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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130701 | MONITORING SYSTEM A method for designing a secondary sub-system for monitoring the condition of a platform is disclosed. The platform can include one or more primary sub-systems. The method can include identifying stakeholders of the platform, capturing information requirements of the st... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109719 | SMART GRID DEPLOYMENT SIMULATOR A decision management system simulates a smart grid communications network service deployment using business and technology changeable parameters, models describing traffic profiles for smart grid domain devices and smart grid applications, smart grid infrastructure and... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109616 | Method to synchronize and synthesize bus transaction traces for an un-timed virtual environment The invention discloses to a method to synchronize and synthesize bus transaction traces for an un-timed virtual environment. The steps are the followings providing a simulation environment and an emulation environment; recording the transaction of intellectual property... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084065 | Wear-Out Detection Methods for Printed Circuit Board Assembly Components Used in Downhole Oilfield Environments A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for determining a lifespan of an electronic component in a downhole environment is disclosed. A first wear-out model is created that is related to a selected electronic component. A physical condition of the selected elec... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120053922 | DETERMINING THE IMPACT OF ELEMENTS IN A TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM Embodiments disclosed herein relate to determining the impact of elements in a technology system. A processor may receive relationship information and metrics information related to the elements in the technology system. The processor may also receive information about ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046930 | Controller and Fabric Performance Testing In an embodiment, a model may be created using a register-transfer level (RTL) representation (or other cycle-accurate representation) of the controller and the circuitry in the communication fabric to the controller. The request sources may be replaced by transactors, ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046929 | Statistical Design with Importance Sampling Reuse A mechanism is provided for reusing importance sampling for efficient cell failure rate estimation of process variations and other design considerations. First, the mechanism performs a search across circuit parameters to determine failures with respect to a set of perf... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041745 | PLAYBACK PIPELINE FOR TESTING WIRELESS DEVICES Evaluation of a wireless device using a channel emulator is facilitated by validating a playback file; compensating for external loss; applying post processing changes; compiling the playback file; streaming playback file data to a channel emulator; and performing playb... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041742 | Dynamically Adjusting Simulation Fidelity Based on Changes in Activity Levels of Components Mechanisms are provided for controlling a fidelity of a simulation of a system. A model of the system is received, the model of the system having a plurality of individual components of the system. Fidelity values are assigned to models of the individual components of t... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041741 | Dynamically Adjusting Simulation Fidelity in a Self-Optimized Simulation of a Complex System Mechanisms are provided for controlling a fidelity of a simulation of a system. A model of the system is received, the model of the system having a plurality of individual components of the system. Fidelity values are assigned to models of the individual components of t... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041746 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL EFFECTS ANALYSIS An analysis tool analyzes a model to determine the digital effect of the model in a modeling or programming environment. With the analysis tool, a user can determine minimum hardware functionality needed to execute the software generated from the model. The hardware fun... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041744 | HANDHELD FIELD MAINTENANCE TOOL WITH FIELD DEVICE SIMULATION CAPABILITY A handheld field maintenance tool and associated method are provided. The handheld field maintenance tool includes a process communication module configured to communicate in accordance with a process industry communication standard. A controller is coupled to the proce... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040316 | HANDHELD FIELD MAINTENANCE TOOL WITH SIMULATION OF FIELD DEVICE FOR INSTRUCTION OR QUALIFICATION A handheld field maintenance tool includes a training mode. The handheld field maintenance tool has a process communication module operably coupleable to a field device, a user interface, and a controller coupled to the process communication module and the user interfac... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041743 | Output Signal Behavior for a PLC in an Automation System The present disclosure describes output signal behavior for a programmable logic controller. The output signal behavior may be modeled in an electrical sequence flow of an automation system. The modeling including a visual representation of the output signal behavior. A... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041749 | Determining Simulation Fidelity in a Self-Optimized Simulation of a Complex System Mechanisms are provided for controlling a fidelity of a simulation of a computer system. A model of the system is received that has a plurality of components. A representation of the plurality of individual components of the system is generated. A component is assigned ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035902 | METAL BLANK WITH BINDER TRIM COMPONENT AND METHOD A metal blank that includes a binder trim component having at least one cut edge with a non-linear section. The creation of the non-linear section simultaneously forms a corresponding section in a binder trim component of an adjacent metal blank so that binder material ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120020075 | Method and Numerical Tool for Optimizing Light Emitting Diode Systems Methods and numerical tools for designing and optimizing LED systems are provided to achieve a desired luminous performance and to increase reliability and operating lifetime. In addition, methods for designing LED illumination systems are also disclosed to determine an... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE NETWORK MONITORING A system and a method for at least predicting a trend toward a reduction in performance of a computer and/or a computer network. Preferably, the system and method is able to predict a trend toward a potential failure of a computer and/or a computer network.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016651 | Simulating the Transmission of Asymmetric Signals in a Computer System Methods implementable in a computer system for simulating the transmission of signals are disclosed. The disclosed techniques simulate the effect of the transmitter as well as the channel on a positive and negative pulse, which assures that asymmetry in the transmitter ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016650 | Simulating the Transmission and Simultaneous Switching Output Noise of Signals in a Computer System Methods implementable in a computer system for simulating the transmission of signals across a plurality of data channels (bus) are disclosed. The disclosed techniques simulate the effects of Intersymbol Interference (ISI), cross talk, and Simultaneous Switching Output ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010867 | Personalized Medicine System A method, computer program product and system for providing an architecture for context aware computing that transforms data obtained from a plurality of sources into a plurality of predictive models and contexts. The predictive models and contexts support a plurality o... