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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170811 | Drive device comprising a drive shaft and a device for detecting torque A drive device, which has a drive shaft mounted in such a way as to rotate about an axis, two driving cranks which are connected to the drive shaft in an angularly rigid manner in relation to the axis in the peripheral direction, and an output element which is conne... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8099247 | Back lit mirror with media display device A combination mirror and media display device assembly is provided. The combination mirror and media display device includes a mirror platform having a media display device viewing area and a media display device coupled to the mirror platform. The media display dev... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7991565 | System and method for non-wirelessly determining free-fall of a moving sportsman A system for determining airtime of a moving sportsman includes at least one accelerometer for detecting vibration or acceleration of the sportsman. A processor in communication with the at least one accelerometer processing signals from the accelerometer to determi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7860666 | Systems and methods for determining drop distance and speed of moving sportsmen involved in board sports A system for determining airtime, speed and/or drop distance of a moving sportsman includes at least one accelerometer for detecting vibration or acceleration of the sportsman and/or a GPS unit. A processor in communication with the at least one accelerometer may pr... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7853414 | Mounting structure for a mirror assembly A mirror assembly mountable to a wall includes a mirror platform having a front surface and a rear surface, a chassis engageable with the mirror platform to define a mirror assembly interior, at least one electrical component disposed within the mirror assembly inte... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7805260 | Mirror assembly A mirror assembly mountable to a wall is provided. The mirror assembly includes a mirror platform having a front surface and a rear surface, and a chassis mountable to the mirror platform. At least one electrical component is disposed between the mirror platform and... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7792648 | System for determining pedalling effort of bicycle A system determines pedaling effort of a bicycle and includes a first detector to generate a first sensor signal responsive to passage of a force transmission chain across a first frame-fixed point located in proximity to the force transmission trajectory of the for... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7734430 | Determining power Embodiments of determining power to be supplied to the load using an expected voltage decrease that would result from supplying power to the load are disclosed. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7693668 | Impact reporting head gear system and method A system for determining airtime of a moving sportsman includes at least one accelerometer for detecting vibration or acceleration of the sportsman. A processor in communication with the at least one accelerometer processing signals from the accelerometer to determi... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7676332 | System and method for processing raw activity energy expenditure data According to one embodiment, a method is provided for calculating, by an activity monitor comprising one accelerometer, a raw activity energy expenditure data based on movement by a user. The method includes determining if the raw activity energy expenditure data is... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7599806 | Portable power meter for calculating power applied to a pedal and crank arm based drive mechanism and a method of calculating the power A power meter for power a pedal and crank arm based drive mechanism measures and displays athletic performance information as a measure of a physical quantity, power, using a flexible force sensor inserted into a cycling shoe. Mathematical cycling models and data fr... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7529632 | Driving force calculating device, driving force calculating method, power assisting device, driving force calculating program, and computer-readable storage medium A driving force calculating device (1) includes: a setting information acquiring section (23) which acquires (a) muscle specifying information that specifies a target muscle, which is a muscle whose function is assisted or resisted by a driving section... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7472025 | Energy detection apparatus and method thereof An energy detection apparatus and method for detecting energy is disclosed. The energy detection apparatus and method in the present invention obtains a new energy detection value by subtracting a previously sample-averaged value from a current output energy detecti... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7386401 | Helmet that reports impact information, and associated methods A system determines impact of a helmet. The helmet includes at least one accelerometer and a processor. The accelerometer detects acceleration of the helmet. The processor is configured to process the signals from the accelerometer to determine impact of the helmet.... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386408 | Parallel kinematic machine, calibration method of parallel kinematic machine, and calibration program product A parallel kinematic machine has a parallel kinematic mechanism including an end effecter and a parallel link mechanism. A numerical control device controls a position and orientation of the end effecter based on kinematics of the parallel kinematic mechanism. A pos... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373287 | Finite element analysis tire footprint smoothing algorithm using multiple load cases A method and apparatus for predicting the shape of a contact region of a finite element model deformed against a contact surface. The contact surface may be a rigid body or another finite element model. The shape of a contact region is dictated by the node/element d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354364 | Apparatus for detecting the speed of an endless torque-transmitting member of a continuously variable transmission A device for detecting the speed of an endless torque-transmitting member that passes around a pair of spaced conical pulley pairs of a continuously variable transmission. The device includes a sensor that is positioned adjacent the endless torque-transmitting membe... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353139 | Portable apparatus with performance monitoring and audio entertainment features A portable apparatus (10) providing both substantially automated performance monitoring and audio entertainment features. In a preferred embodiment the apparatus (10) broadly comprises a portable housing (12); an attachment mechanism (14)... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7330796 | Methods and apparatus for using water use signatures and water pressure in improving water use efficiency A method to identify a water flow anomaly in a system having first and second water using devices to generate baseline data that preferably has water use signatures and corresponding water pressure information regarding the water using devices; comparing the baselin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7302350 | Selection of software and hardware functions with a force/torque sensor A force-moment sensor (1) is used as a switch, with which, depending on the introduction of forces and moments onto an operating part (5) of the force-moment sensor (1), software or hardware functions of a device (2, 2′) to be controlle... