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| 20120130682 | REAL-TIME DETECTION SYSTEM AND THE METHOD THEREOF The invention discloses a real-time detection system for detecting the real-time machining by a rotating machine or rotating quality of a rotating machine. The real-time detection system of the invention comprises a signal capture module, a preprocessor, a processor and... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130681 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MAGNETIC TAMPER DETECTION IN A METER Described herein are embodiments of methods, devices and computer program products for tamper detection in a meter. One aspect of the method comprises using a magnetic field strength sensor to continuously detect magnetic field strength proximate to a meter. In one aspe... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109586 | MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PHYSICAL QUANTITY The invention discloses a measuring device and a measuring method for a continuous physical quantity. The measuring device comprises a timing unit for outputting a time base and a time scale; a sampling unit for sampling the continuous physical quantity under control of... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109584 | LIGHT MEASUREMENT DEVICE A light measurement device comprising an optical sensor that includes a tunable interference filter and a detecting section detecting light passed through the tunable filter, a storing section that stores a first correlation data and a second correlation data, and a CPU... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120072176 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVALUATING AN OBJECT USING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY A system for evaluating subject objects includes at least one physical source operable to emit electromagnetic energy and driver electronics drivingly coupled to at least one physical source. The driver electronics is configured to drive at least one physical source as ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053903 | FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A frequency measurement device includes: a reference signal source generating a reference signal; a frequency divider/multiplier section generating a frequency division/multiplication reference signal obtained by dividing or multiplying the reference signal by a prescri... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053904 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IN OCT SYSTEM Provided is an information processing apparatus in an OCT system capable of acquiring tomographic information and moving velocity information of an object at high speed and over a region larger than a spot size. The apparatus splits light including a plurality of lights... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046913 | REPRESENTING SENSOR DATA AS BINARY DECISION DIAGRAMS According to certain embodiments, a set of samples of sensor data is accessed. The set of samples records measurements taken by one or more sensors. Each sample is represented as a minterm to yield a set of minterms. A characteristic function is generated from the set o... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044336 | Generic Threat Detector A device including at least one threat detector, which estimates the level of threat represented by an individual based on measurements taken when the individual enters a measurement zone. The device has application to protection of infrastructures.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041717 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING OF A NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE An improved system for sensing includes a first signal source for producing an excitation signal for exciting a specimen having a nuclear quadrupole resonance, a signal sampling device for sampling a response signal received from the specimen to produce a plurality of s... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041718 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CHARACTERISTICS OF SECURITIES A device and a method for detecting characteristics of a flat object, in particular a security, are proposed. To this end, the device has at least one light source that illuminates the object with light, at least one sensor that captures the light reflected and/or emitt... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038648 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING, CONTROLLING, AND INTERFACING WITH CIRCUIT SIMULATORS A system and method for performing circuit simulation is described. Revisions and history of the operating parameters of circuit designs subject to simulation are tracked. Mechanisms are provided that allow for viewing, measurement or other manipulation of signals at sp... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041719 | METHOD FOR ELECTROMAGNETICALLY CHARACTERIZING A TARGET A method for electromechanically characterizing an object placed in a chamber, at least some walls of which have low absorbance at said frequency, one of the chamber walls being provided with an antenna array. In a first step, the parameters S of a first system consisti... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041720 | High Bandwidth Oscilloscope for Digitizing an Analog Signal Having a Bandwidth Greater than the Bandwidth of Digitizing Components of the Oscilloscope A method for improving bandwidth of an oscilloscope involves, in preferred embodiments, the use of frequency up-conversion and down-conversion techniques. In an illustrative embodiment the technique involves separating an input signal into a high frequency content and a... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120029854 | READOUT METHODOLOGY FOR MULTI-CHANNEL ACQUISITION OF SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED SIGNAL A readout apparatus and method for processing spatially distributed signals is disclosed. The readout apparatus and method may reduce/eliminate the impact gain variations among a plurality of sensing channels. This is done by continuously varying the dispersion properti... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029880 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SPECTRAL VECTOR FROM MEASURED ELECTRO-MAGNETIC-RADIAION INTENSITIES Embodiments of the present invention are directed to determining the spectral vector of electromagnetic radiation reflected from, transmitted through, or emitted from a sample using a set of n intensity measurements. In general, the spectral vector has a dimension k tha... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029879 | ABOVE BED SENSOR A monitoring system for monitoring a patient in a patient-support apparatus includes a detector, a standard, and a controller. The detector detects electromagnetic radiation in a field. The standard conveys a predetermined electromagnetic signature to the detector. The ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022832 | MODULAR RE-CONFIGURABLE PROFILING CORE FOR MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS-ON-CHIP A modular dynamically re-configurable profiling core may be used to provide both operating systems and applications with detailed information about run time performance bottlenecks and may enable them to address these bottlenecks via scheduling or dynamic compilation. A... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016616 | FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CORRECTING METHOD, FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING METHOD, AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING APPARATUS A fluorescence intensity calculating apparatus, includes: a measuring section configured to receive fluorescences generated from plural fluorescent dyes excited by radiating a light to a microparticle multiply-labeled with the plural fluorescent dyes having fluorescence... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010858 | SIGNAL EVALUATING DEVICE AND SIGNAL EVALUATING METHOD A signal evaluating device comprises: a binarizing portion for binarizing an input signal; a run length measuring portion for measuring the run length of the input signal during the evaluating interval, using the output of the binarizing portion as the input; and evalua... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010859 | FREQUENCY PHYSICAL CARRIER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, MEDICAL THERAPY AND HUMAN, ZOOTECHNCAL AND AGRONOMIC ENHANCEMENT Physical carrier wherein radiation frequencies are recorded, obtained by a process including the stages of:
