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| 7324842 | Atlas and methods for segmentation and alignment of anatomical data The present invention provides an atlas comprising values representative of magnetic resonance properties of a magnetic resonance (MR) scan and optionally, prior probability data relating to tissue type. Further embodiments of the invention involve a system includin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324008 | Method of predicting condition during operation of an electrical machine Condition monitoring of an electrical machine is achieved by using electro-magnetic finite element analysis to analyse the machine based on model parameters corresponding with at least one fault condition. This allows the effect of the fault condition to be predicte... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324862 | Quality control apparatus and control method of the same, and recording medium recorded with quality control program Various items of data collected at different process steps are associated on production sites where traceability is hard to conduct. A quality control apparatus controls a manufacturing process in order to manufacture products of predetermined quality, including a d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324863 | Automatically selecting wafers for review In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a set of inspection files each corresponding to an inspection performed on a wafer of a set of wafers, automatically analyzing the set of inspection files to select at least one inspection file... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324904 | Methods for determining dimensional stability of wood products utilizing single and multiple sensor groups Systems and methods are provided for detecting the potential of a wood sample, such as a board, to stay on grade, i.e., resist warp, after it is put into service and/or its moisture has re-equilibrated with the surrounding environment. The systems and methods includ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324982 | Method and apparatus for automated debug and optimization of in-circuit tests A method and apparatus for automatically debugging and optimizing an in-circuit test that is used to test a device under test on an automated tester is presented. The novel test debug and optimization technique extracts expert knowledge contained in a knowledge fram... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324909 | Fault diagnosis apparatus A fault diagnosis section activates a driving component alone, measures an operation state signal and a paper passage time, and stores feature values (Vm, σv, Tqs, σts) extracted as a determination reference in a storage medium. A paper passage fault determination... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324921 | Container inspection system The container inspection system operates globally at container handling facilities around the world and includes at least one transport apparatus located at a container handling facility having a spreader or other framework for connecting and handling cargo containe... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324924 | Curve fitting for signal estimation, prediction, and parametrization A method and system of automatically curve fit data series to generate data signal characterization and prediction is disclosed. The method includes receiving input data including a plurality of data series and set of input parameters. The method also includes prepr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321845 | Method and system for removing very low frequency noise from a time-based data set A method and system are disclosed for removing very low frequency noise from a time-based data set for use in data analysis of the time-based data set having a plurality of data points, the method comprising providing the time-based data set to be analyzed, determin... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321846 | Two-wire process control loop diagnostics A diagnostic device for coupling to a process control loop includes digital communication circuitry configured to receive a digital communication signal from the process control loop. The digital communication signal is a digitally modulated analog signal on the pro... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321844 | Method and apparatus for availability measurement of complex networks A method for performing an availability measurement on a networked system comprising: identifying at least one measurement point in the system; defining a measurement model configured to return a pass or fail result corresponding to a threshold sensed at the at leas... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319939 | Predictive maintenance and management of aging of installed cables A system and method for verifying the performance and health of wire systems and end devices, including instruments and processes. A computer runs software that collects data from sampled sensors, stores the data, screens the data for outliers, analyzes the data, pe... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7320103 | Diagnostic data gathering apparatus and method Process data and video data as pertains to the operation of an item of equipment is received and temporarily captured and stored in a rolling window that includes a plurality of different points in time. Upon detecting a predetermined operating condition of interest... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318350 | Valve monitoring system and method A valve monitoring system includes an alert generation system and a memory. The memory encodes baseline acoustic emission data on the valve for a predetermined period of operation. The alert generation system is arranged to receive acoustic emission data for the val... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319328 | System, method, and computer-readable medium for magnetic resonance diffusion anisotropy image processing A system, method, and computer-readable medium for magnetic resonance diffusion anisotropy image processing are provided. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319421 | Foldback free capacitance-to-digital modulator A capacitance-to-digital (CD) modulator converts capacitance of a differential pressure sensor to a pulse code modulation output signal. The first stage of the CD modulator is a sigma-delta integrator having an auto-zero capacitor connected between an integrator inp... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319938 | Method and system for processing commonality of semiconductor devices A method and system for processing commonality of semiconductor devices. The method includes providing a first plurality of semiconductor devices, providing a second plurality of semiconductor devices, obtaining a first plurality of measured values corresponding to ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317995 | Battery management system and apparatus The invention relates to the management of large stationary batteries. The invention is a comprehensive process for the management of stationary batteries that are used for backup power and are deployed in widely dispersed locations. The OMS™ (Optimization Managem... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317386 | Method and apparatus for the output of music information to an operator Music information is output to an operator, such as a vehicle operator, through the use of a portable electronic device. The operator's behavior may be determined on the basis of data received from one or more systems of a moving object which is being controlled or ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318006 | Alarm analysis methods and systems capable of multi-purpose function An alarm analysis method capable of multi-purpose function. A plurality of efficiency indices are defined, including statistical-data-configuration, data-set, background-alarm-rate, peak-alarm-rate, active-alarm-distribution, bad-actors-identification, and alarm-rep... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317994 | Method and apparatus for signal signature analysis for event detection in rotating machinery A method for analyzing vibration including: acquiring a vibration signal; isolating a vibration signal event in the acquired signal; determining a frequency of a damped sinusoid of the vibration signal event, wherein the damped sinusoid characterizes the vibration s... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315172 | Method for measuring spectral noise densities beyond instrument capability with deterministic confidence levels A mechanism for measuring noise densities below the noise floor of a measuring instrument. The measuring instrument may first acquire a fully-averaged reference spectral noise density trace and estimate corresponding reference statistical parameters. Based on the re... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313485 | Method of estimating oxidation progression in coated turbine components The claimed invention relates to a method for determining the extent of an oxidation reaction of a coated metallic turbine component within a turbine, comprising determining a plurality of reference oxidation rates for a plurality of locations on the turbine compone... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313498 | Device and method for testing an electrical circuit A method and device for testing an electrical circuit, which do not require a thorough electrical circuit simulation but reliably identifying circuit faults. Preferred embodiments generate a fault signal that indicates that a given state of the circuit, which is def... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313717 | Error management A computer system includes a plurality of field replaceable units. A system controller monitors system errors. A diagnostic engine is responsive to the system controller detecting an error to identify a faulty field replaceable unit. A reconfiguration engine can the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310973 | Method and apparatus for making variegated glass sheets and tiles An apparatus is disclosed comprising a first color glass feeder having a first valve device, and a second color glass feeder having a second valve device, each connected by communications links to a controller. The controller controls the first valve device and seco... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310591 | Factor estimating device, method and program recording medium therefor A factor estimating device estimates a factor from a defective result generated in a target system for diagnosis. A factor estimating process is carried out based on causality network recorded in an estimate knowledge recording part, and data on input items correspo... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308384 | Ordered record of system-wide fault in an HVAC system An HVAC system includes a central controller which communicates with a multiple of HVAC components over a digital communication bus. The central controller maintains an ordered fault list that includes the source of a fault, a description of the fault, the last occu... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308383 | System and method for providing electrical system monitoring and diagnosis A soft starter system for monitoring and diagnosing electrical power system characteristics includes a motor controller including solid state switches for controlling application of power to a motor. A control circuit controls operation of the solid state switches. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308331 | Apparatus and method for monitoring and maintaining plant equipment A computer system implements a process for gathering, synthesizing, and analyzing failure and other data relating to a pump, seal or other equipment. Data indicating the current state of the equipment may be gathered and verified prior to a failure occurring so that... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308613 | Managing method of electrical device, management apparatus, electrical device, communications device, program therefor, and management system of electrical device A communications processing section of a management apparatus sends a request for malfunction information via the Internet to one or more electrical devices being managed. A database manager of the management apparatus refers to data stored in a database and updates... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308385 | Diagnostic systems and methods for predictive condition monitoring A system for empirically diagnosing a condition of a monitored system. Estimates of monitored parameters from a model of the system provide residual values that can be analyzed for failure mode signature recognition. Residual values can also be tested for alert (non... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305325 | Method to improve requirements, design manufacturing, and transportation in mass manufacturing industries through analysis of defect data A computer-implemented method of optimizing at least one production or testing processes in a mass manufacturing industry, includes steps of: collecting error data relating to a product at a plurality of points along its production and distribution chain; classifyin... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305466 | Network fault isolation Techniques are provided for improved fault isolation and fault reduction. A system for use with a data network includes multiple diagnostic units each adapted to communicate with the network including to a network user. A central controller is operatively connected ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304447 | Motor controller A motor controller includes: a motor control part for driving and controlling a motor; an estimated temperature computing part for computing an estimated temperature of a winding of the motor; and a motor protecting part for protecting the motor from being burned wh... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304816 | Disc drive failure prediction In a method for predicting failure of a disc drive during operation of the disc drive, a write fault count is maintained that corresponds to write faults encountered during write operations to a disc of the disc drive. Additionally, a frequency domain representation... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305271 | Device and a method for continuous casting A computer program product for controlling an apparatus for continuous casting of metals. The computer program product includes a computer readable medium and computer program instructions recorded on the computer readable medium executable by a processor for perfor... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302611 | Distributed expert system for automated problem resolution in a communication system A communication system processing element comprises a processor coupled to a memory and implements at least a portion of a distributed expert system. The distributed expert system is arranged in at least two hierarchical levels, including an upper level comprising a... | 11/27/2007 |