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289923 | System and method for fluid distribution A system comprises a plurality of sensors disposed at predetermined locations in a fluid distribution network and a server receiving sensor data from the sensors indicative of at least one predetermined characteristic of flow through the network, the server comparin... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7254492 | Method of computing energy loss generated in viscoelastic material and method for evaluating energy loss of golf ball by using method of computing energy loss A method of computing an energy loss generated in a viscoelastic material, including analyzing a dynamic behavior of a to-be-analyzed object composed of the viscoelastic material by a numerical analysis method; and computing the energy loss of the object momently wh... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239972 | Method for setting, in a motor vehicle electrical power steering system, the power steering torque set point A motor vehicle power steering system, including a steering column and a power steering motor. The column has an upper part bearing a steering wheel and a lower part acting on a mechanical steering device. A setpoint at which the motor should apply a power assist to... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7207911 | Process for controlling gear shifting in a cycle, and corresponding systems and components A process for controlling the transmission of a cycle having one or more gear sprockets is provided. The gear sprockets include one or more angular positions in which shifting of the gears is facilitated. A sensor is provided to detect the one or more angular positi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191067 | System and method of selecting a motor for a wellbore A system for determining the ability of a selected motor to function in a wellbore preferably includes an input device, a data storage device and a program. The program is preferably configured to determine an expected motor load based on motor input data and applic... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181654 | System and method for detecting an abnormal situation associated with a reactor A system for detecting abnormal situations associated with a reactor in a process plant receives statistical data associated with pressure within a reactor vessel. For example, a pressure sensor device disposed at least partially within the reactor vessel may genera... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174270 | Rotation angle detecting apparatus and method of detecting rotation angle A rotation angle detecting apparatus having a reference signal-generating device that generated a reference signal; a rotation angle detecting section that generated an output signal in response to the reference signal; a feedback control section that determines a r... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170254 | Stepper motor driving apparatus A stepper motor driving apparatus, includes a stepper motor; a driven member interlocked with a rotation of a rotor of the stepper motor, a stopper stopping the driven member in a zero position, a controller controlling the excitation state of an excitation coil of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148796 | Environmental monitoring device The disclosure is directed to a sensor device including processing circuitry, at least one sensor coupled to the processing circuitry, a serial data interface coupled to the processing circuitry and memory responsive to the processing circuitry. The memory includes ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146288 | System and method for estimating quantization error in sampled data A method and apparatus for determining quantization error in data is disclosed. The method comprises gathering a plurality of data points, identifying a range of the data points, separating the data points into a plurality of segments, and estimating the quantizatio... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143016 | System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of pumping system operation and diagnostics Control systems and methodologies are disclosed for controlling a process having one or more motorized pumps and an associated motor drives, which comprise selecting a desired operating point within an allowable range of operation about a process setpoint according ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135830 | System and method for identifying operational parameters of a motor A system and method for establishing estimated values of electrical parameters of a motor. The electrical parameters may be established from stator resistance data and motor data obtained at a single load on the motor. The electrical parameters also may be establish... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121968 | Process for controlling gear shifting in a cycle, and corresponding systems and components A system for controlling gear shifting in a transmission of a cycle, includes at least one gear wheel or sprocket on which a transmission element is engaged to perform transmission of motion as a result of movement in a predetermined direction. The gear shifting is ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117079 | Apparatus and method for simultaneous monitoring, logging, and controlling of an industrial process An apparatus performs simultaneous data monitoring, logging, and controlling of the state of a system. The apparatus includes at least one system sensor that provides a sensor data signal corresponding to a system characteristic of which the sensor is detecting, a m... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7085678 | Portable apparatus with performance monitoring and audio entertainment features A portable apparatus (10) providing both substantially automated performance monitoring and audio entertainment features. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus (10) broadly comprises a portable housing (12); an attachment mechanism (14... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072789 | Systems for assessing athletic performance Sensors detects loft time, speed, power and/or drop distance of a vehicle and/or person. The sensors couple with multiple persons during athletic activity. Data from the sensors downloads to a database so that users may compare athletic performances (e.g., speed) be... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062980 | Bicycle shift control device with decreased stress during shifting A control apparatus is provided that facilitates the operation of a component that is subjected to stress from a stress-inducing component. The apparatus comprises an operation sensing unit that senses when the component should be operated; a stress reducing unit th... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062969 | Measurement apparatus and sensor apparatus A measurement apparatus includes a speed sensor, a cadence sensor and a display portion. The apparatus further includes a transmit portion for wirelessly transmitting signals detected by the speed sensor and the cadence sensor to the display portion. The transmit po... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7039541 | Method for controlling a test bench In a test bench design consisting at least of an internal combustion engine (1) having its own sensor technology, actuator technology and control devices, a dynamometric brake (2), and a test bench computer (5) controlling the internal combustio... | 05/02/2006 |
