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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7280941 | Method and apparatus for in-situ detection and isolation of aircraft engine faults A method for performing a fault estimation based on residuals of detected signals includes determining an operating regime based on a plurality of parameters, extracting predetermined noise standard deviations of the residuals corresponding to the operating regime a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280048 | Process control loop current verification A process device is configured for coupling to a two wire process control loop. Loop current output circuitry is configured to apply an output current to the two wire process control loop. Loop current verification circuitry is coupled to the two wire process contro... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281238 | Method and program for monitoring execution state of program Item values associated with an execution state of a program executed on a computer are collected in detail while suppressing the computer load. When reducing the interval for collecting values of one item to be monitored, the interval for collecting values of items ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280920 | Method and apparatus for forecasting earthquakes and making informed risk management decisions A data-driven method and system to forecast earthquakes worldwide over a broad range of time (from days to years in advance). The system includes the compilation of a diverse set of historical geophysical and environmental databases, a program that determines correl... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280940 | Segmented field dielectric sensor array for material characterization The condition of insulating and semiconducting dielectric materials is assessed by a sensor array that uses electric fields to interrogate the test material. The sensor has a linear array of parallel drive conductors interconnected to form a single drive electrode a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280933 | Method and apparatus for forming a pattern, device and electronic apparatus A method for forming a pattern on a substrate, including the steps of: ejecting liquid drops from an ejection head having nozzles onto a reference plate on which a plurality of target positions are defined, the target positions being arranged in at least one row; de... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278056 | Methods, systems, and media for management of functional verification Methods, systems and media for management of functional verification of a system are disclosed. One embodiment may be directed to methods, systems and media for management of functional verification of a computer system, such as a processor or IC chip. Embodiments m... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277822 | Embedded system for diagnostics and prognostics of conduits An apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed with integral sensitized media, discrete sensors, and electronics providing a means for transforming sens... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277823 | Method and system of monitoring and prognostics A neural network learns the operating modes of a system being monitored under normal operating conditions. Anomalies can be automatically detected and learned. A control command can be issued or an alert can be issued in response thereto. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275017 | Method and apparatus for generating diagnoses of network problems A method is disclosed for network knowledge-based diagnosis comprising the machine-implemented steps of creating and storing one or more symptoms, wherein each symptom comprises a set of information elements that represent one or more network events that may be pote... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274977 | Feature enabling unit An enabling unit for activating a feature in an electronic control unit on a vehicle includes a port for communicating with an electronic control unit included on the vehicle. A processor, which communicates with the port, includes a message for enabling a dormant f... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275019 | System and method for information handling system thermal diagnostics Thermal subsystems of manufactured information handling systems are tested for compliance with desired parameters by running a thermal diagnostics module in firmware during one or more manufacturing activities performed on the information handling system. The therma... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275048 | Product support of computer-related products using intelligent agents An apparatus, program product, and method utilize a dynamic, automated, extensible and flexible intelligent agent-based product support “framework” to facilitate the provision of product support services to customers of computer-related products. Agent platforms... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275062 | Automatic linkage of process event data to a data historian A configuration system for a process plant includes a routine that automatically provides an indication of the relationships between units and sub-elements of the units, such as equipment and control modules, present within a process plant to a data historian. The d... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275018 | Method of condition monitoring A method for the condition monitoring of a fleet of machines, plants, or processes includes the generation of a single generic network for the fleet using historic data from the members of the fleet and using novelty detection tools for analyzing and reducing the da... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272538 | Equipment monitoring system and method A system for monitoring a piece of equipment is provided. The system comprises a monitoring device that is associated with the equipment and configured to detect data relating to the operation of the equipment. A communication network is adapted to communicate the d... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272751 | Error detection during processor idle cycles A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment detect an event that will cause idle cycles in the processor and issue diagnostic instructions to the processor during the cycles that would be idle. In another embodiment, the processor is... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272475 | Method for updating vehicle diagnostics software A method for updating vehicle diagnostics software via a telematics unit is based on the occurrence of a service event as detected by the telematics unit. Upon the connection of a vehicle diagnostics device to a vehicle, the telematics unit receives a scan tool conf... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271609 | Method of automatically creating a semiconductor processing prober device file Described is a method for automatically generating a wafer prober file whereby testing parameters and die identities can be established for testing a complete semiconductor wafer and whereby acceptable or rejected dies can be identified and correlated later with whe... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272531 | Aggregation of asset use indices within a process plant A method of monitoring an entity within a process plant wherein the entity includes a plurality of lower level entities, includes acquiring a plurality of use indices, acquiring a plurality of weighting values, and creating an aggregate use index from a combination ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272532 | Method for predicting the quality of a product A method is provided for predicting a quality characteristic of a product to be manufactured. The method may integrate one or more of feature and tolerance information associated with the product, manufacturing characteristic information associated with the manufact... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269527 | System integration module for CBRNE sensors A sensor interface system and a sensor integration module support individual sensors and sensor arrays, with network connectivity and critical functions required for analog and digital sensors when deployed in field applications used for chemical, biological, radiat... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269535 | Fault diagnosing apparatus for vehicle and fault diagnosing method for vehicle A vehicle includes a direct current power supply (supply), an electric circuit (circuit) supplied with a current from the supply, a connector with relays that connects and disconnects a path supplying the current to the circuit, and a voltage sensor (sensor) that mo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269536 | Method and apparatus for quantitatively determining severity of degradation in a signal One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that determines a severity of degradation in a signal. During operation, the system receives signal values for the signal, wherein the signal values are received with a constant sampling interval. Next, for e... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268782 | Smart radar chart Data corresponding to one or more data dimensions is obtained from a data source. A smart radar chart graphical user interface is generated. The smart radar chart graphical user interface includes a visual representation of the obtained data corresponding to the one... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266476 | Simulation method and apparatus for use in enterprise controls A method, apparatus and data construct set for generating simulation data structures which can be used by a modeling system to interface between a PLC and simulator, the construct set encapsulating logic and at least a sub-set of simulation information for a particu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265765 | Method and adjusting device for projection-type display An image display device including an image signal input terminal to which image signals are input, an image display system for forming an optical image based on the image signals, and a device adjusting system for adjusting internal conditions of the image display d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263463 | Prediction apparatus and method for a plasma processing apparatus Data used for prediction is selected based on multivariate analysis, and thereby, prediction accuracy is improved. Operation data obtained every wafer processing and processing result data such as thickness of top electrode are stored (collected) in operation data s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263636 | Circuit-trending system and method A method for trending the functionality of the circuits of a switch, router or other piece of equipment. The method accesses error logs for the equipment. These error logs are normally maintained in a data base associated with the piece of equipment. Next, a histori... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263417 | User adaptive automated pre-trip inspection system A plurality of automated vehicle inspection routines are provided keyed by user identification. Implementation relies on presence of a programmable computer installed on the vehicle with user input/output interfaces through which a user may enter user identification... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262974 | Techniques for alleviating the need for DC blocking capacitors in high-speed differential signal pairs A circuit board has a first component interface configured to connect to a first circuit board component, a second component interface configured to connect to a second circuit board component, a differential signal pair electrically connecting the first component i... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263467 | Multi-dimensional multi-parameter time series processing for seizure warning and prediction Characterizing the behavior of a chaotic, multi-dimensional system is achieved by measuring each of a number of signals associated with the system, and generating therefrom, a spatio-temporal response based on each signal. Multiple dynamical profiles are then genera... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260441 | Method of inspecting a workpiece during a production run in which workpieces are supplied to workstations by an autoloader A method of inspecting a workpiece during a production run in which workpieces are supplied to workstations by an autoloader. In accordance with the method, the supply of the workpieces by the autoloader is performed in accordance with a supply control routine. When... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260503 | Testing using policy-based processing of test results A testing technique and apparatus are described for apply a test to a System Under Test (SUT) in one or more configurations of the SUT. The test can generate and store multiple output results that capture the behavior of the SUT in performing the test. Policy analys... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260505 | Method and apparatus for developing fault codes for complex systems based on historical data A method of developing fault codes for complex systems based on historical data that in one aspect is a software program arranged to be installed and to operate on a processor to process the historical data in order to facilitate development of the fault codes, the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260500 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and verifying equipment status An equipment status monitoring system having at least one multi-modal resonator included as a part of a semiconductor processing system and a power source coupled to the at least one multi-modal resonator. The power source is configured to produce a microwave excita... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260501 | Intelligent model-based diagnostics for system monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance Systems and methods are provided for monitoring, diagnosis and condition-based maintenance of mechanical systems. The disclosed systems and methods employ intelligent model-based diagnostic methodologies to effectuate such monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance. Acco... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260486 | Method for operating and/or reviewing a magneto-inductive flow meter A flow meter includes a measuring tube for conveying a fluid to be measured and a magnetic field system, which has at least one field coil, through which an exciter current (IM) flows, at least at times, for producing a magnetic field passing through the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260727 | Method for secure storage of sensitive data in a memory of an embedded microchip system, particularly a smart card, and embedded system implementing the method The invention concerns a method for secure storage of a piece of so-called sensitive data, for example an encryption key, in a memory (M) of an embedded microchip system, particularly a smart card (CP). The memory (M) comprises two physically distinct storage device... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260502 | Diagnosis method for boiler degradation, diagnosis apparatus for boiler degradation, diagnosis system for boiler degradation and recording medium that records operation program One of the thermal transmission rates that represent thermal transmission from gas to steam in a heat exchanger constituting a boiler is calculated based on thermal conductivity rate of pipes and thermal transfer of steam and gas, and the other is compared with the ... | 08/21/2007 |