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010862 | WAVE MODELLING A computer implemented method of modelling propagation of a wave through a first space. In one embodiment, the instructions store data in the memory representing a first space and a second space, the first space being within the second space, wherein the second space co... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120004895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING ON-LINE SERVICES There is disclosed a method, an apparatus, and a computer program for testing on-line services. In an example embodiment a topology (100) describing message channels among entities (110) is selected; and also entities for the selected topology is selected.... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110313749 | CIRCUIT CONSTANT ANALYSIS METHOD AND CIRCUIT SIMULATION METHOD OF EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL OF MULTILAYER CHIP INDUCTOR The occurrence of errors between circuit design using a circuit simulator and the actual circuit performance is quite adequately suppressed. Mutual inductance (Lm) between direct current inductance (L0) and inductance (L1) is connected in parallel to a ser... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313735 | CIRCUIT DEVICE RELIABILITY SIMULATION SYSTEM The present disclosure provides systems for predicting semiconductor reliability. In an embodiment a method for predicting the semiconductor reliability includes receiving a degradation parameter input of a semiconductor device and using a degradation equation to determ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307233 | COMMON SHARED MEMORY IN A VERIFICATION SYSTEM The debug system described in this patent specification provides a system that generates hardware elements from normally non-synthesizable code elements for placement on an FPGA device. This particular FPGA device is called a Behavior Processor. This Behavior Processor ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307232 | COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM CODE IMPLEMENTING MODELING OF A SYSTEM COMPRISING AT LEAST A LINEAR MOTOR AND A BLOCK SWITCHING CONTROLLER An article of manufacture is provided having computer readable program code embodied therein which implements modeling of a system (e.g., an electromagnetic aircraft launch system) having at least a linear motor and a block switching controller. The computer readable pr... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301931 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MODELING CELL PERFORMANCE FADE OF RECHARGEABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES A system includes an electrochemical cell, monitoring hardware, and a computing system. The monitoring hardware periodically samples performance characteristics of the electrochemical cell. The computing system determines cell information from the performance characteri... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110288846 | TECHNIQUE AND TOOL FOR EFFICIENT TESTING OF CONTROLLERS IN DEVELOPMENT (H-ACT PROJECT) An improved tool and technique for performance quality testing of a synthesized controller or a controller-in-development is disclosed. A controller's performance in a test run within a simulation testing environment is quantitatively compared to an optimal performance ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288829 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS FOR POWER, PERFORMANCE, NOISE, AND COST THROUGH USE OF VARIABLE POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE COMPRESSION A method of integrated circuit design and, more particularly, a method and system to optimize semiconductor products for power, performance, noise, die area, and cost through use of variable power supply voltage compression. The method is implemented in a computer-based... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110264433 | MAPPED THERMAL ELECTRIC COOLING Methods and apparatus are provided for use with thermal electric cooling devices (TECDs). An apparatus is mapped so as to identify the heat dissipating entities and zones thereof. A first cooling plan is devised in accordance with the mapping, the cooling plan being dep... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110260037 | LIGHT CONCENTRATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS An optical concentrator is disclosed which includes an imaging, aplanatic optical element having a front surface with a one-way light admitting portion, a back surface with a reflective portion, and an interior region of refractive material disposed between the front an... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110246168 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING A COMPLEX SYSTEM WITH EXPANSION OF INSTANCE VECTORS, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND STORAGE MEANS A method for simulating a complex system including a plurality of constituents is provided. The method includes constructing at least one complex system model, each system model including a hierarchised set of modelled constituents. The construction step includes, for e... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238398 | ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLER, WIRELESS TERMINAL INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLERS There is provided an electromagnetic coupler that communicates signals by using at least one of a longitudinal electrostatic field and a longitudinal induced electric field. The electromagnetic coupler has a ground conductor, a radiation conductor composed of a pluralit... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSACTION RECORDING AND VISUALIZATION Methods and apparatus for recording and visualizing transactions of a test bench simulation are disclosed. Transaction-specific data generated from a test bench simulation may be displayed in a sequence diagram view to provide a view of the transactions arranged sequent... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238399 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MAPPING A MAGNETIC FIELD A system for mapping a magnetic field in a volume of interest, the system includes a magnetic field transmitter, generating a magnetic field in the volume of interest, at least one freestanding magnetic field detector, operative to freely move within the volume of inter... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231174 | PROCESS SIMULATION METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND PROCESS SIMULATOR A process simulation method includes: converting condition data of plasma doping for introducing an impurity into a semiconductor in a plasma atmosphere to corresponding condition data of ion implantation for implanting impurities as an ion beam into the semiconductor; ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231172 | DETERMINING IMPACT OF VIRTUAL STORAGE BACKUP JOBS Systems and methods for determining impact of a backup job on virtual storage resources are disclosed. An exemplary method includes determining an estimated performance and logical/physical capacity for the backup job on a virtual library storage (VLS). The method also ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231173 | SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Disclosed is a simulation method for simulating an operation of a device. The simulation method includes specifying, by a computer, a boundary between a non-defective status and a defective status of a product in design space with a design parameter as an origin. The bo... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110218789 | Methods and Apparatus for Modeling Electromagnetic Scattering Properties of Microscopic Structures and Methods and Apparatus for Reconstruction of Microscopic Structures Improved convergence in the volume-integral method (VIM) of calculating electromagnetic scattering properties of a structure is achieved by numerically solving a volume integral equation for a vector field, F, rather than the electric field, E. The vector field, F, may ... | 09/08/2011 |