| 01/12/2012 |
| 20120004857 | THROUGHPUT INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS OF SAMPLE ANALYZER, SAMPLE ANALYZER, THROUGHPUT INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD OF SAMPLE ANALYZER, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT An apparatus for generating throughput information of a sample analyzer is disclosed. Specifically, this apparatus generates throughput information of a sample analyzer capable of measuring a sample on a plurality of measurement items in which measurement time differs f... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320174 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DIRECT-SAMPLING ANALOG TIME-RESOLVED DETECTION The subject invention discloses devices and methods for sampling an analog signal in order to perform data analysis. More particularly, the subject invention provides a time-resolved, direct, high-speed sampling of analog output of a detector, in order to capture harmon... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313651 | Travel route mapping based on radiation exposure risks Exemplary methods, systems and components enable detection and/or monitoring and/or control of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure of target body-related portions of a user operating a telecommunication device. In some embodiments a risk-assessment output is provid... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SPATIALLY RESOLVED MEASUREMENT OF A PHYSICAL VARIABLE A device for spatially resolved measuring of a physical variable has a device for generating a first electrical signal with a first frequency and a device for generating a second electrical signal with a second frequency. The second frequency differs from the first freq... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RADIATION Digital images or the charge from pixels in light sensitive semiconductor based imagers may be used to detect gamma rays and energetic particles emitted by radioactive materials. Methods may be used to identify pixel-scale artifacts introduced into digital images and vi... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110295562 | Method and system for noise simulation analysis useable with systems including time-of-flight depth systems An analytical tool useable with complex systems receives as input various system parameters to predict whether sufficiently accurate quality depth data will be provided by the TOF system. Depth data quality estimates involve dividing system operation into smaller operat... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295515 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FAST AUTOMATIC BRAIN MATCHING VIA SPECTRAL CORRESPONDENCE Methods and systems determine a correspondence of two sets of data, each data set represents an object. A weighted graph is created from each data set, and a Laplacian is determined for each weighted graph, from which spectral components are determined. The spectral com... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288823 | WIDEBAND DIGITAL SPECTROMETER A processor, comprising a first data input configured to receive a stream of samples of a first signal having a spectral space, the stream having a data rate of at least 4 GHz; a second data input configured to receive a stream of samples of a second signal; a multitap ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288822 | COMPUTATION EFFICIENCY BY ITERATIVE SPATIAL HARMONICS ORDER TRUNCATION A method for improving computation efficiency for diffraction signals in optical metrology is described. The method includes simulating a set of spatial harmonics orders for a grating structure. The set of spatial harmonics orders is truncated to provide a first truncat... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A MULTIPARAMETER REAGENT COMBINATION AND FOR AUTOMATED FLUORESCENCE COMPENSATION The invention provides a system and method for selecting an optimal multimarker reagent combination for the identification and/or quantification of molecules in or on cells with or without reference to fluorescence or other properties of at least one fluorescent dye or ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276312 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND MODIFYING EATING BEHAVIOR A device for monitoring eating behavior of a user is provided. The device includes at least one sensor mounted on a head of the user, the sensor being capable of detecting jaw muscle movement and sound while not occluding an ear canal of the user.... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270580 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FOCUS PREDICTION The present invention relates to a method, an analyzer and a computer program product for focus prediction in a sample arranged on a measuring surface of an analyzer. The method comprises row wise scanning sample positions by means of an optical system of said analyzer,... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110270579 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL MONITORING USING LISSAJOUS FIGURES Methods and systems are provided for generating Lissajous figures based on monitored signals and identifying features of Lissajous figures. Features may include similarity metrics, shape change metrics and noise metrics, and may be used to determine information about th... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110257936 | DYNAMIC SENSOR RANGE A device for sensing a phenomenon using a dynamic measurement range includes: a sensing element configured to measure the phenomenon using a first measurement range and to provide an analog indication of a value of the phenomenon; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) co... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110257937 | Electroencephalogram (EEG) Cluster Electrodes Embodiments described herein include a sensor electrode comprising a plurality of contacts positioned adjacent one another to form a pattern. Signal outputs are coupled to the plurality of contacts. A signal output is connected to each contact of the sensor electrode. O... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250351 | PROCESS FOR GENERATING BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS OF GONIOAPPARENT MATERIALS WITH LIMITED MEASUREMENT DATA This disclosure is directed to a method for matching color and appearance of an object. The method comprise the step of generating a bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) of a gonioapparent material containing effect flake pigments in a solid medium usi... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251827 | Data Collector An off-line signal analyser comprising a digital signal processor (8) configured to perform digital processing on a signal comprising vibrational data derived from a sensor (1). The analyser comprises an external output configured to provide a real time ou... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOLVING PILED-UP PULSES BY USING A MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORM A method and apparatus for resolving individual signals in detector output data, the method comprising obtaining or expressing the detector output data as a digital series, obtaining or determining a signal form of signals present in the data, forming a transformed sign... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251826 | Data Analyzer The present invention relates to an off-line signal analyzer comprising a digital signal processor (8) configured to perform digital processing on a signal comprising data derived from a sensor input (1). The sensor may, for example, be an accelerometer mo... | 10/13/2011 |
