Class 702/49 - Radiant energy

Subclass of Class 702 - Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Definition: Subject matter wherein the amount of fluid mass or volume
No. of applications: 32
Last issue date: 01/26/2012

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20120022803	WATER CONSUMPTION MONITOR A system and method for monitoring utilization and waste of a natural resource, such as water. Data is received indicating natural resource consumption by a facility. An indication of at least one period of natural resource usage by the facility is received. Natural res...	01/26/2012
20120022804	APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A SYSTEM WITH TIME IN SPACE AND METHOD THEREFOR A system in which a fluid flows characterized by a change with time in space. A preselected place in the system is monitored to collect data at two or more time points correlated to a system event. The data is indicative of a system parameter that varies with time as a ...	01/26/2012
20120004865	METHOD FOR MEASURING A FLUID VELOCITY AND RELATED APPARATUS A method for measuring the mean velocity (V_H) of an extracorporeal blood fluid or infusion fluid, by means of retroinjection interferometry, comprises the step of emitting a first laser light beam (41), from the laser cavity (40) of a semiconduc...	01/05/2012
20120004864	OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND SPECIMEN DISCRIMINATING AND DISPENSING APPARATUS The invention provides an optical measuring apparatus having a plurality of measuring sections each having a light irradiating section for irradiating light to specimens and a light receiving section for receiving optical data acquired by irradiating the light to the sp...	01/05/2012
20110246094	TURBULENCE SENSOR AND BLADE CONDITION SENSOR SYSTEM The invention comprises a turbulence sensor and sensor system for determining the condition of a wind turbine blade. A turbulence sensor comprises a sensor membrane provided in the surface of a wind turbine blade. A light source and light detector provided in a sensor c...	10/06/2011
20110213573	FLOW METER A flow meter for monitoring fluid flow through a pipeline, the flow meter comprising a conduit having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet for communication with respective sections of the pipeline; a target element positioned inside the conduit between the fluid inlet and ...	09/01/2011
20110196625	MULTIPHASE FLOW METERING WITH PATCH ANTENNA Various methods of metering a multi-phase composition in a pipe using patch antenna(s), that operate in a radio or microwave frequency range, are disclosed including locating and then exciting the patch antenna(s) over a range of frequencies; measuring transmitted and r...	08/11/2011
20110172935	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A FORCE ACTING ON A BODY The present invention provides a method and a system for determining forces which act on a body with a controlled volume which is provided inside the flow tunnel and in which the body is arranged. A first measuring means is used to measure a pressure distribution for ea...	07/14/2011
20110153231	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PHASE-SENSITIVE FLOW MEASUREMENT BY A MAGNETIC RESONANCE In a method and a device for phase-sensitive flow measurement of a volume segment of an examination subject in a measurement system, the volume segment is divided into multiple partial volume segments and the following steps are executed repeatedly until the volume segm...	06/23/2011
20110106397	FLUID MEASURING DEVICE Provided is a fluid measuring device for measuring flow speed of a fluid in detail. A fluid measuring device (10) is provided with a plurality of detecting sections (30, 40) and a calculating section (50). The detecting sections are arranged with a ...	05/05/2011
20110087447	FLUID FLOW METER USING THERMAL TRACERS Fluid flows through a conduit. To measure flow speed the fluid is heated at a heating location in the conduit with a time-dependent heating strength. A speed of sound in fluid flowing in the conduit is measured at a plurality of sensing locations downstream from said he...	04/14/2011
20110029261	FLUID MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND FLUID MEASUREMENT METHOD Provided is a fluid measurement device and the like for measuring flow velocity of a fluid in detail. A fluid measurement device (10) is configured to included a generator-side detecting section (30) that detects a parameter indicating an operating state o...	02/03/2011
20110029260	METERING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AEROSOL DELIVERY An apparatus for metering the delivery of an aerosol. The apparatus has a variable acoustic source and a microphone, both acoustically coupled to a volume having a fluid region and an air region. The apparatus may also include a processor to determine a volume of the ai...	02/03/2011
20100312500	Array of Electromagnetic Radiation Sensors with On-Chip Processing Circuitry A system comprises an illumination system to illuminate a sensor device with a reference beam of electromagnetic radiation and with electromagnetic radiation from a subject. A Doppler shift of the radiation from the subject occurs, if the subject is moving, vibrating, o...	12/09/2010
20100235117	Optical Gas Flow Meter The invention provides an optical gas flow meter for measuring very low gas flow in a pipe. The meter comprises an optical system which transilluminates the pipe with plurality of parallel, collimated optical beams. The beams are deflected due to changes refractive inde...	09/16/2010
