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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130656 | DATA ALIGNMENT IN LARGE SCALE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM APPLICATIONS A method for automatically aligning measured power-related data in a power monitoring system to a common reference point. A conductor in a power delivery system is modeled according to an equivalent pi model of a transmission line that is characterized by model paramete... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130690 | Quantum-Simulations Database and Design Engine for Development of Lithium Batteries Methods, systems, and computer programs for selecting electrode materials for a lithium battery are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes an operation for developing models for structural and energy analysis of battery stability, safety, cycling and performanc... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID RISK MODELING OF TURBOMACHINERY Systems and methods are disclosed herein for enhancing turbomachine operations. Such systems and methods include a hybrid risk model. The hybrid risk model includes a physics-based sub model and a statistical sub model. The physics-based sub model is configured to model... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130691 | Hybrid Model for Discharge Profile Prediction of Battery Electrode Materials Using Quantum Simulations Methods and systems for predicting lithium battery properties are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes an operation for creating an equivalent circuit of a battery cell, where the equivalent circuit includes a cathode equivalent circuit and a remainder equiva... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130693 | Methods to Estimate Downhole Drilling Vibration Amplitude From Surface Measurement Method to estimate severity of downhole vibration for a drill tool assembly, including: identifying a dataset comprising selected drill tool assembly parameters; selecting a reference level of downhole vibration amplitude for the drill tool assembly; identifying a surfa... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130692 | Li-Ion Battery Capacity and Voltage Prediction Using Quantum Simulations Provided are methods and computer programs for predicting lithium battery properties. One method includes operations for selecting candidate structures for the battery, and for obtaining a plurality of delithiated structures of the candidate structures with different li... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130689 | Rigging Calculation Software Rigging calculation software for performing rigging calculations. Preferably, the rigging calculations include the ability to calculate one or more of the following: fleet angle; offset, distance, fleet angle, electrical motor characteristics, recommended sheave pitch; ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120124973 | Method for Predicting NOx Amount and Exhaust System Using the Same A method for predicting a NOx amount, may include determining a reference NOx amount according to a driving condition of an engine, primarily correcting the reference NOx amount according to an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) ratio, and secondarily correcting the primar... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109604 | Estimating Mineral Content Using Geochemical Data A model is disclosed that includes an intelligent ligent linear programming (“ILP”) member to produce a ILP result, a member selected from the group consisting of a feed-forward neural network (“FNN”) to produce a FNN result and a geochemical normative analysis ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109603 | QUANTITATIVE CALCULATION METHOD FOR OIL (GAS) SATURATION OF FRACTURED RESERVOIR A quantitative calculation method for oil (gas) saturation of fractured reservoir during petroleum exploitation is provided. The method comprises: obtaining the fracture porosity and calculating resistivity index at different depth of fractured reservoir with known full... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108686 | Method For Determining The Performance Of A Superabsorbent Polymer Material Method for determining the performance of a superabsorbent polymer material by using a virtual model of the superabsorbent polymer material comprising the steps of inputting values of one or more first molecular parameter(s) into the virtual model and calculating the va... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109602 | Blasting Method Methods for evaluating drill pattern parameters such as burden, spacing, borehole diameter, etc., at a blast site are disclosed. One method involves accumulating the burden contributed by successive layers of rock and matching the accumulated rock burden to a target val... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109599 | Planning System for Neurostimulation Therapy A system for planning implantation of a neurostimulation probe is provided. The system comprises an input for receiving anatomical data comprising information regarding a position and an orientation of at least one fiber bundle in a target region, an input for receiving... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109600 | VARIABLE STEP-SIZE LEAST MEAN SQUARE METHOD FOR ESTIMATION IN ADAPTIVE NETWORKS The variable step-size least mean square method for estimation in adaptive networks uses a variable step-size to provide estimation for each node in the adaptive network, where the step-size at each node is determined by the error calculated for each node, as opposed to... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109597 | METHOD OF DEVELOPING A PETROLEUM RESERVOIR FROM HISTORY MATCHING OF PRODUCTION DATA AND SEISMIC DATA A method of developing a petroleum reservoir from a reservoir model constrained by the production data and seismic attributes. Production data and seismic data are acquired during the development of the reservoir. A first image of a seismic attribute is constructed from... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109601 | METHOD FOR FORECASTING A MAGNETIC OR ELECTRICAL ENVIRONMENT FROM AN OCEAN VOLUME A method of ocean property forecasting. The method includes generating one of a magnetic field prediction and an electric field prediction between a first observation point and a plurality of uniform ocean cells by generating a vector sum of magnetic field contributions... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109598 | Predictive Model for Use in Sequencing-by-Synthesis A method of obtaining a more accurate estimate of a signal correction parameter(s) in sequencing-by-synthesis operations, such as incomplete extension rates, carry forward rates, and/or signal droop rates. The sequencing operation produces signal data. A model is constr... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084010 | Dose Surface Method for Determination of Analyte Ratios Methods, systems, and apparatus for accurately determining a proportion (ratio) of two analytes is provided, as well as provide a concentration of a first analyte from a determined concentration of a second analyte and from a proportion of the analytes to each other. In... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RISK PREDICTION FOR A SUPPORT ACTUATION SYSTEM The present invention relates to a method and system for risk prediction for a support actuation system. The present invention includes a support actuation system for an automobile having a support actuation module and/or a risk prediction system. The risk prediction sy... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083930 | ADAPTIVE LOAD MANAGEMENT: A SYSTEM FOR INCORPORATING CUSTOMER ELECTRICAL DEMAND INFORMATION FOR DEMAND AND SUPPLY SIDE ENERGY MANAGEMENT A method for determining an amount of electricity to purchase includes determining electrical power consumption characteristics of an electrical load at an end user of the electricity. A preference of the end user for an output of the electrical load is ascertained. The... