrokes, files accessed, files opened, files created, websites visited, communication events (e.g., phone calls, instant messaging communic... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070299626 | Space recognition method and apparatus of input device Provided are method and apparatus for recognizing space according to the movement of an input device. A method of recognizing space according to the movement of an input device, the method comprising: measuring angular velocity data using a... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070299632 | Remotely reconfigurable system for mapping subsurface geological anomalies Methods and apparatus are provided for receiving, detecting and transmitting geophysical data from a plurality of electrodes placed in the soil utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable wireless control unit that is located on each electrode. Data from the control units is... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070299622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING ECHO SOURCES IN A COMMUNICATION PATH A method and apparatus for identifying echo sources in a communication path. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an echo measurement device (EMD) having a transmit module to transmit an echo canceller deactivation sig... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070294040 | Preventative maintenance indicator system A real time method and apparatus for indicating preventative maintenance in a molding system. The molding system could be a metal molding system or a plastics molding system. Real time threshold status data is compared to real time operational parameter data as measured... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070294043 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING PLASMA CHARACTERISTICS Methods for determining characteristics of a plasma are provided. In one embodiment, a method for determining characteristics of a plasma includes obtaining metrics of a plasma at two different frequencies, and determining at least one characteristic of the plasma utili... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070294056 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING NON-OCCURRING EVENTS According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for monitoring objects relating to event may include receiving an event message; filtering the event message to identify at least one object; comparing a current status of the ... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070294060 | CBRN attack detection system and method II An apparatus and methods for improving the ability of a detection system to distinguish between a “true attack” as opposed to a nominal increase in a monitored environmental characteristic. ... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070294054 | SIMPLIFIED EVENT SELECTION FOR A PERFORMANCE MONITOR UNIT A method and a processor for counting events in a performance monitor unit (PMU) of the processor includes using a mask bit and match bit comparison for event data to determine occurrence of events and routing indications of occurrences to a counter for counting.... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070288206 | DATA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, DATA ASSOCIATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, DATA DISPLAY APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH THE PROGRAM IS RECORDED The present invention makes a user properly compare data before and after a change with each other. A data display system displays data based on measurement data obtained by measuring equipments. In the data display system, a data synchronizer associates synchronous dat... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288202 | Method For Conducting Diagnostic Tests of Spray Equipment A method for conducting diagnostic tests of spray equipment in a hazardous environment. The method includes automatically gathering test data, comparing the automatically gathered test data to a database of baseline data, and providing a signal if the automatically gath... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288203 | Method, product and device for coding event history A method for coding an event history is disclosed. Information relating to a real time state of an event is received. For a defined interval of time, it is determined whether the state of the event is in one of two states. In response to the event being in a first state... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288205 | Dynamic data stream histograms for no loss of information A method for creating a histogram from a plurality of data elements that includes identifying a lower extreme range counter and an upper extreme range counter for the plurality of data elements, incrementing a value counter when the value counter corresponds to a value ... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288183 | ANALOG SIGNAL TRANSITION DETECTOR An apparatus configured to detect transitions between relatively rising and falling amplitudes of an input signal Vin(t) arriving at a input node comprises a comparator having a first input, a second input, and an output for providing a two state output signal Vout(t) w... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288189 | Test method, test program, and test device of data processing system A connection characteristics determination unit determines whether connection mechanisms provided in a data processing system have differences in connection characteristics in terms of hardware implementation or not. If there is no difference in the connection character... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288182 | Method for Detecting Noise Events in Systems with Time Variable Operating Points A circuit for detecting noise events in a system with time variable operating points is provided. A first voltage, which is averaged over time, is compared to a second voltage. A signal is generated to instruct circuits within a processor to initiate actions to keep a v... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288197 | Geo-referenced object identification method, system, and apparatus A method, system, and apparatus are described which are used to identify a geo-referenced object. In one embodiment, a position determining component is used to determine the geographic position of a handheld electronic device. An azimuth determination component determi... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288167 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING FIELD READINESS USING SOIL MOISTURE MODELING A method for determining field readiness using moisture modeling of a plurality of fields in a region of interest includes (a) generating a detailed set of moisture factors covering a plurality of scenarios for each field element of the plurality of field elements for a... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288175 | Simulation parameter determination method Provided is a method for reduction of calculation amount required for parameter determination, and for reduction of calculation amount required for parameter determination satisfying desired accuracy. It is a method for preferentially selecting analysis objects, which a... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288200 | Method for detecting and reporting leaks of fluid in distribution networks, particularly in condominium water or gas distribution networks, and apparatus for performing the method A method for detecting and reporting fluid leaks in a distribution network, particularly in condominium water or gas distribution networks, comprising: acquiring at a preset rate statistical samples related to the extent of the water flow in input to the network; acquir... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288177 | Advanced processing of active thermography signals A method for processing thermography signals. A time series of radiometric data is measured from a surface (104) of an object (102) over a period of heating and subsequent cooling, and a mathematical curve (1, 2) is fit to the data. An amplitude asp... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070282564 | SPATIALLY AWARE MOBILE PROJECTION A spatially aware apparatus includes a projector. Projected display contents can change based on the position, motion, or orientation of the apparatus. The apparatus may include gyroscope(s), accelerometer(s), global positioning system (GPS) receiver(s), radio receiver(... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070282565 | OBJECT LOCATING IN RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENTS USING PERSONAL NAVIGATION A method for locating at least one object in a restricted environment is disclosed. The method involves determining a measuring position with a navigation package, measuring a range between the at least one object and the measuring position, and establishing a location ... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070282557 | Device for observing internal data of control device A data observation device for observing internal data of a control device for controlling a machine tool, an industrial machine, an industrial robot, or the like which has at least one drive shaft driven by one selected from a servo motor, a spindle motor. The device in... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070282558 | Abnormal condition determining system for steering angle sensor A purpose of the invention is to determine abnormal condition of a steering angle sensor at an early stage even in a vehicle, in which a yaw-rate sensor is not provided. An abnormal condition determining system of the invention has a first means for detecting whether th... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070282563 | Extracting performance metrics from images Through the use of image processing and set-up calibration techniques, an accurate position of an object may be determined. Embodiments of the present disclosure measure a change in position over a known time interval. Accordingly, the change in position aids in measuri... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070282568 | Sensor control circuit A sensor control circuit includes an acceleration sensor which detects acceleration and generates a detection signal. The sensor control circuit also includes a processing section which generates a calculation result by calculating the acceleration in accordance with th... | 12/06/2007 |