20100191482	MICROFLUIDIC FLOW MONITORING The present invention relates to systems and methods of monitoring velocity or flow in channels, especially in microfluidic channels. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods of monitoring velocity or flow rate in systems and methods for...	07/29/2010
20100145636	FLOW MEASUREMENTS This invention relates to a measuring instrument for measurement of a flow (1) comprising—a dielectric resonator sensor (3) arranged in a pipeline (2), said resonator (3) having a surface (4) facing a flow volume,—a sensor drive un...	06/10/2010
20100138169	WET-GAS FLOWMETER Methods and apparatus determine phase fractions for phases within a fluid mixture flow under a wide range of flow conditions including wet-gas flow. Appropriate flow algorithms can utilize this phase fraction information with a total flow rate of the mixture to find ind...	06/03/2010
20100131207	GAS FLUX DETERMINATION USING AIRBORNE DIAL LIDAR AND AIRBORNE WIND MEASUREMENT A system for obtaining emission flux of a gas plume, emanating from a source, includes an airborne differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system for determining multiple concentration path length (CPL) values along a flight path; and an airborne wind measuring system (WMS...	05/27/2010
20100094570	LOW-POWER FLOW METER AND RELATED METHOD A method includes creating Coriolis-based deflection in at least one oscillating flow tube of a flow meter, which is caused by material flowing through the at least one flow tube. The method also includes determining a deflection amplitude and deflection period using in...	04/15/2010
20100036272	METABOLIC MEASURE SYSTEM INCLUDING A MULTIPLE FUNCTION AIRWAY ADAPTER A system (300) for measuring a metabolic parameter. The system includes an integrated airway adapter (20, 100, 200) capable of monitoring any combination of respiratory flow, O₂concentration, and concentrations of one or more of CO₂,...	02/11/2010
20100000333	FLUID FLOW METER USING THERMAL TRACERS Fluid flows through a conduit. To measure flow speed the fluid is heated at a heating location in the conduit with a time-dependent heating strength. A speed of sound in fluid flowing in the conduit is measured at a plurality of sensing locations downstream from said he...	01/07/2010
20090297336	ONLINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL INSPECTION OF PARTS A thermal inspection method is provided. The method includes measuring a transient thermal response of a cooled part installed in a turbine engine, wherein the transient thermal response results from operation of the turbine engine. The method also includes using the tr...	12/03/2009
20090234594	IMPULSE ANALYSIS FOR FLOW SENSOR-BASED FLUID CONTROL SYSTEM A method and apparatus are disclosed for using flow rate changes to extract additional information from an in-line flow sensor....	09/17/2009
20090234595	FLUID FLOW COMPUTATION, VISUALIZATION, AND ANALYSIS This document discusses, among other things, systems, devices and methods for fluid flow analysis for example, in an education environment. The light source, for example, a laser, is housed to illuminate particles in a fluid while minimizing exposure to the user. A cont...	09/17/2009
20090103073	Device and method for flow state observation The present invention discloses a device for observing a flow state comprising a translucent duct. It further comprises an irradiation unit irradiating projection light, a condensing unit condensing the projection light along a length direction with respect to an axial ...	04/23/2009
20080045848	Method and System for Measuring the Speed of Blood Flow The invention relates to a method for measuring the speed of a particle such as a red blood cell moving inside a flow such as a flow of the blood, using a light scanning microscope. The inventive method comprises the following steps: acquisition of an image by x and y l...	02/21/2008
20070124091	Method and flow meter for determining the flow rate of a multiphase fluid A method for determining the flow rates and/or composition of a fluid comprising a multi-component mixture of a gas and at least one liquid in a pipe comprises the following steps: electromagnetic loss and phase measurements are performed in at least two directions of t...	05/31/2007
20060095217	Magnetic flowmeter with built-in simulator A magnetic flowmeter transmitter includes a differential amplifier that senses an additive combination of actual flowmeter electrode outputs and simulated electrode outputs. The differential amplifier provides an additive amplifier output. A simulator provides the simul...	05/04/2006
20050283276	Real time subsea monitoring and control system for pipelines A method for monitoring and maintaining a pipeline is shown which includes installing a monitoring system for measuring at least one parameter of interest, the monitoring system including various monitoring sensors placed at selected locations along the pipeline. A seri...	12/22/2005
20050154498	Irrigation control system An irrigation control system for land comprising: (a) at least one meter to measure one or more wheather conditions in a first area; (b) at least one monitor to (i) examine rainfall data derived from a radar scanning at least the first area according to pre-determined c...	07/14/2005
20050001169	Method and device for measuring a mass flow A device used to measure the mass flow of a particulate transported with the aid of a gas. The device includes an arrangement which is used to create an electromagnetic field, with a measuring area being defined therein. An evaluation device for electromagnetic radiatio...	01/06/2005

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