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081061 | ADAPTIVE HARMONIC REDUCTION APPARATUS AND METHODS Power conversion systems with active front end converters for example motor drives and power generation systems for distributed energy sources are presented with adaptive harmonic minimization for grid-tie converters for minimized or reduced total harmonic distortion in... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080197 | Constructing Resistivity Models From Stochastic Inversion Embodiments described herein use stochastic inversion (460) in lower dimensions to form an initial model (458) that is to be used in higher-dimensional gradient-based inversion (466). For example, an initial model may be formed from 1.5-D stochastic... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083915 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING GLASS PROPERTIES Methods and apparatus for predicting viscosities of glass materials as a function of temperature and composition are provided. Two fitting parameters (fitting coefficients) are used for each of the viscosity-affecting components contained in the material. The parameters... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083990 | PARTICULATE FILTER ASH LOADING PREDICTION METHOD AND VEHICLE USING SAME A particulate filter ash loading prediction method including the steps of determining a maximum average time for the filter; performing a calculation of a running average of time between regenerations of the filter; calculating an end-of-service life ratio of the filter... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072190 | Method and System for Non-Invasive Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease A method and system for non-invasive patient-specific assessment of coronary artery disease is disclosed. An anatomical model of a coronary artery is generated from medical image data. A velocity of blood in the coronary artery is estimated based on a spatio-temporal re... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072191 | Quantum Computational Systems A computer-implemented method for encryption and decryption using quantum computational model is disclosed. Such a method includes providing a model of a lattice having a system of non-abelian anyons disposed thereon. From the lattice model, a first quantum state associ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072188 | STRESS AND FRACTURE MODELING USING THE PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION Stress and fracture modeling using the principal of superposition is provided. A system simulates linearly independent far field stress models for a subsurface earth volume, computing stress, strain, and displacement values based on superposition of independent stress t... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOOP LENGTH AND BRIDGED TAP LENGTH DETERMINATION OF A TRANSMISSION LINE Through the use of a least squares minimization concept, the loop length, the number of bridged taps and length of the bridged taps on a transmission line can be determined from readily available modem data. In particular, the loop length, the number of bridge taps and ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072186 | PRODUCTION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD A production monitoring system (10) comprises a plurality of injection and production units (80) coupled in operation to sensors (410) for measuring physical processes occurring in operation in the injection and production units (80) and gene... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072189 | SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING FIELD In a sparse sensor array for detecting the progression of a cloud of gas within a confined space, a method is disclosed for estimating a distribution of the cloud of gas throughout the confined space. The method includes determining at each interval a plurality of funct... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072187 | System for evaluating energy consumption Disclosed is a computerized method which receives energy consumption data from all sources used for the operational functioning of a building, converts consumed energy to BTU form, and establishes a historical energy footprint. System compiles these records for storage ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072193 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TREATMENTS USING PATIENT-SPECIFIC LUNG MODELS AND COMPUTER METHODS The present invention concerns a method for determining optimised parameters for mechanical ventilation, MV, of a subject, comprising: a) obtaining data concerning a three-dimensional image of the subject's respiratory system; b) calculating a specific three-dimensional... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051892 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR DESIGNING METHOD, WIND TURBINE ROTOR DESIGN SUPPORT DEVICE, WIND TURBINE ROTOR DESIGN SUPPORT PROGRAM AND WIND TURBINE ROTOR There is provided a designing method of a wind turbine rotor which includes a rotor head, a bearing provided on the rotor head and a wind turbine blade attached to the bearing. The wind turbine rotor designing method includes: providing operation environment data indica... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053912 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE HEAT EXCHANGE RATE RELATED TO EXOTHERMIC OXIDATION REACTIONS OF A DIESEL OXIDATION CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A method is provided for estimating the heat exchange rate related to the exothermic oxidation reactions of a catalytic converter in an internal combustion engine. Exhaust gases flow through the catalytic converter, the method includes, but is not limited to providing a... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053913 | Electrical-Thermal Co-Simulation with Joule Heating and Convection Effects for 3D Systems In a method for simulating temperature and electrical characteristics within an circuit, a temperature of at least one volume within the circuit as a function of a resistance within the at least one volume is repeatedly calculated and the resistance as a function of the... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053907 | Efficient Data Management For Shell Finite Elements Representing Layered Composite Materials Methods and systems for obtaining numerically simulated structural behaviors of layered composite materials within a structure in a time-marching simulation using finite element analysis (FEA) are disclosed. A single identifier is used for designating all shell finite e... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053720 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZATION OF PARAMETERS FOR A RECOVERY BOILER A method and a system for optimization of parameters for a recovery boiler in a pulp mill are disclosed. An exemplary method is based on use of a first principle mathematical model to estimate parameters that are otherwise not measurable, to accurately control the perfo... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053908 | Method for simulating dispersed bubble flow A simple and efficient method for simulating dispersed bubble flow is provided. Instead of modeling the complex hydrodynamics of numerous small bubbles explicitly, the method approximates the average motion of these bubbles using a continuum multiphase solver. The subgr... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053909 | SENSOR VALIDATION AND VALUE REPLACEMENT FOR CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS MONITORING A continuous emissions model system is described that employs an emissions model that can determine emissions values from a plant for use in place of sensed emission data in the event of failure or lack of communication from a sensor. The emissions model itself receives... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050110 | MICROSTRIP FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING THE SAME A microstrip for wireless communication includes a main body and two connection bodies formed on the main body. The main body defines a slot therein, and the slot includes a plurality of zigzag units. Feed signals are input to and output from the main body through the t... | 03/01/2012 |
